Planning for retirement requires more than a few coins, but many in the arts sector have limited capacity to plan a comfortable retirement. Image: Shutterstock.
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The fact is, if you’re a working artist, there are very few rules for when to hang up your tools, and some would argue that being an artist is one of the few careers from which you’d never want to retire at all.
We now have more working from home options and more flexible hours, and the proportion of older workers in the workforce is rising as developed economies see their populations age.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
