April 15, 2015

So many great things going on right now over here at AT!

Artist Trust events are coming up on Whidbey Island and in Walla Walla, as well as a special collaboration to help connect Native artists with resources, ARTISTS UP, in Seattle on April 20. Plus, the EDGE Program for Literary Artists just launched in Port Townsend this week! Check out their grand finale readings on April 19.

We love it when people drop by our Resource Room - to look at past Grants for Artist Projects applications, for example. And we'd love to make the Resource Room even better - with your help - in the next two weeks! Every donation made until April 30 gets matched so please donate today!

Thanks to everyone who filled out our artist needs survey so far - we've got so many great responses! Keep spreading the word.

Have a wonderful day!

Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Now Open!

2014 GAP recipient Kate Vrijmoet, And the Vacuum Cleaner Swallows Its Bag,
oil on canvas, 72"x84", 2010. photo: Ken Wagner.

The Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) applications are now open! The application deadline is May 18, 2015.

The Grants for Artist Projects provide financial support -- $1,500 per project -- for individual artist projects. GAPs support a wide range of artist projects including (but not limited to) the development, completion or presentation of new work; publication; travel for artistic research or to present or complete work; documentation of work; and advanced workshops for professional development.

Individual artists of all disciplines who reside in Washington State are encouraged to apply to the 2015 Grants for Artist Projects.

In addition to the 61 GAP recipients, one artist will receive a one-month residency at Centrum located in Port Townsend and a $500 stipend.

For more information and an application, click here.

What Artists Need: Take Our Survey

Washington State artists, now is your time to be heard! We're conducting this statewide survey to understand the critical issues facing individual artists, of all disciplines and diversities, throughout their career.

Click here to take the survey!

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts - and please share this survey with other WA state artists!

Submit your survey by April 20, 2015 and be entered to win $200 towards an art supply store of your choice!

In This Issue

Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Now Open!

Take Our Survey

GiveBIG is May 5!

Artist Trust At Large on Whidbey Island

EDGE for Literary Artists Grand Finale Presentations

ARTISTS UP Resources for Native Artists is April 20!

"I Am An Artist" in Walla Walla

Artist Happy Hour in Walla Walla

Please Donate to Help Us Develop Our Resource Room!

Artist Trust Featured Artists

Statewide Arts Events Calendar

Opportunities for Artists

Quick Links

Creative Career Center

News

Become an Artist Trust member!

Become a member as an artist or arts lover.

Become a member today and help your artistic career thrive -- and support and encourage fellow artists throughout Washington State. Benefits include career consultations; (re)Members, a quarterly e-newsletter exclusively for members; discounts at arts businesses; invitations to special events; and notification of grant deadlines.

Top Image: Margie Livingston, Study for wafer board, trimmed (detail), acrylic, 8"x8"x.75", 2010. photo: Richard Nicol.

Mark Your Calendars, May 5 is GiveBIG!

We're very excited to participate in Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG 'Day of Champions' on Tuesday, May 5!

GiveBIG is a one-day, online charitable giving event to inspire people to give generously to nonprofit organizations in the region. Mark your calendars to support Artist Trust on May 5! Every donation made on that day will be 'stretched' by The Seattle Foundation and GiveBIG sponsors!

Artist Trust At Large on Whidbey Island

Michelle Bates, Sander Lake, BC, Holga Pinhole Wide camera, 2012.

April 15, 2015, 6-7pm: Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley

Looking to give your arts career a boost? In this free presentation, Artist Trust At Large will give you the scoop on how we can help. You'll learn how Artist Trust serves Washington State artists of all disciplines and how you can use these programs and resources to advance your arts business.

Artist & Speaker: Michelle Bates

EDGE for Literary Artists Grand Finale Presentations

Dennis Bensie at 2014 Lit EDGE. Photo: Joe Iano.

April 19, 2015, 9am-12pm: Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend

Graduates of Artist Trust's 2015 EDGE Professional Development Program for Literary Artists will read their poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Featuring: Nancy Anderson, Allison Augustyn, Anne Bean, Susan Brown, Peter Donahue, Grace Ellis, Christine Fadden, Marlene Farrell, Emily Lawsin, Anne McDuffie, Karen Mobley, Steve Quinn, Owen Rowe, Joannie Stangeland.

The EDGE Program provides artists with a comprehensive survey of 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 for Literary Artists is generously funded in part by Amazon.com.

ARTISTS UP Resources for Native Artists is April 20!

Shaun Peterson (Puyallup/Tulalip), Moving Forward, 2006.

April 20, 2015, 6pm-8:30pm: Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Seattle (optional art tour begins at 5:30pm)

On April 20, ARTISTS UP will host a free session to connect and inform Native artists throughout Seattle, King County and Washington State about key services offered by three arts agency organizations. The evening is designed to share best practices for independent artists through peer learning, build connections between artists and funders and demystify funding programs and processes. ARTISTS UP is a unique, collaborative program between Seattle's Office of Arts & Culture, King County's 4Culture and Artist Trust, which serves all Washington State artists.

Artists working in dance, literature, media, music, theater, traditional arts, visual and public art are welcome.

I Am An Artist in Walla Walla

Michelle Acuff, A Topology of Thinking, installation, Pendelton Center for the Arts, Pendelton, OR, 2009.

April 25th (10:30am-5:30pm) & 26th, (9-4pm):

Whitman College, Walla Walla

Discounts available for Artist Trust members, Latino/a artists, and those with financial need! Contact us for details.

Say "I Am An Artist!" and jumpstart or refresh your arts career! Are you ready to take you art career to the next level? Not sure how to do it? This two-day interactive workshop for artists (of all disciplines) includes:

* Work Samples That Look Great
* Writing a Killer Artist Statement, Resume & Cover Letter
* Finding & Pursing Funding, Showing, & Performing Opportunities
* Online Promoting & Marketing
* Learning from Successful Artists in Seattle: Q&A with Artists of All Disciplines
* Rocking Your Elevator Speech

Workshop Instructor: Barbara Noonan

Artist Happy Hour in Walla Walla!

April 25, 2015, 6-7:30pm:

Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla

What's the most important thing you can do to advance your arts career? Expand your network! Come talk shop, meet fellow artists, and get happy.

Want to help out? We're looking for volunteers to make this a fun party.

Please Donate to Help Artist Trust Rebuild our Resource Room for Artists!

Cherdonna needs a new chair! Video by Sonja Roach.

Help Artist Trust outfit its newly designed Resource Room - a space for Washington-based artists to gather and access funding opportunities, sample grant applications and more!

Our Resource Room, located in the Capitol Hill Arts District of Seattle, is FREE to use and chock-full of books, grant application samples, and flyers for arts events around the state. However, the Room's technology is nearly obsolete and the aesthetic is downright uninspiring-as you can see from this hilarious video featuring local performer Cherdonna and Artist Trust staff!

We are working toward a new vision: a beautiful drop-in common space for meeting, socializing, researching, working, learning and engaging, with tangible, up-to-date resources that artists can use to create portfolios, work on projects and grant applications, and more.

We've teamed up with Power2Give/Puget Sound-a regional arts crowdfunding platform presented by ArtsFund, to bring the Resource Room-your Resource Room-to the next level.

We've got until April 30 to make it happen, and guess what: every gift, no matter the size, is DOUBLED by ArtsFund!

Please donate today and thanks for your support!

Artist Trust Featured Artists

Alice Gosti, I will follow you - deep sea baby, 2013. performance still: Ethan Folk.

Catching up with Artist Trust grant recipients and grads.

How to Become a Partisan, a performance by 2104 GAP recipient Alice Gosti will premiere at St. Mark's Cathedral on April 25.

Writer Donna Miscolta (2014 Fellowship) will be presenting her new work, The Education of Angie Rubio at a 'Meet the Artist' talk at Columbia City Library on April 25.

Artist and 2014 GAP recipient Carolyn Law's new exhibit will be at Jack Straw Cultural Center from April 24-May 8 (artist talk on April 24).

Artist-jeweler Melissa Cameron (2014 Fellowship) will present her images and work at a 'Meet the Artist' event at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art on April 30.

Are you an Artist Trust grant recipient or EDGE grad? Send us your news!

Statewide Arts Events Calendar

Our massive online calendar lists events across the state for artists and arts lovers; post your own for free and it might get highlighted here! Here's just a sampling:

April 18, 2015: Confluence Galley and Art Center, Twisp / Shifting Baselines Exhibit Opening Reception: Artists have been asked to submit work about the world, then and now, wildlife, plants and our human population that reflects on personal, cultural and/or environmental change - what was, what is, and what could be.

April 25, 2015: Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton / Tieton Open House: Family friendly art activities are available all day, including felt-making with Janice Arnold, styrofoam blocks prints with Goathead Press, and community mosaics with Tieton Mosaics.

April 28, 2015: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art / smARTfilms: The Cats of Mirikitani: This documentary showcases the life and work of artist Jimmy Mirikitani in an intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing power of art.

Opportunities for Artists

Browse our Opportunities webpage for hundreds of calls for art of all disciplines, funding, residencies, jobs, work space and housing listings, and post your own. New listings include:

Sundiata Festival, Black Arts Exhibit / Call for Artists / Deadline 5/24/2015

Pacifica Literary Review / Look and Leap Contest / Deadline 5/24/2015

Collins Memorial Library, Tacoma / Dirt? / Call For Artists / Deadline 4/25/2015

Join Our Team

We're seeking two new interns to work in our office. Have what it takes? The application deadline is 4/17 so apply now!

Programs Interns: We're looking for 2 detail-oriented, highly organized interns to help out with our Programs Department. Internships run four to six months, 12-20 hours per week. Paid stipend.

Be in Touch

Our Seattle office hours are Monday-Friday, 9:30am-5:30pm. Feel free to drop in to visit the Resource Room. Not in the region? Peruse our extensive website full of resources and opportunities 24/7! Browse tons of professional development resources and articles, with vital information on healthcare, legal issues, emergency assistance programs and more.

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Take care, and keep in touch!

Shannon Halberstadt

Executive Director

shannon@artisttrust.org

Artist Trust

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