“Wow, that’s so cool! But what will you do after you graduate?” At this point in the conversation, existential dread seeps in, and I silently start plotting my exit strategy. Still, I must respond to ...

It’s notoriously difficult for emerging artists to make their name. Every year, thousands more art school hopefuls graduate into an increasingly strained and over-saturated ecosystem, one in which ...

In the arts, aesthetics is strangely devalued. In reaction to the conventions of European academic art, Modernism (late 19th c to mid-20th) rebelled against any idea that art should be “beautiful.” ...

The authors are sociologists who study the impacts of technology on society and culture. It’s a perilous moment for creative life in America. While supporting oneself as an artist has never been easy, ...