Film Production Guide: Support Services
Seattle Area and Washington
4Culture
101 Prefontaine Place South
Seattle WA
98104
(206) 296.7580
Web: 4culture.org
Web: href=”http://4culture.org/grants-artist-calls/other-listings”>4culture.org/grants-artist-calls/other-listings
Facebook:
4Culture
Twitter: 4Culture
Instagram: kc4culture
4Culture is a support agency for the arts in King County. 4Culture offers
opportunities for all kinds of cultural funding and support in King County, with
deadlines rolling out throughout the year.
It also offers project consulting
services. (See also Film Production Guide: Business & Legal, Support
Services)
Artist Trust
1835 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122-2437
(206) 467-8734
Founded in 1986, Artist Trust helps Washington State artists of all disciplines thrive. Since then, Artist Trust has invested over $10 million in Washington State artists through funding, trainings, and resources and has provided programs that meet the changing needs of artists. Artist Trust helps artists establish and maintain careers through direct support, connections, and advocacy.
- Support – AT directly supports artists with: grants that invest in artists at crucial points in their careers; classes and webinars teach the business of being an artist, from financial management to marketing and social media; and online resources provide information specifically for artists about employment, healthcare, and housing, among other vital needs.
- Connect – AT helps artists connect with other artists, gatekeepers, and supporters through events and networking opportunities, and give them the tools to create community and build audience in the Northwest and beyond.
- Advocate –AT listens to what artists need and advocate with them locally and nationally. An annual artist survey and town halls help AT discover and make visible current issues impacting the livelihoods of working artists across Washington State.
Arts Northwest
104 N. Laurel Street, Suite 116
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 457-9290
facebook.com/artsnorthwest
Arts Northwest is a unique partnership organization that has been serving presenters and artists in WA, OR, ID and beyond for more than years. Arts Northwest features an annual booking conference originally supported by the Idaho, Washington, and Oregon Arts Commissions. As a result, the conference started rotating between the three states to a variety of cities.
Arts NW serves a growing membership of more than 500 organizations and individuals from 10 of the western states, and increasing participation by artists and agents from most of the nation and several countries. Arts NW services range from technical support and publications, mentoring and professional development programs and of course, the annual convening of the Arts Northwest Booking Conference.
Check website for member benefits.
Seattle Office of Arts and Culture
PO Box
94748
Seattle, WA 98124-4748
(206) 684-7171
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) manages the city’s public art
program, cultural partnerships grant programs, LANGSTON (formerly the Langston
Hughes Performing Arts Institute), and The Creative Advantage initiative. Its
work fosters a city driven by creativity that provides the opportunity for
everyone to engage in diverse arts and cultural experiences. In alignment with
the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative, it works to eliminate
institutional racism in its programs, policies and practices.
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs maintains a website of
listings for grants, arts jobs, arts news and educational and networking events.
(See also Film Production Guide: Support Services)
Washington State Arts Alliance Foundation
6114 12th Ave
NE
Seattle WA 98115
206) 437-3784
href=”http://washingtonstateartsalliance.org”>washingtonstateartsalliance.org
Washington State Arts Alliance, the statewide arts advocacy organization,
works to promote public funding, legislation, and policy favorable to the arts.
Washington State Arts Alliance Foundation works to increase knowledge,
understanding, appreciation and practice of the arts through communication and
education. A dedicated board runs the Arts Alliance and Foundation, and works
with arts advocates around the state.
Washington State Arts Commission
Mailing Address:
PO
Box 42675
Olympia, WA 98504-2675
Location:
711 Capitol Way S., Suite 600
Olympia, WA 98501
(360)
753-3860
href=”http://arts.wa.gov/grants”>arts.wa.gov/grants
href=”http://facebook.com/WashingtonArts”>facebook.com/WashingtonArts
ArtsWA is the Washington State Arts Commission, a state government agency
established in 1961. ArtsWA offers grants aimed at conserving and developing the
state’s arts resources. ArtsWA programs and funding opportunities include grants
to K-12 education, partners, special projects, and organizations.
ArtsWA is committed to values of inclusion, diversity, equity, and creative
expression. It believes in diverse forms of artistic expression, and in access
to arts and arts education for all individuals in our state.
Portland and Oregon
Northwest Film Center
Classes and Offices
934 SW
Salmon Street
Portland, Oregon 97205
Screenings
Portland Art Museum
Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park
Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205
(503) 221-1156
href=”http://facebook.com/nwfilmcenter”>facebook.com/nwfilmcenter
Contact: Consult the Staff Directory
Established in 1971, the Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts
resource and service organization founded to encourage the study, appreciation,
and utilization of the moving image arts, foster their artistic and professional
excellence. NWFC provides a variety of film and video exhibition, education, and
information programs primarily directed to the residents of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.
The NWFC conducts an active year-round exhibition program of foreign,
classic, experimental, and independent works that showcase a wide array of
regional, national, and international cinema and video art. Several annual
festivals, thematic series, special retrospectives, visiting artist programs,
and free screenings of new world cinema for high school classes also highlight
contributions to the art form.
The NWFC’s education programs provide classes, workshops, studios, and camps
to working and aspiring video storytellers, and youth in 4th-12th
grades.
Other services NWFC offers filmmakers include: administering the Media Arts
Fellowship, serving as a fiscal agent for independent producers in need of
non-profit sponsorship, and offering low-cost equipment access to community
producers.
Oregon Arts Commission Media Arts Fellowship
775 Summer
Street NE, Ste 200
Salem, Oregon 97301-1280
(503) 986-0082
(800) 735-2900
href=”http://oregonartscommission.org/grants/oregon-media-arts-fellowship”>oregonartscommission.org/grants/oregon-media-arts-fellowship
The Oregon arts Commission support the arts in the State of Oregon. OAC
awards grants to individual artists and arts organizations, offers business and
legal advice, manages a call-board for jobs, and lobbies on behalf of the arts
in the State of Oregon.
The Oregon Media Arts Fellowship(s) provide financial and other support for
production expenses to enable Oregon film or video artists to create or complete
new work or works in progress. The Media Arts Fellowship(s) recognize and assist
media artists whose work shows exceptional promise and who have demonstrated a
commitment to film or video art.
Search page for href=”http://oregonartscommission.org/resources/oregon-arts-councils”>local arts
councils in Oregon: To encourage and enable community building and
information exchange, the Arts Commission has compiled a list of almost 50 arts
associations and organizations from all regions of the state. Get contact and
website information by searching by agency name or city.
Oregon Cultural Trust
775 Summer Street NE, Suite
200
Salem, Oregon 97301
(503) 986-0088
The Oregon Cultural Trust supports the arts in the State of Oregon.
The Oregon Cultural Trust champions and invests in the statewide cultural
exchange and creative expression that make Oregon uniquely Oregon. OCT awards
grants to individual artists and organizations and offers webinars on how to
write an effective grant.
Regional Arts & Culture Council
108 NW 9th Avenue,
Suite 300
Portland, OR 97209-3318
(503) 823-5111
href=”http://racc.org”>racc.org
racc.org/resources/listings/opportunity/funding
href=”http://facebook.com/RegionalArts”>facebook.com/RegionalArts
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) receives funding from a
variety of public and private partners to serve artists, arts organizations,
schools and residents throughout Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.
RACC awards grants to individual artists and organizations; manages a grant
search engine for regional, national and international grants; manages a
call-board for jobs and auditions; hosts an online resource directory of
research publications, businesses and organizations that support the arts,
available workspace and housing, and upcoming workshops and lectures; and
lobbies on behalf of the arts in the State of Oregon and Washington D.C.
* Also see Theatre Production Guide: Support Services.