Looking forward (albeit with a heavier heart) to reading this series on Art + Money from The Local Magazine (one of Inspirit Foundation’s fabulous grantees). It’s hard not to see artists and arts workers as one of the canaries in the mine in terms of sending society signals pointing to wealth inequality, lack of accessible housing and spaces, outmoded management models, extractive practices that devalue IP and algorithms that enrich a small few, and the social isolation that is happening across Canada. The arts can be enriching in so many ways, and are, I believe, more necessary than ever. But we have to re-imagine structures and practices to ensure they and the creatives driving them, can not just survive, but flourish in our towns and cities. #artsfunding #nonprofits #inclusion #Toronto
Introducing the Art + Money Issue. Can you make art and still make a living in Toronto? For the next two weeks we’ll be publishing stories about the economic reality of making art in Toronto in 2024.
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8moThe analogy of canaries in the coalmine is perfect -- very bittersweet. All we need to do is imagine the world without art and artists and we'll see that the coalmine is very black without them.