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Center for Emerging Visual Artists

Center for Emerging Artists (CEVA) is a Philadelphia-based organization that coordinates programming and exhibitions for artists that have not previously been affiliated with or showcased in a professional gallery. The CEVA also offers a Career Development program which includes mentoring, public exhibitions, one-on-one career counseling and numerous networking and career development opportunities. Currently seeking artists and photographers that live within a 100 mile radius of Philadelphia to apply for affiliation.

Center for Emerging Artists
1421 Locust St., Lower Level
Philadelphia , PA 19102
Phone: (215) 546-7775
Fax: (215) 546-7802
Email: jessica@cfeva.org
Website:
www.cfeva.org

Sculpture Space Residency Program

Apply for a two-month residency in Utica, NY. Artists receive a $2,000 stipend, subsidized communal housing, 24 hour access to the studio, and technical assistance in an environment conducive to creativity. A public exhibition follows at end of residency.

Sculpture Space
12 Gates Street
Utica, NY 13502
Phone: (315) 724-8381
Fax: (315) 797-6639
Email:
info@sculpturespace.org
Website: www.sculpturespace.org

Hamiltonian Artists

This D.C.-based gallery and nonprofit organization offers a competitive 2-year fellowship program for new, innovative visual artists in all media. Artists from around the U.S. who have finished their academic training and may still be exploring their artistic directions in alternative art spaces, but have not yet been represented by a gallery, are eligible.  Fellowship provides training, mentoring, and exhibition opportunities, as well as a modest stipend.

So Hamiltonian Fellowship Program
Hamiltonian Artists
1353 U St. NW, Ste. 101
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 332-1116
Fax: (202) 332-0569
Email: info@hamiltonianartists.org
Website: http://hamiltonianartists.org

Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
FREE STUDIO SPACES IN NEW YORK CITY

Visual artists 21 and over are invited to submit proposals for FREE Studio Spaces. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. Residents, and not in school at the time of residency. The 14 studios are non-living spaces for the making of new works of art. There is no stipend or equipment provided.  Juried by a panel of artists. Studios are available for periods of up to one year. Artists who presently have a studio larger than 400 sq. ft. in New York City are not eligible. 

The Space Program
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
830 North Tejon Street, Suite 120
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: (719) 635-3220
Email: office@sharpeartfdn.org
Website: www.sharpeartfdn.org/freestudiospace.htm

SWAP – Supporting Women Artists Project
FREE SHARED STUDIO SPACE in Brooklyn, New York

SWAP offers free studio space to women artists in exchange for mentoring young high school women in art. SWAP seeks applicants who are interested in building a women artist community and in working with children; artists commit to mentoring for 2 hours per week and 1 enrichment program per month. Studio space is shared, but the artists have unlimited access to it.

Francesca Kaplan, Program Director
SWAP – Supporting Women Artist Project
92 Wykoff St., Unit 1B
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (917) 355-8291
Email: karin@nationalwca.org
Website: www.swap-nyc.org

Women's Caucus for Art

Membership organization of women in the visual arts.

Women's Caucus for Art
PO Box 1498
Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 634-0007
Email:
info@nationalwca.com
Website: http://nationalwca.com

Women's Studio Workshop, Inc.

Women's Studio Workshop is an artist's workspace dedicated to encouraging the voice and vision of women artists. They provide professional opportunities and employment for women at various stages in their careers. They provide a variety of grants and residencies, as well as fellowships and a Summer Arts Institute.

Women's Studio Workshop, Inc.
P.O. Box 489
Rosendale, NY 12472-0489
Phone: (845) 658-9133
Fax: (845) 658-9031
Email:
info@wsworkshop.org
Website: www.wsworkshop.org

ArtNetwork

Information on marketing your artwork.

ArtNetwork
PO Box 1360
Nevada City, CA 95959
Phone: (530) 478-0920
Toll free: (800) 383-0677
Fax: (530) 470-0256
Email:
info@artmarketing.com
Website: www.artmarketing.com

Artist's Resource Center
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Subscribe to Artist's Resource Letter (listings of job openings, exhibition opportunities, competitions, grants) and get private career consultation sessions.

Website:www.smfa.edu/Student_Life/
Professional_Development/Index.asp

New York Foundation for the Arts Source (NYFA Source)

NYFA Source is an 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 3,400 arts organizations, 2,800 award programs, 3,100 service programs, and 900 publications for individual artists nationwide, with more programs added every day.

New York Foundation for the Arts
20 Jay St. 7th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11202
Phone: (212) 366-6900
Fax: (212) 366-1778
Email:
info@nyfa.org
Website: www.nyfa.org/source

*Technical assistance for NYFA Source: (800) 232-2789

Also offers fiscal sponsorship services.

http://www.artspire.org/

To find their listing of other organizations providing fiscal sponsorship services, go to NYFA Source's Advanced Search page here:

www.nyfa.org/source/content/search/search.aspx
and type "Fiscal Sponsorship" into the Keyword box. Click the Submit Search button.

VSA arts

International organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities. The organization offers arts-based programs in creative writing, dance, drama, music and the visual arts implemented primarily through affiliate network in 39 states and the District of Columbia, collaborators in 10 states, and 52 international affiliates in 51 countries.

VSA arts
818 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: (202) 628-2800
Toll free: (800) 933-8721
Fax: (202) 429-0868
TDD: (202) 737-0645
Email:
info@vsarts.org
Website: www.vsarts.org

Annual International Exhibition of Women's Art

Award: Winner of Best in Show receives a Solo Exhibition concurrent with selected group show winners. All media. Open to the international community of women artists 21+.

SASE to:
SOHO20 Gallery
547 West 27th St., Ste. 301
New York NY 10001
Phone: (212) 367-8994
Fax: (212) 367-8984
Email: soho20@verizon.net
Website: www.soho20gallery.com


The following book can usually be found at a public or university library:

Foundation Grants to Individuals

The Foundation Center also provides the best web site for grants research, including an online grantwriting course. They publish numerous resources for grant seekers, including this guide to grants for individuals (2006, $65) and FC Search, a CD-ROM of foundations.

The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003-3076
Phone: (212) 463-5380
Fax: (202) 331-1739
Website:
www.foundationcenter.org

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