Artist $napshot: Lancaster County-based mural painter
This artist, who makes $13,000 a year, left a full time agency job to work independently
Makeda Easter
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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
Launching the Artist Pay Project
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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
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