Artist Trust
Seattle, Washington
$30,000
To support the continued development and delivery of career training and professional resources for artists including the EDGE Professional Development Program.
Arts Council of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
$60,000
To support the continued development and implementation of a series of business development workshops for visual artists.
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Atlanta, Georgia
$40,000
To continue the expansion of the core Artist Survival Skills program which provides useful and current information, feedback, training and networking opportunities for artists developing their creative lives and careers. To listen to a selection of the Artist Survival Skills podcasts, please click here.
$40,000
To support the development and publication of Creative Lives and Careers.
Chicago Cultural Center Foundation
Chicago, Illinois
$45,000
To support the development of core partners to begin national syndication of the Chicago Artists Resource (CAR).
College Art Association
New York, New York
$100,000
To continue the CAA National Professional-Development Workshops in 8 underserved communities around the country.
Creative Capital
New York, New York
$50,000
To support the continued refinement of the Internet for Artists workshop as a part of their Professional Development Program.
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, New York
$30,000
To support the continued development and delivery of MARK: A Statewide Initiative for New York Artists.
$45,000
To support the development and implementation of the MARK Alumni Program, a two part program that includes: (1) training select MARK Alumni to provide professional development consultations for artists in their respective regions and (2) developing a portfolio website for MARK Alumni to feature and promote their work.
Side Street Projects
Pasadena, California
$30,000
To support the creation and distribution of Best Professional Practices: A Podcast Series for Artists, a series for emerging visual artists and Critique Clusters, a model for moderated critique groups utilizing social networking tools and distance-learning to address artists’ studio practice, careers and professional practice for emerging visual artists. To listen to the Fall 2008 Podcast Series: What Do Curators Want?: Best Professional Practices for Cultivating and Maintaining Relationships with Exhibition Venues, please click here.