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Artists’ lives: Ecologies for resilience

Resilience has been an arts policy mantra since 2010 but, as new research from Susan Jones reveals, Arts Council England’s concentration on sustaining arts organisations has come at the cost of artists’ careers, livelihoods and well-being.

Susan Jones
9 min read

Qualitative and longitudinal research into visual artists’ motivations and ambitions for their lives and art practices reveals the vital importance of having time, space and money for professional ref...

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