Are artist-in-residency programs accessible to artists with disabilities? Is there some kind of resource list of these programs available?
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An artist who wants to get her or his work noticed must enter the marketplace with a good plan and set of tools. The Internet has become an essential channel for distributing traditional artist marketing tools such as résumés, press releases, work samples, and business cards. This essay provides basic advice about using the Internet to enhance your marketing efforts.

Can an artist Website bring you fame and fortune?

The simple answer is no! Artist Websites work best as an extension of traditional marketing efforts and can save time and money.
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The creative professions tend to attract individuals with independent natures. Yet writers have affiliated with International PEN since 1921, and composers with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) since 1914. The College Art Association (CAA) came into existence in 1911 as a professional organization for both art historians and artists, in particular those who teach at the college level. What are the benefits to artists of belonging to an organization like CAA? more...

Are artists really, well, crazier than regular folks?
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Work-related health problems can be a serious concern for almost anyone in the visual or performing arts. The hazardous conditions and materials found in many industrial workplaces can also be found in many art workspaces. When hazards are identified in an industrial workplace, safety training and information may be required, but these resources are less often available to artists who work alone or in small groups. The lack of awareness of these hazards, combined with poor access to safety information, training, and protective equipment can make an art workplace especially hazardous. more...

Enter  Space Search

Enter Job Search to find full and part-time, paid and volunteer opportunities for artists and arts administrators.

Artists at Work Forums present local leaders – artists and other experts – in discussion about issues of concern for artists in Chicago – from marketing and p.r. to legal issues, to strategies for “careers that work”.  The forums have been held at the Chicago Cultural Center since 2002, and sponsored by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.  All forums are open to the public, and admission is free.  Listen to the audio archive of Artist at Work Forums, available for download.
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In the last ten years I have had to find something that would look like the receiving room of a jail; about 500 Styrofoam balls; netting to cover a 50 foot proscenium stage’s underwater fantasy; 100 large sheets of fine drawing paper; buckets of colored shapes, nuts, bolts and marbles for a kindergarten class play and a full 1960’s kitchen. I went to the same place for all of it. more...

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