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A government pilot program in Ireland is giving 2,000 artists $350 a week with no strings attached, allowing them to concentrate on creative pursuits. It's the latest sign of growing international interest in universal basic income.
#UBI #PayTheArtists #PayTheWriters
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/arts/ireland-basic-income-artists.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Given I had another entitled person "of a certain age" complain about having to pay to read professionally-written work...
"...we cannot be owed cheap art...The popular belief that innovation should mean democratization has collided with the cold fact that the humans who make and do things need money to live in the world – and while our expectations have grown, this compensation has shrunk amid so-called innovators’ narrowing margins."
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Today’s my last day as Artist in Residence at @vitalstatistix_ - it’s been an amazing year of art, writing, research, collaboration and conversation.
There are a couple more essays in the pipeline, but for now please enjoy ‘Sick Leave’ - a grant application I wrote as part of the residency, proposing to pay sick leave to artists…
https://medium.com/@paythewriters/sick-leave-eb10f188fdf0
#paythewriters #paytheartists #precariouswork #sickleave #ubi