My partner and I both make sculptures and we've been sharing tools and studio space for two years, but now they want to apply for grants as an individual artist and I feel like that erases how collaborative our process has been. We've been developing techniques together and inspiring each other's work daily, but the art world doesn't have good frameworks for recognizing that kind of creative interdependence.
More people experience this than they realize.
The market's emphasis on individual artistic genius conflicts with the genuine collaborative nature of your shared creative process.
“Where Are You with Visual art markets?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.