Resources
From The Dots Between:
Financial Lifespan of an Artist: What You Need to Know as an Emerging Artist
A comprehensive, 10-part series of essays for Southwest Contemporary by Tamara Bates
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Creative Capital Artist Lab Curriculum
Creative Capital’s platform is being revised; in the meantime, you can download this curriculum here.
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Talk at Rhode Island School of Design: The Art of Business
Tamara explores essential financial srategies for artists at any stage.
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Tax Advice for Artists
I recommend signing up for the newsletters for each of these groups- they offer free resources, free classes and other helpful tidbits throughout the year.
Legal & Estate Planning Resources
The Joan Mitchell Foundation just put together a map of available resources across the country for artist legacy planning. Legacy Field Map
Here is a comprehensive list of of legal help for artists from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Other places to look for opportunities
A link to places that grant money to individuals: Funding for Indv. Artists
The Big Opportunities List- residencies, grants and opportunities throughout the world, updated by artists.
Here is a comprehensive list of of legal help for artists from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Arts Business Resources
While my workshops and coaching deal mostly with personal finance, I’ve assembled some good places to go for dealing with the business side of your practice:
Artists Thrive Resources— lots of links to business and professional development resources for artists
An awesome guide to setting up the right type of legal structure for your practice from Emerson Collective: A Thousand Forests
For music professionals: ZooLabs workshops
Budgeting Resources
If you are trying to implement the 50/30/20 budgeting rule which can be extra difficult with uneven income and multiple revenue streams, here are a few resources to help.
Try this quick calculator to help you plan your 50-30-20 budget. If you would like a more detailed version, use this worksheet.
How do you know that you are saving enough now for the future?
try a calculator here, choose the retirement planner calculator.
Stuck? Schedule a free quick meeting to walk through it with me.