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“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 — to collaborate with cultural organizations and local initiatives in creating work that responds to i...

Hometown throwdown: Multiple artists join virtual concert to raise money for three Valley organizations Jazz-pop favorites Lake Street Dive, see at the Green River Festival in 2017, will perform as part of the Get Down With Your Hometown virtual shows. Gazette file photo Jazz pianist Miro Sprague, now living in California, will be part of Get Down With Your Hometown. Gazette file photo Gazette file photo Gazette file photo Fab Faux brings its acclaimed covers of the Beatles catalog to Get Down With Your Hometown. Gazette file photo Photo by Matt Burkhartt/Gazette file photo Published: 1/5/...