FRANK Resources
FRANK Resources brings together a selection of reports, toolkits, books, films and conversations from internationally active organizations and unions working towards fair practice in the arts.
Conversations
CONVERSATION
Fair Work
By LUX Scotland
Ima-Abasi Okon, Falke Pisano and Fatoş Üstek respond to five set questions on the subject of ‘Fair Work
CONVERSATION
Artists Deserve Better Pay – Here’s How to Change the Conversation
By Fatos Ustek on Art Review
Fatoş Üstek on why we must drop the fantasy of the lone ‘genius’ – doing so would open up a path towards healthier working conditions in the arts.
Reports
REPORT
Artists as Workers
By Charlotte Warne Thomas
This report offers a comprehensive outline of working conditions within the UK’s visual arts sector. It foregrounds an understanding of the ‘artist as worker’, emphasising the labour in artistic labour, and highlighting the sector’s interaction with wider trends, such as the gig economy and marketisation in education.
REPORT
Creating value in place: The role, contribution and challenges of creative freelance work
By Henry, N., Barker, V., Sissons, P., Broughton, K., Dickinson, P., Lazell, J., and Angus, T. (2021) Coventry University, funded by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)
This report helps to deepen understanding of the diversity of artists’ intentions and approaches. It highlights how the sheer variety can make it difficult to capture the value created by cultural workers and looks at ways to forge an open, equitable and inclusive arts environment.
Tools
TOOL
Toolkit 1: preparing for equity and inclusion work
By CVAN
A toolkit for Visual Arts organisations when preparing for equity and inclusion work.
TOOL
Toolkit 2: Talent Development
By CVAN
A toolkit to help organisations consider how they will nurture the leadership and talent development of artists and arts workers from underrepresented and marginalised communities.
TOOL
Toolkit 3: Intersectionality
By CVAN
A toolkit for visual arts organisations to explore and support approaches to intersectionality.
TOOL
Toolkit 4: Artists and Art Workers
By CVAN
A toolkit to help artists and arts workers from marginalised and underrepresented communities understand a host, or commissioning organisation’s approach and commitment to equity and inclusion.
Books
BOOK
How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and Other Parents)
By Hettie Judah
Art critic and writer Hettie Judah, draws on interviews with artists to highlight some of the success stories that offer models for the future. From alternative support networks and residency models, to studio complexes with onsite childcare, and galleries with family-friendly policies.
BOOK
The Art Institution of Tomorrow: Reinventing the model
By Fatos Ustek
The Art Institution of Tomorrow is a unique manifesto for raising the standard of institutional practices across the world. It suggests that existing art institutions are not equipped to deal with the radical social, economic and environmental change we are living through and engage with advancement in the arts, and that unless they re-focus on their core purpose and fundamentally transform their organisational structure and operational models, they will start to lose their relevance and influence.