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[![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/accounting-and-financial-services-for-artists) [Tips and Tools](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/tips-and-tools) ## [Accounting and Financial Services for Artists](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/accounting-and-financial-services-for-artists) By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) December 9th, 2025 Nobody becomes an artist because they secretly want to become their own accountant (“If I could do it all over again, I’d drop out of art school and become a CPA!”). But once you're deep into your creative practice, managing the financial realities becomes a real and undeniable part of the work. Creative success can become a double-edged sword, saddling you with budgets to manage, contracts to negotiate, and quarterly estimated taxes to calculate. To say nothing of the receipts scattered across medieval costume pockets, battered cello cases, and buried email threads. [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/accounting-and-financial-services-for-artists) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/accounting-and-financial-services-for-artists](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/accounting-and-financial-services-for-artists) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/a-getting-paid-toolkit-for-artists) [Finance](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/finance) | [Economic Justice](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/economic-justice) | [1099 Work](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/1099-work) ## [A “Getting Paid” Toolkit for Artists](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/a-getting-paid-toolkit-for-artists) By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) November 14th, 2025 Here's something we shouldn't have to say but will anyway: your creative work has value. Your time has value. Your expertise, your vision, your late nights and early mornings — all of it counts. And yet artists are still routinely asked to work for free, work without contracts, or get outright swindled when it's time to cut the check. 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This October, Fractured Atlas is commissioning an artist of any discipline to write a 750-900 word article about their very own arts worker horror story 👹 Please review the details below, and fill out this short interest form by Thursday, September 25th for a chance to write and publish your story with a $750 stipend. We’ll be randomly selecting someone to work with, because the art world doesn't need any more competition ੈ✩‧₊˚ [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/open-call-for-arts-worker-horror-stories) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/open-call-for-arts-worker-horror-stories](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/open-call-for-arts-worker-horror-stories) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/co-ops-every-artist-should-know-about) [Arts](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/arts) | [Worker Cooperatives](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/worker-cooperatives) ## [Co-Ops Every Artist Should Know About](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/co-ops-every-artist-should-know-about) By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) September 9th, 2025 Giving you "required reading" isn't quite our style here at Fractured Atlas, but when it's urgent we can get pretty serious. For years, if not decades and centuries, the established economic system in the U.S. has routinely failed artists, refugees, people of color, indigenous peoples, the unhoused, people with disabilities, parents — to say nothing of its ravaging effect on the environment and disproportionate harm on the global south. The creative co-ops we're sharing with you today may not be the solution to a rapidly warming planet or an exploitative billionaire class, but artists have always been the first to dream, test, and demonstrate the viability of alternate worlds. If any part of you dreams of alternative economies, this post is for you. [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/co-ops-every-artist-should-know-about) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/co-ops-every-artist-should-know-about](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/co-ops-every-artist-should-know-about) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/10-common-grant-application-pitfalls-for-artists) [Grants](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/grants) | [Learning](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/learning) | [Writing](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/writing) ## [10 Common Grant Application Pitfalls for Artists](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/10-common-grant-application-pitfalls-for-artists) By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) August 4th, 2025 Reader, is there anything more painful than driving over a jagged pothole? The crunch of your spine, the desperate prayers for your car’s suspension and steering, and of course, a profound shame for not avoiding the pothole in the first place. Now imagine driving down a beat up backroad, no streetlights, with nothing to guide you and your poor steed to safety except your murky intuition. This is how a lot of us go into the grant application process — vaguely uneasy, completely lost, and proceeding valiantly into a mysterious void (i.e. the review panel). But what if you had a cheat sheet, a map, with every pitfall illuminated by bright, flashing warning signs? [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/10-common-grant-application-pitfalls-for-artists) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/10-common-grant-application-pitfalls-for-artists](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/10-common-grant-application-pitfalls-for-artists) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-are-artist-grants) [Grants](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/grants) | [Learning](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/learning) | [501c3](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/501c3) | [Arts](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/arts) | [Fundraising](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/fundraising) ## [what are artist grants? for bright-eyed newbies 🤩 and jaded experts 😒](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-are-artist-grants) By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) May 16th, 2025 Whether you’re new to the big wide world of arts funding or an (understandably) jaded expert, it can be hard to understand why grants exist, who funds them, what you can use them for, where to find them, and how to (hopefully) win one. It breaks our hearts when artists come to us feeling confused, lost, or misled when it comes to grant funding. Let this article be a snarky, shining lighthouse in these unnecessarily murky waters. [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-are-artist-grants) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-are-artist-grants](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-are-artist-grants) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-is-fiscal-sponsorship) [Fiscal Sponsorship](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/fiscal-sponsorship) | [Grants](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/grants) | [Learning](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/learning) | [501c3](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/501c3) | [Arts](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/arts) | [Fundraising](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/fundraising) ## [what the 🦆 is fiscal sponsorship?](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/what-is-fiscal-sponsorship) By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) April 22nd, 2025 Imagine a scientist working on a new, cutting-edge technology. When you picture her, she’s probably working in a research lab or at a university, right? Despite all the shows and movies that suggest otherwise, scientists don’t work in their basements — they work within institutions, because it opens up funding avenues for their projects. It might shock you to hear that similar, tax-exempt funding avenues exist for artists. If a project you’re working on 1) is artistic and 2) has a public benefit, you could use fiscal sponsorship to apply for funding from corporations and foundations, collect tax-deductible donations, and access nonprofit discounts. Let’s get into it. 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Tanya Birl-Torres and Alexis Frasz have joined the Fractured Atlas board and are already bringing a blooming energy to our organization’s work. Tanya’s and Alexis' expertise and passion for building better worlds for artists shines through this interview — give it a listen, and let us know what questions you have for Tanya and Alexis in the comments 💬 [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/welcome-alexis-frasz-tanya-birl-torres) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/welcome-alexis-frasz-tanya-birl-torres](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/welcome-alexis-frasz-tanya-birl-torres) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/election-care-toolkit) [Big Ideas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/big-ideas) | [Civic Engagement](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/civic-engagement) | [Resistance](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/resistance) | [Social Justice](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/social-justice) | [Artist Wellness](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/artist-wellness) ## [an election care toolkit](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/election-care-toolkit) By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) November 4th, 2024 It’s no small feat to hold the anxiety, worry, and fear that comes from living through these turbulent times, while also having to continue working our jobs, doing laundry, and finding joy where we can. With the U.S. presidential election tomorrow, these feelings may be heightened, as the country and the world prepares to face another unknown. It’s likely that we’ll be in a similar position as the 2020 election, where we won’t know the results until well after election day. And no matter the result, we may be in for a tense few months. 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The entire team will be convening in the Twin Cities — Minneapolis and Saint Paul — from Monday, September 23rd to Friday, September 27th. It will be the first time many staff members meet each other in person, and there's a fun public event in the works, too. Give this interview a read (or listen!) to get the full scoop. 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