'One of Arts Council of Great Britain’s founding aspira­tions was to enable artists’ pursuit of ​‘art for art’s sake’. Back in 1945, giving artists ​‘courage, confi­dence and oppor­tunity’ to ​‘walk where the breath of the spirit’ took them was a guiding principle'. THREAD 'in the 1980s the Arts Council in England believed that ​‘all artists should benefit from public consumption of their work’, insti­tuting Exhibition Payment Right nation-wide for artists presenting exhibi­tions in public galleries.'

*DON'TJOINTHEM* "The more #artists support ambition to be part of the status quo, the more we support the limiting structures set by the status quo" great insight from #artist @camp_networking in response to my provocation. "Organisations to make #artists regular agenda item, to get beyond who are we going to work with but how can we support #artists / include #artists in our organisational make-up beyond the programme"