Starving artists, indeed

Fast facts from the Asian American Arts Alliance today, based on a year-long delve into New York City's Asian American arts community:

+ 60 percent of artists make less than $10,000 a year from their art.
+ 70 percent of artists work either full- or part-time outside of their artistic career.
+ 40 percent of artists are accruing up to $5,000 each year in debt to create their work.

Want to read more? Click here. There's also a related discussion scheduled for 6 p.m. Tues., Sept. 15. at the New York Univesity's Asian/Pacific/American Institute.

(Image via Jeff Grader at Fly by Frog Blog.)