Resources for Your Business

Find Resources for Your Creative Business

Running your own business has its pros and cons, and one of the pros is that you don’t have to know and do it all. We recommend getting a professional’s perspective to help you identify what’s most important for you to spend your time, energy, and resources on. Check out these links for more resources!

• Resources to Help You Get Started
  • Indiana Arts Commission’s On-Ramp Creative Career Accelerator
  • Indiana Small Business Development Center’s free and confidential consult and services for Indiana residents
  • Fractured Atlas’s business services, insurance coverage, and project financing specifically for artists
  • Minerva Financial Arts’s consulting and topical workshops for artists
  • Artist U’s Making Your Life as an Artist guide
  • Construyendo Tu Vida Artistica
• Insurance for Artists
  • The Basics of Insurance for Artists
  • Artists Guide to Health Insurance
  • Insurance in the Arts
• Legal Resources for Artists
  • Lawyers for the Arts
  • Lawyers for the Creative Arts (free legal services to financially eligible clients in all areas of the arts)
  • Visual Artists Rights Act
  • Arts Council of Indianapolis's Legal Matters
  • Center for Art Law
  • Dramatists Guild's Model Contracts and Guidelines
• Legacy Resources for Artists
  • Artist's Legacy Toolkit (Dance/USA)
  • Joan Mitchel Foundation's Estate Planning Workbook
• Artist Unions and Collective Agencies
  • Freelancers Union
  • National Writers Union
  • Society for Children's Book Writer and Illustrators (SCWBI)
  • Actors’ Equity Association
  • Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
  • American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
  • American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
  • Dancers Alliance
  • American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
  • AIGA - The Professional Association for Design
  • American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
  • International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
  • Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
  • Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild (IPPG)
  • American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)
  • National Art Education Association (NAEA)
• Financial Resources for Artists
  • The Artist’s Guide to Personal Finance
  • Individual Development Accounts (Matched savings accounts from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority)
  • Community Investment Fund of Indiana (Special project financing through a Community Development Financial Institution)
  • Working Artists in the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) Fee calculator
  • Teaching Artist Pay Rate Calculator 
  • Student Loan Repayment Calculator
  • Learn about the Susu
• Retirement for Artists
  • Retirement Secrets for Artists Webinar