Briana Pegado warns of an ‘intentional cultural cleansing’ of protected characteristics in the arts, with the sector remaining fundamentally unrepresentative of wider society.
Only 2.7 per cent of workers from museums, galleries and libraries in the UK are BAME. Which is nearly half of the figures in TV, Film and Radio (4.2 per cent) and in Music, Performing Arts and Visual Arts (4.8 per cent). When it comes to sectors like Publishing, 12.6 per cent come from working class origins, 12.4 per cent from working class origins in TV, Film and Radio and 18.2 per cent in music, performing and visual arts. Whe... Keep reading on Common Space
Only 2.7 per cent of workers from museums, galleries and libraries in the UK are BAME. Which is nearly half of the figures in TV, Film and Radio (4.2 per cent) and in Music, Performing Arts and Visual Arts (4.8 per cent). When it comes to sectors like Publishing, 12.6 per cent come from working class origins, 12.4 per cent from working class origins in TV, Film and Radio and 18.2 per cent in music, performing and visual arts. Whe... Keep reading on Common Space