Selected
info from FYI Resource Guide by the Artists Foundation
(all area codes are 617 unless otherwise noted)
AAMARP
(African American Master Artists in Residency Program at Northeastern)
373-3976
Actor's Equity Association
http://www.actorsequity.org
(212) 869-8530
ACTS (Arts, Crafts &
Theater Safety)
http://www.caseweb.com/acts/
(212) 777-2586
(gives free info on phone on occupational health issues concerning working
artists)
Alliance of Artists Communities
www.artistcommunities.org
503-797-6988
(publishes directory of residencies in US and abroad, great resource for info)
Alliance for Community Media/ MA chapter (public
access stations)
http://www.acm-ne.org
(508) 394-2388
ACLU- American Civil Liberties Union (Boston)
http://www.aclu-mass.org
482-3170
American Film Institute
http://www.afionline.org
(213) 856-7600
Asian American Artists Association
Call Asian American resource Workshop for phone number
Asian American Resource Workshop
426-5313
Association of Independent Video and Film Makers
http://www.aivf.org
(212) 807-1400
Associated Grant Makers of Mass (AGM)
http://www.agmconnect.org
426-2606
Info on grants - all types.
Artists Foundation/Visual AIDS Boston (VAB)
464-3559
Boston Center for the Arts
http://www.bcaonline.org/
426-5000
Exhibition opportunities - annual calls for art-drawing show etc., studio
space.
Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression
http://www.ultranet.com/~kyp/bcfe.html
266-5827
1st amendment advocates - especially for artists.
Boston Dance Alliance
617-353-2748
Boston Society of Architects
http://www.architects.org/
617-951-1433
Boston Society of Landscape Architects
617-247-12613
Business Volunteers for the Arts
547-2338
Center for Independent Documentary (formerly Newton Television Foundation)
http://www.documentaries.org/
781-784-3627
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
http://www.cpb.org
(202) 879-9600
Dance Complex
http://www.dancecomplex.com
547-9363
Dance organization - classes, rehearsal space, info on dance community.
First Night Boston
http://www.firstnight.org
542-1399
Has annual exhibitions of public art/performances on New Years Eve call for
more info.
Folk Arts Network
522-3407
Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC)
423-4299
Studio listings, exhibition opportunities, and other info.
Health Care for All
http://www.hcfama.org
350-7279
Health care advocacy group especially for those without insurance.
International Center for 8mm Film & Video
(508) 948-7985
International Sculpture Center
http://www.sculpture.org
(202) 785-1144
Membership organization has health care plan, slide registry, insurance for
art work, newsletters etc.
Local Cultural Councils (LCC)
supported by the MCC /call the MCC for contacts in each city:
Cambridge Arts Council
http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~CAC
349-4380
Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (Boston)
http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/arts
635-3245
Somerville Arts Council
http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org
625-6600 x2985
Each city has a similar structure or has an arts council to call for info-call city's mayor's office or MCC to locate LCC. Some LCC do give out monies to individual artists, while others do not. Most give monies for projects (need 501-3c umbrella organization to sponsor you).
Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC)
http://www.massculturalcouncil.org
727-3668
State agency for the arts - grants info/info in general.
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy
http://www.mfh.org
451-9021
Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
http://www.mass-vacation.com
(617) 727-3201
There are also regional tourism bureaus that you can contact in your
geographical area.
Mobius
http://world.std.com/~mobius
542-7416
Info and exhibition/performance opportunities - experimental art/ new forms.
NAA0 (National Association of Artists' Organizations)
http://www.naao.org
(202) 347-6350
Good info when traveling/moving to other places in US/have a directory of
artists run spaces (ie presenting opportunities)
National Alliance of Media Arts & Culture
(510) 451-2717
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
(800) 477-6233
National Council for Traditional Arts
http://www.ncta.net
(310) 565-0654
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
http://arts.endow.gov
(202) 682-5400
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
http://www.neh.fed.us
(202) 606-8438
National Writer's Union (Boston Chapter)
266-7729
New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)
http://www.nefa.org
951-0010
Grants for artists/New England
PEN/America
http://www.pen.org
(212) 334-1660
Info for literary artists and also defends the freedom of expression.
Photographic Resource Center
http://www.bu.edu/prc
353-0700
Membership, exhibition opportunities, library, slide registry.
The Poetry Center
http://www.sfsu.edu/~newlit
(415) 338-2227
Poets and Writers Inc
http://www.pw.org
(212) 226-3586
Poetry Society of America
http://www.poetrysociety.org
(212) 254-9628
The Public Media Foundation
357-5835
The Resource Center at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.smfa.edu/default.asp
369-3635
Reclamation Artists - membership info contact:Leslie Wilcox
423-6429
Public art: outdoor site specific temp. installations.
Society of Arts and Crafts
http://www.societyofcrafts.org
266-1810
Stage Source
http://www.stagesource.org
720-6066
Theater resource organization.
UrbanArts
232-1555 ext. 254
Resource center/specializes in public art info.
Video Space
524-2109
Video artists collective that presents video/film.
Visual Artists Information Hotline (national)
(sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts)
http://www.artswire.org/
1-800-232-2789
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (MA)
617-523-1764
Women Caucus for Art (WCA)
http://www.nationalwca.com
628-8929
Membership info call Mary Bucci McCoy.
Women in Film & Video/ Hollywood
(213) 463-6040
Women in Film & Video/ New England
http://www.womeninfilmvideo.org
617-965-8478
96 Inc
267-0543
Writers collaborative, Bruce Rossley Literary awards, magazine, presents
new works-reading/plays etc. and resource.
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