GO TO THE BLOG!

From mid January to mid February, Making a Living (MAL) will be ‘in residence’ on the Longhouse blog. MAL is an independent group of arts professionals currently active across the UK who are researching and campaigning on issues of art and labour.

MAL’s shared principles:
MAL is a group of individuals.
MAL is not always a united front.
MAL is currently a volunteer initiative.
MAL is not a careers advice service.
MAL does not have all the answers.
MAL encourages debate, independent research, solidarity and disagreement.
MAL hosts public meetings that are open to anyone to attend.
MAL ‘members’ are not expected to commit to any MAL meetings, research or campaigning. They have an option to opt in or out of specific campaigns.
MAL is self-organised by its ‘members’.

Individual members of MAL will be writing critical responses to events and activities relating to art and labour they are attending during January and February including Art: What is the use? At the Whitechapel Gallery, the Arts Against the Cuts Long Weekend at Camberwell College of Art and The Amateurist Network meeting at E:vent Gallery.

MAL will also use the blog to post position statements, articulate demands and create links to relevant resources. MAL aim to solicit feedback and gather anecdotal evidence from people working in the arts of cases of exploitation and experiences of labour by posing questions that prompt feedback and discussion on the Longhouse blog.

MAL look forward to meeting you in the blog!

To contact MAL directly or to join their mailing list email: makingaliving[at]live.co.uk