Here are a few great introductory texts covering a range of topics including alternative economies, historical art/activist movements, and the field of art workers. We will continue to add texts and topics as our reading list grows.
(please click on the link to download pdf)
1930’s
list of federal art programs from 1933-43
David Sokol, The Founding of The Artists Equity Association after World War I
AWC
Lucy Lippard, “The Art Workers’ Coalition: Not a History”
Art Workers’ Coalition’s Letter to Museum of Modern Art, 1969
Alternative Economies
Art Workers
Julia Bryan Wilson, Introduction and Chapter 1 of “Art Workers”
Mapping the Art Economy
Andrea Fraser – Le 1% C’est Moi
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Arts & Labor
The following materials have been approved for distribution
by the Arts & Labor General Assembly
Open Letter to Labor Servicing the Culture Industry
End the Whitney Biennial 2014, February 24, 2012
Arts & Labor #OWS Call to NYFA: Stop Publishing Classifieds for Unpaid Internships
Feb 1, 2012