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Collaged image of hammer, paint brush, a dollar bill, and outline of Michigan. Credit: Makeda Easter
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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

Collaged image of yarn, a dollar, and an outline of Ohio. Credit: Makeda Easter
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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

B Munro Thompson is the founder of DIY Museum. They've dreamed of opening an arts space since middle school. Credit: Sergio V
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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

Still from NatsHoney performing pole dance in a mini-documentary showcasing her work. Credit: Thane Montgomery
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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

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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

Basil stands in front of their quilt made in 2022, "Grace and Glory." Credit: Venus Over Manhattan.
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How artist Basil Kincaid made their most ambitious and transformative work yet

With little institutional support for the arts in St. Louis, Basil had to create their own opportunities to break into the art world establishment

Portrait of Dr. Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra inside the Lurie Carillon at the University of Michigan. Credit: Masrat Zahra.
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Diversifying the bell tower

Composer and performer Dr. Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra is on a mission to uplift the stories of people of color through the carillon, the most public keyboard instrument

Image of a dollar bill.
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Introducing the Artist Pay Project

The Artist Pay Project is a series exploring how artists in the U.S. survive and thrive amid a cost of living crisis

February Art Encounters

During a weekend trip to Cleveland, I stopped by the Museum of Contemporary Art, where I got to spend time with Nina Chanel Abney’s “Big Butch Synergy.”

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