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Total paid out to artists throughW.A.G.E. Certification since 2014.Last updated on .

Welcome to W.A.G.E.!

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 human labor. Still artist-run, we're proud to have been recognized internationally by UNESCO: 

From the November 2023 report, Empowering creativity: implementing the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist; 5th global consultation.

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