In conversation with Artist-run-businesses and documenting the changing creative landscape since 2020.
Season 4 Video Series Now Live!
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Season 4 Video Series Now Live! •
Our most recent video series, A Peek Into Maine’s Creative Economy, features Maine-based creatives in their professional workspaces. Echoing the region’s history of cottage industry and seasonal work culture, this four-video series explores the ephemerality of artist-run businesses in Central and Coastal Maine.
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Hinge Collaborative storefront (Waterville, Maine)
LastThings.net coffins (Waterville, Maine)
W.O.L.F. art gallery (Walpole, Maine)
The Selkie's Pearl storefront (Belfast, Maine)
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Why artist-run businesses?
Unlike traditional business models under capitalism, artist-run businesses are built on more empathetic models of inclusivity, social responsibility, and methods of creative problem solving. Not driven entirely by capital gain, artist-run businesses are built out of necessity due to market shifts while being flexible enough to respond to economic change in-real-time.
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QTVC Live! pivots according to location, funding source, and ideation. View the evolution of this project reflected in our seasonal buildouts.
Season 4 (2024)
Maine-based artist projects and storefronts
Season 3 (2022)
Chicago Printers Guild members + Maine Artists
Season 2 (2021)
Chicago-Cleveland Sister Cities Collaboration
Season 1 (2020)
Pandemic-era sales pitches from Chicago