Minister of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin TD outside Government Buildings. Photograph: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Since last October, 2,000 artists and creative workers in Ireland have been receiving weekly checks of €325 ($350) as part of the culture ministry’s new basic income pilot program .
Aiding creatives in their recovery from the economic effects of the pandemic was the impetus for the three-year initiative, but at stake is something bigger: a new and rather radical model for how society values artists’ labor.
Now, six months since the first checks were sent, a new phase of […]
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