ARTIST RESOURCES
GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Artwork Archive - Complete Guide to 2024 Artist Grants and Opportunities
ARTProf - global community for learning visual arts. Provides a list of grant and residency opportunities for artists.
Hopper Prize - The Hopper Prize is a grant-making institution and digital archiving platform offering a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis totaling $22,000.00 USD. We provide unrestricted cash grants in the amount of $3,500 and $1,000 to artists around the globe.
INSPIRATION
This is Colossal - Colossal is a Webby-nominated blog that provides in depth coverage and information on all things art, including artist profiles and the intersection of art and science. Visit the site to get inspired, learning something new, or discover a new way of doing things.
Cool Hunting - an award-winning independent publication that uncovers the latest intersections of design, culture and technology. Visit the site to get a pulse on all things cool and learn about trends happening across the creative world.
LOCAL RESOURCES
City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture
Texas Commission on the Arts
Art House Dallas
Texas Cultural Trust
The Arts Community Alliance (TACA)
Business Council for the Arts
AustinTexas.gov (artist resources)
The Cedars Union
Extensive list of resources complied by Arts Fort Worth
LOCAL ART GROUPS
Visual Arts Guild of Frisco
Allen Arts Alliance
Texas Artist Coalition
Visual Arts Society of Texas
Plano Art Association
DFW and TEXAS ART PUBLICATIONS
Art News DFW
Glasstire (Texas visual art)
Arts and Culture Texas
Art and Seek
Visit Dallas – Arts & Culture
Culture Map Dallas - Arts
Go See DFW
Almost Real Things – Guide to art in Austin
Art Houston
San Antonio Arts
Texas Monthly – Art section (paywall)
Atlas Obscura - 30 Places to Go Deep in the Art of Texas
BUSINESS OF ART
Fine Art Tips - Fine Art, Business, & Social Media Tips for Creative Entrepreneurs. Lori McNee shares social media advice, fine art tips, and business of art strategies. As a working artist, Lori also shares posts by respected professionals in the blogging and art industries.
Artsy Shark - Carolyn Edlund of Artsy Shark site is filled with valuable advice to help you build your art business, including how to create a marketable portfolio to launching a sustainable career. She writes from a business perspective on topics such as art marketing, licensing, galleries, and publishing your artwork.
Skinny Artist - a collaborative blog focused on helping every artist succeed. Run by a community of artists - from amateurs to professionals - that share their collective wisdom, art world experiences, and business and marketing strategies to help artists sell their work.
The Abundant Artist - Hundreds of articles, videos, and interviews with successful artists all about building a successful art career. Founder Cory Huff offers artists savvy advice on social media marketing, selling art online, finding the right artist community, and how to succeed in the business of art.