Opportunities for Artists | Local Artists | Galleries

Each of these sites includes many links to others with free and/or paid services, or sites for and by artists. Some link lists overlap, but each has some the others don't. Free newsletters or bulletins can alert you to new opportunities if you subscribe. Some organizations may carry mostly calls for artists restricted to their geographic areas, but often include regional and national opportunities also. Links to regional galleries can help you evaluate pricing and markets for your own work. As always on the net, evaluate carefully before paying fees upfront for lists or subscriptions, or application fees to submit slides of your work to juried shows or exhibitions.

Artist Trust
www.artisttrust.org
Comprehensive artist advocacy and referral services, resource lists and grants for individual artists. The Washington State Arts Commission channels grant funding to individual artists through the Artist Trust GAP and Fellowship programs. Artist Trust is a great organization that is worth supporting with a paid membership, which also gets you full access to all their opportunity listings.

Washington State Arts Commission
www.arts.wa.gov
Individual artist services include an artist school residency program, folk art program and folk art apprenticeships, travel grants for professional development, and a public art program with a juried artist roster.

Spokane Arts Commission
www.spokanearts.org/
Artist opportunities, arts directory and resources available to Spokane and area artists. Though this is technically a City of Spokane organization, they welcome artists from all over the region to participate in workshops and calls to artists.

Art Spotter/Washington State Arts Index
Based in Olympia, has links to galleries around the state, some arts suppliers and resources. Check out the rest of the Arts Spotter site for South Sound galleries if you are interested in marketing your work in that area.

The Informed Artist
www.spl.org/selectedsites/informed/informed.html
Seattle Public Library research page with scads of links, books and referrals to resources useful to any artist.

Arts Network E Bulletin
artsnet@plu.edu (no website)
Free email bulletin with WA statewide mix of news, calls for artists, resource opportunities and workshops for both individual artists and organizations. Email a request to subscribe.

Seattle Arts Commission
The SAC website page often carries Seattle opportunities open to all Washington artists, plus more resource links and info.

King County Arts Commission/ 4 Culture
This page often carries opportunities open to all Washington artists, plus resource links and info.

Artist Career Training
www.artistcareertraining.com/
A mix of paid and free services: workshops, newsletter, books, arts business training program.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
Calls for artists of all disciplines from around the nation are included on this site page and in their email newsletter sponsored by the New York Arts Foundation.