For Artists

Resources

Programs, Services and Awards for Aging Artists
Prepared by NYFA Source and The Research Center for Arts and Culture

» Resources for Artists age 55 and over
» Resources for Artists (other age restrictions)

Eligible age over 55 years old:

THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA
729 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor New York, NY 10019
www.actorsfund.org      212.221.7300                       
The Lillian Booth Actors' Home of The Actors' Fund of America in Englewood, New Jersey provides a comfortable living environment on six acres of property for 109 entertainment professionals.

AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER AT DAVIS
AND ELKINS COLLEGE
100 Campus Drive    Elkins, WV 26241                           
www.augustaheritage.com    304.637.1209 www.elderhostel.org                1.800.454.5678
Elderhostel is an international program for adults over 55 who want to expand their horizons. Augusta’s Elderhostel programs offer a well-rounded combination of in-depth classes centering on the theme of each week.

BAGBY FOUNDATION FOR THE MUSICAL ARTS, INC.
501 5th Avenue, Suite 801 New York, NY 10017
212.986.6094   
Pension grants are usually awarded in the range of $400-$600/month to those elderly, retired opera singers and classical musicians who once had notable careers and who are now in documented need of financial assistance.

ELDERS SHARE THE ARTS (ESTA)
138 South Oxford Street Brooklyn, NY 11217   
www.elderssharethearts.org 718.398.3870
Generating Community, an intergenerational arts partnership program, consists of a weekly workshop program that brings together seniors in nursing homes, community centers, and senior centers with pre-school to high-school aged youths.

HOW TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER AS AN ARTIST
www.artisthelpnetwork.com
The network assists artists in locating information, resources, guidance, and advice on a comprehensive range of career-related topics.

MUSIC MAKER RELIEF FOUNDATION
Eno Valley Station P.O. Box 72222 Durham, NC 27722
http://www.musicmaker.org     919.643.2456
Emergency Relief and Life Maintenance Program provides substantial one-time grants to recipients in crisis (medical, fire, theft, etc.), as well as ongoing assistance and general support, in-kind, fiscal, and otherwise, for musicians
Tour Support Service provides funding and services to musicians wishing to tour and record. Instrument Acquisition/Referral Service provides quality instruments and maintenance funds to recipient musicians who must be rooted in a Southern musical tradition, be 55 years or older and have an annual income less than $18,000.

ARTIST ACCESS PROGRAM
Woodhull Medical Center 760 Broadway  Brooklyn, NY
1.877.244.5600
A new program sponsored by the Woodhull Medical and Medical Health Center in Brooklyn, New York. Allows artists, through performances or interactive programs for patients, to exchange their art for health care credits. Credits accrued in the artist’s personal account and can be used in lieu of dollars to cover sliding scale fees in Woodhull’s HHC Options program. For a downloadable application use the above Web site address.
www.nyfa.org/files_uploaded/health-care-application.pdf
                   

Eligible Age – Other

ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA)   
165 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036   
www.actorsequity.org   
Richard Seff Award - BY NOMINATION ONLY; PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT. An annual award given to a male and female actor who is 50 years old or older and who has been a member of Actors' Equity for 25 years or longer, for the best performance in a supporting role in a Broadway or Off.

THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA
729 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor New York, NY 10019   
www.actorsfund.org      212.221.7300                       
The Fund's Senior and Disabled Program utilizes a case management approach for entertainment professionals who are disabled or age 62 or older to help them remain independent in the community. Services available in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS
601 E Street NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20049   
www.aarp.org     1.888.687.2277
Membership Service $12.50 a year for those aged 50 and over. Access to health insurance, automobile insurance, homeowners insurance and other services from AARP. Discounts on travel, online services, computers, music. And financial planning.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS CHARITABLE TRUST
1501 Broadway, Suite 302 New York, NY 10036
www.asja.org    212.997.0947   
Writers Emergency Assistance Fund (formerly the Llewellyn Miller Fund) Award.  A grant for freelance writers who, because of advancing age, illness, or disability, are unable to work.

ARTIST TRUST
1835 12th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122   
www.artisttrust.org    1.866.21TRUST
The Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement is an unrestricted award of $10,000. The award is given annually to a Washington State woman visual artist, age sixty or over, who has dedicated at 25 or more years of her life to creating art.

ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS OF GREATER NEW YORK LOCAL 802   322 W. 48th Street New York, NY 10036   
www.local802afm.org    212.245.4802
Senior Musicians' Association provides special services, activities and programs for musicians aged 65 or older who are members of New York Local 802.

CARNER JAZZ
Corporate Health Initiatives
110 Montclair Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042   
www.chihr.com      973.746.6270
Provides free preventative health services to uninsured or underinsured jazz musicians in greater New York City area. Pain management, chiropractic, podiatric, oriental medicine, acupuncture, and nutritional services will be offered to a limited number of qualified candidates.

FRANZ AND VIRGINIA BADER FUND
5505 Connecticut Avenue, NW #268        
Washington, DC 20015-2601   
www.baderfund.org    202.288.4608
Makes grants to visual artists who lack adequate financial resources to concentrate on their art. One or two grants are made annually. The Fund welcomes applications from artists aged 40 years or older who live within 150 miles of Washington, D.C and can demonstrate that they have the potential to benefit from a grant.

INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MUSIC    
Rollins College - Music Theory and Composition   
Campus Box 2731, 1000 Holt Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789    www.iawm.org
Search for New Music Miriam Gideon Prize. A cash prize awarded as part of the IAWM's annual Search for New Music by Women Composers. Works for solo voice and 1 to 5 instruments, by women age 50 and over.

JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
322 West 48th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10036   
www.jazzfoundation.org      212.245.3999
Jazz Musician Emergency Fund. Emergency fund for jazz musicians.

MAURICE ENGLISH FOUNDATION FOR POETRY
c/o Helen W. Drutt English 2222 Rittenhouse Square   
Philadelphia, PA 19103-5505   
Maurice English Poetry Award. A cash prize awarded for a book written by a poet who is 50 or older.

NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA)
20 Jay Street
Brookly NY 11201  Phone: 212.366.6900
www.nyfa.org     212.366.6900
Artists' Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. Grants are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in eight categories each year.  NYFA Source is the most extensive national directory of awards, services, and publications for artists.

NAGASAWA ART PARK PILOT COMMITTEE
Tokyo Office of the Nagasawa Art Park Project Committee
c/o ARTQUEST Co., Ltd.    Tokyo 102-0083        
Nagasawa Art Park Artist-in-Residence. Four to five week workshop in Japan.  Papermaking, woodblock printmaking and others. Nagasawa Art Park Artist-in-Residence: Woodblock Printmaking Workshop Award. Artists from around Japan and the world are invited to reside in the small rural village of Nagasawa, on Awaji Island, Japan, for two months and undertake a training and production workshop in the traditional Japanese techniques of woodblock printmaking.

PASSAGER
1420 North Charles Street University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD 21201-5779
www.raven.ubalt.edu/features/passager   
Poetry Contest. Contest that awards a cash prize for the best poem by an author 50 years or older.

POETRY MAGAZINE
1030 North Clark Street, Suite 420 Chicago, IL 60610   
www.poetryfoundation.org
Emily Dickinson First Book Award. An award designed to recognize an American poet over the age of 50 who has yet to publish a first book.

POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA
15 Gramercy Park New York, NY 10003   
www.poetrysociety.org    212.254.9628
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award. Cash award for original work being done in mid-career by a poet who has not had substantial recognition.

SENIOR ARTISTS NETWORK   
2852 South Quinn Street     Chicago, IL 60608   
http://seniorartistsnetwork.org/   312.744.4551
Membership benefits include exhibition opportunities and online gallery opportunities.

WILL ROGERS MOTION PICTURE PIONEERS FOUNDATION
10045 Riverside Drive, Third Floor
Toluca Lake, CA 91602   
http://www.wrpioneers.org    888.994.3863
Pioneer/Quality of Life Program Award. Provides financial assistance for retired or veteran full-time employees in the theatrical motion picture community (exhibition, distribution and production) to ensure that their basic needs are met.