{"id":6766,"date":"2022-11-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2022-11-03T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T18:58:29","slug":"art-granted-or-taken-for-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/art-granted-or-taken-for-granted\/","title":{"rendered":"Art: Granted or Taken for Granted?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to make a living as an artist? There’s no one way to do it, but I’ve found few articles which indicate that while trying to find an answer for myself; this is actually a much larger question with answers being sought by multiple parties in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider this a preamble to a much larger piece (or even a series of pieces) I’ve been working on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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San Francisco tested a $1,000 guaranteed income pilot program. Here’s how it went for two artists.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Can a monthly stipend stop the exodus of SF artists?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Natalia Borecka<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Following Stockton’s Lead, Guaranteed Income Programs to Launch in Oakland and Marin County<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Guy Marzorati<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Oakland\u2019s Guaranteed Income Pilot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Launching one of the largest guaranteed income pilots in the country rooted in eliminating racial wealth inequalities.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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New York is launching the biggest guaranteed income fund for artists in the US, giving 2,400 residents $1,000 per month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jason Lalljee<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My recent time on the path of full-time-art has been one of great change; not just in terms of personal career, but perhaps the nature of art’s place in society; it’s costs and value. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64,276,21,1],"tags":[23,149,319,315,318,316,320,312],"class_list":["post-6766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-awards","category-blog","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-career","tag-freelancing","tag-grant","tag-grantee","tag-research","tag-resources","tag-ybcs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Art-Money.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3egHU-1L8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6381,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/plugoarts-on-patreon\/","url_meta":{"origin":6766,"position":0},"title":"PLUGOarts on PATREON","author":"PLUGO","date":"September 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Access Granted: Artroom Access is now available via Patreon.com\/PLUGOarts \u2013 My life as a full-time artist is composed of equal parts Chaos, Inspiration and the constant work to make it all appear planned. 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