VIRGINIA BROERSMA and CORRINA PEIPON took some time out of their busy art and advocacy careers to introduce STUDIO LOAN, a joint project from The Artist's Contract and Contemporary Art League that helps artists in the Los Angeles area to lend and borrow studio spaces. Not only do we hope to raise awareness of this program locally, we hope that folks in other cities will consider bringing the program to your community!

Created by artists SUSAN SCHWARTZ and VIRGINIA BROERSMA, the FARE Contract is a free, artist-centered sales agreement that advocates for elevating the rights of artists when their work is sold. “We believe that by empowering artists… we can embed a sense that asking for and negotiating your rights is something any artist can and should do.”

VIRGINIA BROERSMA is a fine artist who puts her administrative and organizational skills to work for others. She says, “I want to contribute to shaping the art world/community/market that I want to participate in. This world would offer opportunities to a wider swath of people, would support art and art makers as essential pieces of our society, and would make artists feel valued and less desperate.”