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Helpful Art Organizations
TheArtBiz.com
PaintingsDIRECT.com is excited to recommend a new, wonderful resource for
artists called TheArtBiz.com. TheArtBiz.com is a well-updated
resource for visual artists to find jobs, grants, art supplies and
interesting articles about life as an artist, including interviews with
emerging and established artists, professional galleries and dealers. An
important component of TheArtBiz is TheArtistsBank.com, which
provides a variety of financial products and services for art students,
working artists and those who work in the arts community.
To see a complete listing of their services click here:
http://www.theartbiz.com/about.html or simply go to their homepage and start
browsing!
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA)
This established volunteer organization provides free arts-related legal
assistance to thousands of emerging artists and art organizations throughout
the US in the areas of contracts law, copyright and trademark, housing
issues, small claims court advice and taxes. Contact them directly at
www.vlany.org.
Circum.org
Circum-Arts is a not-for-profit, worldwide arts service organization with
the mission to assist, advocate and encourage performing artists and visual
arts projects. Check out their site at www.circum.org for more information.
National Association of Women Artists
The National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (N.A.W.A.) is a
not-for-profit, non-political, member-supported organization of women in the
fine arts, founded in 1889. N.A.W.A. seeks to foster artists who are women
and offers exhibition exposure and opportunities for sharing that special
communication inherent in art. For more information, check out their
website at www.nawanet.org.
Materials for the Arts
MFA provides surplus office equipment and supplies, furnishings, art
materials and other donated items to non-profit cultural organizations and
art programs free of charge. The City of New York, through the Department of
Cultural Affairs and Department of Sanitation, operates this program as a
service for the cultural community and finds new uses for materials that
would otherwise become waste. For more information, check out
www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dcla/html/mfa.html.
The Aperture Foundation
The Aperture Foundation for photography and the visual arts is a non-profit organization that has supported artists for forty-eight years. Aperture publishes periodicals, books and limited edition portfolios in photography and produces exhibitions associated with major art institutions. It is also a resource for the study of photographic history. The foundation has an open review twice a year for publishing projects. The instructions on how to submit your works can be found on their Web site, http://www.aperture.org.
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