Union for artists rejects tax move as divisive
Union for artists rejects tax move as divisive
The Scottish Artists Union does not believe an income tax break for artists, an idea raised in stories last week in The Herald, would be a good idea.
A statement from the SAU committee said: "SAU...would be interested in hearing about any suggestions that might improve the working lives of Scotland's artistic community.
"However, given that 88 per cent of our members earn less than the basic personal tax allowance of £10k we don't believe the suggested tax break would benefit many artists and might rather serve to alienate the arts community from the broader public and other equally deserving low paid precarious and self-employed workers in other sectors."
The SAU has used its previously gathered evidence in two lobbying meetings with Creative Scotland this year, and its new Project Funding Applications and guidelines endorse the use of SAU Rates of Pay.
SAU has been lobbying on recommended rates of pay for artists for nearly 10 years.
l sau.org.uk/news/doc/sau-membership-survey-2014.pdf
Ancient and Modern views
A new exhibition of traditional and modern images of Glasgow are to be featured at the city's Hidden Lane Gallery from October 18 to November 11 in a show called Glasgow: Ancient and Modern.
Traditional views of Glasgow in the 18th and 19th centuries are shown alongside the Shadows series of photographic images by Glasgow-born digital artist and filmmaker Robin Johnston.
His work has been selected for several awards over the years.
The show also includes rare and original watercolours from the late 19th century by artist David Small, the illustrator of many books on Glasgow which are now deemed to be rare.
l hiddenlanegallery.com
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