Enough With Problem Solving, Let’s Start Creating

By Ramona Gonzales

Could Basic Income Be a Game Changer for Artists?

By Ramona Gonzales

Taking Note: Filling Gaps in Artist Data Knowledge

By Ramona Gonzales

Debt: A System Failure, not an Individual One

By Ramona Gonzales

Creativity Connects: Trends and Conditions Affecting U.S. Artists

By Ramona Gonzales

Online platforms are not enough. Artists need affordable space.

By Ramona Gonzales

How does crowdfunding change the picture for artists?

By Ramona Gonzales

Do artists have a competitive edge in the gig economy?

By Ramona Gonzales

Can photographers restore their devastated business?

By Ramona Gonzales

Who sets the agenda in America’s new urban core?

By Ramona Gonzales

Artists, the original gig economy workers, have more rights than they think

By Ramona Gonzales

Why we can’t achieve cultural equity by copying those in power

By Ramona Gonzales

The art school of the future

By Ramona Gonzales

What does it mean to sustain a career in the gig economy?

By Ramona Gonzales

For profit or not, artists need tech designed for artists

By Ramona Gonzales

Generosity as a guiding principle of life as an artist

By Ramona Gonzales

Health insurance is still a work-in-progress for artists and performers

By Ramona Gonzales

Want to be an artist? Be passionate and realistic about your career

By Ramona Gonzales

Technology isn’t magic. Let’s make it work better for artists and musicians.

By Ramona Gonzales

How artists and environmental activists both do better together

By Ramona Gonzales

Introduction: What do artists need to thrive?

By Ramona Gonzales

What artists actually need is an economy that works for everyone

By Ramona Gonzales

Why arts funders and indie video game makers don’t click, and how to fix it

By Ramona Gonzales

Share your feedback on the research and what you think comes next using your favorite social app (such as Twitter or Facebook) and the hashtag #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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Cover photo by Bill Dickinson via Flickr / Creative Commons