WAGE Artists
@wageforwork
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W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) demands payment for making the world more interesting.
Brooklyn NY
Joined April 2011
I just listed my first NFT on @withFND to celebrate the 10th anniversary of #OccupyWallSt! š š to @vlknff for the work on the models and render, to @jeremybailey for the feedback, and @BeigeClimate for the support. 100% of proceeds go to @wageforwork
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Sharing some *Recommended* Best Practice Protocols for Institutions and Funders that build worker solidarity, increase transparency, and secure a more equitable distribution of resources across the institutional spectrum:
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With cultural institutions across the country struggling to maintain programming activity without access to their physical sites, many are moving content online, and some are doing so while simulta...
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Join NY federal, state and local elected officials and freelancer advocates for a briefing on the impact of COVID-19 and advocacy for economic relief for artists, freelancers, and gig workers. https://t.co/5zXAKjmyV3
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Introducing some basic guidelines that can be used by artists and nonprofit institutions as we begin to navigate the future of work in our field during the pandemic. Also here: https://t.co/9iZZD717L2
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As a $2 trillion stimulus bill containing financial relief measures for workers across the U.S. becomes law, whether artists are or should claim to be among them is now more than just a theoretical...
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October 13, 2019 marked 5 years since the launch of W.A.G.E. Certification, and with a total of $5,557,516 paid out to artists through 6,970 transactions, the program had something to celebrate on its 5th birthday ā so we commissioned a report to mark it: https://t.co/bUbrg5EFX6
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New Yorkers: if you're near the New Museum this evening between 5:45 - 8:30pm, the union will be out front raising awareness about their campaign...
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Loghaven Artist Residency just became the *70th* institution to get Wā¼Aā¼Gā¼Eā¼ Certified! There are certified orgs in 29 cities across 21 statesā including 3 museums. Over 2600 payments have been made to artists in the past 18 months alone $! https://t.co/A7u2lh2UNZ
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We are excited to announce that Open Source Gallery is now @wageforwork certified! W.A.G.E. aims to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract their labor. Learn more: https://t.co/w7Stp9b0rC
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We are so EXCITED to announce-- BA is @wageforwork CERTIFIED. What does this mean? It means we are committed to paying contributors a fair wage for their work. Art is labor & #ExposureDoesntPayBills! We are a 501c3 non profit devoted to supporting art in the South. HappyāSpring!
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We have also been inspired by the actions of @wageforwork to ensure that our actions and contributions are in solidarity with the concerns and demands of #Whitney staff. Read more from @wageforwork here:
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In case you missed it, the Whitney Museum of American Art has finally decided to pay each artist in the 2019 Biennial a $1,500 artist fee. This happens to be the minimum fee a W.A.G.E. Certified...
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If you're on Facebook please read the entire post responding to the Whitney's announcement of 2019 Biennial artists and its payment of W.A.G.E. fees - it's long, too long for Twitter or Instagram:
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In case you missed it, the Whitney Museum of American Art has finally decided to pay each artist in the 2019 Biennial a $1,500 artist fee. This happens to be the minimum fee a W.A.G.E. Certified...
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Curators say the goal was not to choose āhotā artists but to include those facing pressures from art school debt and the collapse of small galleries.
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@katekelton @CultureGrrl @whitneymuseum If the Whitney really wants to show the world it's paying artists it can get W.A.G.E. Certified and pay artists ALL THE TIME, FOR EVERYTHING, and according to standards nobody can actually even live on. We're not asking for much. In fact we should be asking for much more.
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In the future, the Biennial form will be repurposed as a ground for collective political struggle - or maybe that's already happening...
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As the opening of the Thirteenth Havana Biennial approaches, a number of Cuban artists and activists have banded together to ask the participants in the exhibition to support the movementā¦
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Yesterday W.A.G.E. circulated an open invitation to *all artists* participating in future Biennials at the Whitney Museum of American Art to withhold content until demands made by Whitney staff are met by museum...
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In the coming weeks, the Whitney Museum will make public the names of the 70+ artists selected by the Biennialās curatorial team. It is in support of these artists, and with the recognition that...
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Artists have been urged by activist group @wageforwork to boycott the Whitney Biennial in protest against links to tear gas manufacturer Safariland https://t.co/WyXEb5nQ0j
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