Hear more from Patton on what it means to be a mission-driven business, how arts organizations are shifting with the pandemic, the need for federal arts funding in the U.S., how artists can leverage community support through platforms like Kickstarter, and valuing every stage of the creative project.
RESOURCES:National Endowment for the Arts
"How to work with galleries and collectors as an emerging artist"
"An artist's guide to financial planning"
"A smart artist's guide to income taxes"
"An artist's guide to the O-1 visa"
Kickstarter Creators-in-Residence
Public Art Fund and Ai Weiwei, "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors"
Dread Scott, "Slave Revolution Reenactment"
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Americans for the Arts COVID-19 Impact Survey
"A guide for financial survival during the COVID crisis"
"In coronavirus quarantine, the arts keep us going; so why has government turned its back on them?"
Intro and Ad Music by: Suahn
Album Artwork by: David Colson