http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/02/can-we-crowdfund-a-creative-middle-class.html
"If we believe artists perform labor of value, we should also care about how
(and whether) they get paid. A vibrant culture benefits from a creative middle
class—arts workers who earn enough to support themselves and their families."
Via Muse, who wrote:
"Bingo! Crowdfunding is a useful step for an artist, but it doesn't make them a
living. Patreon goes further, even then that only works when you have generous
classes of people with spare cash. At the moment there is less to go around for
everyone except the 1%.
We need artists just as much as we need STEM. We need people who know how to
creatively engage with life. We need people who can help to make life worth
living. We need people of vision who can imagine a better world. Much of what
we have today began as stories created by storytellers, who may or may not have
had any STEM credentials."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
—
Andrew Pam
Partner, Glass Wings
http://glasswings.com.au/
