A four-year study by two Melbourne universities has delivered surprising – and alarming – insights into the incomes and career life cycles of Australia’s visual arts and craft workers.
Led by RMIT University with The University of Melbourne – and authored by Grace McQuilten, Jenny Lye, Catherine MacNeill, Chloë Powell and Marnie Badham, ‘Visual Arts Work: Key Research Findings, Implications and Proposed Actions‘ finds that “workers are abandoning the sector, largely because of unstable employment, below average salaries and lack of support”.
