Down with the Starving Artist

There’s no doubt that today’s artists face an incredibly challenging economic system. It’s difficult to just survive, let alone thrive. The barriers to making real money as an independent artist are steep. Add to that the time, effort, and lifelong investment required to truly cultivate your craft. The entertainment industry, like so many others, is in the midst of a massive upheaval. Between unstable markets, AI, streaming platforms, diminishing grant funds, and unpredictable audience engagement, it is almost overwhelming to fathom a creative life as anything other than a romantic act of defiance against an indefatigable force set against your very existence.

But I’m here to tell you there is.