Landscape Sketch of the Arts: session Decision Making
Give your opinion and contribute to the Landscape Sketch of the Arts!
The Landscape Sketch of the Arts is a comprehensive analysis of Flanders' professional arts landscape that Flanders Arts Institute puts together at the start of each new political term. To make sure nothing is overlooked, we organise several sessions throughout 2024 to gather input from the sector, each time focusing on a different part of the arts field.
Flanders Arts Institute organised an open call for suggestions around un(der)exposed themes towards our Landscape Sketch of the Arts. This session was one of the submissions. Check out the other topics we are including in the process here.
Session Decision Making
In the arts sector, choices are constantly being made. Who gets a place on stage? How are subsidies being distributed? Who gets the job or the seat in the board? These are just a few examples of the ongoing decision-making behind the scenes that determine the direction of the sector. But who makes these decisions, based on what criteria and what are the implications? Ultimately, choices (artistic or organisational) are about giving people opportunities. This comes with responsibility. Implicit or explicit preferences may come into play - sometimes this is even the intention. But how do we make sure there are no biases involved? We look at it step by step: how do you determine a procedure and set up a jury? How do you make the rules and criteria as fair and clear as possible? How do you remove barriers? And how do you communicate with people who apply or submit proposals?
When and where
December 11 at 10 am
Location: De Veerman, Antwerp
Register
Would you like to participate? You can register via the button at the top right.
To register, we ask you to create an account on our website and choose a password (at the ‘Sign up’ button). With your own account, you can always update your details and/or unsubscribe from the event. If you want to register for another event, you obviously do not need to create it again. Having problems creating an acccount? Then send an e-mail to sofia@kunsten.be.
Remuneration, barriers and confidentiality
Flanders Arts Institute wants creators' voices to be heard more. For freelance artists (who are not on the payroll of an arts organisation and for whom participation is therefore unpaid) Flanders Arts Institute provides a volunteer fee. You can indicate this in the practical confirmation email.
Furthermore, we want to help address any barriers for participants, e.g. through hybrid participation for people who have difficulty getting physically on site, food preferences or childcare. Please let us know how we can accommodate you via that same confirmation email.
To enable a safe conversation, Flanders Arts Institute commits to keeping identifiable statements within the conversation and to anonymously incorporate these insights into the final report.
Questions?
Do you have a question about this session? Contact our colleague Jannis via jannis@kunsten.be
