We know you're probably receiving lots of requests for end-of-year donations from many deserving organizations. We hope that you'll consider supporting Artist Trust! As author Elissa Washuta says:

 

"Artist Trust cares deeply about artists-our processes, our challenges and the ideas we strive to make real."

 

Your donation of any size really does make a difference in the lives of the artists of Washington State. Thanks for supporting art at its source!

 

Hoping everyone has a fantastic holiday season! We'll be closed December 25-January 1, but our website is open for business 24/7 and full of opportunities, resources, articles and tons more. 

Apply for the 2015 Fellowships

David Boxley in residence, National Museum of the American Indian. Totem Pole carved from old growth red cedar, Tsimshian design, latex paint, 2012. photo: National Museum of the American Indian

Washington State artists working in emerging fields/cross-disciplinary, performing, traditional/folk, and visual arts are invited to apply for Artist Trust's 2015 Fellowships! These $7,500 awards recognize 12 practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability, acknowledging an artist's creative excellence and accomplishment, professional achievement and continuing dedication to their artistic discipline. (Craft, literary, media, and music arts will be offered in 2016.)

In addition, one artist each in emerging fields/cross-disciplinary and visual arts will receive a one-month residency at The Millay Colony for the Arts in upstate New York, along with a $1,000 stipend.

Don't delay! Start your application today.

Apply for the 2015 EDGE Professional Development Program for Literary Artists

The EDGE Professional Development Program provides literary artists with the relevant and necessary entrepreneurial skills to achieve their personal career goals as well as to develop peer support. EDGE offers comprehensive training in professional practices through a hands-on, interactive curriculum that includes instruction by professionals in the field, as well as specialized presentations, panel discussions, and assignments.

EDGE curriculum includes:

• Professional Presentation 
• The Writing Life: Funding, Publication & Other Opportunities
• The Business of Writing
• Marketing & Communication
• Grand Finale Public Presentations

     

I Am An Artist in Vancouver

• Work Samples That Look Great
• Writing a Killer Artist Statement, Resume & Cover Letter
• Finding & Pursing Funding, Showing, & Performing Opportunities
• Online Promoting & Marketing
• Learn from Successful Artists: Q&A
• Rock Your Elevator Speech

Artist Happy Hour in Vancouver

Artist Trust At Large in Richland & Tacoma

2015 Benefit Art Auction

Auction Sponsorship & Ad Opportunities

The Vulcan/Paul G. Allen Family Foundation table toasting at the 2014 Auction. photo: Miguel Edwards

Catalog ad deadline: January 9, 2015

Artist Trust's 2015 Benefit Art Auction is an exceptional opportunity for businesses and individuals to invest in art at the source. Sponsors gain visibility and direct access to over 450 art collectors, artists and community leaders while providing support to sustain artists' careers.

 

Sponsorship benefits include logo and name recognition on event collateral and our Auction website, auction tickets, event perks, invitations to an exclusive benefactor evening for top-tier sponsors, and much more depending on sponsorship level.

 

Now on the Blog: CALL at SAM

Artist Trust at Seattle Art Fair

Statewide Arts Events Calendar

• December 18, 2014: Gallery North, Edmonds / Art Walk: Gifts of the Season

• January 9-15, 2015: Northwest Film Forum, Seattle / My Last Year With the Nuns: The quintessential Capitol Hill coming-of-age story is an adaptation of local thespian Matt Smith's popular one-man show.

• January 15-February 21, 2015: Larson Gallery, Yakima / Visual Voices: Women Painters of Washington

Opportunities for Artists

Be in Touch

 

Shannon Halberstadt Executive Director  shannon@artisttrust.org