Artist Krea aka Karen Cowley at the Alex Hotel in Dublin this morning for a press conference to discuss the Status of the Artist in Ireland and new results from first year of the Basic Income for the Arts pilot. Pic Stephen Collins/Collins Photos When Minister for Arts Catherine Martin officially launched the pilot Basic Income for Artists (BIA) scheme in 2022, she promised its outcomes would be measured against a control group of artists who did not receive the payment. Yesterday, the results of the first full year of that process, up to October 2023, were published.
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