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In 2023, DCA published a new remuneration framework for artists-authors invited to work in contemporary art centres. This reference document updates an initial reference document published by the association in 2019. It is accompanied by a vade mecum providing further details on its terms of application.

DCA Remuneration framework & vade mecum — 2023

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This brochure is the result of collaborative working for several months with mediators from various art centres in the network. It was published in 2019 by DCA to highlight the specific nature of the mediation work carried out for the public in contemporary art centres.

This brochure was produced as an institutional communication tool for partners and professionals in the field, to explain the dimension of mediation in art centres and to highlight the power and the integration of these professions within the structures.

DCA Brochure — La médiation dans les centres d'art contemporain (Fr)

Adopted in 2019, the charter of good practices engages each contemporary art centre member of the DCA network to work towards the creation, production and dissemination of the visual arts by respecting a general framework that involves:

— professional support and minimum remuneration for artists;
— respect for an ethic of care and recognition of the specific nature of the professions;
— the role of contemporary art centres in the development of artistic and cultural education and cultural rights;
— respect for diversity;
— the environmental responsibility of contemporary art centres;
— inclusion in the dynamics of cooperation.

Charter of good practices — DCA 2019

At the end of two years of consultation between DCA and the French Ministry of Culture, the official texts relating to the label were published in 2017, under the LCAP law: the decree relating to the creation of a “Contemporary art centre of national interest” label was dated 28^th March 2017; the decree setting out the specifications and tasks relating to the label was dated 5^th May 2017.

Decree no. 2017-432 of 28th March 2017 on labels and agreements in the fields of performing arts and visual arts (Fr)

Order of 5th May 2017 setting the specifications for the designation “Contemporary art centre of national interest”. (Fr)

Drawn up jointly by the French Ministry of Culture and the DCA network, the ministerial circular of 9^th March 2011 on the agreement of art centres constitutes the first framework document for these structures.

It clarifies the criteria for recognition of these venues by the State and its intervention methods within the framework of its policy to support creation throughout the country.

It reasserts the founding objectives of art centres dedicated to the research, production, and dissemination of works by contemporary artists and their communication to all audiences.

Ministerial Circular of 9th March 2011 (Fr)