Resources for Artists

Artist Mentorship Project (AMP)
This program offered by the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a flexible, short-term mentoring service. Fairfield County artists are matched with a designated Artist Mentor who is a seasoned Connecticut professional. These mentors have demonstrated success in their field(s) and are prepared to provide guidance to help artists in one or more of the following areas: Expanding Your Creativity, The Business of Art and Arts Opportunities. For more information and to download applications, click here

Artist Opportunities Posted on the DECD Web site
This Individual Artists Opportunities Page is free and open to the public. The purpose of this page is to announce opportunities available to Connecticut artists. See calls for art here.

Artist Opportunities Posted on FCBuzz.org

Visit the classified section of FCBuzz.org. You will find recently posted calls for art, audition notices, job and volunteer opportunities.

ArtsPrize
This radically open international art competition in Grand Rapids, Mich., is part arts festival and part social experiment. The winners of this contest are decided solely by public vote.

Cerft+ Craft Emergency Relief Fund - Artists' Emergency Resources
CERF+ is a national artists’ service organization whose mission is to safeguard and sustain the careers of craft artists and provide emergency resources that benefit all artists.

Creative Capital

Creative Capital is a national nonprofit organization that provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in all disciplines.
Their pioneering approach combines funding, counsel and career development services
to enable a project's success and foster sustainable practices for their grantees.

GYST-Ink
GYST-Ink is an artist-run company providing information, technology and solutions created by artists for artists. Their mission is to support artists and arts organizations with an integrated mix of software, services and information in order to keep artists working. GYST–Ink is dedicated to empowering and educating artists so that they can develop sustainable and successful careers on their own terms.

Health Insurance for Artists

AHIRC.org is an up-to-date, comprehensive and unbiased database of health care resources for artists, performers, freelancers and the self-employed.

Fractured Atlas
Membership organization that offers healthcare options for CT artist members

Health Insurance for Dancers

The Actors Fund has received a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation to create a Dancers Health Insurance Resource Center. The goal is to have every dancer – and dancer’s family – insured by 2014.

Liability Insurance for Filmmakers
Fractured Atlas's film insurance program covers production liability and insurance on rented or owned equipment.

New York Foundation for the Arts

NYFA’s mission starts with individual artists in the visual, media, performing and literary arts. Their Web site offers access to the most comprehensive list of resources for artists in the nation, opening doors to the widest range of financial, educational, technological, and institutional resources and information.

Professional Organization of Women in the Arts

The Professional Organization of Women in the Arts is a membership-based association of women business leaders in the visual arts. POWArts promotes the professional and personal advancement of our members through educational programming, professional leveraging opportunities and community service initiatives.

Taking Care of Business - 2010 Artists Workshops
This program was hosted by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism and partially produced by the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County in the spring of 2010. Click here to listen to audio links of their recent career development, business planning and marketing conferences for artists.

Visual Artist Resource Guide

This guide includes a variety of opportunities and resources available to Connecticut artists. The Visual Artist Resource Guide was created for the Taking Care of Business - Career Strategies for Visual Artists workshop series and was prepared by the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism and the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.

Vocal Area Network

This organization is dedicated to the advancement of vocal ensemble music in the New York City area. Their information-sharing services are offered for the benefit of the vocal ensemble community.

OnWritingOnline.org

In the tradition of it's printed predecessor, this site provides an environment for personal, in-depth dialogue presented in video webisodes that delve into the inspiration, passion, technique, and the process behind the finest writing in visual media.