🚀 Launching today at the House of Commons and backed by the APPG- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Visual Arts and Artists , this major new report sets out a bold plan for the government to unlock the potential of the UK’s visual arts sector.

Commissioned by CVAN and John Hansard Gallery (University of Southampton), in partnership with a-n, DACS and Plus Tate, and written by Erskine Analysis, the report presents a clear case for strategic public investment — rooted in economic, social and cultural data.📊

In 2023 alone, the sector contributed £4.1bn to the UK economy.🏛️ We have some of the world’s most visited museums, top-ranked art schools, and globally recognised artists — yet artists and the infrastructure behind them are seriously threatened.

💡 With the right investment, the visual arts can play a leading role in delivering the UK Government’s goals on:

1. Economic Growth
2. Health and Wellbeing
3. Education and skills

🔑 Four key recommendations:

1. Creeate a UK Cultural Investment Partnership Fund
2. Launch a £5m Grassroots Visual Arts Fund
3. Expand access to creative education
4. Restore specialist arts subject funding in HE➡️

Now is the time to frame the future — and invest in the creativity, infrastructure, and innovation our visual arts sector needs to thrive.

#FramingTheFuture #VisualArtsMatter #InvestInCreativity #UKSpendingReview #CulturalPolicy #CreativeIndustries #ArtIsEssential

National Saturday Club, CVAN and John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton and Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities, with a-n The Artists Information Company, @DACSforArtists, and @PlusTate — written by Erskine Analysis.

Read more: 🔗https://cvan.art/work-campaigns/framing-the-future-the-political-case-for-strengthening-the-visual-arts-ecosystem/

Cover image: Garth Gratrix, Flamboyant Flamingos, Grundy Art Gallery, Arts Council England, Blackpool, UK. Image taken by Benjamin Nuttall.

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