Sector Equity for Anti-Racism in the Arts (SEARA)
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The Sector Equity for Anti-Racism in the Arts (SEARA) was created by BC Arts Service Organizations and other sector leaders to call for mutual aid and accountability in the arts. To simultaneously provide COVID-19 support and point to the inadequacies of current arts-funding models, SEARA looks to galvanize sectoral efforts and deliver $500K-$1M to BC-based BIPOC Artists currently facing financial hardship.The Black Lives Matter movement, and the ongoing fight to uphold Indigenous rights and land recognition, have prompted arts organizations across North America to publicly address systemic racism. SEARA's fundraiser POWER SHARE provides these organizations with a tangible opportunity to move beyond performed activism, develop lasting connections across communities and invest in actionable change.Individual Artists are less likely than other cultural workers in Canada to have received COVID-19 emergency support. Besides being some of the lowest paid workers in the country, Artists also do not have the same stability or access to granting services as established, non-profit arts organizations—and are therefore left more financially vulnerable by the pandemic.Artists who are Black-Canadian, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC), have even less access to support structures, as they are presented less often, paid less on average for their artistic work,5 and are hired less frequently by arts institutions, when compared with white Artists. Additionally, major Canadian arts institutions are overwhelmingly white in their governance. These systemic issues coupled with COVID-19 have led to an increased, immediate financial precariousness for BIPOC Artists in Canada.
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