Surf for professional development resources

These local and national online resources provide career development advice for artists, including job openings, grant opportunities, best practices, promotional tools, and press help.

• All disciplines
• Film
• Literary
• Music
• Performing Arts
• Visual
• Planning and Time Management
• The Business of Art

All disciplines

• ArtsKC (Local)
• Arts Incubator (Local)
• Charlotte Street Foundation (Local)
• Mid-America Arts Alliance (Local)
• Art Business
• Artist Foundation
• Fractured Atlas
• Freelancers Union
• New York Foundation for the Arts, Business of Art articles

Film

• KC Stage (Local)
• Filmmaker
• The Independent

Literary

• The Writers Place: The Midwest Center for the Literary Arts (Local)
• The Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Career Center
• Poets, Writers, Tools for Writers

Music

• The Mutual Musicians Foundation (Local)
• American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Career Development
• League of American Orchestras, Learning and Leadership Development
• Music Biz Academy
• Music Publishers Association
• Opera America
• The DIY Musician

Performing Arts

• Kansas City Actors Theatre (Local)
• KC Stage (Local)
• Association of Performing Arts Presenters 
• The Dance Insider
• DanceUSA, Professional Development
• The Field Resource Guide
• Theatre Communications Group

Visual

• Kansas City Artists Coalition (Local)
• Kaw Valley Arts & Humanities (Local)
• Artist Help Network, General Career Information
• ArtBIzBlog
• ArtQuest, Building a Career
• College Art Association, Career Development Mentoring
• Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Professional Development

Planning and Time Management

• 43folders.com

The Business of Art

• Mozart as Entrepreneur