Artist Resources

• ARC (Artists' Resource for Completion)
• Master Musician Fellowships
• Other Resources

GRANTS & OTHER RESOURCES

Following are links to grant programs and other resources that might be of interest to Los Angeles artists. If you would like to recommend additional links to be added to this page, please contact us.

Grants

• Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation (for visual artists)
• Asian Women Giving Circle (for Asian American women artists)
• BMI Foundation (for musicians)
• Center for Cultural Innovation
• Craft Emergency Relief Fund (for craft artists)
• Creative Capital
• Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (for performing arts)
• Flourish Foundation (for community-based artists)
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts
• Graham Foundation
• Harvestworks (new media)
• Haven Foundation
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• Mayer Foundation
• Meet the Composer
• National Endowment for the Arts (for literature, jazz)
• Pacific Pioneer Fund (for documentary makers)
• Pasadena Cultural Affairs
• Pollock-Krasner Foundation (for visual arts)
• Princess Grace Foundation (for theater, dance, film)
• Puffin Foundation
• Subito (for composers)
• Tiffany&Co Foundation (design and decorative arts)
• US Department of Labor Disaster Unemployment Assistance

Other Resources

• Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) – Programs for traditional artists
• The Actor’s Fund – Artists’ health insurance resource center
• Alliance of Artists Communities – Information on residential arts centers in the U.S.
• American Composers’ Forum – Linking composers and performers with communities
• Americans for the Arts – Arts advocacy information
• Center for Cultural Innovation - Financial and management training and services for artists and creative entrepreneurs
• Djerassi Residetn Artists Program - Residency program
• Fund for Folk Culture – Information and support for folk and traditional artists
• Hedgebrook - Residency program for female writers
• Los Angeles Arts Loan Fund – Bridge, performance, and enterprise loans for individual artists
• The MacDowell Colony - Residency program
• National Performance Network – Support for emerging and established performance artists
• Network of Ensemble Theaters
• New York Foundation for the Arts – Fiscal sponsorship for artists’ projects
• NYFA Source – National database of resources for artists
• PEN American Center – Services for writers
• Res Artis – International association of residential art centers
• Ucross Foundation - Residency program for artists (all disciplines)
• Yaddo - Residency program