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Final Report of the Minister's Advisory Committee on Status of the Artist
"After consulting with artists and arts organizations, MACSA identified three general goals of/for artists in Saskatchewan, briefly described as: 1. Engagement in viable careers; 2. Access to thriving markets; and 3. Access to information that supports efforts to achieve viable careers. In addition, MACSA made one final recommendation that addresses the idea of a permanent advisory council on Status of the Artist in Saskatchewan."
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Studies & Reports 10 of 27
"HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT ARE THE THREE PROPOSED PIECES OF LEGISLATION:
• A permanent Advisory Council to carry on the advocacy work for improving the status of artists; • A set of criteria that defines the Independent Professional Artist; and • An incremental process to establish artists’ rights and an opportunity to exercise those rights through written contracts, voluntary collective bargaining and enforceable collective bargaining when artists believe the time is right to do so. Other highlights include strong recommendations to support market research and tax incentive strategies that will provide artists with a solid base upon which to create their work. Other important recommendations recognize that the people of Saskatchewan need to know about, care about, and participate in creating and collecting art, to enrich their own lives and to build the respect and value for all forms of art as a demonstration of our cultural and social fabric and an important part of our economic base. The committee saw that its most important work was ensuring, to the best of its ability, that the recommendations nurture and in no way hinder the professional artist. MACSA acknowledges the differences that are found in the complexity of artists’ disciplines and in their values regarding the exercise of rights. For that reason we encourage members of the arts community to take an active role in the direction that status activities will take in the future both for the arts community as a whole and for their own specific discipline. The Saskatchewan Government and the arts community must act now to support the proposed legislative changes and the recommendations in this report in order to make this province one that is known for the way it values and respects artists as important contributors to the social, economic and cultural fabric of Saskatchewan."
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