FRIEZE NEW YORK…
- Brings in $8 million in revenue from gallery booth rentals alone.
- Pays less than $1/sq foot on public park land on which it mounts its massive tent.
EAST HARLEM & SOUTH BRONX…
- Have a median household income that is between $20,000 to $30,000 respectively, one-third of the cost of a booth rented by a blue chip gallery.
- Have long been fighting against privatization and to keep Randall’s Island accessible to its local residents.
FRIEZE SHOULD GIVE BACK
- What if Frieze New York gave back to the neighborhoods that surround Randall’s Island in return for its takeover of public land?
- What if Frieze New York redistributed the massive accumulation of wealth it participates in each year during the fair?
- What if 1% of the estimated $8 million fair revenue were granted to artists and arts organizations in East Harlem and South Bronx?
For information about the details of the proposal, please contact owsartsandlabor@gmail.com
Arts & Labor’s Alternative Economies group will be facilitating a workshop this Saturday at NURTUREart in Bushwick:
Another Art World Is Possible
Arts & Labor’s Alternative Economies Workshop
NURTUREart 56 Bogart St, Brooklyn NY 11206
May 11, 2013 3-6pm
The economic and social realities of the art world as it exists can often be a source of frustration for artists, but what might an alternative model look like? In this workshop we’ll discuss the things we like and things we don’t like about the current art world. Then we’ll learn about various alternative models and discuss amongst ourselves how they can be applied to or replace the current system.
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