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strategies and find grant sources to support your art. Writers, visual artists, craftsmen and poets
can find free money, awards, scholarships, residencies and other supports to
assist with their dream. Your library is your ultimate muse.
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SELECTED
ONLINE RESOURCES:
NYFA
Source is an
extensive national directory of awards, services, and publications for artists.
Listings include over 3,400 arts organizations, 2,800 award programs, 3,100
service programs, and 900 publications for individual artists across the
country. The following areas can be searched: Cash Grants/Monetary
Awards, Emergency Grants, Student Scholarships, Artist
Communities/Artist-in-Residence Programs, Space Awards (Live and/or Work),
Equipment Access Awards, Honorary Prizes and Apprenticeship/Professional
Development Award Programs.
http://www.nyfa.org/
Artist
Resource is a volunteer-supported non-profit organization
operating as a project of California Lawyers for the Arts. It lists alls for
work, shows, prizes and more information for writers and artists.
http://www.artistresource.org/
Poets & Writers Magazine Online. Lists
many links, calls for manuscripts, contests and more.
http://www.pw.org/
Grants.gov, the
electronic storefront for Federal grants. Links to the
Catalog of Domestic Assistance and other grant opportunities.
Grantsmakers in the Arts links
http://www.giarts.org/links.html
Major Grantmakers to Arts and Culture
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/aoa/grant_makers.shtml
About.com
Freelance Writing
http://freelancewrite.about.com/
Fine Art
http://painting.about.com/
Arts and
Crafts Business
http://artsandcrafts.about.com/
SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS:
http://www.floridarts.org/
Florida
Writers Association:
Florida’s only statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to the purpose of
helping both published and aspiring authors enhance their skills and achieve
their goals. FWA publishes a statewide newsletter, holds an annual convention
and achieves networking and education at the local level through group book
signing fairs, author's panels, and workshops. http://www.floridawriters.net
Florida
Craftsmen was
formed in 1952 as a small, grassroots group of
http://www.floridacraftsmen.net/
The State of
http://www.florida-arts.org/
Hillsborough County Public Art
Program
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/publicart/
See Call for Artists and other Notices.
City of
http://www.tampagov.net/dept_arts_and_cultural_affairs/
See Call for Artists and other Notices.
National
Endowment of the Arts
http://arts.endow.gov/
State Art
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/aoa/saaweb.shtml
SELECTED
MAGAZINES:
The Writer's Digest @ North
See
also: http://www.writersdigest.com/
AWP/The
Writer’s Chronicle. ( JFG only) Newly expanded, the Chronicle lists information on grants,
awards, fellowships, Web sites, and publishing opportunities in every issue.
See also: http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/
Art
Calendar: The Business Magazine for Visual Artists ( JFG only): Calendar of Grants
and fellowships, awards, exhibitions, fairs and more. Includes special issue called:
Annual artists' resource directory. To
connect artists with income and exhibition opportunities. Free online
sample:
http://www.artcalendar.com/ArtCalMagzFebr05online.pdf
The Writer. (Available in eLibrary
Academic/Public Library on the Information Gateway ) Discover
how to use the Internet to further your writing career, learn the techniques
that have helped other writers get published, get the latest market listings,
hear about upcoming conferences and contests, and much more.
See also: http://www.writermag.com/
SELECTED
BOOKS:
THE
CLASSICS:
Artist's
& Graphic Designer's Market
Photographers
Market
Children's
Writers & Illustrator's Market
Writers
Market
Poets Market
Novel
& Short Story Writer's Market
Writer’s Market and Writer’s Market Online
The Business of Being an Artist by Daniel Grant.
Mainly
aimed at painters, sculptors and emerging fine artists.
How to
Survive and Prosper as an Artist, 5th ed. : Selling
Yourself Without Selling Your Soul by Caroll Michels.
A complete book on ideas and tips on grants, generating an income and
lists of resources. Includes
publicity guidance with a step-by-step timeline.
Art
Marketing 101: A Handbook for the Fine Artist by Constance
Smith.
Promotes organization and discipline as a way to reach success.
Grants
and Awards Available to American Writers, 2002-2003.
Sorts
items so it is easier to qualify listings. Includes full contact information. Published by PEN, this is considered an
invaluable standard for writers. More
than a 1000 listings and over 100 new awards.
Artist's
Communities: A Directory of Residencies in the
See also: http://www.artistcommunities.org/
The
100
Snapshots of the creative pulse of towns including gallery names and
artist hangouts.
The
Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Creativity, The Vein of
Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart by Julia
Cameron
Guide to systematically building discipline,
accomplishing goals and living creatively.
The
Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency As a
Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less by Peter Bowerman
Up beat
six month plan including sample letters and more to get a writer “lifestyle
benefits most would kill for.”
The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published by Sheree Bykofsky and Jennifer Basye
Sander.
A strictly business, point A to B guide without an
talk of the soul – just the sell.
Do
What You Love, The Money Will Follow : Discovering
Your Right Livelihood by Marsha Sinetar
Talks about overcoming resistance and discusses the “three laws of
resourcefulness.”
It's
Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age
by Barbara Sher.
Any time
is the right time to take a risk for happiness.
Live the Life you Love: In Ten Easy Step-by-Step Lessons by Barbara Sher.
Find
hidden motivators and overcome the obstacles that hold you back from living the
meaning of your life.
It’s My Pleasure: A Revolutionary
Plan to Free Yourself from Guilt and Create the Life You Want by Maria Rodale and Maya Rodale.
A woman positive work that addresses overcoming fear, finding your
voice and creating the life your not only want but need.
Time Out: How
to Take a Year (Or More Or Less Off Without Jeopardizing Your Job, Your Family,
Or Your Bank Account) by Bonnie Rubin.
Promotes
looking at different perspectives and angles to get the time you need.
Crafting for Dollars: Turn your
Hobby Into Serious Cash by Sylvia Landmen.
Step-by-step guide for woodworkers,
quilters, knitters, and other crafters who are interested in a home-based
business from their heart.
How to Start Making Money with
your Crafts by
Kathryn Caputo.
Book built for your success with worksheets, time management and marketing
ideas.
The Crafts Business Encyclopedia:
the Modern Craftsperson’s Guide to Marketing, Management and Money by Michael Scott.
Considered a classic in the field.
Your Money Or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with
Money and Achieving Financial
9 step process to making a living and not “making a dying.”
Crafters'
Internet Handbook: Research, Connect and Sell your Crafts Online by Genevieve Crabe.
Particularly
kind to the computer inexperienced, a guide containing help and caution for
getting ones work online.
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The classic American tale of dematerializing.
Six Months
Off: How to Plan, Negotiate, and Take the Break You Need Without Burning
Bridges or Going Broke by Hope Dlugozima
Provides guidance and methodology on how to take off to work on a project. Includes healthcare resources, detailed sabbatical dream list and helpful
checklists.
Clarity
Quest : How to Take a Sabbatical Without Taking More
Than a Week Off by
Pamela Ammondson.
An eight week step by step plan to get in touch with your intentions
and set goals.
Modern
Moonlighting: How to Earn Thousands Extra Without Leaving Your Day Job by Roger Woodson.
Treat
your creative talent as a money making side job.
Writer's
Resource : The Watson-Guptill
Guide to Workshops, Conferences, Artists' Colonies, Academic Programs (Getting
Your Act Together)
by David Emblidge, Barbara Zheutlin.
A
personal tour to not only where to go to schmooze, but also, who to talk to and
how to act when you’re there.
The
Only Grant Writing Book You’ll Ever Need by Ellen Karsh and Arlen
Sue Fox.
Sixteen
chapter lessons provide careful guidance in the grant seeking process from
start to end.
LEGAL HELP:
smART LAW© - Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA)
Criteria and applications:
http://www.pinellasarts.org/smart_law.htm
727/453-7862