Pro Action Health

Pro-Action - Visual Artists in Business, was established in 2006 and is a committee and campaigning group representing the interests of professional visual artists. Our aims are to tackle fee erosion, increasingly detrimental contract terms from clients, and copyright issues as they affect visual artists and their representatives. Our member organi... sations are: Association of Illustrators_ Society of Artists' Agents_ Association of Photographers Professional Cartoonists' Organisation_ Pro-Action is chaired by _Robert Lands, Partner at law firm Finers Stephens Innocent, and advised by media lawyer and independent legal advisor Ruth Gladwin Member organisations The Association of Illustrators (AOI) was established in 1973 to advance and protect illustrators' rights and is a non-profit making trade association dedicated to its members' professional interests and the promotion of contemporary illustration. The Association of Photographers Limited (AOP) is a not-for-profit professional trade association, founded in 1968. Its aims are to promote and protect the worth, credibility and standing of its members and to vigorously defend and lobby for the interests and rights of all photographers in the photographic profession. The Society of Artists Agents (SAA) was formed in 1992 and its member agents represent some of the best available talent in the world. Their broad aim is to promote the use of illustration and to unify and improve the working practices between illustrators, agents and clients. The Professional Cartoonists Organisation (PCO) is an organisation of exclusively professional UK cartoonists, formed from the amalgamation of two other bodies; The Cartoonists' Guild and FECO UK.Read More