• GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    tbh you would never know arts in America are often state funded without being one yourself because it’s not enough for artists to live

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      for sure. basically everyone I know has a “”“”“real”“”“” job on the side to pay for rent, but they still use the state funds to pay for their projects.

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        yea from what my friends have told me about their grants, it pays way less than their minimum wage “real job” too…