Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) is a ten-year national initiative to improve the conditions for artists working in all disciplines. As a vital and immeasurable component of our cultural and collective identity, artists help us interpret our past, define our present and imagine our future. Working artists make resonant contributions to the daily lives of our communities, not only as creators, but also as entrepreneurs, educators and involved citizens. Representing more than 2 million working adults in 2001 (up from 730,000 in 1970), artists are a vibrant and ever-growing sector of the American workforce. However, artists are typically underpaid in relation to their peers with similar education and skill sets.

Since 1969, VLA has been the leading provider of pro bono legal services, mediation, educational programs and publications, and advocacy to the arts community in New York and beyond. Through public advocacy, VLA frequently acts on issues vitally important to the arts community-freedom of expression and the protections to artists under the First Amendment being an area of special expertise and concern. The first arts-related legal aid organization, VLA is the model for similar organizations around the world. VLA is a nonprofit legal service organization supported in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and through generous gifts from law firms, corporations, foundations and individuals.

Pro Bono Legal Services for the Arts Lawyers for the Creative Arts provides free legal service  to all areas of the arts- the visual, performing, entertainment, literary, arts education and more. We help individuals as well as for-profit and not-for-profit organizations with business issues, contracts, copyrights, trademarks and many other legal areas. 

The International Federation of Actors (FIA) is an international non-governmental organisation representing performers' trade unions, guilds and associations around the world. It voices the professional concerns and interests of actors (in film, television, radio, theatre and live performance), broadcast professionals, dancers, singers, variety and circus artists and others, with the exception of musicians and visual artists.

The Arterial Network is an informal, dynamic network of individuals, institutions and funding partners working to support the effectiveness and growth of African arts and culture in civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa.

Danish Center for Culture and Development (DCCD) promotes cultural co-operation between Denmark and the developing countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East through: * Presentation of art and culture from the developing countries in cooperation with partners in Denmark and abroad * Information and advice about cultural exchange and cooperation * Allocation of funds for Danish cultural cooperation with developing countries * Co-ordination and implementation of festivals in Denmark for the developing world's cultures * Facilitation of capacity building within the cultural sector in the developing countries as well as presentation of Danish art and culture. The center provides the framework for large initiatives such as the Images festivals and information projects.

The Ghana Cultural Fund (GCF) is governed by a framework between the Royal Danish Embassy in Ghana and the Danish Centre for Culture and Development (DCCD) in Denmark. The GCF has a total budget of 5.65 million GH Cedis and it is scheduled to run for three years 2007 - 2009. The objective of the fund is to strengthen inter cultural relations, mutual understanding and promotion of democratic values among the people of Ghana through inter-cultural expressions and interactions. It is also to foster Ghanaian/Danish collaborations through the contemporary Arts and the preservation of our shared cultural heritage.

South-South.info has as aim to offer a general view of the main contexts of exchange for contemporary dance in the countries of the southern part of the planet, including information on the principal festivals, spaces, articulators, publications, etc. With this initiative we intend to stimulate and facilitate international exchange, cooperation and circulation of artists and ideas from South to South.

La Chaire de gestion des arts Carmelle et Rémi-Marcoux contribue à l'élargissement des connaissances en réalisant des recherches sur une diversité de sujets liés à la gestion des arts dont les résultats font l'objet de publications. Elle contribue ainsi à faire reconnaître la spécificité des problèmes que pose la gestion des arts et des industries culturelles.

Ce projet de recherche s'inscrit dans une perspective multidisciplinaire, alliant chercheurs du milieu des arts et de la culture aux chercheurs du milieu universitaire. De par son approche novatrice à la fois pratique et académique, les personnes et organismes impliqués participent :\n\n * aux différents axes de la recherche;\n * à constituer un cadre d'analyse conceptuel au moyen d'un cadre d'analyse;\n * à générer des solutions pratiques et des outils pour les organismes du milieu des arts de la culture.

Dance Films Association, Inc. (DFA), a non-profit, tax-exempt, member-supported service organization, promotes excellence in dance on camera and public awareness of the artform through its annual Dance on Camera Festival, Dance Film Lab, publications, grants, and workshops. Its many partners help to bring its touring programs to a wide public. Dance on camera is a collaborative art, one that fuses the ageless art of dance and the century old art of film. DFA aims to impart that spirit of collaboration to the world and to encourage a keen awareness of the magical ways to interpret time, space, and energy.

We are the national service organization for professional dance. We believe that dance is essential to a healthy society, demonstrating the infinite possibilities for human expression and potential, and facilitating communication within and across cultures. Dance/USA sustains and advances professional dance by addressing the needs, concerns, and interests of artists, administrators and organizations. By providing services and national leadership, Dance/USA enhances the infrastructure for dance creation, education and dissemination.

The EU gives culture an important place in development cooperation by: * systematically integrating the cultural aspect in all its policies, projects and programmes, * funding the preservation of cultural heritage and the emergence of viable cultural industries, * covering living culture and cultural heritage - both important for growth, jobs and cultural identity, * encouraging its partners to include culture in their own poverty reduction strategies and national development plans. Unlike other donors, the EC gives priority to promoting and supporting its partners' culture rather than focusing on the promotion of its own culture.

For more than 8 years we provide our international network for arts and business. The website and the monthly newsletter became popular among professionals in the arts and the creative sector. With its global perspective, our network is a valuable resource for academics, students, researchers, regional and national authorities, business people, and journalists. Please feel invited to browse through the various collections for articles, books, courses, conferences, and web resources. And send us your feedback or contributions to make this independent network even better.

The Institute for Music and Development (IMD) welcomes you to its unique world of learning experiences, adventure and cultural excitement.\nIMD intends to serve a need for those who wish to go beyond the obvious events of everyday life into the very fabric of the psyche of traditional peoples, their worldview, the creative arts and the various structures that constitute what they perceive as their world. Above all, IMD's philosophy is guided by the importance of authenticity and credibility in its activities.\nOur scope encompasses advocacy and the development of the music industry within the context of an African Music Network. As educators, our interest in youth development, projects and programs is paramount in and integral to our work. Therefore we welcome educators, students, researchers, and music professionals to this site.

The Dance Guild of Nigeria is a legal equity set up with the aim of promoting, protecting and projecting the image, aspirations and welfare of the Nigeria dance practitioner and the affiliate dance company.

The Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation was founded as a catalyst for growth within the state's burgeoning cultural economy. Its primary mission is to support the development and enhancement of the unique cultural industries of Louisiana.

Fédération Régionale de Danse de Martinique

Misión El Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura, es el órgano del Ejecutivo Nacional responsable de generar y proyectar los lineamientos y las políticas culturales del Estado que coadyuven al Desarrollo Humano de manera integral, a la preservación y conocimiento del Patrimonio cultural tangible e intangible de la nación, y el fomento y potenciación de las expresiones culturales del país, como elementos sustantivos y determinantes para el resguardo de la memoria, el Patrimonio Cultural y la profundización del sentido de identidad nacional, como expresiones del ideario de una vida digna e íntegra. Visión Ser un ministerio modelo para el proceso de transformación de la administración pública en materia cultural, coadyuvando en el cumplimiento de los deberes del Estado Venezolano en materia de preservación, enriquecimiento y restauración del patrimonio cultural tangible e intangible y la memoria histórica de la nación, con atención especial a las culturas populares constitutivas de la venezolanidad; así como ser garante de la emisión, recepción y circulación de la información cultural, con miras a la plena satisfacción de los derechos culturales de los venezolanos.