How do I continue my art when I have no income?

(notes from Open Space, 25 March 2023)

Artist isn't seen as an occupation. It's not seen as a visible career.

Contracts are often short term - precarity.

Exploitative practises - unpaid work- mental health.

Funding- paperwork, time consuming, accessibility.

Access costs, childcare costs.

Scarcity of venues.

Inflation.

Universal basic income- time limit, well-being economy, possible Daily Mail criticisms.

Universal basic services.

Mutual aid systems, p2p.

Organise union!