@susandrjonesarts.bsky.social
Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
On 3 Nov @starandshadow.bsky.social I'm contributing insight from my independent longitudinal, qualitative study of artists' lives to Artists' Graft. Other speakers are Kat Bevan, Theresa Easton, Dr Ewan McKenzie and Dr Tom Hopkin. Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science 'Our working lives'.
20.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I was honoured to have Owen Kelly's consideration of my research 'Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience' as a MIAAW podcast. He describes the research's value as 'a detailed analysis of the lives #artists lead when #culture is seen as an industry".
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Heads up for #Word365 users working independently! Here's how to avoid Word365 Microsoft increased subs for (the pretty irritating and largely unnecessary I've found) #Copilot #AI tool, follow instructions in this link to revert to cheaper Classic version.
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
Starmer has always been better in opposition than when leading. Now that it *feels* like he’s opposition again maybe that’s the trick to keep him saying the right thing?
16.09.2025 12:41 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A graphic showing a 20-euro banknote with the design area pixelated. Above the note, bold text reads: “What will the future euro look like?” A curved arrow points to the blurred area. Below the banknote, the message says: “Submit your design.” The European Union flag appears in the bottom right corner. The image is shown in a design software interface.
💶 Shape the future look of the euro!
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
I’ll send batches off over the next week. BTW age verification process is straightforward and no data from it stored. I was impressed with it when I did it yesterday
26.07.2025 13:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience 2025 is now completed.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
Very essential reading.
24.07.2025 09:56 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge
10.07.2025 15:29 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Has anyone senior in Labour considered telling people Reform is wrong? And why they are wrong. And what a threat they are to the NHS, to national security? That Farage seeks divide us, *he* is the threat to our institutions? Anyone? Anyone got *any confidence* in who they are at all? It's pathetic
11.05.2025 18:57 — 👍 193 🔁 42 💬 13 📌 1
A surreal, black ink line drawing with strong political satire. In the centre, a large roasting spit is set over a fire pit made of round stones. On the spit, a pig-like body with the human head of UK Labour leader Keir Starmer is being roasted. His expression is blank, and a long skewer pierces through his mouth, exiting the back of his head. In the foreground to the right, another caricatured of Nigel Farage — appears in close-up, laughing maniacally with an exaggerated, open-mouthed grin. A massive mushroom cloud and thick plumes of smoke rise from an explosion, dominating the sky and landscape in the background. The atmosphere is apocalyptic and chaotic, with scribbled lines suggesting destruction and disorder. The entire scene merges grotesque humour with political commentary, evoking themes of collapse, complicity, and mockery in British politics.
Todays doodle is a bit dark, stop chasing reform & back to pledges!!
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
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far too early up here for the home grown - the seeds only just coming through - so it's from the supermarket or organic farm for me for now
01.05.2025 17:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This was stunningly worrying to hear - as was the real possibility of losing democracy in the US. The consequences are unimaginable
29.04.2025 18:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I was one of the first founders of the Culture Declares Emergency, which over 6 years has grown to c.2000 organisations & individuals committed to addressing the Earth Crisis through Culture. In that time, we've never asked individuals to donate. Until now! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
23.04.2025 19:51 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Please sign this.
22.04.2025 18:13 — 👍 26 🔁 11 💬 8 📌 0
A must-watch from the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
This ‘working day’ thing - part of the gap between those who’re creative for whom weekends = time for practice and those who just manage stuff.
14.04.2025 11:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our team are currently experiencing a period of high demand. Our response times are now as follows: - We aim to reply to enquiries regarding National Lottery Project Grants (NLPG) within 20 working days (excluding bank holidays). - We aim to reply to enquiries regarding Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) within 5 working days (excluding bank holidays). We will always do our best to prioritise urgent enquiries. Thank you for your patience.
Arts Council England DYCP access requests open today, can take 5 working days to sign off.
But wow look at that Project Grants lead-in time now 😵💫 Factor this in if you’re hoping to apply any time soon!
An illustrated image of the book stands against a bright lilac backdrop. The book is orange and has yellow and lilac stripes.
**SIGNED COPIES** of Who Wants Normal? are now available to pre-order online from @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social as a limited edition.
If you’re on a low income or housebound, you’ll also get free postage nationwide.
Get yours here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/who-...
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
13.04.2025 23:10 — 👍 7116 🔁 3331 💬 127 📌 193
Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
In an infringement of copyright & total disregard for my livelihood, many of my academic publications have been taken without my consent to train AI. I stand with the @Soc_of_Authors Action.
Pls sign & share this petition to protect authors' rights: www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Take note then @artscouncilengland.bsky.social when fixing yr #dycp budget allocation as % of Grant in aid to give many more low income #artists at #grassroots a genuine chance to dream #ecologiesforartistsresilience @lisanandymp.bsky.social
04.04.2025 11:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Trump holding a board detailing tariffs on Narnia, Mars, Middle-Earth, Hogwarts, Mordor, Westeros, Asgard, Wakanda, and Jupiter.
The memes have been great.
03.04.2025 16:18 — 👍 507 🔁 124 💬 26 📌 12
Lime green background with navy text. The Society of Authors' logo is at the top. Beneath this is written: '#DoTheWriteThing and protect authors' livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training. #MetaBookThieves.' Beneath the text is an illustration of people holding signs reading #BookThieves, Make It Fair, Do The Write Thing, Compensation for Creatives.
In common with basically every other author, my work has been stolen by Meta and fed - against my will, and without compensation - into its AI monstrosity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
Two pre-school children are shown ‘at work’ in the garden, hammering metal to wood and sawing boxes with small tools
“It is much more satisfactory to give a child real hammers, nails, pincers, screwdrivers, saws and gimlets” (1971)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
You can’t ALWAYS be experiencing an unusually high number of calls, that’s not how ‘usual’ works.
31.03.2025 08:20 — 👍 148 🔁 19 💬 4 📌 1
How often do you look for news sources from outside your country? 🗞️
💡 @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social is exploring the idea of a European Streaming Platform that would be AI-assisted, multilingual, free & accessible to all EU citizens.
Interested in the project? Take the survey! ✉️ buff.ly/1I0ZPvG
