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(Part 4) Depressed Artist Seeks Wealthy Benefactor, And Also Her Soul

September 24, 2015by JRow 2 Comments

This one was actually posted on Craigslist a couple of weeks ago. Depressed Artist got a new job and isn’t too happy there. We could’ve probably predicted that. If you […]

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(Part3) Depressed Artist Seeks Wealthy Benefactor, And Also Her Soul

August 31, 2015by JRow 2 Comments

This week in Depressed Artist…. she’s depressed about a new day job, goes on a rant about something I probably shouldn’t have told her but that came up in conversation […]

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Artists Barter for Plane Rides, Art Supplies, and Even a Place to Stay…

August 31, 2015by JRow Leave a comment

Hyperallergic’s article “Artists Trade Their Work for Plane Rides and Gallons of Paint” discusses the work of L.A.-based arts organization ExchangeWorks, whose mission it is to create a worldwide trading economy […]

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(Part2) Depressed Artist Seeks Wealthy Benefactor, And Also Her Soul

August 19, 2015by JRow Leave a comment

I have to say that I am enjoying reading these. I wonder if this is going to be become like a Craigslist-based soap opera, or a miniseries. But it’s rather interesting, […]

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“Depressed Artist Seeks Wealthy Benefactor, And Also Her Soul”

August 17, 2015by JRow 1 Comment

An ad was posted on Craigslist recently that hit on so many of the issues that creative workers experience that Artist Stories hopes to convey. The title says a lot, […]

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“All Art And No Pay Makes It Impossible To Earn A Living As A Creative Professional.”

August 17, 2015by JRow Leave a comment

Almost one year too late, I discovered the Tumblr page called All Art No Pay that documents examples of actual Craigslist ads asking artists to work for free. Often, the […]

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Should Artists Gain Business Skills? Probably.

April 15, 2015by JRow Leave a comment

A really interesting article came out today. It’s not a new topic, but one that is frequently revisited because it seems like few listen. It’s called “Facing Facts: Artists Have […]

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Hudley Flipside (aka Holly D. Cornell)

March 22, 2015by JRow Leave a comment

Hudley shares about the challenges of pricing her work, the value of art and the games played in the art world where “wheeling and dealing is the name of the game.” […]

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Artist Stories Entry – Blond Jenny

March 11, 2015by JRow 2 Comments

  “The reality was that I couldn’t make enough money to survive in New York and be an artist the same way I did in Korea,” shared Blond Jenny, New […]

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Black Lives Matter Protesters Provide a Much Needed Art World Shake Up

March 9, 2015by JRow Leave a comment

Black Lives Matter protestors staged a die-in at the Armory show in NYC a couple of days ago (Sat. 3/7/15). Yes! This! Wake up art world! There is much unregulated […]

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