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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/get-organised-with-artists-union
 -england/
SUMMARY:FACT: Get Organised! With Artists’ Union England
DESCRIPTION:What do we need in order to live well and keep going as artists
 ?\nHow can we organise together to transform our material conditions and g
 et what we need?\n\nDeveloped from knowledge and insights gathered through
  organising as part of Industria and Artists’ Union England\, this sessi
 on will combine practical advice on artists’ pay and working conditions 
 with space to discuss the issues we face as artists and imagine alternativ
 es together. The session will build an overview of the possibilities of ar
 tists’ unions and broader artist and art worker organising.\n\nThis sess
 ion will be led by Maddy Pledge and Maxi Smith\, joint secretaries of Arti
 sts’ Union England and co-organisers of Industria.\n\nArtists’ Union E
 ngland is a trade union for visual and applied artists\, and artists with 
 a socially engaged practice who are working in England. Launched in 2014\,
  AUE gained its formal status as a trade union in 2016\, and has been a me
 mber of the TUC and GFTU since then. AUE started as the idea of three arti
 sts\, launched with 12 founding members\, and as of June 2025 has over 200
 0 members.\n\nIndustria is an artist-run organisation\, examining and chal
 lenging the current conditions of the ‘art world’. Recent work include
 s Structurally F–cked\, an inquiry into Artists pay and conditions in th
 e public sector that was commissioned by a-n and published in 2023\, and m
 ost recently From ‘Hand to Mouth’ to Bread and Roses\, an inquiry into
  the lives of the Artists’ Union England membership and the role of cont
 emporary artists’ unions in building grassroots power in the arts\, publ
 ished by Artists’ Union England in 2025.\n\nGetting here\nWhen you arriv
 e at FACT\, please let a member of our Front of House team know that you'r
 e here for this session. They'll accompany you to the lift and help you en
 ter the code that will whisk you up to the third floor of the building\, w
 here you'll find Studio/Lab. This session is taking place in The Lab.\n\nA
 ccessibility\nIf you have any accessibility requirements\, please inform u
 s by emailing events@fact.co.uk.\nYou can also find information about FACT
 ’s accessibility on our website here: FACT Accessibility or use the FACT
  Visual Story to prepare for your visit.
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LOCATION:FACT\, 88 Wood Street\, Liverpool\, L1 4DQ\, Liverpool\, United Ki
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