Presented by the Reset Arts and Culture Collective (https://resetartsandculture.com/).

Friday August 5th, 1-7pm

Nexus Arts, Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace, Tarntanya (Adelaide) – scroll down for access info

Due to limited capacity, please register here ahead of the event: https://artistsorganise.eventbrite.com.au

Program:

1-1.15pm – Welcome to Country

1.15-1.30 – Introduction (Sam Whiting and Jen Mills)

1.30-2.30pm – Panel: Artists as workers

How do we value cultural labour? What does fair pay look like in the arts, and what can artists and Unions offer each other? Artists, writers and performers bring their perspectives on labour and precarity in the original gig economy, how they make it work, and what needs to change.

Panel: Sam Wallman, Natalie Harkin, Joanne Sutton, Jess Alice (chair)

2.30-2.45pm – Afternoon tea

2.45-3.45pm – Panel: How we organise

From solidarity actions to the musicians’ minimum wage, the Freelance Charter and starting your own Union, artists and organisers share their experiences working within and outside Unions to organise for better pay and conditions, finding inspiration in local actions and global movements.

Panel: Bronte Colmer, Kimberley Wheeler, Maize Wallin, Jen Mills (chair)

3.45-4:00pm – Short break

4-5:30pm – Discussion: Artists Organise!

Where to next for arts, culture and labour movements? Our open discussion/strategy session about the future of organised cultural labour will offer space for all participants to share skills, ideas and experiences, to build strength across disciplines and organisations, and to find more and better ways to work together in solidarity.

5.30-7pm – Drinks and networking (drinks at bar prices)

Artwork by Hollie Moly — https://www.workersartcollective.com/hollie-moly

Venue access info: nexusarts.org.au/visit-us/accessibility

Panels will be livestreamed, and recordings and transcripts provided – more details to come.