A protest has been held in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter to appeal for new legislation and better, more affordable workspaces in the city for artists.
I could call myself an artist. I could shit all over a canvas.
I think I would call it… O
Can I have a space?
>”We would like people to put in leases and legislation that allow us to pay an affordable rent, particularly on an artist’s salary, that we can continue to work there, not just for six months or a year but for five, 10, 20 years,” she told BBC News NI.
Sorry but that’s delusional. If your art can’t support you, it’s a hobby, and you need to get a paying job and do it on the side. Art is great, and worthy, but that doesn’t make it an essential service that needs to be subsidised by the rest of us.
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A protest has been held in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter to appeal for new legislation and better, more affordable workspaces in the city for artists.
I could call myself an artist. I could shit all over a canvas.
I think I would call it… O
Can I have a space?
>”We would like people to put in leases and legislation that allow us to pay an affordable rent, particularly on an artist’s salary, that we can continue to work there, not just for six months or a year but for five, 10, 20 years,” she told BBC News NI.
Sorry but that’s delusional. If your art can’t support you, it’s a hobby, and you need to get a paying job and do it on the side. Art is great, and worthy, but that doesn’t make it an essential service that needs to be subsidised by the rest of us.