Studio Art Links

Artist Support

These organizations offer information on grants, health/liability insurance, professional development, rehearsal and performance venues, studio space, legal and accounting services, and job opportunities, as well as providing places to post events.

• Alliance of Artists Communities
• Austin Creative Alliance
• Creative Capital
• Fractured Atlas
• New York Foundation for the Arts
  
• Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Resources List
  A helpful list of links on intellectual property, copyright, contracts, and more.
• Regional Foundation Library
  While not arts-specific, the Regional Foundation Library is a valuable resource that serves as a bridge between the grant-seeking and grant-making communities. Students can make an appointment with a librarian for information on research funding.

Job Listings

These sites offer targeted job listings in your field.  For additional arts-specific and general job search tools and subscription listings available to currently enrolled fine arts undergraduate and graduate students, please visit the Find a Job or Internship page.

• Americans for the Arts Job Bank
• Coroflot
• The Creative Group
• Creative Hotlist

Professional Organizations

Professional organizations are a way to build a network in your chosen career, often hosting events, offering continuing education opportunities, and sharing other resources of interest.  Membership is usually required for full access, but many organizations offer student rates.

• American Art Therapy Association
• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• American Institute of Graphic Arts: Austin Chapter
• American Society of Furniture Designers
• American Society of Media Photographers
• The Association of Medical Illustrators
• Austin Advertising Federation
• Austin Visual Arts Association
• Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts
• National Art Education Association
• Society of Illustrators
• Texas Association of Museums

Arts Agencies

• Austin Art in Public Places
• Mid-America Arts Alliance
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Texas Commission on the Arts

UT Fine Arts Library Resources

The UT Fine Arts Library has area-specific online resources that include research advice, databases, electronic journals, and links, as well as a complete list of fine arts periodicals available to browse at the library.

• Periodical List
• Art Resource Guide
• Visual Resources Collection

Other

• Art Career Network
• Arthouse at the Jones Center
• Artist Help Network
• Artists Register
• Austin Museum Partnership
• Book of Lists
  The Book of Lists provides comprehensive coverage of local business news and information from major metropolitan cities.  It is a great tool for researching industries and individual organizations located by city.
• In the Galleries Austin
• International Association of Residential Arts Centers

• Sculptor.org