Artists Health Insurance Resource Center http://www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/whatisahirc.html
Administered through The
Actors Fund, the Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) provides
the arts community with the information necessary to make informed choices about
individual and small business group health insurance options available in each
state. Information is provided through their website and toll-free hotline.
The Field http://www.thefield.org
The Field is a membership organization offering programs that help independent
artists create new artwork, manage their careers, and develop long-range strategies
for sustaining a life in the arts. For the public, they produce several performance
series. Each year, The Field serves over 1,000 artists in the disciplines of
dance, theater, music, text, performance art and film/video. The Field provides
comprehensive programming for New York artists on a non-curated basis, open to
artists from all aesthetic viewpoints and levels of development. The Field's
creative programs include "Fieldwork" workshops, "Artward Bound" residencies,
and a video-editing training program. The Field's management programs include
workshops on individual management skills, group management, writing about work,
grant writing, consultation, and non-profit sponsorship. The Field publishes
several industry guides, including Space Chase (a guide to performance and rehearsal
spaces in New York City, as well as a compilation of out-of-town festivals, residencies
and artist colonies), Funding Guide, Self-Production Guide, and Gone
With the Field Guide (describes alternative performing possibilities for
independent artists in select cities across the United States. It can be useful
for setting up tours or as a preliminary introduction to other artistic communities).
Caroll Michels http://www.carollmichels.com
Caroll Michels, author of the classic handbook How to Survive and Prosper
as an Artist, provides (for fees) useful resources from her website, including
the aforemeention book, a newsletter, and lists of art consultants, curators,
critics, press contacts (international, national, regional, and New York-specific).
Center for Cultural Innovation http://cciarts.org | http://www.benefitsforartists.com
The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is a
financial and management support center for self employed artists, small arts
businesses and the nonprofit arts sector, focusing on the needs of artists
and creative entrepreneurs.
CCI provides business
training, incubation, and financial services to a wide range of self-employed
artists and the small and mid-sized arts and entertainment businesses and non
profit organizations. They offer for-fee classes, including
The Business of Art to teach artists how to position their art, products and
intellectual property in a variety of markets.
Artists completing The Business of Art sequence have access to loans from
approved microlenders for amounts up to $25,000. CCI clients who meet all required
finance criteria may also be eligible for larger loans through CCI's Loan Guarantee
Program. The latest venture for CCI is the launch of Benefit
Opportunities for Artists, a program which offers
artists access to medical and dental insurance, healthcare savings plans, travel
discounts, savings on office supplies, resource guides, books, and classes
on career building for artists, a credit union, and more.
Fractured Atlas http://fracturedatlas.org
Fractured Atlas is a membership organization provides services, resources and
support to artists and arts organizations nationwide, including health care,
publicity, fiscal sponsorship, legal assistance, and grants for creative and
organizational development.
NYFA Current http://www.nyfa.org/current
The New York Foundation for the Arts' semi-monthly national arts newsletter includes
news items and announcements of job openings and opportunities for artists and
for arts organizations.
NYFA Source http://www.nyfa.org
Free of charge and open to artists across America, the New York Foundation
on the Arts has created NYFA Source, the most extensive national database of
awards, services, and publications for artists of all disciplines. Artists,
arts organizations, and the general public can access information on over 2,600
arts organizations, 2,700 award programs, 2,100 service programs, and 700 publications
for individual artists nationwide, with more programs added every day. NYFA's
former Visual Artist Information Hotline, a popular information service used
by more than 38,000 visual artists last year, was expanded to create NYFA Source.
NYFA Source will also enable arts funders, researchers and policymakers to
acquire information about patterns and trends in artists' support.
