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NPR: The arts span every facet of life – the White House just hosted a summit about it

[THE WPA] concept, rewired and revived from the Great Depression, now affords a new generation of artists work and compensation while facing another seemingly insurmountable crisis. “I deeply appreciate that the Artist-At-Work program is centered around the belief that artistic labor is valuable and essential to society.”

MELLON FOUNDATION

PBS NEWSHOUR

PBS NEWSHOUR

PRESS RELEASE: ARTISTS AT WORK RECEIVES $3 MILLION FROM THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION

PRESS RELEASE:

ARTISTS AT WORK
RECEIVES $3 MILLION FROM
THE MELLON FOUNDATION

Artists move us through the darkness in such obvious ways, but many people think art is a luxury.

— Rachel Chanoff Interview
with the Mellon FOUNDATION

“Artists are actually workers -- they’re not some kind of luxury item that’s the first thing to go,” Chanoff said. “They should not have to go around spending half their time begging for grants because you can’t have a flourishing society without art.”

— AP NEWS

"It prioritizes the art and takes care of basic needs.[…]" Russell-Self said. "You don't do your best work when you're trying to fit it in in-between things. Given resources and the time, what you're able to accomplish just soars.”— THE BERKSHIRE EA…

"It prioritizes the art and takes care of basic needs.[…]" Russell-Self said. "You don't do your best work when you're trying to fit it in in-between things. Given resources and the time, what you're able to accomplish just soars.”

— THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE

"To be able to rely on a steady income when so much else has been canceled is reassuring and a privilege," said Aidonidis.— THE ALBANY TIMES UNION

"To be able to rely on a steady income when so much else has been canceled is reassuring and a privilege," said Aidonidis.

— THE ALBANY TIMES UNION

“It’s an artist’s dream to be employed and paid for doing the art that you love to do … with organizations that are doing really incredible work for their communities,” [Naia Kete] said.— DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE

“It’s an artist’s dream to be employed and paid for doing the art that you love to do … with organizations that are doing really incredible work for their communities,” [Naia Kete] said.

— DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE

Scenic Roots INTERVIEW
ON WUTC 88.1, Chattanooga's NPR STATION

WGBH BOSTON

WGBH BOSTON

AAW aims to both help individuals and boost the overall cultural sector, which employs millions of Americans and contributes to the economic and social resilience of every community in the country.— THE BERKSHIRE EDGE

AAW aims to both help individuals and boost the overall cultural sector, which employs millions of Americans and contributes to the economic and social resilience of every community in the country.

— THE BERKSHIRE EDGE

“The WPA not only recognized artists as workers with the dignity that entails, but also utilized the crucial purpose of art in our society to make meaning of the world, to illuminate our own stories for us, and to create empathy for others,” Ch…

“The WPA not only recognized artists as workers with the dignity that entails, but also utilized the crucial purpose of art in our society to make meaning of the world, to illuminate our own stories for us, and to create empathy for others,” Chanoff said.

— ARTNET

“In the beginning of the pandemic, I suddenly felt so restricted, especially in terms of financial sustainability,” said Dante Brown, a Leeds resident and participating choreographer, chosen by Jacob’s Pillow. “Having a salary now feels liberating, and a program that offers health insurance is a rarity.”— The Boston Globe

“In the beginning of the pandemic, I suddenly felt so restricted, especially in terms of financial sustainability,” said Dante Brown, a Leeds resident and participating choreographer, chosen by Jacob’s Pillow. “Having a salary now feels liberating, and a program that offers health insurance is a rarity.”

— The Boston Globe

OPEN STUDIO WITH JARED BOWEN GBH BOSTON

OPEN STUDIO WITH JARED BOWEN

GBH BOSTON

“It was all very organic — Naia was here in the community, she had community ties, she knew the woman who started Alianza Project,” Hackler says. “There were all these community connections, which is what Artists at Work is trying to foster.”— Next CITY

“It was all very organic — Naia was here in the community, she had community ties, she knew the woman who started Alianza Project,” Hackler says. “There were all these community connections, which is what Artists at Work is trying to foster.”

— Next CITY

As America endures and eventually emerges from this unprecedented public health and economic crisis, AAW aims to help a significant number of artists to continue to make work…— DANCE ENTHUSIAST

As America endures and eventually emerges from this unprecedented public health and economic crisis, AAW aims to help a significant number of artists to continue to make work…

— DANCE ENTHUSIAST

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