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Participating Artists
2,400
Monthly Payments
$1,000
# of Monthly Payments
18
Total Funds Allocated
$43.2M
CRNY's Guaranteed Income for Artists program supports 2,400 artists across New York State with regular, no-strings-attached cash payments of $1,000 per month for 18 consecutive months. The largest statewide guaranteed income program in the United States, CRNY’s Guaranteed Income for Artists is built on the premise that all artists are deserving of financial security. Learn more about the participating artists by downloading the Press Release and By the Numbers documents below.
CRNY Guaranteed Income for Artists - November 17, 2022 Press Release
CRNY Guaranteed Income for Artists - By the Numbers
This image is the first of seven that illustrate data about the artists participating in Creatives Rebuild New York’s guaranteed income program. The color scheme includes navy blue, deep gold, teal, lavender, and gray, and the program logo sits in the bottom left of each image. The logo says “Guaranteed Income for Artists” in a gold serif font that sits on top of a navy blue rectangular logomark that is an abstraction of the piece “Untitled, 1971” by Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) artist Ellsworth Ausby. This first image is mostly text, with 4 circles that show the portion of artists who identify in various ways. “The 2,400 Guaranteed Income for Artists participants self-identify in the following ways… 62% (1,488 artists) identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC); 51% (1,214 artists) identify as LGBTQIAP+; 34% (806 artists) identify as transgender, nonbinary, two-spirit, or other; 15% (366 artists) identify as Deaf / Disabled.”
The second image is mostly text, with 3 circles that show the portion of artists who identify in various ways. “The 2,400 Guaranteed Income for Artists participants self-identify in the following ways… 34% (816 artists) identify as caregivers, people who provide care to others who need some degree of ongoing assistance with everyday tasks on a regular or daily basis. 21% (497 artists) identify as immigrants, people whose birth country is outside the United States and who face xenophobia, detention, and deportation, among other impacts that threaten financial security. 5% (123 artists) identify as people who have had interactions with the criminal legal system as a defendant, possibly previously incarcerated, and often faced difficulties securing employment as a result.”
The third image states that “Participating artists range in age from eighteen to eighty-five years old.” It has a bar graph across the middle, with different colors depicting the percentage of artists in different age groups: “12% are 18-24 years old, 45% are 25-34 years old, 22% are 35-44 years old, 10% are 45-54 years old, 6% are 55-64 years old, and 5% are 65+ years old.”
The fourth image features five thick lines of different lengths positioned as concentric circles, depicting the percentage of artists who face challenges to financial stability. “Of the 2,400 artists receiving payments… 41% (972 artists) reported being vulnerable to a medical emergency, 55% (1,311 artists) reported that they carry unmanageable debt, 62% (1,494 artists) reported that they have no financial safety net, 56% (1,333 artists) reported they were unsure when they would make income again, and 33% (783 artists) reported that they were enrolled in public benefits.”
The fifth image states that “Guaranteed Income for Artists participants hail from 60 of New York State’s 62 counties” and is accompanied by a grayscale map of New York State showing where participating artists are geographically located. Next to the map are two half circles that illustrate that “65% (1,556 artists) are based in New York City, and 35% (844 artists) are based outside of New York City.”
The sixth image is mostly text, with 4 circles that show the portion of artists who live in different community contexts. “Participating artists self-reported their community context as follows… 71% (1,714 artists) live in Urban communities, 15% (360 artists) live in Suburban communities, 13% (304 artists) live in Rural communities, and 1% (22 artists) live in Tribal communities.”
The seventh (and final) image features a donut chart in a blue and purple color palette. Each color represents an artistic discipline. The image reads “When asked to identify up to three artistic disciplines, participants selected… 19% Visual Arts, 17% Music, 11% Theater, 11% Film, 7% Literary Arts, 6% Dance, 6% Craft, 6% Design, 5% Media Arts, 12% Other.” Each discipline is accompanied by a simple graphic icon that symbolizes that artistic practice.