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Alarming report results as artist residencies buckle under COVID pressures

A new report by Res Artis looks at the impact of cancelled artist residencies globally, with a flood of artists leaving the sector due to dwindling career opportunities and lack of financial support.

7 Apr 2021 12:00

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The latest report released by Res Artists and University College London contains sobering facts about the impact of COVID on the visual arts sector. Image: Shutterstock.

Res Artis: Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies (with an office in Melbourne) and UCL (University College London) have partnered to deliver a three-part survey that examines the immediate, medium-term and long-term impact of COVID-19 on international arts residencies.

In September 2020, the findings from Survey 1 were released. With the close of March 2021, the results from Survey II have been tabled.

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