Art Worker May Day: Observing Art Labor and Capital

Join CUE Art Foundation for Art Worker May Day: Observing Art Labor and Capital, a virtual panel event organized by Lee Painter-Kim in honor of May Day.

For more information about the event, see here.

Virtual Event:
Monday, May 1, 2023
1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern / 9:00 pm Greenwich Time

Since 2019, art workers in over 25 museums have formed unions in response to precarious life conditions, including oppressive workplace environments, lack of living wages, and basic benefits. This phenomenon echoes a national surge in labor organizing. This panel event will consider how the culture sector can often exploit the idea of a “calling” to the arts to mask low pay, inequitable conditions, and uncertain advancement. It will also explore how this aligns with trends in the larger global economy, outlining a historical materialist framework of art labor in capitalist art systems.

Panelists:
• York Chang, artist and union labor attorney.
• Dani (Danielle) Child, art and cultural historian.
• Jason Ide, Teamsters union organizer.
• Nizan Shaked, art and cultural historian.
• Anuradha Vikram, writer, curator, and educator.

Please RSVP. The event is free, and all are welcome. The link to the Zoom will be sent to registered guests shortly before the event.