The Art Newspaper: In Minnesota, a no-strings-attached cash programme for artists is gaining momentum
Springboard for the Arts is expanding its funding to support a greater number of artists.
By The Art Newspaper
Springboard for the Arts is expanding its funding to support a greater number of artists.
The pandemic made financial stability even more difficult for artists. A privately funded Guaranteed Income program for artists in Minnesota helps many find stability and creative freedom.
Springboard for the Arts is ramping up guaranteed income advocacy with a new exhibition of public works by recipients of its monthly payment pilot.
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's home state is expanding a guaranteed income program, and now 25 more artists can get the $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments.
Springboard for the Arts is expanding its Guaranteed Minimum Income for Artists (GMI) program in St. Paul and Otter Tail County, giving 75 local and rural artists cash payments for the next 18 months to use on anything they want.
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