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14Installing
There are many ways an art work or artefact can interact with this world so there are many ways to install them.
7Fabrication
Making art and things that support it is a very skilled and often testing of those problem solving skills.
5Framing
Framing artworks enhances an artwork, can become part of the work and keep art space and secure.
2Handling
Art and artefacts should be handled in particular ways to ensure their safety and your safety.
9Mountmaking
Making a mount for art or artefacts is a tricky business as it should not detract from the item, keep it safe and secure
5Moving & Logistics
The logistics of moving objects is varied from the tiniest to the gigantic!
6Packing
There are a lot of different packing techniques to match materials to ensure they remain as safe and stable.
0People & Organisations
Get to know other technicians in the industry - chat with others, read interviews, organise tech related outings, etc.
23Resources
ArtTechSpace updates: Everything you need to know about what we are up to
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- ResourcesCoventry University and ArtTechSpace Ltd have created an Art Technician training course to address the art technical skills shortage in the West Midlands area, which has been running for 2 years now with good results. Coventry University in partnership with ArtTechSpace would like to run a similar programme in the West Midlands but focusing on up-skilling those already working as technicians and 'train the trainers'. We would like to gauge the need for this with some information and feedback from technicians already working in the West Midlands. The aim of the training would be to provide a high standard of professional training to support continued and increased employment in the arts and cultural sector. Our Art Technician training sessions and programs are designed to support best practice in the presentation, handling, installation and storage of artworks and artefacts in the gallery/museum setting. We would appreciate if you could complete this survey if you are living and working in the West Midlands to help us to gauge what your needs may be in terms of up-skilling and professional development, but to also feed into a discussion around devising a training programme in the sector. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGDF6gN_RI6-khrCXgxPO65Z9PgLpRjTDrOFtKHLRYwF4CHw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0Like
- People & OrganisationsWe have some exciting news to share with you regarding some illustrious techs Art Handler Ltd who have started a clothing label JUST FOR US art technical nerds! The majority of art handlers are artists with dedicated studio practices: creators as well as intimate and ultimate consumers of Art. Museum marauders who, after long days and nights installing international art fairs, palatial museum blockbusters, avant commercial immersions, tread heavily to their studios to add more treasure to the cultural trove: Our Community. Founded by artists and art handlers in London, Art Handler Ltd set out to redesign wardrobe staples. Producing a limited release of pieces expressly concerned with quality, feel and longevity. Art Handler Ltd. is soon to officially launch its first collection. But before that, they are offering an exclusive 50% discount to all art handlers. So if you are an art handler working in the UK email: info@arthandlerlondon.com - subject line “art tech space” - for a free item with your order. Check it out via the link HERELike
- ATS UpdateBectu, the union for the creative industries, has launched a new survey for art technicians working in the UK that will help the union establish recommended rates of pay and help address low pay and pay discrepancies across the sector. The survey is open to all art technicians, art handlers, fabricators, framers and studio assistants working in the UK. The survey is available here: https://bit.ly/BAT-Rates The union will use the findings to establish the UK’s first pay guidance for the art technical sector, which will outline recommended minimum professional, general and managerial rates that will help UK art technicians better negotiate their pay. Pay within the UK art technician sector is not yet standardised so workers have traditionally been offered very low rates. Many also experience pay discrepancies according to venue, location of work or other factors and frequently work overtime with no compensation. One Bectu member commented: “Whilst working for an artist studio, I was on an eight-hour day rate. During busy periods, I would often end up working ten hours or more for a number of weeks. This included working away from home. When I said that I was changing my invoices to reflect the hours I worked, the studio and the artist stopped employing me. We do a hard job that requires skill, care, and patience. We can’t do it if we can’t afford to live.” Another Bectu member said: “A major London gallery I freelance with refuses to pay overtime rates on weekends. We are only offered overtime after 10 hours work. However, we are never asked to work longer than 10 hours.” Another said: “I used to work for an arts centre in the Midlands that pays its art techs less than £100 a day (and still does). You're getting about a quid more than people working in the cafe, while having to build walls and work at height. I left because I don't think that rate reflects the job we do.” The survey comes after Bectu’s art technicians’ branch launched a pay rates database (Union For Art Technical Professionals | BECTU Art Technician Branch | England -see under Pay Rates if you are a member) last summer, which has since received hundreds of responses detailing how much art technicians are paid at different venues. The branch is now seeking specific data via the survey to help establish a recommended minimum professional rate. Bectu represents new and experienced art handlers, art technicians, fabricators and studio assistants working across the UK. Members work in galleries, museums, art handling companies and artists’ studios. Joint Branch Chair of Bectu’s art technicians branch, Phill Wilson-Perkin, said: “Low wages, irregular work and lack of security will lead to a decline in diversity within the art handling industry. It’s hard to see how individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds can make ends meet, considering the instability and inadequate rates of pay.” Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “Everyone deserves to be paid fairly for their time and talents and art technicians are no different. A lack of standardised rates for the sector means that many art technicians have traditionally been offered very low rates, and we know that women and people from global majority* backgrounds often struggle to negotiate the same rates as their white or male counterparts. “Being an art technician requires huge technical skill and, at times, risks to personal safety. It is right that pay in the sector reflects these skills and risks and is standardised no matter where you work. “ Bectu’s rate cards have proven hugely successful in helping freelancers in film and TV to negotiate and improve their pay and we hope our pay guidance can do the same for art technicians. “We encourage everyone working as an art technician, art handler, fabricator or studio assistant to fill out our short survey, and to encourage their friends and colleagues to do the same.” PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM HERE TO HELP US ESTABLISH A RATE CARD FOR ART TECHNICIANS https://bit.ly/BAT-Rates * We use the term ‘Global Majority’ to refer to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities’. This is a collective term that first and foremost speaks to and encourages those so-called to think of themselves as belonging to the global majority. In using this term we recognise that these ethnicities are often defined in the UK as ‘minority’, but that globally, they make up the majority.Like