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Research and conversation about what artists in the United States need to sustain and strengthen their careers and contribute to their communities.
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Enough With Problem Solving, Let’s Start Creating
By Creativz
Could Basic Income Be a Game Changer for Artists?
By Alexis Frasz
Taking Note: Filling Gaps in Artist Data Knowledge
By Alexis Frasz
Debt: A System Failure, not an Individual One
By Ramona Gonzales
Creativity Connects: Trends and Conditions Affecting U.S. Artists
By Creativz
Online platforms are not enough. Artists need affordable space.
By Creativz
How does crowdfunding change the picture for artists?
By Creativz
Do artists have a competitive edge in the gig economy?
By Creativz
Can photographers restore their devastated business?
By Creativz
Who sets the agenda in America’s new urban core?
By Creativz
Artists, the original gig economy workers, have more rights than they think
By Creativz
Why we can’t achieve cultural equity by copying those in power
By Creativz
The art school of the future
By Creativz
What does it mean to sustain a career in the gig economy?
By Creativz
For profit or not, artists need tech designed for artists
By Creativz
Generosity as a guiding principle of life as an artist
By Creativz
Health insurance is still a work-in-progress for artists and performers
By Creativz
Want to be an artist? Be passionate and realistic about your career
By Creativz
Technology isn’t magic. Let’s make it work better for artists and musicians.
By Creativz
How artists and environmental activists both do better together
By Creativz
Introduction: What do artists need to thrive?
By Creativz
What artists actually need is an economy that works for everyone
By Creativz
Why arts funders and indie video game makers don’t click, and how to fix it
By Creativz
What is this?
CREATIVZ is a conversation about how artists in the United States live and work and what they need to sustain and strengthen their careers. It's part of a research project from the Center for Cultural Innovation and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation. Overall research and online strategy by Helicon. Online strategy and production by We Media.
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