Artist cooperative explained

Artist cooperative should not be confused with Artist collective.

An artist cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an autonomous visual arts organization, enterprise, or association jointly owned and democratically controlled by its members.^[1] Artist cooperatives are legal entities organized as non-capital stock corporations, non-profit organizations, or unincorporated associations. Such cooperatives typically provide professional facilities and services for its artist-members, including studios, workshops, equipment, exhibition galleries, and educational resources.^[2] By design, all economic and non-economic benefits and liabilities of the cooperative are shared equally among its members. Cooperative members elect their board of directors from within the membership.^[3]

See also

See main article: Artist cooperatives.

• ABC Artists' Books Cooperative
• Artist-run initiative
• Artist-run space
• National Cooperative Business Association
• Prime Produce

Further reading

• "International Artists Cooperative Forms and Launches Web Site." Art Business News November 2001.

External links

• ABC Artists’ Books Cooperative
• International Co-operative Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland website
• The Cooperative Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota website
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Center for Cooperatives website
• University College Cork, Ireland, Centre for Co-operative Studies website
• Small Farm Center, University of California website
• Mutant space arts resource, Cork, Ireland website

Notes and References

1. http://www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Co-operative Identity
2. http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/cooperatives/whatis.html#arts Small Farm Center, University of California
3. http://www.ncba.coop/abcoop.cfm National Cooperative Business Association