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Creative Labor, Creative Conditions

Creative Labor, Creative Conditions is a national campaign led by the Doris Duke Foundation bringing together coordinated activations across the U.S. to center artists in a national conversation about the future of artistic labor. This series explores the activations and the various answers to the question: What are the conditions artists need in order to thrive?

Three outdoor performers dressed as oysters.
Essay
11 June 2026

Nataki Garrett reflects on the May Day activation that kicked off the Doris Duke Foundation’s Creative Labor, Creative Conditions campaign. She shares how the day highlighted the essential labor of artists and poses the question: what do artists need in order to do that essential labor?

Series are collections of content curated around a specific theme. HowlRound works with curators to develop topical pieces meant to spotlight current events and happenings within the commons.

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