We’re Making Sure Museums and Non-Profits Will Pay You Fairly
Part of my work as a career coach for artists and the founder of the Netvvrk membership isn't just giving artists the skills to succeed within the art industry but leveraging the resources we have to make it easier for artists to thrive within this world.
The company exists to support artists through education AND advocacy.
That's why in 2022 VVrkshop donated to Working Artists in the Greater Economy, W.A.G.E. an organization that exists in service of a single achievable goal—regulating the payment of artist fees in the nonprofit sector.
That money helped launch W.A.G.E. 4.0, a project more than two years in the making that includes a new website, app, and increased pay rates to artists across the board.
I support W.A.G.E. because I believe that artists should be paid and that the industry standards for payment need to be raised and equalized.
We can make a more equitable industry.
We can change industry standards that haven't and won't serve artists.
This is just the start.
If you haven't already, become a Wagent.
Let's make this world better than the one we enter.
Paddy
VVrkshop Founder and CEO
W.A.G.E. has received generous support for this project from the Teiger Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, VVrkshop, Empty Gallery, Jason Huff & Carly Gaebe, David Kordansky Gallery, the Danielson Foundation, and a grant from an anonymous donor advised fund at The Chicago Community Foundation. Special thanks to Whitesmith & 10x Management, as well as Marisa Asari, Felix Buchholz, and Neil Oliver.
