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.

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...

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.

Students! Email our Recruitment Officers to avail of free membership: Ulster: [email protected] Leinster: [email protected] Connaught: [email protected] Munster: [email protected]

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?

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

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

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

We are delighted to now offer free membership for students! Email our Recruitment Officers to avail: Leinster: [email protected] Connaught: [email protected] Munster: [email protected] Ulster: [email protected] Attach you Student ID and we'll get you registered!

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...

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/

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 [email protected]

praxis_union 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. go.bsky.app/7qXuGyy

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!

Public meeting on the closure of Pallas Cinema, Wednesday 12th, 7pm. 126 Gallery, H91NN29, Galway. Details in link: www.praxisunion.ie/public-meeti...

Deadline extension on Arts Council Bursary Applications from the to the 20th of February: www.artscouncil.ie/available-fu...

We are looking for candidates to fill the Communications Officer role at Praxis. Praxis is as effective as its members and volunteer officers make it. Get involved, run for election! www.praxisunion.ie/council-elec...

Our starter pack of Irish arts orgs, cultural, trade union and civil society related accounts: go.bsky.app/3BTBLUJ

Solidarity to BIMM lecturers: www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...

Get out this Saturday for the National Demo for Palestine. From 1pm, the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin!

Praxis ar an teilifís! Praxis rep Tadgh O'Cuirín speaking on TG4 at the protest against the closure of Pálás Cinema in Galway city.

Get involved in Praxis this year, run for election in the Praxis council: www.praxisunion.ie/council-elec...

Join the protest against the closure of Pálás Cinema today at Galway City Hall!

Use the template email posted below to contact Galway City Councillors on the topic, put together by the good people at CATU Galway t.co/idUDkdlu6P

Local authorities across Ireland are failing to adequately facilitate and protect arts spaces. Letting Pálás Cinema fall out of use as a cultural centre would be massively myopic and a wasted opportunity on behalf of Galway City Council.

Save vital arts infrastructure, sign the petition to save Pálás Cinema here: www.change.org/p/save-p%C3%...

Join the protest against the closure of Pálás cinema at Galway City Hall, this Monday at 3pm!

Well articulated thread on the too often unrecognised and underpaid contribution artists make to both our societies and economies!

Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/

United we stand. Divided we fall. #Unionise

In 2025 join the Artists Union of Ireland, join Praxis! www.praxisunion.ie/join/

Amnesty International have just published an extensive report verifying what many activists, news outlets, trade unions and art organisations of conscience have been saying for some time: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Get involved in your union, run as a Praxis Officer: www.praxisunion.ie/council-elec...

Get involved run as a Praxis Officer!

Join Praxis today! www.praxisunion.ie/join/

@praxisunion.bsky.social members! As we affiliate with SIPTU, we need you to transfer your membership by signing up again on our website: www.praxisunion.ie/join-the-uni... The deadline to do so is just 1 week away, on November 5th. Please check your emails for more information!

Members! As we affiliate with SIPTU, we need you to transfer your membership by signing up again on our website (link in bio). The deadline to do so is just 1 week away, on November 5th. Please check your emails for more information! www.praxisunion.ie/join/

Members, make sure to check your emails for important information about the affiliation and actions you must take to secure your membership during the transition!

We’re thrilled to announce that after years of discussions and negotiations, Praxis is now officially a branch within @SIPTU ! We’re keeping our unique identity and will remain a democratic union run by artists, for artists. Here's how members will benefit:

Praxis joined artists from the Kilkenny area for an artists lunch at the Tea House, Bateman Quay. Praxis Council member Elinor O'Donovan discussed common workplace issues in the arts and what we at Praxis are doing to address these problems.