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The Artist Pay Project is a series exploring how artists in the U.S. survive and thrive amid a cost of living crisis. This Artist $napshot tells the story of a 24-year-old stylist and creative who makes between $600 and $1000 a month. Survey Art Practice: Clothing stylist and overall
This artist runs a nonprofit dance company while working full time in corporate social responsibility
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
I feel comfortable enough that I can pay my rent, keep my stomach full, and also produce the art that I want to produce
This 21-year-old artist in Missouri makes less than $500 a month
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
This artist, who makes $13,000 a year, left a full time agency job to work independently
How an artist splits his time between the U.S. and Europe while earning between $1,500 and $2,600 a month
Right now, a lot of the work that I'm doing is unpaid and not tied to an organization
