Curious Art Gallery is an Artists Co-operative near Kingscliff, a NFP volunteer artists run initiative.
"Some of the Cooperatives most successful exhibitions didn't sell."
As a not-for-profit organisation, Curious Art Gallery operates its retail space entirely on the volunteer efforts of it's current members. When a person joins the Co-operative, they pay an annual membership fee of $95, and currently weekly fees of $15.
The Co-operative takes 33.3% commission, and it is with these funds Curious Art is self-funded. In this way, members can concentrate on their art. without the stress of having to 'turn a buck.'
www.curiousart.org.au
Basically, Co-ops rule! “The co-operative model is of the most obvious significance to a world looking for alternative ways of doing business. People are looking for institutions they can trust.”
The National Steering Committee for the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives has issued a Communiqué following last week’s Summit of Co-operative and Mutual Business Leaders, in Canberra, 17 August 2011 at Old Parliament House.
To read more about the IYC see the link below.
www.socialbusiness.coop/international-year-of-cooperatives/
Interestingly Curious Art has operated as a Cooperative business model for the last ten years and is currently celebrating ten years of being Curious during August/September.
Click on the link to read more about the www.curiousart.org.au/curious-art-movement.html
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