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

Introducing the Contract Generator, a new tool for drafting agreements between hiring parties and independent contractors working in the art industry.

Who is it for? Freelance art handlers, artist assistants, teaching artists and the galleries, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and agencies who contract their labor. Future agreements for art writers and critics, independent curators, paid interns and others are in development. The Contract Generator is accessible through WAGENCY  for subscribing members. Read the announcement  and learn more about this project here .

Curious how W.A.G.E. Certification and WAGENCY work? Look under the hood. W.A.G.E. is on YouTube with a new playlist .

#149 SPACES 

#148 6018North 

#147 ShowUp 

#146 Voices in Contemporary Art 

#145 Antenna 

#144 Ogden Contemporary Arts 

#143 MIT List Visual Arts Center 

#142 AICA-USA 

#141 The Contemporary Dayton 

#140 DePaul Art Museum 

#139 TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image 

#138 Soft Network 

#137 The 500 Capp Street Foundation 

#136 Utah Museum of Fine Arts 

#135 Dimensions Variable 

#134 Harwood Museum of Art 

#133 Tube Factory Artspace 

#132 Sculpture Space 

#131 Betti Ono Foundation 

#130 STEMarts Lab 

#129 A Blade of Grass 

#128 Portland Winter Light Festival 

#127 Montez Press Radio 

#126 The Poetry Project 

#125 New York City AIDS Memorial 

#124 Charles Allis-Villa Terrace Museums 

#123 Aurora Picture Show 

#122 Powerhouse Arts 

#121 Brookline Arts Center 

#120 Prospect Art 

#119 Arttable 

#118 Public Art Fund 

#117 Graham Gund Gallery 

#116 Red Line Service 

#115 Monument Lab 

#114 KAJE 

#113 Queens Museum of Art 

#112 Carnegie International 58th ed., 2022 

#111 Roman Susan 

#110 New York Studio School 

#109 Kresge Arts in Detroit 

#108 Equitable Vitrines 

#107 The Center for Photography at Woodstock 

#106 CALA Alliance 

#105 Arthur Ross Gallery 

#104 Central Contemporary Arts 

#103 Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland 

#102 Lawndale Art and Performance Center 

#101 Radiant Hall Studios 

#100!! EAI 

#99 Center for Art, Research and Alliances 

#98 Amant 

#97 Carolee Schneemann Foundation 

But who's counting? See the full list of W.A.G.E. Certified institutions here .