GRANTS FOR WOMEN ARTISTS

The Ingrid Nickelsen Trust is happy to announce its second round of annual grant funding available to women artists residing in Humboldt County. Applicant must be a woman artist residing in Humboldt County a minimum of one year and working in the field of Visual Arts. Preference will be made to mature, established artists but serious, emerging artists will be considered as well.

Ingrid Nickelsen was a Humboldt County, California artist who generously directed that her estate be used for annual grants to women artists. The Ingrid Nickelsen Trust was formed to fulfill Ingrid’s wishes to assist women artists in their endeavors to further their artistic careers and/or to help them be self-sustaining.

Download applications and grant guidelines will be posted on the HAC website:  www.humboldtarts.org/   May 15, 2009.Deadline for submissions is July 1, 2009. Questions/requests for applications may be directed tointrust@humboldt1.com or to Ingrid Nickelsen Trust, P.O. Box 734, Bayside, CA 95524.

ARTIST'S RESOURCE LIBRARY 
at the Morris Graves Museaum of Art

Two new publications are available at the Morris Graves Museum of Art Artist Resource Library located in the Youth Classroom:  The “Teaching Artist Journal, V6 No2,” and “Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment”.

  •  Teaching Artist Journal

The Teaching Artist Journal is a quarterly editorial project of the Center for Arts Policy at Columbia College, Chicago.  It provides an authoritative, timely, ongoing professional development resource for teaching artists. Teaching artists –professionals with skills in both teaching and the arts– have uniquely powerful perspectives, practices, and skills. They make significant contributions and are a crucial resource to arts-in-education programs, arts education and general education, and to the future of the arts as a whole. TAJ is the only professional forum for their learning and development in print.

The mission of the Teaching Artist Journal is to support teaching artistry by advancing the practice of teaching artists. It increases their understanding of the background, contexts, and potentials of their work. It expands the recognition, appreciation, and support of their contributions. TAJ also enhances collaboration between teaching artists and classroom teachers, school arts specialists and other arts providers. It develops a sense of identity and purpose, fosters common language and illuminates research in the field. TAJ is broad, jargon-free, and direct. TAJ is an imaginative and heartfelt peer-reviewed publication addressing the fullest range of practice, research, theory, opinion, and issues related to teaching artists. It speaks to a wide representation of artistic disciplines, diverse educational approaches, and cultural contexts.

                       The Teaching Artist Journal

  •  “Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment”:

The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) has just released a new book titled, “Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self- Employment.”

This book was compiled by a group of experts with combined experience in the art and business fields. Contents include information on career and business planning, marketing and promotion, money management, legal issues for artists, and how to get funding for artists’ work.  Whether you are a performing, visual, media, film, literary, crafts or traditional artist working in the nonprofit arts or commercially, you’ll want to read the Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment.

“Artists should think of this book as a powerful knowledge tool that can enhance their self-sufficiency, financial sustainability and, ultimately, their creative independence.”      -Cora Mirikitani, President and CEO Center for Cultural Innovation.

                       “Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment”