We sure have been busy over here at Artist Trust! We've been getting ready for our benefit art auction in March (volunteers needed!). And there are many opportunities coming up this month for artists and writers to receive valuable financial and professional support: the 2015 Fellowships, the Twining Humber Award, and the LIT Edge Professional Development program. We're also seeking a Program Intern  and a Strategic Planning Intern . 

Last Chance: Apply for the 2015 Fellowships

Oleksandra Pryveda, Wheat Ram, wheat, 2011.

There are five more days left to apply for the Artist Trust 2015 Fellowships for Washington State artists working in emerging fields/cross-disciplinary, performing, traditional/folk, and visual arts. These $7,500 awards recognize 12 practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability, acknowledging the 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

Larry Crist, Undertow Overtures, ATOM Press, 2014.

Make 2015 the year you get published! 

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

Artist Happy Hour in Vancouver

 

 Volunteer for the 2015 Benefit Art Auction! This auction is one of our biggest events of the year and we could not do it without you! From mailing invitations to setting up the space to pouring drinks, there are dozens of opportunities to make the night a success. Please consider joining us at Artist Trust and the Seattle art community by volunteering your time and energy. Not only will you have a blast, but by volunteering for 5 hours you will receive a yearlong membership with Artist Trust! Click here to find out more information, full descriptions of the positions and the form to sign up, or email nathan@artisttrust.org for more information. 

Opportunities for Artists

Join Our Team! 

• Program Intern: We're looking for a detail-oriented, highly organized intern to help out with our Programs Department. Internships run four to six months, 12-20 hours per week. Paid stipend. 

• Strategic Planning Intern: We're also looking for an intern to assist with our strategic planning initiative. The Strategic Planning Intern will assist with state-wide information gathering to inform Artist Trust's new strategic direction.

   

Be in Touch

 

Shannon Halberstadt Executive Director  shannon@artisttrust.org