Being an Artist

Painter Gary Mayer's lifelong obsession with art carries him from Detroit's Cass Corridor to the wild 1980s East Village and on to the Catskills, while he struggles to make ends meet.

An honest portrait of what a life devoted to art really costs, across three vivid scenes.

How to be an artist. Gary Mayer is obsessed with painting and drawing but must find a way to make ends meet. Follow him on his journey from the Cass Corridor in Detroit, to the wild East Village scene in New York during

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