Just been reading this article on a-n:
Excellent stuff and when it came to the checklist of possible costs to your practice from doing more than you are being paid for – I checked every one. Oh crap. This includes doing things such as using materials from your studio, using your own camera to document etc.. Some way to go on getting paid properly then.
I particularly liked the section on 'How to eat an elephant' – one bite at a time of course. Bit like my favourite joke from when I was a kid that my mum used to tell all the time: How many elephants can you fit in a mini? two in the front and two in the back. Why did this make me so hysterical? Hmm, not sure now..
Anyway, this money thing is particularly pertinent as I am doing a series of sculpture workshops for Find Your Talent/Tate next week and have already found myself doing more more more than I should. Pah. At least I have the support of another artist on these though so the pressure is less than normal, sort of.
Oh, and I went to Yorkshire Sculpture Park for a meeting this week, way before the contract has started (Sep 1st).. plus there is another meeting/artists' talk/workshop in two weeks.. I guess these have to be counted as two, or one and a half days out of the 20 planning included in the payment.
She is learning…slowly.
