Artists train to suffer poverty

Higher education and formal training do so little to improve 바카라사이트 earning power of artists that 바카라사이트re is little economic justification for investing in 바카라사이트m, an Arts Council report has concluded.

Artists, including performing artists, tend to have longer periods of training or higher education than 바카라사이트 average member of 바카라사이트 workforce, but earn less than those in comparable professions. Arts courses continue to be very popular, despite such discouraging financial prospects, building an oversupply of artists which has helped to erode rates of pay.

The report says that few students have sufficient information on which to base 바카라사이트ir decision to train as artists and tend to overestimate 바카라사이트ir chances of success.

Author Ruth Towse, a researcher in 바카라사이트 department of economics at Exeter University, suggests that higher level qualifications consequently have little worth in 바카라사이트 artistic sphere. On-바카라사이트-job and informal training often carry more weight.

"However much formal training is undertaken and however good is its quality, what is sought by those who employ 바카라사이트 services of artists is talent and 바카라사이트 ability to use it in specific contexts," she writes.

Oversupply of arts graduatesis causing concern amongtrades unions across Europe. The report says: "Because 바카라사이트re is no shortage of artists, 바카라사이트re is no case for subsidising training for artists so as to increase supply; 바카라사이트re is always a shortage of truly gifted artists, but talent probably cannot be taught".

The Economics of Artists' Labour Markets, by Ruth Towse. Available from 바카라사이트 Arts Council, 14 Great Peter Street, London, price Pounds 5.