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Artists Thrive is a growing initiative offering activities, practices, language, visions and values of what it means to succeed and thrive as an artist – and what it means to have a thriving arts sector and, eventually, thriving communities. More specifically, it is a set of interconnected and holistic resources that can guide us in improving our performance and, ultimately, the conditions in which artists can thrive. The goal of Artists Thrive is to change the narrative in the field and raise the value of artists in every community.

Think of Artists Thrive Like a Navigation System

Artists Thrive helps us see where we are in our work, where we want to go, what is important to measure, and how we can improve in ways that benefit everyone involved. Artists Thrive is meant to be customized, adapted, and applied to many situations to support your work. These tools can also be used again and again as a reference point for measuring how you, your organization, agency, department, community collaboration, partnership, or artist collective is advancing toward your goals over time.

Locate Yourself on the Journey

Artists Thrive's Power Category encourages you to self-assess your work in equity and racial justice

Think of Artists Thrive Like a Navigation System

"One of the things I love most about Artists Thrive is that the path to improvement for each question is made clear by the multiple choice responses themselves. It’s not as if you just have to answer “No” to a question and then wonder how to get better."

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