Artist Opportunities and Resources

Opportunities, Resources and Information for UVA member artists in one convenient location.

Susan Loomis-Wing, Freedom Inky, fountain pen, ink and acrylic, 20 x 27 ½ inches, $600
Susan Loomis-Wing, Freedom Inky, fountain pen, ink and acrylic on paper, 20 x 27 ½ inches

Financial Covit-19 crisis resources for individual artists (April 2020)

All Massachusetts artists $1,000 for lost income for Individual artists from the Massachusetts Cultural Council: https://artsake.massculturalcouncil.org/covid-19-funding-for-artists/

Boston Artists, Musicians The City of Boston has repurposed their Opportunity Fund in order to establish an emergency relief fund . Only for Boston artists.

Cambridge Artists The Cambridge Community Foundation, in partnership with the City of Cambridge and its generous donors, are addressing the urgent need of arts and culture nonprofits, artists, and performers by offering the Cambridge Artist Relief Fund

 Artist, Arts Administrators The Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund is intended to help those pursuing careers as artists or arts administrators whose income has been directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This fund is for those who self-identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color).

Artists The Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program provides financial assistance to painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.

Artists CERF+ Emergency Relief Fund  provides grants for artists who have suffered from a recent, career threatening emergency, such as an illness, accident, fire or natural disaster, can apply for funding.

Artists, Musicians, Performers Artists in any discipline who havehas been impacted by COVID19-related cancellations and closures may apply for assistance from the Artist Relief Project fund.

Artists, Performers The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants  offers Emergency Grants between $200 and $2,500 for visual and performing artists.

Photographers Format has put together a $25,000 relief fund designed to help photographers facing financial difficulties during the outbreak. The fund offers $500 per person.

Visual Artists New Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants Program Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists.

Writers Pen America has compiled a list of emergency funds  available for writers.

Notes from the UVA Workshop on Selling at Art Events.

UVA Curated Calls for Art

Members can also  submit their own UVA exhibit proposals for consideration here

Other UVA Art Events

Curated Non-UVA Calls for Art in Greater Boston

See the blog post on Juried vs. Curated, if you’d like to learn more.

Juried Non-UVA Calls for Art in Greater Boston

UVA Artist Member Website Pages

Review and suggest changes to individual UVA Artist Members web pages here.

Artist Studio Spaces

Educational Opportunities

Financial Resources

See the Covid-19 resources above

Other Resources

Image Guidelines here

Framing and Suggestions and Guidelines here

Venues in Greater Boston presenting curated educational exhibits here

 Events

UVA Events here

Membership

New Artist Registration here

Artist Member Renewals here

Gift Memberships here

Volunteer Opportunities for Artists and Others

Additional Information

Web Sites for More Art-related Information here

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