The Artist Life Multi-verse: A Community Zine

Goals for this zine:

• To capture many snapshots of artist lives and ways to be an artist. To push against the binary view of the artist as either wildly successful or starving.
• To be a resource that helps artists find and create more success for themselves.
• To build community and help the art world feel more expansive and less exclusive.

Broad themes: How to Make Money as an Artist, What is "Art", Art's role in Today's World.

This zine is for underrepresented and marginalized artists. This includes Immigrants, Students abroad, People with Mixed Heritage, Folks living with Disabilities, Elders, Youth, Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color and many more. While we will not be policing submissions, we ask that everyone is thoughtful about responding to these prompts and respectful to the intended communities.

Art is for everyone. But claiming the title of "artist" can feel very intimidating. You are invited to participate whether you relate to art as your hobby, profession, area of study, past pursuit or something else entirely.

PHASE 1

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

SO HOW DO I PARTICIPATE IN PHASE 1?

Send us questions you have about making a living as an artist. Our email is us@tinytechzines.org

These questions will be gathered together, lightly categorized, and released as prompts to respond to.

Your name or username will be kept to be part of our special thanks section!

Share funding resources or contribute to the zine fund

It is important to us that contributors are compensated for their submissions in phase 2. We are figuring out how to do this.

TTZ is self-funded. Our budget is dependent on our personal incomes and prioritizes accessibility to our programming through ASL and securing accessible venues.

We have pursued funding and grants for our work, but haven't had luck. We would greatly appreciate support in learning to get financial backing for what we do. What we learn about funding will become part of the zine.

If you have the means to contribute, our venmo is @tinytechzines

Some of our starting questions

• How do you define “success as an artist”?
• How do you fund your art practice?
• Do you feel connected to an art community? How important is community to you as an artist?
• Where have you found meaningful community (not just related to art)? How did you find it?
• How do you think about generosity and accessibility in your art practice?
• How do you cope or overcome when friends and family undermine your art?
• How do you set a price for your art?
• If you have a degree (in art or otherwise), how do you feel it has helped and hindered your artist journey thus far?
• If you are self-taught or did not complete a degree, how do you feel that has helped and hindered your artist journey thus far?
• Have you ever felt pressured to stop making art? What made you decide to stay or go?
• Have you ever felt the impact of your art on someone else? How did that make you feel?
• If selling your work is an important part of your success, what platforms (online and IRL) do you prefer to share your work on and why?