Strategies/Guides

smARTstart

smARTstart is a compendium of on-line resources that addresses questions that emerging and small arts organizations might have about operating as a not-for-profit organization.  Inspired by and adapted from the Virtual Arts Incubator (VAI) project developed by the Arts Services Office at the Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund, smARTstart draws from VAI material, additional material developed by expert legal, nonprofit and business volunteers in Chicago, and on-line resources available through arts service providers from around the country.  By culling from the best resources available on-line more...

Selected Articles

Mission Accomplished

By day I am a cool-headed consultant, advising arts organizations and leading workshops with titles such as "How to Write a Mission Statement That Succeeds." But tonight I am a frustrated board member, just back from another meeting that leaves me wondering about the future of this organization and our capacity to help it move forward. Without a clear sense of mission, we are hamstrung. There is no coherent viewpoint from month to month, and therefore no consistent criteria for making decisions, plans, or innovations.

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Selected Chicago-City Links

Selected National/International Links

Selected NYFA Requests

Business/Legal Information: Theater

Courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts and their NYFA Source national database of awards services and publications for the arts.

Starting and Non-Profit Arts Organization

Courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts and their NYFA Source national database of awards services and publications for the arts.