Artist $napshot: Austin-based dancer and choreographer
This artist runs a nonprofit dance company while working full time in corporate social responsibility
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Artist $napshot: Detroit-based artist and writer
Living here allows me to maintain a pretty comfortable lifestyle and focus on my art, whereas I would not necessarily be afforded the same opportunity elsewhere
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Artist $napshot: Houston-based dance professor and choreographer
I feel comfortable enough that I can pay my rent, keep my stomach full, and also produce the art that I want to produce
Artist $napshot: Springfield-based drag performer and multimedia artist
This 21-year-old artist in Missouri makes less than $500 a month
Artist $napshot: Peekskill-based dancer and choreographer
I've refused to work for free for a very long time, but I'll still sometimes work on projects that don't pay enough, because I just want to be in the studio dancing
Artist $napshot: Lancaster County-based mural painter
This artist, who makes $13,000 a year, left a full time agency job to work independently
Artist $napshot: L.A. and Berlin-based painter and photographer
How an artist splits his time between the U.S. and Europe while earning between $1,500 and $2,600 a month
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