Travaildesartistes.ch

Visarte.Genève is pleased to inform you of the launch date of the platform www.travaildesartistes.ch, in coordination with Visarte Zentralschweiz.

This new website offers a fee calculator and a recommended remuneration table, as well as an adaptive contract template. These tools are aimed at artists, curators, private and public structures and institutions which exhibit and/or subsidize artistic projects.

www.travaildesartistes.ch is the result of a co-op work agreement on the behalf of the Cultural Service of the City of Geneva and the Cantonal Office of Culture and Sport to the following groups and individuals: GARAGe group (referents : Julie Marmet and Ramaya Tegegne), Clovis Duran, Hélène Mariéthoz, and Lab-of-Arts (referents: Lancelot Dandelot and Zoé Seiler).

Since the 2021-2024 publication of the “message culture”, the improvement of the remuneration of artists has been an issue shared by public authorities. The status of artists and their recognition as professionals in general is now a concern at the federal, cantonal and city level, which allows to reconsider the working relationships between an individual and a structure, in the frame of their artistic activity.

www.travaildesartistes.ch is an online platform created in the Geneva context and aims to encourage consideration of the real costs of a visual arts project and to clarify working conditions. This website establishes a common basis by promoting the negotiation of artists’ commitments and aims to facilitate the work of the structures that host them.

You will find three tools on www.travaildesartistes.ch : 

1_The calculator is an online form based on the Visarte 2020 «Guide to Artists’ Fees». It guides artists and structures towards a recommended remuneration for an exhibition or other artistic productions.

2_ The contract template is a customizable form, which generates a contract to download once the information has been entered. The contract ensures the protection of artists and structures. It anticipates potential disputes and facilitates negotiations by defining a legal framework.

3_ The remuneration grid is a PDF document that presents the calculation methods on which the calculator is based. www.travaildesartistes.ch will be freely available from September 21, 2023.

The site’s ambition is to become a national standard in Switzerland, enabling structures and artists to precisely define their working environment with harmonized conditions. From November 21, in collaboration with Visarte Zentralschweiz, the site will be translated and adapted for the entire country. We encourage you to share these tools with as many artists and organizations as possible.

Contact/questions : communication@visarte-geneve.ch