Resources for Individual Artists
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These are resources for individual artists. It's unclear to me if this is a good idea to do this here, or if other organizations do it better. I am also nervous about confusion about the audience for this site. As long as it clear what's for administrators/organizations and what's for artists, then I think it's ok.
One argument in favor of these resources living here is that many organizations that *do* support individual artists are often asked for resources like this, so it seems silly for every foundation and arts agency to reinvent the wheel.
TODO: Lots more to add here, and probably many more categories once we start compiling more resources
Emergency Resources
Funding Resources
- NOTE: this is not meant to be a list of funding opportunities (those get stale and out-of-date really quickly), but a list of sites that do track funding opportunities
Grant and Application Writing
Housing and Studio Space
Health Care and Insurance
Legal Services for Artists
Professional Development
- http://www.wageforwork.com
- http://artistsu.org/
- http://www.tremainefoundation.org/uploads/3/0/7/4/30740769/prof_dev_for_artists_free_resources.pdf
- http://www.tremainefoundation.org/uploads/6/4/6/7/64670527/ehtf_national_artist_resource_list.pdf
- Creative Capital: Workshops, Webinars, and Professional Development Resources for Artists
Books and Literature
- TODO: Pull titles and links out of excellent document by Tremaine Foundation
- http://www.tremainefoundation.org/uploads/6/4/6/7/64670527/professional_development_books_for_artists.pdf
- The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love, Jackie Battenfield
- Getting Your Sh*t Together: The Ultimate Business Manual for Every Practicing Artist, Karen Atkinson, 2014
- The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for All Artists in the Performing, Literary, and Visual Arts, Artspire, 2011
- ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career, Heather Darcy Bhandari et al. , 2009
- Starting Your Career as an Artist: A Guide for Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, and Other Visual Artists , Angie Wojak et al., 2011
- The Art Life: On Creativity and Career, Stuart Horodner et al., 2012
- Create Your Art Career: Practical Tools, Visualizations, and Self-Assessment Exercises for Empowerment and Success, Rhonda Schaller, 2013
- The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing: How to Find Funds and Write Foolproof Proposals for the Visual, Literary, and Performing Artist , Gigi Rosenberg, 2010
- Arts & Numbers: A Financial Guide for Artists, Writers, Performers, and Other Members of the Creative Class, Elaine Grogan Luttrull , 2013
- The Artist's Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions, Lynn Basa, 2008
- Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Working Artists, Sharon Louden et al., 2013
- The Artist as Culture Producer: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life , Sharon Louden et al., 2017
- Making Your Life as an Artist (book and workbook), Andrew Simonet