Springboard for the Arts is running both a rural and urban program and has some lessons for success.
The animated show’s depiction of the potential in providing basic income couldn’t be further from the truth
Minnesota’s three-year-old Guaranteed Income for Artists pilot program offers a small yet mighty payment that has unlocked creative freedom and opened new opportunities that ripple through our communities.
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.
Read about Springboard’s first year participating in Basic Income Week, a global week of action to raise awareness about Basic Income.
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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