Fellow ambiteers, You may be aware of this, but SAC is looking for information from artists in order to shape future policy, see below. Whether you regard yourself as a visual artist or not, the Visual Arts department at SAC does offer support for artists' working in new media. I would suggest it may be worthwhile contacting them for information on how to participate in the consultation.
Chris >The Scottish Arts Council is to commission, in February 2002, an audit of >visual artists in Scotland. > >SAC needs to update its information on visual artists currently living or >working in Scotland and the many aspects of their practice, for example, >where artists are based, formal training, how much they earn from their >practice, their likely needs in the future. > >The Scottish Artists Union, private and publicly funded galleries, artist >associations and art schools will all be involved as part of the >consultation process, as of course, will individual artists. The >consultant will contact artists around March to request information >through questionnaire. The News and Opportunities artists database will >enable SAC to contact a key group of artists in Scotland, however, we will >also be contacting artists through gallery memberships, through societies >and various other sources. We anticipate posting the audit questionnaires >on SAC's website. > >The Scottish Arts Council Artists Audit will be a very important piece of >work. The Audit Report will be instrumental in shaping future SAC visual >arts policy, in determining how best SAC can ensure a vibrant and relevant >visual arts infrastructure, and serve the needs of visual artists, now and >in the future. > >Wendy Law, Visual Arts Officer >The Scottish Arts Council, 12 Manor Place, Edinburgh EH3 7DD. >Tel: 0131 226 6051, Fax: 0131 225 9833 > > ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
