artist pay project
Introducing the Artist Pay Project
The Artist Pay Project is a series exploring how artists in the U.S. survive and thrive amid a cost of living crisis.
Who we are
Welcome to the art rebellion! This is a space centering activist art and the essential role artists play in our society.
Recent Stories
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Artist $napshot: Chicago-based painter, sculptor, and curator
"Right now, a lot of the work that I'm doing is unpaid and not tied to an organization."
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Artist $napshot: Lubbock-based choreographer and educator
"I feel like I'm right now in the most secure position that I could be in as an artist, because I'm a faculty member with tenure at a university."
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Artist $napshot: Lithonia-based poet and motivational speaker
This 55-year-old poet, spoken word artist, and motivational speaker makes $52,000 a year.
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Artist $napshot: L.A.-based poet and content creator
In the next installment of the Artist Pay Project, an artist who left their job at a nonprofit theater to focus full time on art and content creation.
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Artist $napshot: Detroit-based installation artist and fabricator
In the next installment of the Artist Pay Project, an artist who makes between $13,000 and $20,000 a year.
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Artist $napshot: Columbus-based textile artist and teacher
"It’s really important to talk about money and art. So many factors go into my being able to be a working artist."
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The young artist building their cooperative arts space in L.A.
What does it take to get an arts space off the ground? B Munro Thompson shares their vision for DIY Museum.
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The veteran stripper fighting for workers' rights
NatsHoney began working in clubs 20 years ago. She’s now a leader in the stripper unionization movement.
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NatsHoney documentary: The veteran stripper and pole artist fighting for worker rights
NatsHoney began dancing in clubs in the early 2000s and is now part of a network of strippers and sex workers across California demanding power and visibility.
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How artist Basil Kincaid made their most ambitious and transformative work yet
With little institutional support for the arts in St. Louis, Basil had to create their own opportunities to break into the art world establishment.
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