Pew Fellowships in the Arts The Pew Fellowships in the Arts (PFA) awards substantial grants directly to artists that allow them to focus on their creative work for a considerable period of time. These grants are not ends in themselves but a means to express a greater commitment to the central and essential place artists hold in a vital community. Although these grants remain PFA’s first priority, the program has actively worked to promote opportunities for artists and to strengthen support systems for artists. Artists’ Resource Guide is a contribution to these efforts. PFA created Artists’ Resource Guide as a service to the artists in our community. Since our inception, PFA has been compiling and sharing information on resources for artists. In addition, PFA has engaged nationally on issues concerning artists’ support. For many years PFA was part of a national coalition of arts grant makers that supported the Visual Arts Hotline, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). In 2002, NYFA, in partnership with the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., developed a comprehensive database of information sources for artists that supplanted the hotline. NYFA Source offers free online access to the nation’s most extensive databank of grants, residencies, publications, and sources of information and assistance for artists of all disciplines, and can be accessed at www.NYFA.org. Not only did PFA assist in the funding of this effort, we continue to support NYFA Source as part of a coalition of funders, realizing that this database is a tremendous service to the artists in our community and beyond. Even the most comprehensive national projects cannot meet all of the needs of a local community, however. Therefore, PFA created this guide to resources to address this need. It can be thought of as a companion to NYFA Source that has a more detailed regional focus. We encourage artists to use all of the tools at their disposal to assist in finding what they need to make their work. Artists’ Resource Guide is divided into topic-specific chapters such as Promotion for Artists and Work Space & Housing. Within each chapter, the resources are broken down by arts discipline, where relevant, and/or by subtopic. Some resources may be listed in more than one place. Click on a section to the left to view the related chapter within the PFA Artist Resource Guide. This is a PDF document and uses Adobe's free Acrobat Reader to view the files. It can be downloaded here. The information found in this publication was gathered from a variety of sources. PFA does not endorse the organizations, businesses, and services listed in this publication. PFA does, however, make every effort to ensure the relevance and accuracy of the information provided in this directory. To insure complete up-to-date information, please contact listings directly. We plan to update this information in future editions. If you know of a resource that could help a fellow artist or if you find something listed to be inaccurate, please contact us at pfa@pcah.us, so we may continue to provide valuable and accurate information to artists. Artists’ work provides the basic nutrients for a thriving culture. It is our hope that this guide to resources will encourage their endeavors. Melissa Franklin |