BACK to HOME PAGE EVENTS Monday, January 9th, 2012 at 7pm FEELING THE SHAPE OF THE ARTS ECONOMY: Artists Space After a brief introduction to W.A.G.E. Certification, the program will begin with a presentation by artist, economist, and sociologist Hans Abbing, author of Why are Artists Poor: The Exceptional Economy of the Arts. Abbing’s presentation and Q & A will be followed by a sustenance break with homemade soup, bread and drinks. The evening will culminate in a town hall meeting, engaging the public in an open-ended discussion that will contribute to framing the agenda for upcoming programs and the formation of W.A.G.E. Certification. ----------------------------------------- Silvershed presents: Art in General Moderator: Panelists: ----------------------------------------- W.A.G.E. speaks at e-flux book coop at Saturday October 1, 12-noon Join us at PS1 on Saturday October 1, 12 noon for the New York launch of "Are You Working Too Much? Post-Fordism, Precarity, and the Labor of Art" the fourth in the e-flux journal reader series published by Sternberg Press. To mark this occasion, W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) will present a live reading followed by a self reflexive Q+A; and Liam Gillick will read from Construction of One: A Manuscript (2011), an unpublished text on the progressive working practices deployed by Volvo factories in the early 1970s. ----------------------------------------- Aesthetics in Protests ----------------------------------------- An evening with W.A.G.E. and CARFAC at the NEW MUSEUM Thu, Dec 9, 2010 WAGE works to draw attention to inequalities that exist in the arts, and how to resolve them. In conversation with April Britski, Executive Director of CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des Artistes Canadiens), representatives from WAGE will discuss issues the exhibition “Free” with curator Lauren Cornell, and practices for paying exhibiting artists at institutions in the US and Canada. ----------------------------------------- Saturday October 10, 2010 Creative Time Summit 2 @ The Cooper Union School of Art -----------------------------------------
LOCATION: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Panelists: Zeffrey Throwell (Moderator), Steven Lambert, Carin Kuoni, and W.A.G.E. The role of artists needs to be repositioned as essential to our culture and society. How can artists determine how to maneuver within the existing societal structure to achieve reliable, long lasting support both politically and socially. How can artists realize that individuals can hone power to implement change? What are the resources that artists may utilize to understand the rights and opportunities that already exist? What are some examples of artists who have advocated for more support and have succeeded? What are steps artists can take to achieve greater agency for themselves? ----------------------------------------- Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner W.A.G.E. hosts the next meeting: ----------------------------------------- SUNDAY Oct. 18th, 2009 ----------------------------------------- Friday, Oct 16th, 2009 @ 2:30pmFrieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London Art and the State: Back to New Deal Funding? What are the pros and cons of state-funded art and cultural production at a moment of severe economic crisis? Panelists: DD Guttenplan (writer and historian), W.A.G.E (arts activist group), Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (Strategic Managing Director of departure, Vienna; former Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum), Yu Yeon Kim (independent curator)Chair: Jenni Lomax (director, Camden Arts Centre) ----------------------------------------- SATURDAY Oct. 3rd, 2009 11am-12:30pm Consciousness Coffee Klatch @ P.S.1 in Queens for the Printed Matter Artist Book Fair ----------------------------------------- W.A.G.E. speaks on a panel for: Thursday, April 30th, 7:00pm (until 8:30pm) NYU’s Barney Building ----------------------------------------- W.A.G.E. teach-in This teach-in extends from CCS Bard graduate student Katerina Llanes’ thesis project SESSIONS ----------------------------------------- |