Working Artists and the Greater Economy was founded in New York City in 2008  by a group of visual and performing artists and independent curators. Today, W.A.G.E. is a small but mighty 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that remains focused on one form of inequity that holds in place so many others – the exploitation of labor. Still artist-run, we're proud to have been recognized internationally by UNESCO: 

Join us online  this Sunday, April 13th from 3 - 4:30pm EST for a WAGENCY workshop introducing contracts for freelance art and cultural workers .

Joined by labor and employment lawyer John Willems, we’ll walk through the legal framework of W.A.G.E.’s forthcoming contracts for artist assistants, art handlers, and teaching artists — with agreements for independent curators, critics, and others to follow.

In advance of making these tools available this summer, the workshop will include a feedback session and participatory discussion about how contracts can be initiated by workers.

*This event is for WAGENCY  members only but joining  WAGENCY is free and open to all. Registration is required. Please sign up here  to receive a Zoom link.

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#140 DePaul Art Museum 

#139 TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image 

#138 Soft Network 

#137 The 500 Capp Street Foundation 

#136 Utah Museum of Fine Arts 

#135 Dimensions Variable 

#134 Harwood Museum of Art 

#133 Tube Factory Artspace 

#132 Sculpture Space 

#131 Betti Ono Foundation 

#130 STEMarts Lab 

#129 A Blade of Grass 

#128 Portland Winter Light Festival 

#127 Montez Press Radio 

#126 The Poetry Project 

#125 New York City AIDS Memorial 

#124 Charles Allis-Villa Terrace Museums 

#123 Aurora Picture Show 

#122 Powerhouse Arts 

#121 Brookline Arts Center 

#120 Prospect Art 

#119 Arttable 

#118 Public Art Fund 

#117 Graham Gund Gallery 

#116 Red Line Service 

#115 Monument Lab 

#114 KAJE 

#113 Queens Museum of Art 

#112 Carnegie International 58th ed., 2022 

#111 Roman Susan 

#110 New York Studio School 

#109 Kresge Arts in Detroit 

#108 Equitable Vitrines 

#107 The Center for Photography at Woodstock 

#106 CALA Alliance 

#105 Arthur Ross Gallery 

#104 Central Contemporary Arts 

#103 Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland 

#102 Lawndale Art and Performance Center 

#101 Radiant Hall Studios 

#100!! EAI 

#99 Center for Art, Research and Alliances 

#98 Amant 

#97 Carolee Schneemann Foundation 

But who's counting? See the full list of W.A.G.E. Certified institutions here .