RESOURCES FOR TEENS

For College Application and Funding:

• The Common Application
• FAFSA – Federal Student Aid

For Portfolio Development:

• Creating Your Portfolio from California College of the Arts [PDF]
• Preparing Your Portfolio for College Submissions from Artschools.com 

RESOURCES FOR EMERGING AND PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS

Artist Residencies:

• Osage Artist Community
• Alliance of Artist Communities
• ResArtis

Exhibition Opportunities:

• Columbia Art League Exhibition Opportunities
• The Art Guide – call for artists
• Professional Artist Magazine – Calls for Artists

Grant and Funding Opportunities:

• Creative Capital Grants for Artists
• National Endowment for the Arts – Grants for Individuals
• Midwest Arts Project Services (MAPS) – Fiscal Sponsorship, consultation, events
• Fractured Atlas – Fiscal Sponsorship
• College Art Association – Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
• The Polluck-Krasner Foundation – Grants for individual artists with financial need
• The Puffin Foundation – Different artistic disciplines each funding cycle
• The Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation – Grants for artists who have fully-committed their lives to art with financial need
• Mid-America Arts Alliance – Various grants and resources

Administrative and Legal Assistance:

• Artist Help Network (links on left)
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts – National Directory

Business and Marketing Information:

• Artsy Shark
• Artbusiness.com (articles for artists)

OTHER IMPORTANT RESOURCES

Advocacy:

• Americans for the Arts