As tragic as it may sound, there’s some truth behind the saying that an artist needs to suffer for their art for it to be good. The list of writers, poets, actors, and painters who have battled ...

The once starving artists of homespun craft marketplace Etsy.com have officially achieved mogul status. Last month, the site posted $133.1 million in annual sales--all before the holiday rush.

This idea of the starving artist is real because of this change in value. But there’s another reason artists are mainly starving rather than thriving. In her 10+years in construction, ...

The idea of the “starving artist” dates back to the mid-19th century, when Henri Murger wrote a book titled: “Scenes de La Vie de Boheme” that discussed the lives of a group of French artists he lived ...

As an aspiring 17-year-old musician, last week I had the opportunity to participate in a photo shoot with Los Angeles based The Starving Artist Project--a business that models social responsibility.