Artist Chris Watts was one of 130 artists randomly selected in San Francisco to receive $1,000 a month as part of a guaranteed income program specifically focused on artists in marginalized communities. (Photo by Alexa Treviño )
This spring, two arts organizations in San Francisco, California and St. Paul, Minnesota, kicked off pilots that provided monthly, no-strings-attached funding to local artists from marginalized communities who have struggled during the pandemic.
Chris Watts , based in San Francisco, and Vanessa Gamble , in St. Paul, are two of them — and just a few months in, guaranteed income has made a […]
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