Many of my artist friends have often asked me why I don’t participate locally much anymore. I will be honest, I’m F’ing bitter. You often read about the arts in this community and I get really ill to my stomach when I hear about ‘opportunities’ but they just don’t include anything monetary.
Recently I had a show at a community college in Minnesota. Not only did they not charge me a commission on my sales, they paid me to have the show there. This happens rarely in Sioux Falls.
People need to realize, artists don’t do this out of the goodness of their hearts to entertain people, they would also like gratitude for what they do. And even if they don’t, a reimbursement for supplies would be nice.
I wrote this little booklet several years ago, and ironically it still applies.
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