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Artists’ Resources

Atrists Statement
Ezine
This online ezine written by Molly Gordon gives artists a structure to work from
and pointers to help artists get started articulating ideas.
http://www.mollygordon.com/resources/marketingresources/artstatemt/
Emily Carr Universtiy of Art + Design
The Emily Carr University of Art and Design has a comprehensive page to aid
artists with professional writing, here there is a link guiding artists through a
well written artist statement as well as examples to review.
http://blogs.eciad.ca/wc/category/professional-writing/

CV
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
A link from the Emily Carr website containing important information and
structure an artist should follow while creating a CV as well as examples.
http://blogs.eciad.ca/wc/category/professional-writing/

Portfolio
New York Foundation for the arts
New York Foundation for the arts has put together an informative article
including the basic elements of an artists’ portfolio.
http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=255&fid=1&sid=51&tid=19

Documenting Work
STUDIO Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity
This page created by STUDIO Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity
has step by step instructions informing artists about photographing work with
important facts to consider for people new to photography.
http://www.australianstudiobook.com/resources/photographing-artwork/
Dallas Arts Revue
The Website Dallas Arts Revue contains the do’s and don’ts of photographing
art work along with tips towards good documentation
http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/resources/How-to-Photo-Art.shtml
Empty Easel
Empty Easel is a resourceful website for artist, this is a tutorial showing
photography techniques and photo editing techniques.
http://emptyeasel.com/2007/01/19/how-to-photograph-your-artwork-for-a-portfolio-or-the-internet/

Proposals
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
A link on Emily Carr’s Resource page with important information regarding the
general information important to written proposals
http://blogs.eciad.ca/wc/all-posts/31/

Website
Other Peoples Pixels
This is a Website hosting site exclusively dedicated to artists and their practice.
It comes with a template to work from and an affordable yearly cost.
http://otherpeoplespixels.com/
Dream Host
Recommended by an artist/designer:
www.dreamhost.com

Blog Sites
wordpress.com
blogger.com
blogspot.com
livejournal.com
tumblr.com

Submitting Work
Akimbo
Akimbo is a Toronto based online source for visual art information. They have a
Call for Submissions section which allows easy access to artists and designers.
http://www.akimbo.ca/submissions/

Tax Information
Taxation and basic tax deductible informartion artists should know
http://drawsketch.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=drawsketch&cdn=hobbies&tm=22&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//labweb.education.wisc.edu/artcommunity/legalissues/taxdeductions.asp
CARFAC
For more specif information visit CARFAC or even contact them directly.
http://www.carfac.ca/contact/