Beer Money Commission #2 Contract

Between:

Jonathan Trayner, MILL-WORKERS, 144 Arthur Millwood Court, Rodney Street, Salford. M3 5HT. (Hereafter MILL-WORKERS)

And:

Andrew Bracey, [address]. (Hereafter The Artist)

Regarding:

The production of an artwork that is consistent with The Artist’s previous practice before the 30/04/06.

(Hereafter The Artwork)

For the purposes of Beer Money Commission #2 MILL-WORKERS will pay The Artist £31.98 for the production of The Artwork.

The Artist will produce The Artwork listed above, in conjunction with the terms laid out in the appendices.

Signed

_____________________ Jonathan Trayner, MILL-WORKERS

_____________ Date

_____________________ Andrew Bracey

_____________ Date

Appendix 1

Artistic vision
The Artist has been selected for the commission of The Artwork on the basis of their past work, for this commission they will be give a free hand as to the nature of the work they produce with the following conditions:

1. It will be consistent with their previous practice in terms of artistic quality
2. It will be an accurate reflection on the time and money spent on the work
3. It will not undermine the general artistic programme of MILL-WORKERS or any of its funders

The Artist is free to sub-contract parts of the production of this work providing that this is consistent with the nature of their practice.

Budget
The recommended daily rate for an artist with 5 years experience is £222.48(i) this works out at £27.81 per hour or 0.007725p per second.

The total budget for the commission is £31.98 this means that the time allocated to complete the commission is 4139 seconds (approximately 69 minutes)

The allocated time is to be spent SOLELY on the production of the work (this would include a reasonable amount of ‘thinking time’ as would be expected as part of the production process) all research, materials and auditing would be external to this process and would be covered by the artist as part of their practice. In which case The Artwork will remain the property of the artist subject to the conditions laid out below.

Payment of fees
60% of the fee will be paid to the artist on the signing of the contract (with the production of a valid invoice) the balance will be paid on production of a full audit. See appendix 2 for audit form

Ownership and exhibition of The Artwork
The Artwork will remain the property of The Artist however MILL-WORKERS role in the commissioning of The Artwork will be acknowledged if The Artwork is to be exhibited elsewhere. All usual rights remain with the artist except for the right to sell or otherwise dispose of the artwork this shall not to be done without the express permission of MILL-WORKERS. A record of The Artwork will be exhibited on the website www.mill-workers.org MILL-WORKERS retains the right to exhibit the work elsewhere if appropriate.

NB
All negotiations and discussions or time that the artist spends on preparing or researching the commissioned work prior to the signing of the contract are not no be included in the cost of the project.

_____________________ Andrew Bracey

_____________ Date

Acknowledgement
The figures used to produce this document were taken from the a-n publication Artists Fees and Payments – Good Practice in Paying Artists, with supporting information from the website www.a-n.co.uk and are consistent with the best practice guidelines laid out by a-n(ii).

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(i) Based on £10K a year, in line with a-n guidelines Feb 05 with 3% inflation added. The lower recommended figure, as opposed to the higher figure of £15K, is used as MILL-WORKERS is a small, low income organisation
(ii) Owing to OFT guidelines ACE is not allowed to recommend rates of pay for artists it does however recommend a-n as a source of information on the payment of fees to artists therefore

[Appendix 2 was the Audit Form, a hand draw version of this is the illustration on the previous page]

Initial Brief

Andrew Bracey's Report

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