Sustaining the Work of Artists With a Living Wage and Benefits In Western Massachusetts
“I was thinking, thank god for the emergency funds, but what gets artists to the next month’s rent?” she recalls. “Also, in this scorched earth moment, is there an opportunity to build something that is more sustainable, more just, and [that] recognizes artists as workers with a work product crucial to the fabric of any healthy society?” The result is Artists at Work, a pilot that launched last summer in Western Massachusetts to pay artists a living wage — including healthcare — ...
Source: nextcity.org