On Artists and Hopelessness is the second pamphlet by Beth Pickens and addresses "how hopelessness manifests in artists and writers, how the difficulty of building a sustainable art career interacts with other circumstances to make one feel hopeless about the world, about the future, and even about their creative practice." The pamphlet offers advice, strategies, and hopefully some reprieve to those experiencing these feelings. 

Self published by Co—Conspirator Press with the support of Women's Center for Creative Work.
Designed by Kate Johnston and MJ Balvanera.

2 copies of 2 different editions. One edition of 200 printed in September 2018 ; Another edition of 500 printed in June 2023. Printing and binding differ (Tiny Splendor ; Neko Natalia and South Gate Bindery).

–A.R. 5/31/2024