ARTISTS RESOURCES

General Artists Resources

The following local and national organizations provide opportunities, training, support, and professional development to artists in the Santa Clarita and Los Angeles areas.

Small Business Development Center – The Small Business Development Center (SBDC), hosted by College of the Canyons, provides individualized consulting, free counseling, workshops, training and tips to new and growing businesses and entrepreneurs.

Santa Clarita Artists Association – SCAA provides workshop training to support working artists in all artistic disciplines.

Los Angeles County Arts Commission – LACAC offers Arts Tune Ups. Tune-Ups are an informal round-robin process in which participants visit five expert discussions and topic presentations. The LACAC partners with a local municipality or institution to present the Tune-Up in a municipal or institutional venue.

Center For Cultural Innovation – CCI provides entrepreneurial training for individual artists working in all disciplines, in order to enhance their business knowledge and career prospects as working artists.

Arts for LA provides resources to inform, educate and inspire communities about local legislative issues. The Arts Council for Long Beach is proud to partner with on a number of Arts Advocacy initiatives.

California Lawyers for the Arts – Empowers the creative community by providing education, representation, dispute resolution, publications and a resource library to artists of all disciplines as well as arts organizations.

California Arts Advocates (CAA) provides advocacy services for California’s arts community and professional advocacy for all arts stakeholders in California

Americans for the Arts provides insight and research on arts advocacy issues affecting the nation.

Getting Your Sh*t Together – Provides resources, technology and solutions created by artists for artists. Programs support arts professionals, educational institutions and arts organizations with an integrated program of software, services and information in order to keep artists working.