Modern artists need help running their arts businesses, finding opportunities, and networks of like-minded people. Below are resources to help with these areas of working as an artists.
Contact Us
Joan M. Lynch
703-228-1852
jmlynch@arlingtonva.us
Artists Opportunities
Various calls for artists and employment opportunities in the D.C. area and sometimes beyond. Check this page often for updates and sign up for email reminders.
Business Development
Allworth Press
Art Biz Coach
Artsy
Artsy Shark
Artist Help Network
Artist Management Resource
artistsnetwork
Artists Rights Society
Beltway Poetry Quarterly
BizBasics Online
BizLaunch
Chorus America
CultureCapital
DIY MUSICIAN
FIND ART
Fine Art Tips
Handmade Business
La Quinta Arts Foundation
music outfitters
MusiciansWay.com
New York Foundation for the Arts
SCORE
Skinny Artist
Springboard for the Arts
The Arts Business Institute
The Arts Meet!
The Foundation Center
U.S. Small Business Administration
United States Patent and Trademark Office
US Copyright Office
Working Today
Residencies
Alliance of Artists Communities
Job Banks
Americans for the Arts Job Bank
Cultural Jobs
e-artnow
Humanities DC Jobs Bank
wooloo
Funders
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Creative Capital
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
United States Artists
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Foundation Center Funding Information Network Central Library
Marketing and Sales
Artwork Archive
blurb
Co.Design
MESART
National Arts Marketing Project
PortfolioBox
Squarespace
The Abundant Artist
society6
Artfinder
SAATCHI ART
artsy
SIDE arts
Membership Organizations
Americans for the Arts
American Society of Media Photographers
American Society of Picture Professionals
Arlington Arts Center
Arlington Artists Alliance
Artist Pension Trust
Association for Enterprise Opportunity
Chorus America
College Art Association
Dance USA
League of American Orchestras
National Association for the Self-Employed
National Association of Independent Artists
Opera America
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Southeastern Theatre Conference
Sunshine Artist
The Actors’ Center
Theatre Communications Groups
The Copyright Society of the USA
The Folklore Society of Greater Washington
The Writer’s Center
Legal Assistance
Legal Zoom – If your business, or even your hobby, involves creative work like writing, taking pictures, creating art, music, video or even architecture, then copyright protection might be something that applies to you. If you are the copyright owner of a copyrighted work, then you may have wondered about using the copyright symbol.
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
Publications
Transforming Inclusion An Organizational Guide
Inclusion in the Arts Archival
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Ford Foundation
National Council of Nonprofits
Americans for the Arts
Inside Higher Ed
Training Opportunities
Life As an Artist
Artists need support for total well-being, including personal finance tools, and health and wellness.
Finances
Artist Pension Trust
Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
Financial Planning Association
National Foundation for Credit Counseling
Who Pays Writers?
Insurance
Artists Health Insurance Resource Center
Healthcare.gov
Insurance Information Institute
The Whole Artist
Artists Inspire Artists
Sonima
TEDblog
Tiny Buddha
Zen habits
Costume Rentals
Local Costume Rentals
Amalgamated Classic Clothing (Arlington, VA)
Regional Costume Rentals (Includes Baltimore, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia)
Gene’s Costumes (Kensington, MD)
Artistic Costumes & Dance Fashions (Towson, MD)
A.T. Jones & Sons (Baltimore, MD) (410) 728-7087
Costume Rental Houses on the East Coast
Tracy Theater Originals (Hampton, NH)
Pierre’s Costumes (Philadelphia, PA)
On Cue Costumes (Montclair, NJ)
TDR Costume Collection (New York, NY)
Maine State Costumes (Brunswick, ME)
Goodspeed Musicals Costume Rentals (East Haddam, CT)
Broadway Costume World Collection/Rental (Pompano Beach, FL)
Other Costume Rental Facilities
Guthrie Costume Rentals (Minneapolis, MN)
Broadway Costumes Inc (Chicago, IL)
Lost Eras (Chicago, IL)
All Dressed Up Costumes (Batavia, IL)
OSF Costume Rentals (Talent, OR)
Western Costume (North Hollywood, CA)
United American Costume Company (North Hollywood, CA)
The Costume House (North Hollywood, CA)
Eastern Costume (North Hollywood, CA)
Southern Costume Company (New Orleans, LA)