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Project Premiere
Shadow Play Reinvented for Digital Media Explores Urbanization in China

We speak to the collaboration Lily & Honglei about how their Creative Capital Project explores how families in China have been torn up by China’s rapid urbanization. Read more.

News & Stories
Alternative Models for Artist Sustainability in a COVID Economy and Beyond

Amy Smith, Daniel Park, Caroline Woolard, and Kristina Wong discuss alternative models and new ways of working in solidarity and community, and maintaining financial stability and wellness as artists. Read more.

Interview
How Ruby Lerner’s Vision Shaped the Unique Model of Creative Capital 

Founding Executive Director Ruby Lerner talks about the creation of Creative Capital, starting with its early history, and origin to explain how her vision shaped the unique model of supporting artists. Read more.

Project Premiere
Julia Christensen Examines Our Obsession with Upgrading Technology

Julia Christensen has been thinking our obsession with upgrade culture and the continuing obsolescence of digital media. The project has become a series of artworks all stemming from Christensen’s Creative Capital Project, Upgrade Available. Read our interview with Christensen to learn more.

Project Premiere
Deborah Stratman Uses Illinois History to Examine Ideology, Exodus, and Divinity

Deborah Stratman talks about her Creative Capital Project, The Illinois Parables, an experimental documentary centered around events in Illinois’s history in which ideological belief shapes the world we live in today. Read more.

Interview
Balancing Financial Sustainability with Artistic Integrity: How Matt Moore’s Art Project Became a Livelihood

We spoke to Matthew Moore about how artists are uniquely skilled at pivoting their work to adapt to challenging circumstances while maintaining the integrity and strength of their vision. Read more.

News & Stories
Creative Capital Announces Additions and New Leadership on its Board, New National Advisory Council

Six new board members and the creation of a National Advisory Council demonstrate a commitment to centering the evolving needs of artists in a uniquely challenging time. Read more.

News & Stories
Building a System of Support Among Latinx Artists

We spoke with artists who experienced the Taller Profesional para Artistxs, a series of multi-day, Spanish-language workshops on career advancement of artistic practice. Read more.

Resources
List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States, we have created a list of resources for artists working in all disciplines, as well as arts philanthropists, and arts professionals. We also have special free online workshops to help artists cope with COVID. Read more.

Creative Capital Award

The Creative Capital Award supports artists with up to $50,000 in project funding, advisory services, career advancement resources, and national networking opportunities valued at $50,000, for a total commitment of up to $100,000 per project.

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