Comments on: Organize! What the Artists’ Union of the 1930s Can Teach Us Today http://www.artandwork.us/2009/11/organize-what-the-artists-union-of-the-1930s-can-teach-us-today/ A National Conversation About Art, Labor, And Economics Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Right to Know – The Right to Art | IMPAKT http://www.artandwork.us/2009/11/organize-what-the-artists-union-of-the-1930s-can-teach-us-today/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 The Right to Know – The Right to Art | IMPAKT Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:18:45 +0000 http://www.artandwork.us/?p=125#comment-1578 [...] While the idea of artists unions is coming back into fashion, in art like in other fields politics seems to become more and more about transparency, along with bottom-up organization. A recent project worth mentioning, and particularly fit as an example in this case, is the ArtLeaks platform. Launched by a group of art professionals as a whistleblower targeting the abuses of cultural institutions, the site is a call for mistreated cultural workers to share and denounce any injustices. Like in other sites there is a submission form and an “archives” section, but so far the leaks seem to take the form of open letters and articles rather than raw documents, with the editorial filter being embedded in the text rather acting as a simple preliminary filter. Also, secrecy seems to be less of a core value than in better-known whistleblowers. [...] [...] While the idea of artists unions is coming back into fashion, in art like in other fields politics seems to become more and more about transparency, along with bottom-up organization. A recent project worth mentioning, and particularly fit as an example in this case, is the ArtLeaks platform. Launched by a group of art professionals as a whistleblower targeting the abuses of cultural institutions, the site is a call for mistreated cultural workers to share and denounce any injustices. Like in other sites there is a submission form and an “archives” section, but so far the leaks seem to take the form of open letters and articles rather than raw documents, with the editorial filter being embedded in the text rather acting as a simple preliminary filter. Also, secrecy seems to be less of a core value than in better-known whistleblowers. [...]

]]> By: Brett Bloom http://www.artandwork.us/2009/11/organize-what-the-artists-union-of-the-1930s-can-teach-us-today/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Brett Bloom Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:52:16 +0000 http://www.artandwork.us/?p=125#comment-966 Denise, If you send an email to us with this question (servers@temporaryservices.org), we can forward it on to Nicolas Lampert who wrote the article. Best, Brett Denise,

If you send an email to us with this question (servers@temporaryservices.org), we can forward it on to Nicolas Lampert who wrote the article.

Best,

Brett

]]> By: denise lassaw http://www.artandwork.us/2009/11/organize-what-the-artists-union-of-the-1930s-can-teach-us-today/comment-page-1/#comment-965 denise lassaw Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:52:55 +0000 http://www.artandwork.us/?p=125#comment-965 Hello ! Can you tell me where you got the photo, just above, of Alice Mason and Ibram Lassaw holding protest signs? It is in the New Deal Art Projects but I have been unable to find the source of the original photo. I need a high resolution copy. thank you Denise Your comment is awaiting moderation. Hello !

Can you tell me where you got the photo, just above, of Alice Mason and Ibram Lassaw holding protest signs? It is in the New Deal Art Projects but I have been unable to find the source of the original photo. I need a high resolution copy.

thank you

Denise

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]]> By: denise lassaw http://www.artandwork.us/2009/11/organize-what-the-artists-union-of-the-1930s-can-teach-us-today/comment-page-1/#comment-964 denise lassaw Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:51:43 +0000 http://www.artandwork.us/?p=125#comment-964 Hello ! Can you tell me where you got the photo, just above, of Alice Mason and Ibram Lassaw holding protest signs? It is in the New Deal Art Projects but I have been unable to find the source of the original photo. I need a high resolution copy. thank you Denise Hello !

Can you tell me where you got the photo, just above, of Alice Mason and Ibram Lassaw holding protest signs? It is in the New Deal Art Projects but I have been unable to find the source of the original photo. I need a high resolution copy.

thank you

Denise

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