Today on Creative Currents, you’ll learn all about how artists get paid. In this episode, Mark talked with Makeda Easter about her project “Making It: $napshots from the Artist Pay Project,” an anonymous journalistic series that explores how artists navigate financial realities. 

Makeda is an award-winning journalist and artist who works at the intersection of arts and social justice focusing on how to make artists' lives better. Makeda's work is a powerful blend of storytelling, activism, and cultural exploration. Her writing has appeared in publications such as: The Los Angeles Times, Dance Magazine, and American Theatre.

On this episode of U-M Creative Currents, we'll tackle questions like pay equity, working for exposure, and how to answer the question "Is the offer of this job worth my time?"

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• Visit the Ford School: Artist Pay Project

*Production note: Apologies about the audio quality on this episode—we ran into some technical difficulties during this recording.

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