Resources
In this section, you'll find a multitude of listings for artist service organizations, presenters, grant makers, et all. Each listing includes a link to the organization's website as well as a brief snippet from their "about" pages. If you would like to submit something for listing, or would like your listing updated, email us at dance.elephant@gmail.com
Foundation Center, The
Established in 1956, and today supported by close to 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants — a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level.
Fractured Atlas
Fractured Atlas is a non-profit organization that provides services and support to artists and arts organizations, a community of over 50,000 artists and arts groups from every discipline across the country and around the world, and an innovator in the use of technology and 21st century business models to empower the community we serve.
Freelancers Union
http://www.freelancersunion.org
Freelancers Union is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that represents the needs and concerns of America’s growing independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. Independent workers—freelancers, consultants, independent contractors, temps, part-timers, contingent employees and the self-employed—currently make up about 30% of the nation’s workforce. We exist because we believe that freelancers can help each other.
Go Tour
Go Tour gives independent artists the resources they need to take their show on the road. GoTour connects artists and arts communities nationwide, and provides a place to share services, goods, and advice. Start here - start touring!
Harkness Dance Center for Dance Injuries
http://www.med.nyu.edu/hjd/harkness/
The Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at the Hospital for Joint Diseases offers many subsidized and free services for the dance community including clinics staffed by orthopedists and dance physical therapists; state-of-the art research and rehabilitation technology and free injury prevention screenings and lectures.
Harvestworks
Founded as a not-for-profit organization by artists in 1977, Harvestworks has helped a generation of artists create new works using technology. Our mission is to support the creation and presentation of art works achieved through the use of new and evolving technologies.
Hyperchoreography
http://www.hyperchoreography.org/index.html
This website is dedicated to promoting and developing hyperchoreography - dances for the web.
Idealist
Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with offices in the United States and Argentina. Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
Issue Project Room
Acknowledging the critical deficit of art centres in our culture, The Issue Project Room emerges as a vital meeting place for the most disparate forms of creativity whose sole criteria embodies the integrity and spirit of artistic expression and exploration. The Issue Project Room provides an open and versatile environment where both established and emerging artists can conduct, exhibit and perform new and site-specific work according to their respective visions.
Joe's Pub
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists. With impeccable sound and lights, the warm and intimate candlelit atmosphere of Joe's Pub is filled with plush velvet couches, softly glowing lucite tables and gorgeously understated architecture.
