Artist Union
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The Artist Union (1972-1984) was set up to promote the role of artists in society as a force for social change (‘Art is Work’) and developed several work groups including a Women’s Workshop and an Artists in Education Workshop. The first chair of the Artist Union was artist Mary Kelly along with Gustav Metzger as vice-chair. An initial plan to be affiliated to the TUC was later rejected. In 1974 a proposal was made to reform the Arts Council and by 1977 the AU had launched the discussion paper "Wages for Artists?". (Source)
- Publications
- Women’s Workshop, "A Brief History of the Artist’s Union 1972–1973 (c.1973)", in Feminism-Art-Theory: An Anthology 1968-2000, ed. Hilary Robinson, Oxford: Blackwell, 2001; 2nd ed., 2014. [1]
- Amy Tobin, Working Together, Working Apart: Feminism, Art, and Collaboration in Britain and the United States, 1970–81, York: University of York, 2016. PhD thesis.
- Links
- Artist Union archive, MayDay Rooms, London
