RESOURCES and OPPORTUNITIES

• Arts Agencies
• Arts Advocacy
• Arts Event Information
• For Individual Artists
• For Arts Organizations
• Public Art

Arts Agencies

National
Americans for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Regional
Western States Arts Federation

Statewide
Washington State Arts Commission (see also: Local Arts Agencies Directory 2007)

County Arts Agencies
4Culture (King County)
Pierce County Arts Commission

Local Arts Agencies in Pierce County
Fife Public Arts Commission
Gig Harbor Arts Commission
Lakewood Arts Commission
Sumner Arts Commission
Tacoma Arts Commission
Two Waters Arts Alliance (Peninsula)
UP for Art (University Place)
Valley Arts United (Puyallup)

Arts Advocacy

Washington State Arts Alliance Foundation

Arts Event Information

TacomaArt Listserv - subscribe to receive arts event notices for Tacoma/Pierce County
Take Part in Art - a calendar of arts events in the greater Puget Sound area

For Individual Artists

ArtistTrust - grants, professional development, opportunity listings
Artspire - online community and nationwide fiscal sponsorship services
CaFE (Call For Entry) - search and apply for opportunites online
Shunpike - business clinics and fiscal sponsorship for arts projects
TacomaArt Listserv - subscribe to receive notices of opportunities
Washington Lawers for the Arts - seminars and legal resources for artists in all disciplines

For Arts Organizations

Artspire - online community and nationwide fiscal sponsorship services
GrantStation - online source of funding opportunites and newsletter subscription service
Shunpike - business clinics and fiscal sponsorship/bookkeeping services
TacomaArt Listserv - subscribe to post event notices

Public Art

Public Art Archive - browse or search a nationwide database of projects
Public Art Network - professional network for the field of public art and listserv
Public Artist Handbook - produced by the Washington State Arts Commission
Public Art Toolkit - information and examples from concept to construction