Do artists get paid for making art?
Artist Corporations are important not just as a legal structure, but as a concept that redefines creative output as real
Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur whose work supports artists and creative people. He's the cofounder of Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, Metalabel, The Dark Forest Collective, and Artist Corporations. He's the author of the books This Could Be Our Future, The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet, and On the Creative Life. He grew up on a farm in Clover Hollow, Virginia, and lives in New York City.
Latest writing
A-Corp tour diary
The past week I’ve been on the road, giving talks and speaking with artists, creators, and community and political
We are the 48% (A-Corp update #3)
The common perception is that artists and creative people are a small slice of the population. But how true is
What happens after the TED talk (A-Corp Update #2)
Back in April I stood on stage at the TED conference in Vancouver to publicly share the idea of Artist
A release is a doorway, not an endpoint
This week we’ve been catching up with friends and people in our creative community. Each person we’ve talked
Let's make a law (A-Corp Update #1)
Since this project became public in June, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to establish connections and follow