The art world has no HR department. There's no employer to set up health insurance, no emergency fund, no retirement plan. If you’re a freelance artist, that means you’re on your own. Today's guest, Yancey Strickler, co-founder of Kickstarter and founder of Metalabel, thinks that can change with a new business designation called the A-Corp.

The A-Corp is Strickler’s answer to that problem: a new business structure built specifically for artists that comes with legal protection, fair ways to share ownership with collaborators, and eventually, a path to group health insurance. It’s currently a bill before the Colorado Senate — and if it passes, Colorado becomes the template for the rest of the country. Strickler walks me through how it works and makes the case that we’re only at the very beginning of something much bigger.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

RELATED LINKS

Artist Corporations

Metalabel

The Creative Independent

TED Talk: Forget Hustle Culture. Behold the Artist Corporation

New Creative Era podcast — Yancey's podcast with Joshua Citarella

Artist Corporations: New Podcast and Early Traction — the episode where Yancey first laid out the A-Corp in detail