Want to hire an artist? Excellent idea! We are here to help. This guide is for organizations, government agencies, businesses, business associations, and other groups that want to hire an artist. Perhaps you are a café owner who would like to exhibit some artwork to add pizzazz to your business. Or a parks department looking […]
An Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) provides short-term, immediate relief to artists who are facing lost income or unexpected expenses due to a personal or community-wide emergency. This might include illness or injury, loss of equipment or materials, natural disasters, pandemics, or other catastrophic events that disrupt an artist’s ability to work. Sometimes a small amount […]
A comprehensive workbook designed by artists for artists to develop your creative business. Work of Art is a professional development curriculum is designed to teach business skills to artists in all disciplines, including visual, performing, and literary arts. The curriculum starts with big-picture career planning, and covers critical topics such as marketing, promotions, legal considerations, […]
A manual for artists who would like to begin or deepen work in and work with community. Artists are critical catalysts for change in our communities; artists bring people together, grapple with conflict, and weave paths for a new future. To support artists doing this work, Springboard for the Arts developed A Handbook for Artists Working […]
A comprehensive field guide is designed to empower rural leaders in planning and executing effective place-based projects centered in arts, culture and creativity. Developed in partnership with the Blandin Foundation, Heartland, Heartwork: A Field Guide to Place and Possibility is a comprehensive Field Guide designed to empower rural leaders in planning and executing effective place-based projects centered […]
Published by Springboard for the Arts and Helicon Collaborative, the Creative People Power report offers a framework for combining creativity-centered and people-centered development to build strong, healthy, and resilient communities.
A guide for artists and organizations to create mobile tools to engage the public.
A guide to connecting artists to buyers by distributing shares of art works, adapted from the Community Supported Agriculture movement.
An impact report from Springboard for the Arts on how artists help cultivate sustainable, equitable, and creative futures.
An impact report from Springboard for the Arts on how artists help cultivate sustainable, equitable, and creative futures.
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