Artists
Self-Taught vs. Trained: Does Art School Still Matter?
The honest case for and against the MFA, and what actually builds a career either way.
Artists: Profiles and Studio Visits
Extended profiles of contemporary artists, reported from the studio and the install rather than the press kit. Each piece covers method, materials, influences, representation and the practical shape of a working life. Intended for collectors, curators and artists who want to understand a practice before judging it.
Extended profiles of contemporary artists, reported from the studio and the install rather than the press kit. Each piece covers method, materials, influences, representation and the practical shape of a working life. Intended for collectors, curators and artists who want to understand a practice before judging it.
Artists
The Money That Exists: NYC Grants for Working Artists, Explained
New York puts real money behind individual artists — the DCLA's funding stream, NYFA fellowships, and borough arts council grants — and the honest guide is which ones pay what, when, and who actually gets them.
Artists
How an Emerging NYC Artist Gets Free Materials From the City
Materials for the Arts runs a free warehouse in Long Island City stocked with donated fabric, paint, and furniture — here's who actually qualifies to shop it, and how an artist without a nonprofit gets in.
Artists
How Do NYC Grants for Individual Artists Actually Work?
State money, city money, and a nonprofit go-between: a plain look at where public arts funding for working artists actually comes from in New York.
Artists
How Artist Residencies in New York Work
New York-area residencies trade selected artists time, space, and sometimes money for an application and a commitment — here is what they cover and how artists get in.
Artists
How Street Artists Go From Walls to Galleries
From SAMO tags to Annina Nosei's gallery in 1981, the wall-to-white-box crossing is old news — the modern question is how to make it without losing the block.
Artists
How to Write an Artist Statement That Works
A working statement says what the art is, what it is made of, and why it matters — in plain sentences a tired juror can read in under a minute.
Artists
How Artists Get Into Group Shows
Outside Manhattan, group shows run on open calls, referrals, and familiarity — here is how Brooklyn and Queens exhibitions actually get assembled.
Artists
Why New York Artists Keep Day Jobs
Rent arrives monthly and sales do not — how employment funds New York studios, eats studio time, and sometimes feeds the work.
Artists
How Artist Collectives Split Credit and Money
Collectives pool hands, rent, and witnesses — and survive only when credit, labor, and money are split by rules written down before anyone is famous.