PRAXIS STATEMENT ON THE BIA POST-PILOT SCHEME ANNOUNCEMENT - Praxis Union PRAXIS STATEMENT ON THE BIA POST-PILOT SCHEME ANNOUNCEMENT Praxis, the Artists’ Union of Ireland, welcomes the decision to place the Basic Income for the Arts scheme on a more permanent footing. This ...

Check out our statement responding to the announcement of the permanent adoption of the post-pilot BIA Scheme.

www.praxisunion.ie/praxis-state...

Praxis Budget 2026 statement in black text on beige background with fuchsia pink praxis logo. Text reads: PRAXIS STATEMENT: BUDGET 2026 We welcome the government’s commitment to a permanent Basic Income for the Arts (BIA), a hard-won achievement for artists, workers and advocates. We’re concerned about a gap between the end of the current BIA pilot (Feb 2026) and the start of the new scheme (Sept 2026). Despite a small increase to the department, arts funding has fallen in real terms, worsening long-term deprivation in the sector. Half of artists in Ireland live below the poverty line, current funding levels are not enough to support fair living and working conditions. Praxis calls for: increased Arts Council funding, investment in arts infrastructure, and a permanent, inclusive Basic Income for the Arts. Read our full budget statement on our website www.praxisunion.ie

Read our full budget statement here: www.praxisunion.ie/wp-content/u...

PRAXIS members along with a representative from SIPTU and the National Campaign For the Arts presenting a petition signed by over 1,500 artists and arts workers to Minister Patrick O’Donovan, urging immediate action to safeguard their incomes amidst ongoing instability within the Arts Council.

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Praxis is seeking candidates for our upcoming elections in June!

Roles: Chair, Secretary, Welfare Officer, Recruitment Officer (Ulster), Policy Officer, Finance Officer.

More info & job spec here: drive.google.com/file/d/18Nk7...

4 Union Officers; 2 from SIPTU & 2 from Praxis, hold a copy of the memorandum of understanding between the two unions upon their merger.

Today marks a historic step for workers in the arts. Praxis and @siptu.bsky.social have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding, solidifying our merger and shared commitment to advancing the rights, protections and conditions of artists and arts workers across Ireland.

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Students! Email our Recruitment Officers to avail of free membership:

Ulster: info@praxisunion.ie

Leinster: leinster@praxisunion.ie

Connaught: connaught@praxistunion.ie

Munster: munster@praxisunion.ie

Petition: Minister O'Donovan, Protect the Future of Artists and Arts Workers.

Happy May Day 2025!
(final call to sign our petition: www.surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025)

We'll be joining the Cork May Day committee's rally outside Connolly Hall, Cork, at 7pm before marching to Grand Parade.
Come with?

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We stand against all forms of discrimination and prejudice.

Solidarity with our trans, non-binary & intersex comrades and with all who will be negatively impacted by the recent supreme court decision in the UK.

Human rights regression endangers everybody.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Image Description: Text info graphic. Petition addressing Minister Michael O’Donovan to protect artists and arts workers.

PETITION DEADLINE: 1st of May!

Artists and arts workers in Ireland are facing uncertainty.
As the government reviews the Arts Council, we must ensure that those who create and sustain our culture are not left vulnerable.

Sign the petition now:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025

Text graphic addressed to Minister O'Donovan, stating that the Praxis petition to protect the future of artists and arts workers has reached 1000+ signatures.

1000+ Signatures!

Last week we launched a petition on ‘Protecting the Future of Artists and Arts Workers’ with support and input from other arts resource organistaions such as @isacsireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social , @createireland.bsky.social and others.

Please sign and share! GRMA

Ulster students, please use info@praxisunion.ie

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We are delighted to now offer free membership for students!

Email our Recruitment Officers to avail:
Leinster: leinster@praxisunion.ie
Connaught: connaught@praxistunion.ie
Munster: munster@praxisunion.ie
Ulster: ulster@praxisunion.ie

Attach you Student ID and we'll get you registered!

Grey box on pink background with Praxis logo. Text inside grey box reads Minister O'Donoval: Protect the Future of Artists and Arts Workers.

Artists and arts workers in Ireland are facing uncertainty.
As the government reviews the Arts Council, we must ensure that those who create and sustain our culture are not left vulnerable.

Sign the survey now:
surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025

Letter in the Irish Times on the National Gallery scanner issue:

Here's where the journalists' and headline writers' decision to say it was a €120k "scanner" comes to the surface. Making you think of printers and other home peripherals. It is an *XRAY* scanner! Hugely specialised and valid. Insane they don't have one up and running already.

Pálás cinema protest update:
www.praxisunion.ie/palas-protes...

@siptu.bsky.social

The larger a membership we have the greater our ability to affect change in the Irish Arts sector, to represent artists politically and to demand better pay and working conditions.

Divided we beg, united we bargain. Join Praxis today!

www.praxisunion.ie/join/

Musicians Union of Ireland calls for protection for funding Funding for arts sector projects must be protected during the review of the operation of the Arts Council.

www.siptu.ie/musicians-un...

“The MUI is a SIPTU affiliate along with Irish Equity and Praxis Artist Union. As the overall Union representing these cultural workers. Arts sector workers must not become the innocent victims of any mistakes that may or may not have been made within the Arts Council.”

Praxis Statement on the undelivered overhaul of the Arts Council IT system.
Read in Full: www.praxisunion.ie/wp-content/u...

Praxis members:
Elections are taking place this week online to vote on officer positions. All Praxis members who have moved their memberships over to SIPTU will have received an email invitation to vote. If you haven't received one and think you should have, email secretary@praxisunion.ie

It may prove useful if you are looking for new opportunities or places to visit in a part of Ireland you're unfamiliar with. The map may also be missing vital places in your area - take a look, and if you see anything that is missing get in touch!

This resource will help us to expand our reach as a Union, recruiting artists in the places where we work and gather. This resource is available to members (check your inbox for our last newsletter)

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Thanks to Praxis Members, our Recruitment Officers, and our Recruitment Mapping Coordinator Kerry Guinan for putting together this comprehensive map of Arts spaces in Ireland.

Public meeting to save Pálás cinema, today 7pm 126 gallery, H91NN29, Galway!

Tomorrow we strike!!!!!

Getting in on these starter packs. We're a small but growing corner of Blue Sky Ireland - all things workers' rights and a better Ireland for all!

Let us know if you want to be added.

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Lecturers at BIMM Dublin to begin strike action against proposed restructure BIMM Dublin management said that reports of 35 people losing jobs is ‘inaccurate and incendiary’.

Solidarity to the BIMM lecturers!
www.thejournal.ie/bimm-dublin-...

If your an artist or supporter of the arts in Galway make your voice heard, get down to this meeting and speak with local councillors and TD's. Its vital that arts infrastructure such as Pallas stays open!

If your an artist or supporter of the arts in Galway make your voice heard, get down to this meeting and speak with local councillors and TD's. Its vital that arts infrastructure such as Pallas stays open!