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Artist Grants & Fellowships - Local Listings

  • Academy of American Poets
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    The American Poets Fund, which provides confidential assistance to poets in the event of illness or emergency; gives many awards, including The Walt Whitman Award for a first book of poetry; and has a...
    212-274-0343        www.poets.org
  • Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Emergency Funds|Resources for Visual Artists||
    The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and...
    212-226-0581        For more info
  • American Composers Forum
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources|
    American Composers Forum seeks to link communities with composers and performers. The Forum develops programs that educate todays and tomorrows audiences, stimulate entrepreneurship and collaboration...
    651-228-1407        www.composersforum.org
  • Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (Region 3)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis
    Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC) awards the following grants to artists residing in the Arrowhead region:
    - I...
    218-722-0952        www.aracouncil.org
  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Artist Fellowship Program
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, located near Moose Lake, Minnesota, offers a residency with two studios and 400 acres of woodlands and lakeshore to artists and naturalists.

    *The Artist Fellowshi...
    612-823-6257        www.blacklock.org
  • Bush Artist Fellows Program
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    The Bush Foundation awards grants to organizations and fellowships to individuals. They are given mostly to artists in MN, but also to artitsts residing in ND, SD, and the 26 counties in western Wisco...
    651-227-0891        For more info
  • Camargo Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Residencies|
    The Camargo Foundation maintains a study center in Cassis, France, for the benefit of scholars who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultu...
  • Central Minnesota Arts Board (Region 7W)
    |Art Councils||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Counties served: Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright
    The Central Minnesota Arts Board (CMAB) works to stimulate and encourage the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts in the region b...
    763-241-9517        For more info
  • COMPAS
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organi
    COMPAS provides funds for community art projects and conducts many artist-in-residence programs in schools and various other community sites across the state. There is a focus on diverse cultural prog...
    651-292-3249        www.compas.org
  • East Central Arts Council (Region 7E)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine
    Provides grants of up to $1,000 and Fellowships of up to $3,000 for projects which advance the careers of individual artists living in t...
    320-679-4065        www.region7erdc.org
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Five Wings Arts Council (Region 5)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, Wadena
    Provides grants and services to nonprofit organizations and individuals in the region....
    218-894-5485        www.fwac.org
  • Forecast Public Artworks
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Public Art||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Recognized nationally as a major public art resource, FORECAST Public Artworks provides facilitation and consultation services to a number of diverse communities, agencies and artists throughout the n...
    651.641.1128        www.forecastart.org/
  • Foundation Center Cooperative Collection - Minneapolis
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    The Foundation Center helps to connect grant seekers and grantmakers. The Foundation Directory Online is a top-quality subscription directory. The Minneapolis Public Library houses one of the Foundati...
    612-630-6000        www.mplib.org/grants.asp
  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • Grants: A Basic Guide to Grants for Minnesota Artists
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Organizational Grants
    This publication is a resource tool for grantseekers. GRANTS lists grantmaking organizations, the eleven MN regional arts councils and other sources. Produced jointly by Springboard for the Arts and...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • IFP MSP
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Classes/ Education||Arts Organizations and Resources|
    IFP MSP promotes and supports a world where expression through images is encouraged and valued. IFP promotes and supports the work of artists who create screenplays, film, video, and photography in th...
    612-338-0871        www.ifpmsp.org
  • Jerome Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources||Foundations Funding Arts Organizatio
    The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists who live in Minnesota or New York City, and the Foundation contributes to the profes...
    651-224-9431        www.jeromefdn.org
  • Lake Region Arts Council (Region 4)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin
    Serves arts organizations, artists and arts consumers through grants, technical assistance and networking...
    218-739-5780        For more info
  • Loft Literary Center
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Classes/ Education||Arts Organizations and Resources|
    The Loft is the nations largest, most comprehensive literary center. The mission of the Loft is to foster a writing community, the artistic development of individual writers, and an audience for liter...
    612-215-2575        www.loft.org
  • MacPhail Center for Music
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Classes/ Education||Arts Organizations and Resources|
    The MacPhail Center is a community resource for education and performance experiences in musical arts for people of all ages, abilities, and economic circumstances.

    The MacPhail Center for ...
    612-321-0100        www.macphail.org
  • Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    Graduate and undergraduate scholarships to financially needy graduates of high schools located in 15 northeastern MN counties (Aitken, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, It...
  • McKnight Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    The arts program seeks to improve the quality of the arts in Minnesota and to improve access to the arts for all citizens of the state. For individual artists the Foundations fellowship programs are a...
    612-333-4220        www.mcknight.org
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Degree Programs|
    BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS: Offering a lot of different paths for you to explore, the BFA program allows you to choose from 14 different majors in the areas of fine art, design and media. They are Advertis...
    (800) 874-6223       
  • Minnesota Literature
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Employment||
    This monthly newsletter for writers provides an essay on literary topics and issues, a calendar of events, news on the writing market, and opportunities for writers (including publication contracts, w...
    651-257-7106       
  • Minnesota State Arts Board
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizati
    The Minnesota State Arts Board provides financial and technical resources for artists, arts and community organizations, and arts programs in schools. It offers the following grant programs and servi...
    651-215-1600        www.arts.state.mn.us
  • Northern Clay Center
    |Art Materials||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Classes/ Education||Arts Organiz
    The goals of the Center are to promote excellence in the work of clay artists, to provide educational opportunities for artists and the community, and to encourage and expand the publics appreciation ...
    612-339-8007        For more info
  • Northwest Regional Arts Council (Region 1)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau.
    Provides support for the development of the arts in the seven county region, through grant programs for individu...
    218-745-6733 Contact: Mara Wittman, Arts Council Director         www.nwrdc.org/arts.htm
  • Playwrights Center
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Residencies|
    The Playwrights Center offers readings, fellowships, non-performance workshops, classes, and residencies. The organization allows playwrights both locally and nationally the opportunity to advance the...
    612-332-7481        www.pwcenter.org
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Purpose 
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation‘s missi...
    212-517-5400        www.pkf.org
  • Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council (Region 9)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan
    The Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council (PLRAC) is a group of dedicated individuals committed to...
    507-833-8721        www.plrac.org
  • Region 2 Arts Council
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Grants are only available to artists, non-profit organizations, community groups, schools and units of government that are in Region 2. The five-county Region 2 area includes Beltrami, Clearwater, Hub...
    800-275-5447        www.r2arts.org/
  • Southern Theatre
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The Southern is well known for presenting a wide variety of local artists in a full season of performances that change nearly every week. The Southern provides unique opportunities for artists not onl...
    612-340-0155        www.southerntheater.org
  • Southwest Minnesota Arts & Humanities Council (Regions 6E, 6W, 8)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lincoln, Lac Qui Parle, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, Yellow Medicine
    The p...
    507-537-1471        www.smahc.org
  • Sumasil Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    The Sumacil Foundation has an international focus and is based on assisting women obtain higher education in order to expand ther independence and foster self-growth....
    952-475-0910       
  • VSA Arts of Minnesota
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Disability Services||
    VSA arts of Minnesota works to make the arts more accessible to Minnesotans with disabilities. They offer grant programs for artists with disabilities, residency opportunities working with students w...
    612-332-3888        mn.vsarts.org
    Artist Loans - Local Listings

  • Artist Loan Fund
    |Artist Loans||
    The Springboard for the Arts Artists Loan Fund makes small loans ($1000-5000) to Twin Cities area artists for artistic development and artistic business development. The Fund is a community-based rev...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Nonprofits Assistance Fund
    |Artist Loans|Arts Organizations and Resources|Financial Management||
    Loans and financial assistance to nonprofit organizations...
    612/ 278-7180         For more info
  • Saint Paul Planning and Economic Development
    |Artist Loans|Housing and Studio Space|Housing Loans||
    The PED offers loan packaging/funding of small businesses that fit the cultural development goals that the PED has for different St. Paul neighborhoods. Their Arts and Economic Development Fund prov...
    651-266-6628        For more info
    Artist Resources - Local Listings

  • Alex Steinberg
    |Artist Resources||
    Architectural interiors/ exteriors, editorial and artwork....
    612-384-3404       
  • All of the Above
    |Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizations and Resources|Helpful Websites|Public A
    Performance Collaborative: The purpose of the Performance Collaborative is to create a safe and respectful venue for skilled performers to break societal stigmas and perform in a way they personally r...
    612-872-6080        www.aatcmn.com
  • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
    |Advocacy|Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Health Insurance||
    The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) is a national labor union representing nearly 80,000 performers, journalists and other artists working in the entertainment and news med...
    612-371-9120        www.aftra.com
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA Minnesota)
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Employment||
    Provides easy access to achitects for all your building needs. Also is a resource for professional architects to find work....
    612-338-6763        www.aia-mn.org
  • Andrea Rugg
    |Artist Resources||
    Three-dimensional artwork, architecture, landscape, portraits, and product photography....
    612-827-1004 or 612-245-6863 (cell)       
  • Angel Beach Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    - various 16 and 24 track studios
    - digital and analog
    - new large "orchestra" studio...
    612-331-7368       
  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Arts and Culture Partnership of St. Paul
    |Artist Resources||
    The Arts and Culture Partnership of St. Paul works to create new opportunities for arts and culture in downtown Saint Paul, develop shared resources for local arts and culture organizations, and bring...
  • Arts Midwest
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Cultural Centers||
    Arts Midwest connects people throughout the Midwest and the world to meaningful arts opportunities, sharing creativity, knowledge, and understanding across boundaries....
    612-341-0755        www.artsmidwest.org
  • Associated Sewing
    |Art Materials|Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    Associated Sewing has four local stores, offering sewing/embroidery/computer design classes, sewing machine repair, seminars and retreats, publishes a newsletter four times per year, and hosts a varie...
    651-645-9449        www.associatedsewing.com
  • Barry Kleider Photography Studio
    |Artist Resources||
    Photographic services, including artist portfolios, creative portraiture, fine art landscape, glamour and (yes) wedding! Black and while, and color, 35mm and medium format, web-ready digital output an...
    612-481-0354        underconstruction
  • Beth Corning
    |Artist Resources|Resources for Performing Artists||
  • Cheryl Walsh Bellville
    |Artist Resources||
    Headshots, portraits, studio and location, products, artwork...
    651-291-8483 or 651-402-7813 (cell)        For more info
  • City Cabin Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    -Dinkytown area
    - 24 track studio
    - Works with alternative bands, etc....
    612-378-5637       
  • COMPAS
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organi
    COMPAS provides funds for community art projects and conducts many artist-in-residence programs in schools and various other community sites across the state. There is a focus on diverse cultural prog...
    651-292-3249        www.compas.org
  • Computer Resource Center
    |Artist Resources|Resources for Performing Artists|Resources for Visual Artists||
    Free internet access, inexpensive copying and faxing, and convenient meeting spaces for your group...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Daniel Corrigan
    |Artist Resources||
    Anything but weddings! Over 20 years serving the Twin Cities communities. Specializing inthe edgy stuff....
    612-334-3257        www.danielcorrigan.com
  • Danny Buraczeski
    |Artist Resources|Resources for Performing Artists||
    Choreographer Resource...
    612-870-1987       
  • Edina Art Center - Photo Studio
    |Artist Resources||
    Photo studio available for rent. Equipment includes backgrounds, lights, etc. Digital printing, duplicate slides, photocopying.
    Contact: Phil Johnson, Media Studios Manager...
    952-915-6602        www.edinaartcenter.com
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Entrepreneur The Arts
    |Artist Resources||Arts Degree Programs||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Helpful Websi
    Artists
    The world needs your gifts. Your creativity and powers of perception can change the world. The forms and products that you give life to, the experiences that you create can reach far beyon...
  • Flatland Films
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Public Art|Resources for Performing Artists|Resou
    We are an established, creative film company, who works deep within the arts community. We shoot, edit, produce, create mini documentaries for artists. It's a valuable marketing tool for things such a...
    612 802-3707        www.flatlandfilms.com
  • Flowerpot Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    - 12 track AKAI MG1212
    - a great place to make your first demo...
    612-781-3802       
  • Foundation Data Center
    |Artist Resources|Helpful Websites||
    Minnesota Foundation Directory is a subscription list with over 1,800 foundations, over 80,000 individual gifts, and over 8,500 managers....
    952-542-8582        www.capriotti.com/fdc/
  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • Gark Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    - 24 track analog studio
    - lots of outboard gear
    - ADAT if wanted or needed...
    612-721-7945       
  • George Byron Griffiths Photography
    |Artist Resources||
    Minneapolis-based photographer specializing in Celebrating and Documenting Life:

    Weddings
    Special Events
    Corporate Events, Annual Reports, and Headshots
    Family Anniversaries/ Birt...
    612-722-2340        www.gbgphotography.com
  • Grants: A Basic Guide to Grants for Minnesota Artists
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Organizational Grants
    This publication is a resource tool for grantseekers. GRANTS lists grantmaking organizations, the eleven MN regional arts councils and other sources. Produced jointly by Springboard for the Arts and...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Greg Markstrom
    |Artist Resources||
    Headshots, band photographs, dancers, actor/ model portfolios, and digital photography....
    952-435-2874       
  • Inbeaute Photography
    |Artist Resources||
    Contact: Wendy and Karl Blomseth, Photojournalists
    Fine Art, Portrait, Photojournalism, Website Promotions, and Weddings...
    651-225-9005        www.inbeautephoto.com
  • Intermedia Arts
    |Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Galleries/Exhibition Space||Resources for Perfo
    Intermedia Arts supports and presents visual, performance, film, video, and interdisiplinary art and offers a broad range of services to artists....
    612-871-4444        www.IntermediaArts.org
  • Jerry Mathiason Photography
    |Artist Resources||
    2D and 3D artwork for visual artists, portraiture, slide documentation, from slides to 4x5 transparencies, in studio or on location...
    612-338-8132       
  • Joe Chvala
    |Artist Resources|Resources for Performing Artists||
    Choreographer Resource...
    612-825-4291       
  • JuxtaPosition Arts, Inc.
    |Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education||
    Juxtaposition Arts is a non-profit visual arts organization that exists to nurture and channel creativity by providing community outlets for urban youth to create and show fine art....
    612-588-1148        www.juxtaposition.org
  • Kristine Heykants
    |Artist Resources||
    Headshots of actors, musicians, and portraits in studio and on location, also fashion and advertising....
    612-333-2796        www.kristineheykants.com
  • Logic Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    - 24 track ADAT
    - one inch 16 track
    - demo projects
    - cassette duplication, CDR
    - graphics generation
    - works with lots of Metal bands...
    952-542-9125       
  • MAP for Nonprofits
    |Artist Resources|Financial Management|Legal Assistance||
    MAP (Management Assistance Program) provides quality, affordable management and board recruitment services to more than 700 nonprofit organizations each year. Call us today for a no cost, no obligati...
    651-647-1216        www.mapfornonprofits.org
  • Minnesota Association of Songwriters (MAS)
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    The MAS is a volunteer, member supported,nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the skills of its members and helping to establish relationships with music industry personnel through semina...
    651-254-9779        www.mnsongwriters.org
  • Minnesota Council on Foundations
    |Artist Resources|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    This association of foundations and corporate grantmakers offers workshops, publishes information on Minnesota grantmaking, and researches Minnesota grantmaking trends and patterns. ...
    612-338-1989        www.mcf.org
  • Minnesota Film and Television Board
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    The Minnesota Film and Television Board provides many services and a huge number of links to services for all aspects of filmmaking in Minnesota....
    612-332-6493        www.mnfilm.org
  • Minnesota Music Directory
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Helpful Websites|Housing and Studio Space||
    The Directory includes listings of agents and management, artists, equipment sales and service, performance venues, instruction, radio stations, record producers, studios, record companies, video prod...
    612-375-1015        www.citypages.com/mmd/
  • Minnesota Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    The Minnesota chapter of SCBWI hosts spring and fall conferences, several workshops, and provides networking and resources for writers and illustrators....
    952-830-9010        www.minnesotascbwi.org
  • Mirror Image Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    - 24 track ADAT
    - 16 track Tascam MS16
    - Soundtracs board
    - all kinds of projects...
    612-377-9911       
  • NKG Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    Commercial and architectural photography, artists archiving, shoots digital files of artists work. Can offer advise to artists/ photographers on which web/ design programs to use and improve media ski...
    651-430-1100        www.nkgstudios.com
  • No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    No Name Exhibitions is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting emerging artists, enhancing public understanding and appreciation of their artistic expressions, and fostering strength and vita...
    612-623-9176        www.soapfactory.org
  • Northeast Minneapolis Arts District - Bike Map
    |Art Materials|Artist Resources|Arts Associations|Arts Organizations and Resources|Helpful Websites|
    the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District Bike Map

    - free listing for artists, studios, and galleries in northeast

    - blocking out safe routes to encourage foot and bicycle traffic in n...
    612.378.8888        For more info
  • Northern Clay Center
    |Art Materials||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Classes/ Education||Arts Organiz
    The goals of the Center are to promote excellence in the work of clay artists, to provide educational opportunities for artists and the community, and to encourage and expand the publics appreciation ...
    612-339-8007        For more info
  • Peter Lee
    |Artist Resources||
    Excellent, experienced photographer of pottery, fiber and fine art....
    612-788-2142       
  • Russ Borud
    |Artist Resources||
    - Audio engineering, remotes only
    - Works primarily in classical and in material that can be recorded direct to two track...
    651-690-2707       
  • St. Paul Art Collective
    |Artist Resources||
    The Saint Paul Art Collective sponsors the Saint Paul Art Crawl - a self-guided tour of over 170 artists studios and galleries in the downtown neighborhood. ...
    651-292-4373        www.artcrawl.org
  • Third Ear Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    - 24 track MCI analog machine
    - Makke board
    - lots of album projects and demos...
    612-379-2421       
  • Track Record Studios
    |Artist Resources||
    - new studio
    - lots of demo work...
    651-645-9281       
  • Wild Audio
    |Artist Resources||
    - Sonic Solutions stuff
    - no analog transfers
    - works with tons of people
    ...
    612-331-8385       
  • Wild Sound
    |Artist Resources||
    - 24 track digital linear
    - ProTools hard disc recording
    - vintage mics
    - tube outboard gear
    - CDR
    - lots of Jazz recordings...
    612-339-9355       
  • Womens Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM)
    |Artist Resources|Arts Associations||
    WARM seeks through the arts to make womens voices and visions significant influences in our community and society. We provide audiences and communities with opportunities to experience and value women...
    651-292-1188        www.thewarm.org
    Emergency Funds - Local Listings

  • Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Emergency Funds|Resources for Visual Artists||
    The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and...
    212-226-0581        For more info
  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Artist's Fellowship, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a private, charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or...
  • Artists Relief Fund
    |Emergency Funds|
    Meant to help an individual artist pick up the pieces from an emergency and expedite recovery, the Artist Relief Fund aids artists in continuing their work. Specifically, the purpose of the Artist Rel...
    218-722-0952        For more info
  • Change, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds|
    Change, Inc. provides one-time emergency grants up to $1000 to artists of any discipline. Applicants must be professional artists who can demonstrate need. Each applicant must submit a detailed letter...
    (212) 473-3742       
  • Craft Emergency Relief Fund
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Craft Emergency Relief Fund is committed to supporting the careers of craft artists throughout the United States. Through business and career-strengthening programs, emergency relief support, advocacy...
    (802) 229-2306        For more info
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Episcopal Actor's Guild of America, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Applying to the Emergency Aid & Relief Program:

    The primary determining criterion for eligibility is that the applicant be a professional performing artist who is pursuing an established and ...
    (212) 685-2927        www.actorsguild.org
  • Every Penny Counts
    |AIDS Info and Services|Emergency Funds||
    Provides emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, and medical to low income people living with AIDS and HIV. Please call for eligibility guidelines....
    612-331-7733       
  • Grande Ole Opry Trust Fund, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Since its beginning in 1925, the Grand Ole Opry has not only been a popular radio show featuring an incredible mix of country music performances, but it has also truly been a family. Often referred to...
    (615) 871-6779        www.opry.com
  • International Association of Blacks in Dance
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE (IABD) has become the Mecca for Blacks in Dance such as artists, dance companies, directors, choreographers, those interested in black dance issues, pe...
    303.295.1759        For more info
  • Jazz Foundation of America
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    (212) 245-3999        www.jazzfoundation.org
  • Mayer Foundation
    |Emergency Funds|
    The core mission of the Foundation is as follows:

    1. to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of finan...
  • Modest Needs Foundation
    |Emergency Funds|
    Modest Needs currently offers the following five types of grants:

    1. Self-Sufficiency Grants

    Modest Needs makes Self-Sufficiency Grants by remitting payment to a creditor for an expe...
  • Motion Picture and Television Fund, The
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Offers emergency financial assistance for eligible industry members

    Eligibility Guidelines :

    The Motion Picture & Television Fund offers charitable and residential services to union ...
    (800) 876-8320        www.mptvfund.org
  • MusiCares Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||
    The heart and soul of MusiCares is the Emergency Financial Assistance Program that provides critical funds for music people struggling with financial, medical or personal crises. This program offers f...
  • Musicians Foundation, The
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Musicians Foundation helps professional musicians by providing emergency financial assistance in meeting current living, medical and allied expenses.

    Requests are handled by application w...
    212.239.9137        For more info
  • PEN American Center
    |Advocacy||AIDS Info and Services||Arts Organizations and Resources||Emergency Funds|
    The PEN American Center works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship. The Center has a membership of 2,900 distinguished writers, editors, an...
    212-334-1660        www.pen.org
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Purpose 
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation‘s missi...
    212-517-5400        www.pkf.org
  • Ramsey Action Programs for Washington and Ramsey Counties
    |Emergency Funds||
    Emergency grants and loans are available to persons who do not qualify for other forms of assistance. Loans are available for emergency rent or mortgage assistance and self-sufficiency (employment re...
    651-645-6445        For more info
  • RESCU Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The RESCU Foundation is a non-profit organization established to promote and maintain the health and medical well-being of the participants of Renaissance Faires, historical performances and other art...
    1-800-374-9215        www.rescufoundation.org
  • Screen Actor's Guild Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The SAG Foundation makes it a priority to help Guild members in need. The Emergency Assistance program, the Self-Pay Premium program, and the Catastrophic Health Fund assist eligible members facing c...
    (323) 549-6708        www.sagfoundation.org
  • Society of Singers, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    ELIGIBILITY
Any individual who has derived his or her primary income as a professional singer for five years or more may qualify for services.
    PROGRAMS
    Financial Aid
    SOS helps singer...
    (323) 653-7672        www.singers.org
  • Sweet Relief Musicians Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Sweet Relief provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.

    Established in 1994, Sweet Relief has helped preserve ...
    (888) 955-7880        www.sweetrelief.org
  • Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund serves members of the motion picture entertainment industry (exhibition, distribution and trade services) who are encountering an illness, injury or life-ch...
    (888) 944-3863        www.wrpioneers.org
  • Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Writers Emergency Assistance Fund (formerly the Llewellyn Miller Fund) is administered through the ASJA Charitable Trust, which has 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Its mission is to help established ...
    212-997-0947        www.asja.org/weaf/
    Employment - Local Listings

  • American Institute of Architects (AIA Minnesota)
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Employment||
    Provides easy access to achitects for all your building needs. Also is a resource for professional architects to find work....
    612-338-6763        www.aia-mn.org
  • Career Consultations for Artists
    |Employment|Internships||
    Individual artist career consultations are available for artists who are serious about developing the professional presentation of their work and finding new audiences.
    In a consultation, Artist ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Drawingboard
    |Employment||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Drawingboard.org includes listings of paid and unpaid drawing gigs...
  • Entrepreneur The Arts
    |Artist Resources||Arts Degree Programs||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Helpful Websi
    Artists
    The world needs your gifts. Your creativity and powers of perception can change the world. The forms and products that you give life to, the experiences that you create can reach far beyon...
  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • Hennepin County Human Resources Department
    |Employment||
    Lists employment opportunities in Hennepin County....
    612-348-2163        www.co.hennepin.mn.us
  • Jobs and Consultations
    |Employment|Internships||
    JOBS, CONSULTATIONS: Springboard for the Arts maintains job listings for people interested in a career in the arts. Listings are broken down into local and national Job Books which may be perused at ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Jobseeker consultations / Career Consultations
    |Employment|Internships||
    Jobseeker consultations are available for people interested in careers or jobs in the arts administration field. In a consultation, our Jobseeker Services professionals get to know you and your experi...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Minnesota Literature
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Employment||
    This monthly newsletter for writers provides an essay on literary topics and issues, a calendar of events, news on the writing market, and opportunities for writers (including publication contracts, w...
    651-257-7106       
  • Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC)
    |Employment|Housing Loans|Utilities Assistance||
    Counties served: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan

    MVAC is a private, non-profit organization that uses federal, state and local resources to ...
    507-345-6822        www.mnvac.org
  • WomenVenture
    |Employment||
    Women Venture provides individual career counseling, business counseling, assorted job listings, and a number of other support services for women....
    651-646-3808        www.womenventure.com
    Foundations Funding Arts Organizations - Local Listings

  • Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation gives support to organizations mainly in South Dakota and California.

    Fields of interest include: Arts, Performing Arts, and Music. Types of support include: Building/...
    612-667-9084       
  • Jerome Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources||Foundations Funding Arts Organizatio
    The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists who live in Minnesota or New York City, and the Foundation contributes to the profes...
    651-224-9431        www.jeromefdn.org
    Housing Loans - Local Listings

  • Metropolitan Council
    |Housing and Studio Space|Housing Loans||
    The Metropolitan Council plans for the future of the seven-county metropolitan area. The Council provides printed information on population and housing, publishes a consumers guide, and provides Sect...
    651-602-1000        www.metrocouncil.org
  • Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) Department
    ||Housing Loans||Low-cost Clinics, Programs & Health Resources||
    The Office of Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) oversees, coordinates, and streamlines all City planning and development activity (including the functions of the Minneapolis Community...
    612-673-5095        For more info
  • Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA)
    |Housing and Studio Space|Housing Loans||
    The MHFA is a resource for many different housing assistance programs run through both private lending institutions and neighborhood councils throughout the state for low and moderate income persons. ...
    651-296-7608        www.mhfa.state.mn.us
  • Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC)
    |Employment|Housing Loans|Utilities Assistance||
    Counties served: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan

    MVAC is a private, non-profit organization that uses federal, state and local resources to ...
    507-345-6822        www.mnvac.org
  • Saint Paul Planning and Economic Development
    |Artist Loans|Housing and Studio Space|Housing Loans||
    The PED offers loan packaging/funding of small businesses that fit the cultural development goals that the PED has for different St. Paul neighborhoods. Their Arts and Economic Development Fund prov...
    651-266-6628        For more info
  • United Way First Call for Help
    |Crisis Intervention|Financial Management|Helpful Websites|Housing Loans||
    First Call for Help is a comprehensive information and referral service that links people in need with appropriate human service providers. It offers free, confidential information on social service, ...
    651-291-0211        www.firstcallnet.org
  • USDA, Rural Development
    |Housing Loans||
    Loans are available to purchase houses, for rental properties, or building renovation in areas of rural Minnesota. There are 16 field offices.
    ...
    651-602-7800        www.rurdev.usda.gov/mn
    Internships - Local Listings

  • Black Storytellers Alliance
    |Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizations and Resources|Internships||
    The main goal of Black Storytellers Alliance is to promote and preserve the art of storytelling. The group specializes in storytelling performances for schools, libraries, community centers, and corp...
    612-529-5864        For more info
  • Career Consultations for Artists
    |Employment|Internships||
    Individual artist career consultations are available for artists who are serious about developing the professional presentation of their work and finding new audiences.
    In a consultation, Artist ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Cornucopia Art Center
    |Artist Residencies||Arts Organizations and Resources||Community Art Centers||Galleries/Exhibition S
    A dynamic juried sales gallery promoting the work of more than 70 contemporary regional artists in all media (applications accepted quarterly); a curated exhibition program featuring regional, nationa...
    507-467-2446        www.lanesboroarts.org
  • Curatorial Internship Program at Altered Esthetics
    |Internships|
    CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM


    Altered Esthetics is proud to announce our internship program, with focus areas ranging from curatorial studies to graphic design, grant writing to n...
    612.378.8888        www.alteredesthetics.org
  • Jobs and Consultations
    |Employment|Internships||
    JOBS, CONSULTATIONS: Springboard for the Arts maintains job listings for people interested in a career in the arts. Listings are broken down into local and national Job Books which may be perused at ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Jobseeker consultations / Career Consultations
    |Employment|Internships||
    Jobseeker consultations are available for people interested in careers or jobs in the arts administration field. In a consultation, our Jobseeker Services professionals get to know you and your experi...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art's Curatorial Internship Program
    |Internships|
    The Minneapolis Institute of Arts offers unpaid volunteer internships for individuals considering or pursuing careers in museum work. Candidates who have completed at least two years of college course...
    (612) 870-3189        artsmia.org/
  • Minnesota Center for Book Arts' By Design Teen Artist Co-op Mentoring Program
    |Internships|
    By Design is an intensive teen artist development and mentoring program at Minnesota Center for Book Arts for beginning and advanced artists ages 15 to 18. The program starts with a ten-week introduct...
    612.215.2520        For more info
  • Movement Arts Center
    |Arts Classes/ Education||Cultural Centers||Galleries/Exhibition Space||Internships||Resources for P
    Personal training sessions specializing in people recovering from injury or sickness. Life Coaching and personal development.

    The Movement Arts Center is available to rent for rehearsals, c...
    612.333-8635        For more info
  • Performing Apprentice Program
    |Internships|
    In the Performing Apprentice Program you can hone your acting skills at CTC! Boasting one of the nation's most respected and intensive Performing Apprentice Program, CTC offers a comprehensive opportu...
    612.872.5197        For more info
  • Upstream Arts, Inc.
    |Arts Classes/ Education|Disability Services|Internships||
    Program Description:
    Through Upstream Arts Workshops in creative writing, dance, drama, music and visual arts, youth with disabilities will increase their self- awareness, their positive group par...
    612.331.4584        www.upstreamarts.org
  • Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council
    |Internships|
    Each year, former and current WACTAC (Walker Art Center Teen Art Council) members and Teen Programs staff select a new group of high school students to be a part of WACTAC. WACTAC is a council of 10 ...
    Organizational Grants & Fellowships - Local Listings

  • Arthur R. Penfield
    |Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Grantwriter
    Independent grantwriter for arts organizations.

    See book for further information....
    651-683-0827       
  • Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Artist Fellowship Program
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, located near Moose Lake, Minnesota, offers a residency with two studios and 400 acres of woodlands and lakeshore to artists and naturalists.

    *The Artist Fellowshi...
    612-823-6257        www.blacklock.org
  • Bush Artist Fellows Program
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    The Bush Foundation awards grants to organizations and fellowships to individuals. They are given mostly to artists in MN, but also to artitsts residing in ND, SD, and the 26 counties in western Wisco...
    651-227-0891        For more info
  • Central Minnesota Arts Board (Region 7W)
    |Art Councils||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Counties served: Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright
    The Central Minnesota Arts Board (CMAB) works to stimulate and encourage the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts in the region b...
    763-241-9517        For more info
  • Five Wings Arts Council (Region 5)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, Wadena
    Provides grants and services to nonprofit organizations and individuals in the region....
    218-894-5485        www.fwac.org
  • Foundation Center Cooperative Collection - Minneapolis
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    The Foundation Center helps to connect grant seekers and grantmakers. The Foundation Directory Online is a top-quality subscription directory. The Minneapolis Public Library houses one of the Foundati...
    612-630-6000        www.mplib.org/grants.asp
  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • Grants: A Basic Guide to Grants for Minnesota Artists
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Organizational Grants
    This publication is a resource tool for grantseekers. GRANTS lists grantmaking organizations, the eleven MN regional arts councils and other sources. Produced jointly by Springboard for the Arts and...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Jerome Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources||Foundations Funding Arts Organizatio
    The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists who live in Minnesota or New York City, and the Foundation contributes to the profes...
    651-224-9431        www.jeromefdn.org
  • Lake Region Arts Council (Region 4)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin
    Serves arts organizations, artists and arts consumers through grants, technical assistance and networking...
    218-739-5780        For more info
  • Minnesota Council on Foundations
    |Artist Resources|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    This association of foundations and corporate grantmakers offers workshops, publishes information on Minnesota grantmaking, and researches Minnesota grantmaking trends and patterns. ...
    612-338-1989        www.mcf.org
  • Minnesota Humanities Commission
    |Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    The Minnesota Humanities Commission provides cash grants and book grants to support educational and public humanities programs in specific settings. The Humanities Commission is currently offering gra...
    651-774-0105        www.thinkmhc.org/
  • Minnesota State Arts Board
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizati
    The Minnesota State Arts Board provides financial and technical resources for artists, arts and community organizations, and arts programs in schools. It offers the following grant programs and servi...
    651-215-1600        www.arts.state.mn.us
  • Northwest Regional Arts Council (Region 1)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau.
    Provides support for the development of the arts in the seven county region, through grant programs for individu...
    218-745-6733 Contact: Mara Wittman, Arts Council Director         www.nwrdc.org/arts.htm
  • Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council (Region 9)
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships||
    Counties served: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan
    The Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council (PLRAC) is a group of dedicated individuals committed to...
    507-833-8721        www.plrac.org
  • Region 2 Arts Council
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Grants are only available to artists, non-profit organizations, community groups, schools and units of government that are in Region 2. The five-county Region 2 area includes Beltrami, Clearwater, Hub...
    800-275-5447        www.r2arts.org/
  • Target Foundation
    |Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Target arts grants are awarded to programs and organizations that provide accessible and affordable art and cultural experiences to the community. Target Foundation welcomes applications from organiza...
    1-800-440-0680.        For more info

    Artist Grants & Fellowships - Regional Listings

  • Academy of American Poets
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    The American Poets Fund, which provides confidential assistance to poets in the event of illness or emergency; gives many awards, including The Walt Whitman Award for a first book of poetry; and has a...
    212-274-0343        www.poets.org
  • Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Emergency Funds|Resources for Visual Artists||
    The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and...
    212-226-0581        For more info
  • Allied Arts Fund
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Arts Organizations and Resources|Organizational Grants & Fellowships|Re
    Allied Arts Fund is a united funding agency for the arts in Rapid City and the Black Hills. The Allied Arts Fund provides operating and promotional support to eleven local arts organizations.
    <...
    605.394.4106        www.alliedartsrc.org
  • American Composers Forum
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources|
    American Composers Forum seeks to link communities with composers and performers. The Forum develops programs that educate todays and tomorrows audiences, stimulate entrepreneurship and collaboration...
    651-228-1407        www.composersforum.org
  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Bush Artist Fellows Program
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    The Bush Foundation awards grants to organizations and fellowships to individuals. They are given mostly to artists in MN, but also to artitsts residing in ND, SD, and the 26 counties in western Wisco...
    651-227-0891        For more info
  • Camargo Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Residencies|
    The Camargo Foundation maintains a study center in Cassis, France, for the benefit of scholars who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultu...
  • Charles Hockenberry Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    Scholarships to disadvantaged youths residing in Page County, IA. Fields of interest: Performing Arts, Music.
    ...
    712-246-2205       
  • Chequamegon Bay Arts Council
    |Art Councils||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Classes/ Education||Emergency Funds||Resources for
    CBAC provides its members with benefits like seminars & professional development, grants & scholarships, newsletters, art exhibitions, and annual events. The Chequamegon Bay Arts Council has also esta...
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • First Peoples Fund
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Resources for Performing Artists|Resources for Visual Artists||
    Founded in 1995, First Peoples Fund's mission is to honor and support the creative community-centered First Peoples artists; and nurture the collective spirit™ that allows them to sustain their people...
    (605) 348-0324       
  • Grinnell Area Arts Council
    |Art Councils||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Residencies||Arts Classes/ Education||Galleries/E
    *Opportunities to display work in the Grinnell Community Art Gallery, take classes and workshops, to perform at the Music in the Park series, and attend a Summer Arts Camp.
    *Grinnell Area Arts Cou...
    (641) 236-3203        www.grinnellarts.org/
  • Lake Agassiz Arts Council
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships|Resources for Performi
    Lake Agassiz Arts Council, the sponsoring organization of Herd About the Prairie, is an association of 54 not-for-profit arts organizations, artists and arts related businesses which have been working...
    (701) 237-6133        www.fm-arts.com
  • North Dakota Council on the Arts
    |Art Councils||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Residencies||Artist Resources||Resources for Perf
    *Grant Programs and an online Grant system including:
    Arts education, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship, Community Arts Access, Individual Artist Fellowship, Presenter Support, and Professional Deve...
    701-328-7595        www.state.nd.us/arts/
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Purpose 
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation‘s missi...
    212-517-5400        www.pkf.org
  • Ragdale Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Ragdale is a place where writers and artists of all disciplines can find uninterrupted time to work in a peaceful setting. Ragdale is situated on 50 acres of virgin prairie in beautiful Lake Forest, I...
    847-234-1063 ext. 206        www.ragdale.org/
  • Shoshana Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    Scholarships by nomination only, for the development of young men and women in the field of opera.
    Given primarily in Iowa, Illinois, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, ...
  • South Dakota Arts Council
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Residencies|Arts Classes/ Education|Resources for P
    Recognizing the importance of creativity in the lives of all South Dakotans, the Council makes quality arts accessible throughout the state by providing grants, services and information to artists, ar...
    800/952-3625 Toll Free        For more info
  • South Dakotans for the Arts (SoDA)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Resources|Arts Associations|Arts Organizations and Resources|Res
    South Dakotans for the Arts initiates, coordinates and sponsors programs and projects statewide to advance the arts through service, education and advocacy....
    (605) 722-1467        www.sdarts.org
  • Virginia A. Groot Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    Grants to artists who have exceptional talent and demonstrated ability in Ceramic Arts in IA, IL, ND, SD, and WI.

    Each year the Virginia A. Groot Foundation offers three grants (up to $35,00...

    Artist Loans - Regional Listings

  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info

    Artist Resources - Regional Listings

  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Entrepreneur The Arts
    |Artist Resources||Arts Degree Programs||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Helpful Websi
    Artists
    The world needs your gifts. Your creativity and powers of perception can change the world. The forms and products that you give life to, the experiences that you create can reach far beyon...
  • Midwest Art Fairs Directory
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    The Midwest Art Fairs Directory includes extensive listings of all art fairs and festivals in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, North and South Dakota. Also included are special events, a variety...
    612-871-0813        www.midwestartfairs.com
  • Milwaukee Artist Resource Network
    |Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizations and Resources|Resources for Performing
    Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) is a nonprofit art-service organization dedicated to enriching the community by supporting individual literary, performing and visual artists. MARN empowers ar...
  • newARTS (Northeastern Wisconsin Arts Council)
    |Art Councils|Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education|Organizational Grants & Fellowships|Public Ar
    newARTS supports the arts through:
    • Public art program
    • Grants to local arts organizations
    • Artstreet, Arti Gras and the Studio Art Tour, which are produced by our subsidiary, Arts Even...
    920.435.2787        www.newartscouncil.org
  • North Dakota Council on the Arts
    |Art Councils||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Residencies||Artist Resources||Resources for Perf
    *Grant Programs and an online Grant system including:
    Arts education, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship, Community Arts Access, Individual Artist Fellowship, Presenter Support, and Professional Deve...
    701-328-7595        www.state.nd.us/arts/
  • South Dakotans for the Arts (SoDA)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Resources|Arts Associations|Arts Organizations and Resources|Res
    South Dakotans for the Arts initiates, coordinates and sponsors programs and projects statewide to advance the arts through service, education and advocacy....
    (605) 722-1467        www.sdarts.org
  • Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts
    |Advocacy|Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizations and Resources|Helpful Websites
    Professional, management, and leadership development:
    *ArtsPeers Advisory Network
    ArtsPeers brings experienced, professional peer advisors to work with artists and arts organizations who requ...
    608-255 8316         www.wisconsinarts.org
  • Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Inc.
    |Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources|Resources for Visual Artists||
    Online Artist Resource, links to articles. Membership Organization. The benefits of membership in this statewide Organization:
    *enter juried WP&S chapter and statewide exhibitions
    *a subscript...

    Emergency Funds - Regional Listings

  • Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Emergency Funds|Resources for Visual Artists||
    The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and...
    212-226-0581        For more info
  • Artist Loan Fund (ALF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard’s Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 ...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Artist's Fellowship, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a private, charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or...
  • Artists Relief Fund
    |Emergency Funds|
    Meant to help an individual artist pick up the pieces from an emergency and expedite recovery, the Artist Relief Fund aids artists in continuing their work. Specifically, the purpose of the Artist Rel...
    218-722-0952        For more info
  • Change, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds|
    Change, Inc. provides one-time emergency grants up to $1000 to artists of any discipline. Applicants must be professional artists who can demonstrate need. Each applicant must submit a detailed letter...
    (212) 473-3742       
  • Chequamegon Bay Arts Council
    |Art Councils||Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Classes/ Education||Emergency Funds||Resources for
    CBAC provides its members with benefits like seminars & professional development, grants & scholarships, newsletters, art exhibitions, and annual events. The Chequamegon Bay Arts Council has also esta...
  • Craft Emergency Relief Fund
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Craft Emergency Relief Fund is committed to supporting the careers of craft artists throughout the United States. Through business and career-strengthening programs, emergency relief support, advocacy...
    (802) 229-2306        For more info
  • Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Loans|Artist Resources|Emergency Funds||
    Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastro...
    651-292-4381        For more info
  • Episcopal Actor's Guild of America, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Applying to the Emergency Aid & Relief Program:

    The primary determining criterion for eligibility is that the applicant be a professional performing artist who is pursuing an established and ...
    (212) 685-2927        www.actorsguild.org
  • Grande Ole Opry Trust Fund, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Since its beginning in 1925, the Grand Ole Opry has not only been a popular radio show featuring an incredible mix of country music performances, but it has also truly been a family. Often referred to...
    (615) 871-6779        www.opry.com
  • International Association of Blacks in Dance
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE (IABD) has become the Mecca for Blacks in Dance such as artists, dance companies, directors, choreographers, those interested in black dance issues, pe...
    303.295.1759        For more info
  • Jazz Foundation of America
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    (212) 245-3999        www.jazzfoundation.org
  • Mayer Foundation
    |Emergency Funds|
    The core mission of the Foundation is as follows:

    1. to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of finan...
  • Modest Needs Foundation
    |Emergency Funds|
    Modest Needs currently offers the following five types of grants:

    1. Self-Sufficiency Grants

    Modest Needs makes Self-Sufficiency Grants by remitting payment to a creditor for an expe...
  • Motion Picture and Television Fund, The
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Offers emergency financial assistance for eligible industry members

    Eligibility Guidelines :

    The Motion Picture & Television Fund offers charitable and residential services to union ...
    (800) 876-8320        www.mptvfund.org
  • MusiCares Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||
    The heart and soul of MusiCares is the Emergency Financial Assistance Program that provides critical funds for music people struggling with financial, medical or personal crises. This program offers f...
  • Musicians Foundation, The
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Musicians Foundation helps professional musicians by providing emergency financial assistance in meeting current living, medical and allied expenses.

    Requests are handled by application w...
    212.239.9137        For more info
  • PEN American Center
    |Advocacy||AIDS Info and Services||Arts Organizations and Resources||Emergency Funds|
    The PEN American Center works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship. The Center has a membership of 2,900 distinguished writers, editors, an...
    212-334-1660        www.pen.org
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Purpose 
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation‘s missi...
    212-517-5400        www.pkf.org
  • RESCU Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The RESCU Foundation is a non-profit organization established to promote and maintain the health and medical well-being of the participants of Renaissance Faires, historical performances and other art...
    1-800-374-9215        www.rescufoundation.org
  • Screen Actor's Guild Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The SAG Foundation makes it a priority to help Guild members in need. The Emergency Assistance program, the Self-Pay Premium program, and the Catastrophic Health Fund assist eligible members facing c...
    (323) 549-6708        www.sagfoundation.org
  • Society of Singers, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    ELIGIBILITY
Any individual who has derived his or her primary income as a professional singer for five years or more may qualify for services.
    PROGRAMS
    Financial Aid
    SOS helps singer...
    (323) 653-7672        www.singers.org
  • Sweet Relief Musicians Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Sweet Relief provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.

    Established in 1994, Sweet Relief has helped preserve ...
    (888) 955-7880        www.sweetrelief.org
  • Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund serves members of the motion picture entertainment industry (exhibition, distribution and trade services) who are encountering an illness, injury or life-ch...
    (888) 944-3863        www.wrpioneers.org
  • Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Writers Emergency Assistance Fund (formerly the Llewellyn Miller Fund) is administered through the ASJA Charitable Trust, which has 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Its mission is to help established ...
    212-997-0947        www.asja.org/weaf/

    Employment - Regional Listings

  • Drawingboard
    |Employment||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Drawingboard.org includes listings of paid and unpaid drawing gigs...
  • Entrepreneur The Arts
    |Artist Resources||Arts Degree Programs||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Helpful Websi
    Artists
    The world needs your gifts. Your creativity and powers of perception can change the world. The forms and products that you give life to, the experiences that you create can reach far beyon...

    Foundations Funding Arts Organizations - Regional Listings

  • Adler Theater Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    A public charity, the Adler Theater Foundation supports performing arts organizations. In 2007, the Adler Theatre Foundation was giving funding to the River Center for the Performing Arts. Application...
  • Alex Stern Family Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation with giving limited to the Moorhead, MN and the Fargo, ND areas. Fields of interest include the arts and types of support include: Annual campaigns, Building/renovation, capital...
  • Bright Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily to organizations in Des Moines, Iowa. Fields of interest include the arts. The Bright Foundation gives only to pre-selected organizations. ...
  • Corley B. McFarland Trust
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving funding to mainly to organizations in Jamestown, North Dakota and South Bend, Indiana. Contributes only to 2 pre-selected organizations. Fields of interest include: Perfo...
  • Daniel J. & Ann L. Krumm Charitable Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily to organizations in Iowa. Fields of interest include funding for the arts. Initial approach should be made by letter....
  • Demco Charitable Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    An independent foundation, the Demco Charitable Foundation gives support to organizations mainly in Northwestern Iowa. Fields of interest include Performing and Visual Arts and the types of support in...
    712-725-2311       
  • Doan Family Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    An private operating foundation, the Doan Family Foundation is interested in Performing Arts and Visual Arts organizations. Given primarily in Iowa, the initial approach should be made through a lette...
    515-576-3482       
  • Frances Gilmore Grubbs Charitable Trust
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Public charity supports Iowa organizations, including those interested in Performing Arts and Orchestra (symphony). Contributes only to pre-selected organizations....
  • Gabus Family Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation with giving limited to Urbandale, IA and Peru, NE. Fields of interest include Performing Arts and Orchestra (symphony). ...
  • Gantz Foundation Charitable Trust
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Company-sponsored foundation supports organizations primarily in Dubuque, IA, including those which support opera and the performing arts. Applications are not accepted, gives only to pre-selected org...
  • Gilchrist Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation gicing only to pre-selected organizations in Iowa. Support given is General/operating support and fields of interest include Arts, Radio, Television, Performing Arts, and Orches...
  • John & Barbara Knapp Charitable Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily to pre-selected organizations in Iowa. Fields of interest include Performing Arts and Music.

    ...
  • Kiowa Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Company-sponsored foundation supporting organizations involved with performing arts and higher education....
  • Krause Gentle Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving on a national basis, with emphasis on Iowa. Fields of interest include Performing arts and Music (choral)....
  • O'Halloran International Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily in Des Moines and Indianola, IA. Fields of interest include Performing Arts and Theatre (musical). Initial approach by proposal....
  • Sheldon F. Reese Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily to organizations in SD, with a strong emphasis in Sioux Falls. Fields of interest include: Performing Arts, Theatre.
    ...
  • The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    An independent foundation giving to organizations in Webster County, IA. Fields of Interest include the arts. Application information: Applicants should contact the foundation by letter or telephone. ...
    515-955-0670       
  • The Soldier Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Company-sponsored foundation that supports organizations involved with arts and culture. Given primarily in Iowa, the types of support include General/operating support and scholarship funds....
  • Thomas and Linda Koehn Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily in Des Moines, IA. Contributes to only pre-selected organizations, Fields of interest include Opera and Performing Arts....

    Internships - Regional Listings

  • Cornucopia Art Center
    |Artist Residencies||Arts Organizations and Resources||Community Art Centers||Galleries/Exhibition S
    A dynamic juried sales gallery promoting the work of more than 70 contemporary regional artists in all media (applications accepted quarterly); a curated exhibition program featuring regional, nationa...
    507-467-2446        www.lanesboroarts.org
  • Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
    |Internships|
    The Washington Pavilion has opportunities for various college internships. These positions are not paid positions, but they are excellent opportunities for obtaining experience in a variety of areas, ...

    Organizational Grants & Fellowships - Regional Listings

  • Allied Arts Fund
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Arts Organizations and Resources|Organizational Grants & Fellowships|Re
    Allied Arts Fund is a united funding agency for the arts in Rapid City and the Black Hills. The Allied Arts Fund provides operating and promotional support to eleven local arts organizations.
    <...
    605.394.4106        www.alliedartsrc.org
  • Bush Artist Fellows Program
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    The Bush Foundation awards grants to organizations and fellowships to individuals. They are given mostly to artists in MN, but also to artitsts residing in ND, SD, and the 26 counties in western Wisco...
    651-227-0891        For more info
  • Lake Agassiz Arts Council
    |Art Councils|Artist Grants & Fellowships|Organizational Grants & Fellowships|Resources for Performi
    Lake Agassiz Arts Council, the sponsoring organization of Herd About the Prairie, is an association of 54 not-for-profit arts organizations, artists and arts related businesses which have been working...
    (701) 237-6133        www.fm-arts.com
  • newARTS (Northeastern Wisconsin Arts Council)
    |Art Councils|Artist Resources|Arts Classes/ Education|Organizational Grants & Fellowships|Public Ar
    newARTS supports the arts through:
    • Public art program
    • Grants to local arts organizations
    • Artstreet, Arti Gras and the Studio Art Tour, which are produced by our subsidiary, Arts Even...
    920.435.2787        www.newartscouncil.org
  • Wisconsin Humanities Council
    |Art Councils||Arts Organizations and Resources||Organizational Grants & Fellowships|
    Established in 1972 as an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Wisconsin Humanities Council supports public programs that engage the people of Wisconsin in the explo...
    608-262-0706        For more info

    Artist Grants & Fellowships - National Listings

  • Academy of American Poets
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    The American Poets Fund, which provides confidential assistance to poets in the event of illness or emergency; gives many awards, including The Walt Whitman Award for a first book of poetry; and has a...
    212-274-0343        www.poets.org
  • Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Emergency Funds|Resources for Visual Artists||
    The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and...
    212-226-0581        For more info
  • American Composers Forum
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources|
    American Composers Forum seeks to link communities with composers and performers. The Forum develops programs that educate todays and tomorrows audiences, stimulate entrepreneurship and collaboration...
    651-228-1407        www.composersforum.org
  • ArtJob Online
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Employment|Helpful Websites||
    ArtJob is an online resource for employment and other opportunities in the arts throughout the United States. The searchable website includes full-time and part-time positions, internships, grants, f...
    303-629-1166        www.artjob.org
  • Camargo Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Residencies|
    The Camargo Foundation maintains a study center in Cassis, France, for the benefit of scholars who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultu...
  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • Jerome Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources||Foundations Funding Arts Organizatio
    The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists who live in Minnesota or New York City, and the Foundation contributes to the profes...
    651-224-9431        www.jeromefdn.org
  • National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Arts Organizations and Resources|Internships|Organizational Grants & Fe
    The NEA enriches our Nation and its diverse cultural heritage by supporting works of artistic excellence, advancing learning in the arts, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the count...
    202-682-5400        www.nea.gov
  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) supports young and emerging artists with career grants, residencies, and scholarships....
    305-377-1140        www.nfaa.org
  • National Sculpture Society
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Health Insurance|Liability/Disability/Life Insurance|Resources for Visu
    The National Sculpture Society is the oldest organization of professional sculptors in the United States. They offer grants, scholarships, annual awards, and a quarterly publication, Sculpture Rev...
    212-764-5645        For more info
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Purpose 
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation‘s missi...
    212-517-5400        www.pkf.org
  • Shoshana Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    Scholarships by nomination only, for the development of young men and women in the field of opera.
    Given primarily in Iowa, Illinois, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, ...
  • Virginia A. Groot Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|
    Grants to artists who have exceptional talent and demonstrated ability in Ceramic Arts in IA, IL, ND, SD, and WI.

    Each year the Virginia A. Groot Foundation offers three grants (up to $35,00...

    Artist Loans - National Listings

  • Authors Guild
    |Artist Loans|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    The Authors Guild is the nations largest society of published authors, and is an advocate for free speech, fair compensation, and copyright protection. The Authors League Fund offers interest-free l...
    212-563-5904        www.authorsguild.org

    Artist Resources - National Listings

  • Actors Equity Association - Central Region
    |Artist Resources|Employment||
    Actors Equity Association is the labor union representing over 45,000 American actors and stage managers working in the professional theatre. Among many other services, Actors Equity hosts an auditio...
    312-641-0393        For more info
  • Actors Equity Association - National Headquarters
    |Advocacy|Artist Resources|Employment||
    Actors Equity Associationis the labor union representing over 45,000 American actors and stage managers working in the professional theatre. Among many other services, Actors Equity hosts an audition...
    212-869-8530        www.actorsequity.org
  • American Alliance for Theatre & Education
    |Advocacy|Artist Resources|Arts Associations|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizations and Resource
    AATE provides resources to the field of theatre and education and serves as a membership organization to all who serve use theatre to serve young people. In addition to online resources, publications...
    301 951-7977        www.aate.com
  • Americans for the Arts
    |Artist Resources||
    This organization offers an online order service for publications on the business as well as the political and intellectual side of the arts. These publications include many marketing, managing, care...
    212-223-2787        www.artsusa.org
  • Art to be Square
    |Art Materials|Artist Resources|Arts Associations|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizations and Res
    Art to be Square offers a brand new way for visual artists to showcase their work. We infuse artwork and photographs into tile wall murals, tile accessory products, or tile installation projects that ...
    1(800)609-8337        www.arttobesquare.com
  • College Art Association
    |Artist Resources|Arts Associations|Arts Classes/ Education|Arts Organizations and Resources|Health
    CAA promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art. Member benefits include...
    212-691-1051        www.collegeart.org
  • Entrepreneur The Arts
    |Artist Resources||Arts Degree Programs||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Helpful Websi
    Artists
    The world needs your gifts. Your creativity and powers of perception can change the world. The forms and products that you give life to, the experiences that you create can reach far beyon...
  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • George Byron Griffiths Photography
    |Artist Resources||
    Minneapolis-based photographer specializing in Celebrating and Documenting Life:

    Weddings
    Special Events
    Corporate Events, Annual Reports, and Headshots
    Family Anniversaries/ Birt...
    612-722-2340        www.gbgphotography.com
  • National Association for the Self-Employed
    |Accounting|Advocacy|Artist Resources|Health Insurance|Liability/Disability/Life Insurance||
    The NASE is a resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses (up to 10 employees); providing a broad range of benefits and support to help the smallest businesses succeed....
  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Artist Resources|Arts Organizations and Resources||
    The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) supports young and emerging artists with career grants, residencies, and scholarships....
    305-377-1140        www.nfaa.org
  • Wildcat Design
    |Artist Resources||Resources for Performing Artists||Resources for Visual Artists||Website Construct
    We offer custom website design at an affordable price and includes CMS so you can update content yourself. We also do e-commerce using MIva Merchant or PayPal. Let us help you get a website that sta...
    425-335-3624        www.wildcatdesign.com

    Emergency Funds - National Listings

  • Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Emergency Funds|Resources for Visual Artists||
    The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and...
    212-226-0581        For more info
  • Arthouse
    |Arts Organizations and Resources||Emergency Funds||Galleries/Exhibition Space||Resources for Visual
    Arthouse has established the Emergency Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Texas artists who have experienced an unforseen health or property disaster which prevents their normal production...
    512.453.5312        www.arthousetexas.org
  • Artist's Fellowship, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a private, charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or...
  • Blues Heaven
    |Emergency Funds||
    The Emergency Assistance Resolve was established to help blues musicians, with or without insurance, to receive medical treatments....
    312-808-1286        www.bluesheaven.com
  • CancerCare Assist
    ||Emergency Funds||Low-cost Clinics, Programs & Health Resources||
    CancerCare knows the financial burden of cancer can be great. So, for more than 60 years, they have provided limited grants for certain expenses related to treatment. Their financial assistance progra...
    212-712-8400       
  • Change, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds|
    Change, Inc. provides one-time emergency grants up to $1000 to artists of any discipline. Applicants must be professional artists who can demonstrate need. Each applicant must submit a detailed letter...
    (212) 473-3742       
  • Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)
    |Health Insurance|Liability/Disability/Life Insurance|Employment|Emergency Funds||
    The CAC is an artist-run coalition of visual artists who strive to educate, advocate, provide services, and improve the environment in which artists live. Members of the Coalition have access to gro...
    312-670-2060        www.caconline.org
  • Craft Emergency Relief Fund
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Craft Emergency Relief Fund is committed to supporting the careers of craft artists throughout the United States. Through business and career-strengthening programs, emergency relief support, advocacy...
    (802) 229-2306        For more info
  • Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
    |Advocacy|Arts Organizations and Resources|Emergency Funds||
    The mission of CERF is to strengthen and sustain the careers of craft artists across the United States. CERF accomplishes its mission through direct financial and educational assistance to craft artis...
    802-229-2306        www.craftemergency.org
  • Episcopal Actor's Guild of America, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Applying to the Emergency Aid & Relief Program:

    The primary determining criterion for eligibility is that the applicant be a professional performing artist who is pursuing an established and ...
    (212) 685-2927        www.actorsguild.org
  • Grande Ole Opry Trust Fund, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Since its beginning in 1925, the Grand Ole Opry has not only been a popular radio show featuring an incredible mix of country music performances, but it has also truly been a family. Often referred to...
    (615) 871-6779        www.opry.com
  • International Association of Blacks in Dance
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE (IABD) has become the Mecca for Blacks in Dance such as artists, dance companies, directors, choreographers, those interested in black dance issues, pe...
    303.295.1759        For more info
  • Jazz Foundation of America
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    (212) 245-3999        www.jazzfoundation.org
  • Lotta Theatrical Fund
    |Emergency Funds||
    Grants starting at $50 are available to both men and women in the theatrical field for use in an emergency. Scholarships are also given to young female dramatists....
    617-742-5920       
  • Mayer Foundation
    |Emergency Funds|
    The core mission of the Foundation is as follows:

    1. to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of finan...
  • Modest Needs Foundation
    |Emergency Funds|
    Modest Needs currently offers the following five types of grants:

    1. Self-Sufficiency Grants

    Modest Needs makes Self-Sufficiency Grants by remitting payment to a creditor for an expe...
  • Motion Picture and Television Fund, The
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Offers emergency financial assistance for eligible industry members

    Eligibility Guidelines :

    The Motion Picture & Television Fund offers charitable and residential services to union ...
    (800) 876-8320        www.mptvfund.org
  • MusiCares Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||
    The heart and soul of MusiCares is the Emergency Financial Assistance Program that provides critical funds for music people struggling with financial, medical or personal crises. This program offers f...
  • Musicians Foundation, The
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Musicians Foundation helps professional musicians by providing emergency financial assistance in meeting current living, medical and allied expenses.

    Requests are handled by application w...
    212.239.9137        For more info
  • PEN American Center
    |Advocacy||AIDS Info and Services||Arts Organizations and Resources||Emergency Funds|
    The PEN American Center works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship. The Center has a membership of 2,900 distinguished writers, editors, an...
    212-334-1660        www.pen.org
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Emergency Funds||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Purpose 
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation‘s missi...
    212-517-5400        www.pkf.org
  • RESCU Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The RESCU Foundation is a non-profit organization established to promote and maintain the health and medical well-being of the participants of Renaissance Faires, historical performances and other art...
    1-800-374-9215        www.rescufoundation.org
  • Screen Actor's Guild Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The SAG Foundation makes it a priority to help Guild members in need. The Emergency Assistance program, the Self-Pay Premium program, and the Catastrophic Health Fund assist eligible members facing c...
    (323) 549-6708        www.sagfoundation.org
  • Society of Singers, Inc.
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    ELIGIBILITY
Any individual who has derived his or her primary income as a professional singer for five years or more may qualify for services.
    PROGRAMS
    Financial Aid
    SOS helps singer...
    (323) 653-7672        www.singers.org
  • Sweet Relief Musicians Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    Sweet Relief provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.

    Established in 1994, Sweet Relief has helped preserve ...
    (888) 955-7880        www.sweetrelief.org
  • Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
    |Emergency Funds||Resources for Performing Artists|
    The Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund serves members of the motion picture entertainment industry (exhibition, distribution and trade services) who are encountering an illness, injury or life-ch...
    (888) 944-3863        www.wrpioneers.org
  • Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
    |Emergency Funds|
    The Writers Emergency Assistance Fund (formerly the Llewellyn Miller Fund) is administered through the ASJA Charitable Trust, which has 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Its mission is to help established ...
    212-997-0947        www.asja.org/weaf/

    Employment - National Listings

  • Actors Equity Association - Central Region
    |Artist Resources|Employment||
    Actors Equity Association is the labor union representing over 45,000 American actors and stage managers working in the professional theatre. Among many other services, Actors Equity hosts an auditio...
    312-641-0393        For more info
  • Actors Equity Association - National Headquarters
    |Advocacy|Artist Resources|Employment||
    Actors Equity Associationis the labor union representing over 45,000 American actors and stage managers working in the professional theatre. Among many other services, Actors Equity hosts an audition...
    212-869-8530        www.actorsequity.org
  • American Association of Museums (AAM)
    |Arts Associations|Employment||
    Aviso is the American Association of Museums monthly newsletter providing up-to-date information about the museum field, as well as listings for employment, goods, and services for museum profe...
    202-289-1818        www.aam-us.org
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA)
    |Advocacy|Arts Organizations and Resources|Employment||
    Provides easy access to achitects for all your building needs. Also is a resource for professional architects to find work....
    202-626-7300        www.aia.org
  • Art Career Network
    |Employment||
    The Art Career Network helps start, propel, enrich, and manage careers in the visual arts. The Network posts hundreds of jobs at museums, art galleries, educational institutions, multi-disciplinary o...
    917-214-1557        artcareer.net
  • ArtJob Online
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Employment|Helpful Websites||
    ArtJob is an online resource for employment and other opportunities in the arts throughout the United States. The searchable website includes full-time and part-time positions, internships, grants, f...
    303-629-1166        www.artjob.org
  • Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)
    |Health Insurance|Liability/Disability/Life Insurance|Employment|Emergency Funds||
    The CAC is an artist-run coalition of visual artists who strive to educate, advocate, provide services, and improve the environment in which artists live. Members of the Coalition have access to gro...
    312-670-2060        www.caconline.org
  • Drawingboard
    |Employment||Resources for Visual Artists|
    Drawingboard.org includes listings of paid and unpaid drawing gigs...
  • Editorial Freelancers Association
    |Arts Associations|Employment||
    This group meets monthly to discuss and receive expert advice on issues dealing with the communications industry. Members include editors, writers, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, and ...
    212-929-5400        www.the-efa.org
  • Entrepreneur The Arts
    |Artist Resources||Arts Degree Programs||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Helpful Websi
    Artists
    The world needs your gifts. Your creativity and powers of perception can change the world. The forms and products that you give life to, the experiences that you create can reach far beyon...
  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • Graphic Artists Guild
    |Employment|Health Insurance|Liability/Disability/Life Insurance|Legal Assistance||
    The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union committed to promoting and protecting the economic interests of its members, improving conditions for graphic artists, and raising standards for the entir...
    212-791-3400        www.gag.org
  • Screen Actors Guild (Area Branch)
    |Advocacy|Arts Organizations and Resources|Employment||
    Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s premier labor union representing actors. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents nearly 120,000 actors in film, television, industrials, commercials and music v...
    312-573-8081        www.sag.org
  • Sculptor.Org
    |Arts Organizations and Resources|Employment|Helpful Websites|Resources for Visual Artists||
    Sculptor.Org is a comprehensive online resource guide for sculptors and those interested in the art. This site is used to advertise for a sculptor, find out information about a particular sculpture, ...
    703-237-2446        www.Sculptor.Org

    Foundations Funding Arts Organizations - National Listings

  • Alfred and Barbara Winick Family Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily to organizations in Iowa. Fields of interest include the Performing Arts. No applications accepted. Contributes only to pre-selected organizations....
  • Atlee B. Hendricks Trust
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation with giving limited to Bettendorf, Davenport, and Iowa City, Iowa, Rochester, NY, and Alliance, OH. Contributes to 7 pre-selected organizations, fields of interest include perfo...
  • Jerome Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources||Foundations Funding Arts Organizatio
    The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists who live in Minnesota or New York City, and the Foundation contributes to the profes...
    651-224-9431        www.jeromefdn.org
  • Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    A private operating foundation, this foundation gives primarily to organizations in Vermillion, South Dakota and Brevard, North Carolina. Giving primarily to promote music with emphasis in the areas o...
  • Kelley L. Putman Charitable Trust
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation that gives to pre-selected organizations in Iowa. Fields of interest include the Performing Arts....
  • Mahmoodian Educational, Medical, and Cultural Organization
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation that gives primarily to organizations in Rapid City, South Dakota. Fields of Interest include: Performing Arts, Music.

    Applicants should submit a letter with a detaile...
  • UNOVA Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily to organizations in CA, IA, MI, WA, and some in OH. Fields of interest include Performing Arts Centers. Applicants should approach the foundation with a letter....
    425-265-2465       
  • Wayne G. Basier Charitable Foundation
    |Foundations Funding Arts Organizations|
    Independent foundation giving primarily in TN, but also in IA. Giving includes for higher and other education, federated giving programs, and the symphony. Applicants should approach the foundation by...
    423-246-4546       

    Housing Loans - National Listings

  • Synthetic Unlimited
    |Advocacy||Art Councils||Art Materials||Arts Associations||Arts Classes/ Education||Arts Organizatio
    Production support, artist representation, multimedia studio facilities, graphic design, promotions....
    530-613-1967        For more info

    Internships - National Listings

  • Cornucopia Art Center
    |Artist Residencies||Arts Organizations and Resources||Community Art Centers||Galleries/Exhibition S
    A dynamic juried sales gallery promoting the work of more than 70 contemporary regional artists in all media (applications accepted quarterly); a curated exhibition program featuring regional, nationa...
    507-467-2446        www.lanesboroarts.org
  • National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Arts Organizations and Resources|Internships|Organizational Grants & Fe
    The NEA enriches our Nation and its diverse cultural heritage by supporting works of artistic excellence, advancing learning in the arts, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the count...
    202-682-5400        www.nea.gov

    Organizational Grants & Fellowships - National Listings

  • Fractured Atlas
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Artist Resources||Arts Organizations and Resources||Employment||Health
    Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.

    Services include:
    *Healthcare- Everyone needs it, but few artists can afford it. Fractured Atla...
    (212) 277-8020        www.fracturedatlas.org
  • Jerome Foundation
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships||Arts Organizations and Resources||Foundations Funding Arts Organizatio
    The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists who live in Minnesota or New York City, and the Foundation contributes to the profes...
    651-224-9431        www.jeromefdn.org
  • National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
    |Artist Grants & Fellowships|Arts Organizations and Resources|Internships|Organizational Grants & Fe
    The NEA enriches our Nation and its diverse cultural heritage by supporting works of artistic excellence, advancing learning in the arts, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the count...
    202-682-5400        www.nea.gov




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