Artist cooperative

Association jointly owned and controlled by its members

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]

References

^ International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Co-operative Identity Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Small Farm Center, University of California Archived March 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
^ National Cooperative Business Association Archived February 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.

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 Archived 2007-11-29 at the Wayback Machine

Visual arts and the art world

Artwork