As an art professional your art career success depends on a variety of factors including being well informed about the wealth of opportunities available for you. To help you keep abreast of them you will find a selection of art organizations and resources here at in addition to articles on a range of important topics. To find more resources on this website simply use this link: https://renee-phillips.com/?s=resources.
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Valuable Art Organizations for Artists
Organizations That Advance The Status of Women Artists
Art in General
Supports Local and International Artists
Art in General was founded in 1981 by two artists, Martin Weinstein and Teresa Liszka. For more than 30 years Art in General, a nonprofit organization, has been providing two valuable resources to artists – space and funding. It helps artists with the production and presentation of new work by local and international artists through its New Commissions Program and its International Collaborations program with many other arts organizations around the world. Many of the projects it has supported have been major groundbreaking art contributions that would otherwise not be realized.
Located in Dumbo, Brooklyn, the organization also produces an annual symposium “What Now?” that covers critical and timely issues in artistic and curatorial practice.
To learn more visit artingeneral.org
The Alliance of Artists Communities’ Residency Directory
Offers Valuable Resource Guide
Artists’ residencies (also called artists’ communities, colonies, retreats, workspaces, and studio collectives) provide dedicated time and space for creative work. As we know, these creative communities comprise a diverse group and serve artists of all disciplines. Residencies can now be found in urban or rural areas, serving one artist at a time or dozens of artists.
Th Alliance of Artists Communities’ Residency Directory is a comprehensive online guide to residencies for visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, scholars, filmmakers, community artists, architects, and more – around the world and in your backyard. Hundreds of residencies, endless possibilities. To learn more visit artistcommunities.org/residencies
Chashama
Chashama supports artists by partnering with property owners to transform unused real estate into space to create and present, and provides free art classes for under-resourced communities. It awards 9 million worth of real estate to artists; subsidizes 200 artist work spaces; provides over 200 free art classes; and gives 170 artists free space. To learn more visit chashama.org
The International Sculpture Center
The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums—anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. Thew ISC website is https://sculpture.org/
The Carole Feuerman Foundation
The Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation was formed in 2011 in order to generate excitement, interest and passion for the arts, and to inspire and award deserving artists with exhibition opportunities, internships for college credit, and education/research grants. In furtherance of such general purposes, the Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation plans to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process by organizing yearly fine art exhibitions that showcase the work of under-represented artists. To learn more visit carolefeuermanfoundation.org
Carter Burden Gallery
Exhibitions of Re-Emerging Artists
Located in Chelsea, the Carter Burden Gallery is a program of The Carter Burden Center designed to give a voice to New York City’s re-emerging older professional artists. It offers exhibition opportunities to NYC artists over the age of 60, and fosters a supportive and culturally-diverse community of re-emerging artists. The Carter Burden Center is a non-profit organization established in 1971 by the late Carter Burden, a New York City Councilman.
The goal of the Carter Burden Gallery is “to create a dialogue with the arts community supporting our belief that older, lesser-known artists must not be overlooked due to age or decreased marketability in the current art scene. We demonstrate the transformative nature of art; the work we exhibit is vibrant, cutting-edge and important regardless of the artist’s age.”
To learn more visit carterburdengallery.org
Independent Curators International (ICI)
An Organization for Curators
Independent Curators International (ICI) is an organization that produces exhibitions, events, publications, and training opportunities for diverse audiences around the world. It is known as “a catalyst for independent thinking.” ICI connects emerging and established curators, artists, and institutions, “to forge international networks and generate new forms of collaboration.” The organization works across disciplines and historical precedents, and provides access to “the people, ideas, and practices that are key to current developments in the field, inspiring fresh ways of seeing and contextualizing contemporary art.”
Last year its exhibitions were seen in over 37 venues in 16 countries. Emerging curators from 24 countries participated in the Curatorial Intensive, with courses held in Addis Ababa, Mexico City, Moscow, and New York; and more than 60 curators and artists contributed to ICI’s talks, public programs, and research initiatives.
To learn more visit curatorsintl.org
Organization That Supports Brooklyn Artists
Providing 50 years of service, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) is the borough’s leading nonprofit organization supporting artists and cultural groups in all disciplines. “BAC reaches hundreds of thousands of artists and audience members each year through music, dance, film and visual arts programs, web-based directories and communities, arts education, urban folk arts initiatives, grants, training programs and artist services.”
BAC provides forums for critical thinking and self-expression for people of all ages. It is responsible for enriching Brooklyn’s unique cultural landscape.
To learn more visit BrooklynArtsCouncil.org
Manhattan Arts International
Manhattan Arts International offers artists opportunities to share their art and their artist’s statements and receive international exposure via its social media presence. Its curated art program provide a range of online exhibitions on different themes every year. The exhibitions welcome all artists from around the world, working in all styles and mediums. Submissions are accepted on its website.
To learn more visit manhattanarts.com
The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS
After several years curating exhibitions devoted to the Healing Power of ART Manhattan Arts International launched The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS, a community of artists, writers, and advocates who share a mission that art can serve as a catalyst for healing individuals, society and the environment. It’s website contains an online art gallery, publishes a wide range of articles, welcomes “Friends”, and announces calls for artists whose art inspires and promotes positivity. It also has the most comprehensive online directory of Art & Healing Organizations and Programs.
To learn more visit healing-power-of-art.org
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Vijaylutchmee, if you need artist quotes this page may be helpful Art and Artist’s Statements – Quotes by Famous Artists All the best with your journal.