Arts Resources

Funding, opportunities, and information for artists and arts organizations, and non-profit cultural planners.

New York State Council on the Arts
175 Varick Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10014
Phone: (212) 627-4455
FAX: (212) 620-5911
www.nysca.org
Funds cultural programs for non-profit groups statewide.

New York Foundation for the Arts
1555 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Flr.
New York, NY 10013-1507
(212) 366-6900
www.nyfa.org
Provides individual artist services and grants, support for arts in education development, technology development, and financial services for artists and emerging arts groups.

S.O.S.
Mid-Hudson Sponsor
Garrison Art Center
POB 4
Garrison, NY 10524
(845) 424-3960
dir@garrisonartcenter.org
www.garrisonartcenter.org/sos.htm
A project of New York Foundation for the Arts (see above),
S.O.S. works in collaboration with local arts councils and cultural organizations to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of unique opportunities to benefit their work or career development (distinct from work in progress). Funding ranges from $100 to $600.

Experimental Television Center
109 Lower Fairfield Road
Newark Valley, NY 13811
(607) 687-4341
etc@experimentaltvcenter.org
www.experimentaltvcenter.org
The Center provides a number of services to artists and organizations. It administers a technical assistance fund for consultations and a travel/registration subsidy for professional development opportunities for NYS media arts organizations. The Center also provides support to organizations through the Presentation Fund which offers matching funds for artists to appear with their work at public screenings and panels. An online guide to NYS independent media history can be accessed through the website.

Poets and Writers
72 Spring Street, Suite 301
New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-3586
editor@pw.org
www.pw.org
Through the New York State Readings and Workshops program, provides technical assistance for organizations and matching funds in support of writers’ fees for public literary readings and workshops in all counties of New York State.

Arts and Business Council
One East 53rd Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 279-5910
info@artsandbusiness-ny.org
www.artsandbusiness-ny.org
Links arts organizations with resources from the private sector.

Meet the Composer
75 Ninth Avenue, 3R Suite C
New York, NY 10011
(212) 645-6949
mtc@meetthecomposer.org
www.meetthecomposer.org
Fosters the creation, performance, and dissemination of music by American composers working in all styles of music and at all career stages. Supports residencies by composers, commissioning of new work and related community events.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters
1211 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
(888) 820-ARTS (2787)
artspres@artspresenters.org
www.artspresenters.org
A national service organization providing an annual booking conference, continuing education courses, publications, and the “Arts Partners Program,” a grants program supporting adult audience education.

The Foundation Center
79 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10003-3076
(212) 620-4230 or (800) 424-9836
www.foundationcenter.org
The center catalogues information and contacts for corporate and private foundations. Its multi-volume guide is available online.

Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations
245 Love Lane, P.O. Box 96
Mattituck, NY 11952-0096
(631) 298-1234
jkweiner@thealliancenys.org
www.thealliancenys.org
The Alliance is New York State’s primary service organization for community based arts and cultural organizations. It monitors, informs, and mobilizes the field on statewide and national issues affecting the arts and assists local agencies in developing community support and public policy.

New York Folklore Society
P.O. Box 764
Schenectady, NY 12301
(518) 346-7008
nyfs@nyfolklore.org
www.nyfolklore.org
A statewide organization providing technical assistance, publications, forums, and an annual conference. Also assists organizations to improve and develop folk archives. Advocates on behalf of folk arts concerns.

Preservation League of New York State
44 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
(518) 462-5658
info@preservenys.org
www.preservenys.org
Statewide historic preservations service organization that provides technical and legal services, maintains a legislative network, sponsors conferences and workshops, and awards grants. Regrants funds for NYSCA’s Architecture, Planning, and Design Program for historic preservation documentation projects.