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# Starving artist?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/starving-artist/
- Published: 2005-08-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:35:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

You’re an artist. There’s no workers’ union. There’s no workers’ comp. You employ yourself. How are you to function in society without many of the benefits that other workers get?

Find out Aug. 18th when 18th Street Arts Center hosts a mini-seminar on the multiple benefits programs available for visual and performing artists. Meet the people who provide affordable services to artists and performers, and get detailed information about their programs.

Representatives from both The Actor’s Fund and Benefits Opportunities for Artists will give detailed presentations about the benefit services that their organizations offer to artists and performers. They will cover health insurance, loan funds, career services, home ownership and financial planning.

The Actor’s Fund is a national nonprofit organization that was established to provide social services to performers and other professionals in the theater and motion picture field. Now, they help people in a wide range of entertainment careers.

Benefits Opportunities for Artists is a new program of the Center for Cultural Innovation in Los Angeles. They provide artists with resources for health insurance, financial services and discounted travel, to name a few.

The workshop will take place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St. To RSVP, call (310) 453-3711\. Local school ready for orientation

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 17, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081705.pdf?ref=smdp.com)