The survival strategy of cultural agents in the labor market is directly related with the conditions of realization of the cultural activity. In Brazil, during the twentieth century, the development of public policies managed to give opportunity to the creation of an institutional corp to intervene in the sector, however, due to the ideological orientation of governments and the unavailability of resources, it wasn't successful on supplement all cultural needs. In the 1990s, immersed in the redemocratization process and already incorporating neoliberal experiences, the State implemented a law to supplant the adversities inherited. Thus, through the Rouanet Law, it was implemented a tax deduction mechanism to increase investments in the area, which changed significantly not only the content, but also the form of financing the cultural activities. This process created a new kind of market, the 'catchment market', whose dynamic replaced the circumstances that those involved in this industry must face in order to survive. The hypothesis of this research is that the new conditions of realization of cultural activity, embodied in the rise of bureaucratic requirements and in a new type of expertise, restructured the composition and the characteristics of the cultural agents, which resulted in a more professional conditions, but in an absolute insecurity and instability labor situation.