General Resources for Artists
ArtBizCoach
Alyson Stanfield's site gives artists solid information on how to market their art. Stanfield offers a weekly e-newsletter, individual consulting, online classes, e-books and workshops to help artists build relationships with galleries, art organizations and their audiences. CONTACT:
Alyson B. Stanfield,
Stanfield Art Associates, Inc.,
P.O. Box 988,
Golden, CO 80402,
303.273.5904, alyson@artbizcoach.com
ArtBuzz
This new not-for-profit website is dedicated to the promotion of the visual arts. Artists get free listings and there's information for artists and art lovers alike – art market, art community news, artists listings by medium, galleries and art organizations listings, featured artists and call-to-artists, etc.
Phone: 727-595-5311, Tony Blue, founder & publisher
Art Calendar Magazine-Lists calls for entries from across the country. Art Calendar is a useful resource for artists, especially those that prefer a print version of listings.
ArtDeadline.Com
The art worlds most comprehensive resource for
income & exhibition opportunities.
Artist Help Network
A free information service designed to help artists find resources on career development, career
challenges, and personal and creative growth. Will also help those
working in the applied arts, arts administration, and arts-related
fields. 19 Springwood Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937-1169.
Phone: 631.329.9105 E-mail: info@artisthelpnetwork.com
Artist Resource Guide - New Jersey Arts Council
This program is co-sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the
Arts, a partner agency with the National Endowment of the Arts, and the
New York Foundation for the Arts. This site brings together experts in their fields to provide you with a detailed and practical
overview of handling the business aspects of art
ArtistsRegister.com
A
website that features over 2,000 artists. Sponsored by WESTAF.
Art Licensing
101
Art Network’s book on how to increase income by licensing
and publishing artwork.
Art Opportunities Monthly
Designed for the active fine artist who is interested
in finding competitions, grants, residencies, public art competitions
and similar places to show, sell or get financial support. Listings
are selected for their appropriateness to serous painters, sculptors,
printmakers, photographers and others. Cost: $23 per year for 11
issues. Contact: StudioNotes
Phone 707.746.5516
E-mail: studionotes@ix.netcom.com
ArtPerk
This site gives artists an opportunity to list art events and shows, and assist in finding display opportunities. On ArtPerk, artists seeking shows to enter have the ability to search for opportunities by media, by location and other search parameters. ArtPerk also allows users to save their searches and receive daily or weekly e-mails with those search results as reminders. The site is free for artists to search and for galleries and venues to post. Galleries can create listings for a fee if they’d like front page placement and other advantages.
Phone 301-661-1858
E-mail: ArtPerkTeam@ArtPerk.com
Copyright Issues
A new publication, entitled So What…About Copyright? What Artists Need to Know About Copyright & Trademarks is available downloaded free-of-charge from Public Knowledge. The user-friendly guide is intended to give visual artists, filmmakers and writers a clear understanding of the concepts that make up copyright, trademark, fair use and the public domain—providing a valuable resource for understanding artists’ rights and responsibilities in this complex legal and political area. Hard copies can be purchased at http://www.lulu.com/content/171535. Public Knowledge is a new public-interest advocacy organization dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund
CERF is a non-profit, tax exempt
organization which provides immediate support to professional craftspeople
facing career threatening emergencies such as fire, theft, illness
and natural disaster. P.O. Box 838, Montpelier, VT 05601 or call 802.229.2306
or fax 802.223.6484.
Dancehelp.com
This website offers a compilation of dance articles, dance tips, news, forums, dance listings, and educational information for the aspiring and professional dancer.
Detoxify Your Studio
Tips from an artist for less-toxic painting, including ideas for effectively using acrylic paint (in place of oil paints) and for creating a healthy workspace. Discusses cleaning, ventilation, and artist materials. Part of a collection of how-to articles for artists and musicians, from a nonprofit arts organization.
Insurance for Artists
The Actors' Fund of America has established an Artists Health
Insurance Resource Center. How-to advice as well as information on specific
providers is available by state.
Marketing Artist
Free Business Management Tool for Fine Artists
NYFA Source
Brought to you by The New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA Source is the most extensive national directory of awards, services, and publications for artists. Listings include over 4,200 arts organizations, 2,900 award programs, 4,200 service programs, and 900 publications for individual artists across the country. More programs are added every day. 800.232.2789
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Just as a painter needs brushes and paint to create art, artists need
the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. Through OVAC, artists connect with galleries, collectors and each other.
They learn to market their art and to find creativity within themselves.
They show their work in OVAC-sponsored exhibitions and they can earn
grants to create public art and attend art-enriching programs.
TAG - The Art Groups
TAG is a consortium of non-profit arts organization
in Oklahoma created to promote the development of visual arts throughout
the state founded in 2004. Charter members include the Oklahoma Art
Guild, Oklahoma Watercolor Association, Oklahoma Pastel Society,
Sooner Scribes, Oklahoma Sculpture Society and Mid-Del Art Guild. 405.590.8344,
PO Box 277, OKC, OK 73101.
WatercolorPainting.com: Learning Center
Collection of watercolor painting reference articles, covering topics such as choosing watercolor materials (brushes, paints and pigments, palettes, and paper), matting and framing, stretching paper, and color theory. Includes tool and color preferences of some professional watercolorists. From an artist who "has worked with watercolors for over 30 years and has won many local, regional and national awards."
WritersRegister.com
A
website that features over 2,000 artists. Sponsored by WESTAF.
RESEARCH
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500 N.W. 160
Edmond, OK 73013
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