For Montana Artists
ArtMontana
ArtMontana is a comprehensive on line directory providing free listing for Montana Artists, Art Centers, Museums, Galleries, Art Resources, and Services.
Beargrass Writing
Offers some of the West's most celebrated and promising writers at this storied ranch for four days of readings, workshops, craft talks, and generative writing opportunities that connect writers of all experience levels with self and place.
Lively Times
Lively Times is a statewide searchable events calendar of music, concerts, theater, dance and art exhibits, featuring articles about writers, musicians and artists.
Montana-Artists
This web site helps promote Montana artists and their artwork on a global scale.
Humanities Montana
Humanities Montana is Montana's independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Montana Art Education Association
The Montana Art Education Association (MAEA) is a network of art teachers who are dedicated to youth art education in Montana.
Montana Art Therapy Association
The Montana Art Therapy Association is dedicated to the advancement of the professional practice of Art Therapy.
Montana Arts
Propagates and preserves the state's cultural heritage by assisting individuals and organizations involved in Montana's literary, visual and performing arts.
Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras
The purpose of the Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras (MASO) is to encourage, promote and assist in the maintenance and development of musical programs of quality throughout the state of Montana.
Montana Dance Arts Association
Montana Dance Arts Association (MDAA) members have contributed thousands of hours and and abundant expertise in developing and promoting the art of dance in Montana.
Montana Professional Arts Association
MPAA brings fine artists from all over Montana into communities to promote the arts.
Montana Music Educators Association
MMEA supports Montana music educators by providing A high quality conference each fall featuring outstanding clinicians from around Montana and the country.
Montana Performing Arts Consortium
MPAC is a non-profit coalition of Montana and regional performing arts presenting organizations and artists. Its mission is to promote booking of quality artists, increase skills in presenting and touring, and reduce expenses for artists and presenters through block-booking.
Montana Preservation Alliance
The Montana Preservation Alliance (MPA) saves and protects Montana's historic places, traditional landscapes, and cultural heritage.
Montana Public Television Association
MontanaPBS shares diverse stories, connects our citizens, discovers common ground, and celebrates the independent spirit and beauty of Montana.
Montana Thespians
Montana Thespians shapes lives through theatre education.
Montana Watercolor Society
Montana Watercolor Society encourages the advancement, study, appreciation, and creation of watercolor painting in Montana and elsewhere.
Museum and Art Gallery Directors Association
The goals of MAGDA are to seek out, develop and support public visual arts exhibitions, and to tour state-wide the highest quality work available.
VSA Montana
VSA Montana promotes the creative power of people with disabilities since 1979.
WESTAF
WESTAF is a regional nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening the financial, organizational, and policy infrastructure of the arts in the West.
For National Artists
Actors' Equality Association
The AEA is an actors’ union representing stage managers, providing application guidelines, audition hot lines for selected cities, and links to theater resources.
Actors' Fund of America
AFA helps entertainment and performing arts professionals in theater, film, music, opera, television and dance through a broad spectrum of social, health, employment, and housing programs that address their essential and critical needs.
American Craft Council
ACC is a national, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of contemporary American craft.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP is an information and searchable database for events, membership info, links to resources in the music business, and a searchable database of performed music in the ASCAP repertory.
ArtBizCoach.com
ArtBizCoach.com is for beginning, emerging and established artists everywhere who would like help promoting themselves and building their businesses.
Art in Architecture Program
U.S. General Services Administration Art in Architecture Program maintains a large registry of artists interested in being considered for commissions in federal building projects, including information about how to be included in the registry.
Artist Help Network
Artist Help Network is a free information service designed to help artists take control of their careers.
Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center
The Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) connects artists, crafts people and entertainment industry workers with health insurance and affordable health care.
Artists Network
Artists Network offers a variety of artist services including new approaches to marketing.
Art of Data Visualization
ADV is a PBS video about designers who are increasingly tasked with incorporating data into the media experience. Data has emerged as such a critical part of modern life that it has entered into the realm of art, where data-driven visual experiences challenge viewers to find personal meaning from a sea of information, a task that is present in every aspect of our lives.
ArtsJournal
ArtsJournal is a weekday digest of some of the best arts and cultural journalism in the English-speaking world.
ArtsReady
ArtsReady is a web-based emergency preparedness platform designed to provide arts and cultural organizations with customized business continuity plans for post-crisis sustainability.
ArtTable Inc.
ArtTable, Inc. is a national leadership organization for professional women in the visual arts.
Association of Performing Arts Professionals
APAP, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (formerly Association of Performing Arts Presenters) is the national service, advocacy and membership organization for presenters of the performing arts. APAP is dedicated to developing and supporting a robust performing arts industry and the professionals who work within it.
Bookwire
Bookwire is a resource for the literary community.
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Always adapting to the environment, CPAC has very clear plans on how it can address the needs of artists, nonprofits and other members of the community.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund
CERF accomplishes its mission through direct financial and educational assistance to craft artists, including emergency relief assistance, business development support, and resources and referrals on topics such as health, safety, and insurance.
Creative Capital's Professional Development Program
Developed by artists for artists, Creative Capital’s Professional Development Program (PDP) provides career, community and confidence building tools to help all artists become successful artists.
Dance USA
Dance USA sustains and advances professional dance by addressing the needs, concerns, and interests of artists, administrators, and organizations.
Every Writer
Every Writer is for and about writers, writing and publishing . It also AND offers listings of the top 50 literary and online literary magazines.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA provides information about the Regional FEMA office and the Volunteer Association Liaison (VAL), who can provide guidance and facilitate access to important relief/recovery resources.
Glass Art Society
Glass Art Society is a 501c3, non-profit, international organization whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance education, to promote the appreciation and development of the glass arts, and to support the worldwide community of artists who work with glass.
Health Insurance Navigation Tool (HINT)
The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) is a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit organization who in 2005, teamed up with Alex Maiolo and Chris Stephenson to create HINT - the Health Insurance Navigation Tool. HINT provides informed, musician-friendly support and advice to musicians who need information about health insurance, for free.
Historic Preservation Learning Portal
The Historic Preservation Learning Portal provides historic preservation information and training on more than 2,000 federal, state, local, tribal, educational, non-profit, and international websites.
Indiegogo
Indiegogo is a fundraising platform that offers discounts to 501(c)(3) organizations, and hosts fundraising campaigns in areas such as music and film.
Kickstarter
Kickstarter helps artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality.
National Endowment for the Arts | NEA
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.
Native American Resource Dictionary
The Native American Resource Dictionary provides Information resources for the Native American community.
New York Foundation for the Arts
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) programs and services empowers emerging artists and arts organizations across all disciplines at critical stages in their creative lives and professional/organizational development throughout the United States and the international community.
Opera America
Is dedicated to supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers, Inc. is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization and provides an information clearinghouse for the support and guidance of poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.
Sunshine Artist
Sunshine Artist is the nation's leading publication for art and craft show exhibitors, promoters and patrons.
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators
WAAA, the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators, is an association of touring artists, agents, managers, consultants, and presenters serving the western United States.
WESTAF
WESTAF is a regional nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening the financial, organizational, and policy infrastructure of the arts in the West.
Women in Film Foundation
Women In Film is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women achieve their highest potential within the global entertainment, communications and media industries and to preserving the legacy of women within those industries.
For Montana Organizations
Lively Times
Lively Times is a Montana Source for Arts & Entertainment. Lively Times is also printed monthly.
Montana Art Gallery Directors' Association
The Montana Art Gallery Directors' Association, (MAGDA), originates touring exhibitions of a diverse range of the visual arts.
Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras
The purpose of the Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras (MASO) is to encourage, promote and assist in the maintenance and development of musical programs of quality throughout the state of Montana.
Montana Dance Arts Association
Montana Dance Arts Association (MDAA) members have contributed thousands of hours and an abundant amount of expertise in developing and promoting the art of dance in Montana.
Montana Performing Arts Consortium
MPAC is a non-profit coalition of Montana and regional performing arts presenting organizations and artists. Its mission is to promote booking of quality artists, increase skills in presenting and touring, and reduce expenses for artists and presenters through block-booking.
Montana Arts
Montana Arts ropagates and preserves the state's cultural heritage by assisting individuals and organizations involved in Montana's literary, visual and performing arts.
Museums Association of Montana
Museum Association of Montana serves their members and the entire Montana museum community by providing assistance and professional development opportunities through their annual conferences, invaluable newsletters, and increasingly popular website and podcasts.
WESTAF
WESTAF is a regional nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening the financial, organizational, and policy infrastructure of the arts in the West.
For National Organizations
American Craft Council
American Craft Council (ACC) is a national, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of contemporary American craft.
Art of Data Visualization
From scientific visualization to pop infographics, designers are increasingly tasked with incorporating data into the media experience. Data has emerged as such a critical part of modern life that it has entered into the realm of art, where data-driven visual experiences challenge viewers to find personal meaning from a sea of information, a task that is present in every aspect of our lives.
ArtPlace America
ArtPlace America (ArtPlace) is a ten-year collaboration among a number of foundations, federal agencies, and financial institutions that works to position arts and culture as a core sector of comprehensive community planning and development in order to help strengthen the social, physical, and economic fabric of communities.
Arts and Crafts Society
Arts and Crafts Society is an online community dedicated to the philosophy and spirit of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Arts Extension Service
The Arts Extension Service is a national arts service organization located at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, working to serve the arts through education, research, publications and consulting.
Arts Ready
ArtsReady is a web-based emergency preparedness platform designed to provide arts and cultural organizations with customized business continuity plans for post-crisis sustainability.
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), based in Washington, D.C., is the national service and advocacy organization with more than 1,400 members worldwide, dedicated to developing and supporting a robust performing arts presenting field and the professionals who work within it.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of non-profit grant listings and trends in philanthropy.
Community Arts Network
Although the Community Arts Network project is now closed, information is archived here about the field of art made as a voice and a force within a specific community of place, spirit or tradition.
CrowdRise
CrowdRise is about giving back, raising lots of money for great causes, and having the most fun in the world while doing it.
Dance USA
Established in 1982 as the national service organization for the professional dance field, Dance/USA is a membership organization currently serving nearly 500 aerial, ballet, modern, culturally specific, jazz, and tap companies, dance service and presenting organizations, individuals, and related organizations.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
From its offices in Denver, FEMA's Region VIII works in partnership with the emergency management agencies of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. Region VIII's most common challenges are flooding, severe storms, tornadoes, and winter storms.
Historic Preservation Learning Portal
The Historic Preservation Learning Portal is an Internet website which provides a fast, direct link to historic preservation information and training on more than 1,000 federal, state, (add space here) tribal, educational, and non-profit websites in over 250 formats.
Indiegogo
Indiegogo has hosted fundraising campaigns in areas such as music and film. This fundraising platform offers discounts to 501(c)(3) organizations.
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a for-profit company that provides crowdfunding opportunities and tools for creative projects through its website.
League of American Orchestras
The League of American Orchestras leads, supports, and champions America’s orchestras and the vitality of the music they perform.
League of Historic American Theatres
League of Historic American Theatres is a non-profit organization that works to preserve and rehabilitate historic theaters.
National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture
The National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC) is a repository that facilitates research on arts and culture by acquiring data, particularly those funded by federal agencies and other organizations, and sharing those data with researchers, policymakers, people in the arts and culture field, and the general public.
National Arts Strategies
Organizational leadership for arts and culture.
National Coalition of Arts Therapies Associations
The Coalition represents over 8,000 members of six creative arts therapies associations.
National Endowment for the Arts | NEA
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
National VOAD is a coalition of nonprofit organizations that respond to disasters. Member organizations such as the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army share knowledge and resources to help disaster survivors and their communities.
Nonprofit Risk Management Center
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center inspires effective risk management and Risk Champions across the nonprofit sector, enabling nonprofit leaders to identify and manage risks that threaten their missions and operations, while empowering them to leverage opportunities and take bold, mission-advancing risks.
NPI Production Services
A national company specializing in payroll and consulting services for developing or established, small or large companies in the theatre, television, radio or film industry involving union or non-union talent and/or crew.
Opera America
Is dedicated to supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Preservation Directory
Online resource for historic preservation, building restoration and cultural resource management in the United States & Canada.
RocketHub
RocketHub aims to empower the rising Creative Class by educating them about the use of crowdfunding for creative projects.
So Where is that Law Anyway?
Eric Mercer has a well-compiled list of links to many federal and state nonprofit regulations. It's not the kind of site you browse through for fun, but it's indispensable when looking up the law on something.
TechSoup
TechSoup is an online source of all things technology related to nonprofits. One of its great services, among many, is the software donation program where nonprofits can "purchase" many of the most popular software titles for small administrative fees.
Tools for Results Tool-kit
The Texas Commission on the Arts' Tool-kit was developed as a resource for non-profit arts and cultural organizations. Topic areas include fundraising, development, programming, leadership and nonprofit basics.
WESTAF
WESTAF is a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening the financial, organizational, and policy infrastructure of the arts.
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators
WAA, the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators, is an association of touring artists, agents, managers, consultants, and presenters serving the western United States.
