Dear Stephen:  Thanks for your comments in regard to my query about
policies on paying artists to exhibit in non-profit spaces.  It seems
that most museums and galleries in the U.S. follow about the same policy
as yours, and low budgets are usually the reason given.  I would like to
use some of your information in my article which will be in the December
issue of ART CALENDAR.  Thanks again for your help.
Jane Ingram Allen

Stephen Nowlin wrote:

> I think most artists consider a museum show to be a milestone in their
>
> career and are more than willing to exhibit without direct
> compensation.  I
> have had artists who do installation art ask for a fee to come and
> install/fabricate their work on site, but the great majority have not
> asked
> for this.
>
> I've done major shows with major artists like James Rosenquist, Robert
>
> Morris, Judy Pfaff, and next year Sol LeWitt, some of whom spent as
> much as
> three weeks here installing their shows.  All were paid 100% of their
> expenses but none were paid, nor asked for, a fee.
>
> We have no policy, I evaluate each situation case by case.  But,
> funding
> being what it is, there's not a lot in the budget for paying artists
> to
> exhibit.
>
> Stephen Nowlin
> Director, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery
> Art Center College of Design
>
> >I am writing an article for ART CALENDAR magazine about the policy of
>
> >paying or not paying artists a fee to exhibit their work in museums
> and
> >other non profit galleries and art centers.  I know that most in the
> >U.S. expect to pay musicians and other performers but not usually
> visual
> >
> >artists.   I have heard that there is a national policy in Canada
> which
> >says that all artists are paid a set fee for exhibiting their work.
> >Would anyone care to comment on this ???  What's the policy in your
> >museum or art center?  Thank you for your help.  You may reply
> directly
> >to me at <[log in to unmask]> or reply on the discussion list.
> >Jane Ingram Allen
> >P. O. Box 153
> >Hamilton, NY 13346