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ARTIST RESOURCES

Artspace is committed to supporting artists and their pursuits. As part of that commitment, Artspace offers a listing of links to various organizations that may be helpful resources. This listing will continually be updated, so please check back for new and revised information.

 

Minnesota Organizations

• City of Minneapolis, Business Resources for Artists:
  www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped/artsresources.asp
  • A number of the City tools that support business growth are available to artists and arts organizations. The most frequently used ones are noted on this site. 
• MNartists.org: www.mnartists.org
  • The mission of mnartists.org is to improve the lives of Minnesota artists and provide access to and engagement with Minnesota's arts culture.
• Springboard for the Arts: www.springboardforthearts.org
  • Springboard for the Arts' mission is to cultivate a vibrant arts community by connecting artists with the skills, contacts, information and services they need to make a living and a life.
    New in January 2012! Distance Learning Workshops for Artspace residents: Springboard for the Arts will be presenting a series of workshops using real-time distance learning technology for artists living and working in the Artspace buildings in Duluth, Brainerd and Fergus Falls in January and February. More information...
• Minnesota State Arts Board: www.arts.state.mn.us
  • The Minnesota State Arts Board is a state agency that stimulates and encourages the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts in the state.
• Minnesota Citizens for the Arts: www.mtn.org/mca/
  • A statewide arts advocacy organization that organizes the arts community to lobby the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress.
• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits: www.mncn.org
  • The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.
    

National Organizations

• National Endowment for the Arts: www.arts.gov
  • The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to al Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
• Americans for the Arts: www.americansforthearts.org
  • Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With 45 years of service, it is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.
• Community Arts Network: www.communityarts.net
  • The Community Arts Network (CAN) is a portal to the field of community arts, providing news, documentation, theoretical writing, communications, research and educational information. Headquartered at its website on the Internet, CAN is a program of Art in the Public Interest (API), a nonprofit organization based in North Carolina.
    
• New York Foundation for the Arts: www.nyfa.org
  
  • The New York Foundation for the Arts provides a variety of services for individual artists working in all disciplines.  Of particular note are: NYFA Source, which lists over calls for work and other opportunities nationwide; NYFA Classifieds, which has job and event listings, as well as a new pilot program to list artist work spaces in New York City; one of the nation's oldest, most respected and most artist friendly Fiscal Sponsorship Programs; and NYFA Current, an online magazine written by and for artists.

Funding Resources

• Minnesota Council on Foundations: www.mcf.org
  • Minnesota Council on Foundations, a community of grantmakers, works actively to strengthen and expand philanthropy and improve the vitality and health of Minnesota communities. The Council is a regional membership association of family and private foundations, community and other public foundations, and corporate foundations and giving programs.
• Grantmakers in the Arts: www.giarts.org
  • Grantmakers in the Arts is a membership organization whose trade is discourse on ideas about arts philanthropy within a diverse community of grantmakers.
• McKnight Foundation: www.mcknight.org
  • The McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based private philanthropy organization seeks to improve the quality of life for present and future generations. Through grantmaking, coalition-building, and encouragement of strategic policy reform, McKnight uses its resources to attend, unite, and empower those it serves.
• Bush Foundation: www.bushfoundation.org
  • The Bush Foundation improves the quality of life in its geographic region through strengthening organizational, community and individual leadership. Across its grantmaking programs and in a variety of ways, the Foundation has a special interest in creating opportunities for people who may lack them.

Emergency Assistance Resources

Artspace has compiled a list of housing-related, emergency and economic-relief resources that may be helpul to residents. The list is organized by Artist-Specific, National, and State/City categories. Artspace is not a service organization, and this list is not comprehensive, but it reflects Artspace's best efforts to provide information that may be useful to its resident constituents. Click here to download the list.