The expectation to dedicate 20+, 30+, even 40 hours a week and be offered a daily or weekly stipend to ‘offset the cost of housing and living expenses; is simply absurd. Institutions “providing opportunities” like such are only doing harm to those that can’t afford to work for you.

 Once we get artistically depleted, it’s nearly impossible to get the sh*t done we KNOW we need to be doing.  So here are five FREE things you can do this summer to recharge your artistic batteries.