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| author | Savage, Blane |
| author_facet | Savage, Blane |
| contents | <p>This thesis examines specific challenges faced by mature Scottish visual artists in building and maintaining a<br>career of sustainable practice during a time of austerity, Brexit and the Covid pandemic. Key components of this <br>thesis will be teaching resources which include documentary-based interviews with nine mature Scottish visual <br>artists, supported by the work of academic theorists which were useful in helping contextualize the relationship <br>between these artists and the central social power structures of the Scottish ‘art world’. It will also include a <br>review of the Scottish government’s developing cultural policy between 2015-20 and what impact it has on <br>those artists lives.<br>In identifying the key milestones of their careers, the Scottish artists interviewed noted the significance of <br>mentors and sponsors help in developing their careers and the fluid and inconsistent relationships they have had <br>with the formal art market. They utilised diverse portfolios to generate income and used their reputations and <br>cultural capital, both offline and online, in supporting themselves through grant funding, social media <br>engagement, online sales or collective artists’ mutual support networks. Those artists who were unwilling or <br>unable to transfer their engagement with customers online really financially struggled during the pandemic. A <br>number of female artists interviewed identified patterns of gender based discrimination that had impacted them <br>during their careers.<br>Given the impact on funding for artists in Scotland in the post-Brexit era, the limited findings also identify the <br>possibility of benefits to a more integrated Scottish government, Creative Scotland and Local Authority strategic <br>approach in cultural and artistic support and the need for key data on cultural spend particularly at local <br>authority level to be disaggregated to make it more accessible in decision making processes (Scottish <br>Government, 2019). <br>It also highlights a need for the artists to expand their access to resources out with current limited funding routes<br>and the potential value in looking further afield for additional funding support and new collaborative <br>opportunities.</p> |
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| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | The Scottish Art Scene: shrinking resources, growing networks Savage, Blane <p>This thesis examines specific challenges faced by mature Scottish visual artists in building and maintaining a<br>career of sustainable practice during a time of austerity, Brexit and the Covid pandemic. Key components of this <br>thesis will be teaching resources which include documentary-based interviews with nine mature Scottish visual <br>artists, supported by the work of academic theorists which were useful in helping contextualize the relationship <br>between these artists and the central social power structures of the Scottish ‘art world’. It will also include a <br>review of the Scottish government’s developing cultural policy between 2015-20 and what impact it has on <br>those artists lives.<br>In identifying the key milestones of their careers, the Scottish artists interviewed noted the significance of <br>mentors and sponsors help in developing their careers and the fluid and inconsistent relationships they have had <br>with the formal art market. They utilised diverse portfolios to generate income and used their reputations and <br>cultural capital, both offline and online, in supporting themselves through grant funding, social media <br>engagement, online sales or collective artists’ mutual support networks. Those artists who were unwilling or <br>unable to transfer their engagement with customers online really financially struggled during the pandemic. A <br>number of female artists interviewed identified patterns of gender based discrimination that had impacted them <br>during their careers.<br>Given the impact on funding for artists in Scotland in the post-Brexit era, the limited findings also identify the <br>possibility of benefits to a more integrated Scottish government, Creative Scotland and Local Authority strategic <br>approach in cultural and artistic support and the need for key data on cultural spend particularly at local <br>authority level to be disaggregated to make it more accessible in decision making processes (Scottish <br>Government, 2019). <br>It also highlights a need for the artists to expand their access to resources out with current limited funding routes<br>and the potential value in looking further afield for additional funding support and new collaborative <br>opportunities.</p> |
| title | The Scottish Art Scene: shrinking resources, growing networks |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10818842 |