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
Makeda Easter
70 posts
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
Artist $napshot: Lithonia-based poet and motivational speaker
This 55-year-old poet, spoken word artist, and motivational speaker makes $52,000 a year
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
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
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
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
The veteran stripper fighting for workers' rights
This interview was originally published in August 2022. A gifted pole dancer, NatsHoney began working in clubs in the early 2000s. She declared herself an artist early, “a stripper artist,” about two years after she started working. Dancing “feels like a magical connection performing for others. It feels like, other
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