Sponsored Designed to answer one of creative work's toughest questions: "What should I charge?"

October 29, 2026 — 1 min read

Photograph by James Adams, from the series Best Accompanied with Jazz

Artists wear many hats: we’re creators, but we’re also entrepreneurs, project managers, strategists, and accountants. Often all at once. However, the financial tools available to us are rarely built to support the realities of our creative work: fluctuating income, project-based careers, multiple revenue streams, and the challenge of determining what our work is worth.

ARTPOWER is changing this with tortoise , an all-in-one financial platform built by artists to power artists’ financial and creative lives.

Developed over three years and informed by more than 1,000 artists, across the country, tortoise brings financial planning, education, and artist‑driven knowledge into one place.…