THE BUSINESS OF ART :: GENERAL RESOURCES :: VISUAL ARTS
Visual Artist Information Hotline
1-800-232-2789, or hotline@nyfa.org
A free service which provides visual arts information on programs, services, and other arts-related issues, as well as referrals to organizations at the national, regional, state and local levels. The Hotline does not provide advice, but provides information on topics from health insurance, grants, fellowships and emergency funding to proposal writing, international opportunities and public art opportunities.
The Hotline is operated by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Artists can speak with Hotline staff Monday through Friday, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Web Resources
Visual Artist Information Hotline Online
Includes a wealth of information on visual arts-related topics including articles and fact sheets on the business of art.
About.com - Art and Painting Business
Advice for painters and visual artists on the business-side of art including issues such as copyrights, marketing, career development, estate planning, and legal and tax implications. (This site includes advertising pop-up windows.)
Art Advice
A management consulting firm specializing in the career development of visual artists. Also offers online articles teach artists the skills they need to manage their own careers.
Art Calendar
A monthly business magazine for visual artists. Includes comprehensive listings of professional opportunities, juried shows, residencies, grants, galleries reviewing portfolios, positions and more. Also covers topics such as self-promotion, selling art on the Internet, art marketing, and subjects such as the psychology of creativity. Available at the Seattle Public Library.
Art Network
Art marketing books and resources, mailing lists of arts professionals, newsletters, and more.
Art Support
Resources for all visual artists interested in selling their art.
Artbusiness.com
Provides complete art services, art appraisals, art price data, news, articles, and market information to art collectors, artists, and fine arts professionals. Posts a wide variety of current art business articles.
Artist Help Network
A free information service designed to help visual artists take control of their careers. The network assists in locating information, resources, guidance, and advice on a comprehensive range of career-related topics.
Artists Register
Showcases the work of visual artists and connects artists and their work with private collectors, gallery owners, public art administrators, and others. Publicizes information about events and opportunities happening on local to national levels, as well as professional development articles.
Artist Resource
An online organization that offers information about career development, opportunities, tools and techniques to visual artists. The organization focuses on Bay Area artists (California) but also offers information appropriate to other geographical areas.
Glass Discussion Forum
A forum created by the Glass Art Society to serve
the entire glass community - those who work with glass, collect
glass, provide technical support for artists or have a general
interest in the medium.
Rangefinder Magazine
5 Steps to Publishing a Photography Book.
Books
The Business of Being an Artist
by Daniel Grant
This handbook teaches emerging visual artists the strategies they need to know for selling artwork on their own or through dealers. The book's new sections target issues such as creating a Web site; obtaining copyright/trademark protection on the Internet; and dealing with the new realities of funding sources. Additional chapters tell how to find galleries, arrange exhibitions, apply for grants, and other relevant topics.
Available from Allworth Press
Classes
Bellevue Community College
Art Zones
Classes in professional development such as learning marketing skills in today's art and fine crafts marketplace.
Blogs
Friday Tips for Artists
Insights from Paul Dorrell, that are the result of his years as a gallery owner, writer, and promoter of artists.
