ART CENTERS
ART MUSEUMS, and NON-PROFIT ART ORGANIZATIONS

Listing of art centers, art museums and non-profit art organizations listed by state. Museums and non-profit art centers and rely heavily on community support and individual memberships. They're valuable assets to a healthy art community. Please consider joining and supporting your local non-profit art organizations or favorite national ones. Membership benefits are worth it, so join one or two today.
Your support at any level does make a difference to the art community.

Non-profit art centers frequently provide exhibition space for new or cutting edge contemporary art. Besides the visual arts, many art centers provide facilities for music, performance art and other arts,
as well as art education. Government agencies and other non-profit art groups are also listed here.

http://art-collecting.com/artcenters.htm

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Nonprofit Art Organizations & Art Centers

http://art-support.com/nonprofits.htm

Great Site. Has a full list of non profit and free art centers in every state.
Link for Pennsylvania: http://art-support.com/nonprofits2.htm#PA

Questions Asked During Drew's Interview...

Do you do this for yourself or for the fans?

What were your inspirations?

-made you want to start

-keep you going

What school did you attend?

Do you feel that you needed school?

What did you do after school?

Was it hard to get started?

What would you be doing if you weren't an artist?

How well could you handle criticism?

-can you recall a time?

What kind of advice would you give a new on comer?

Tell me the importance of patience

How would you spend your free time?

What kind of person does it take to be successful?

Where did you start off?

When did you consider yourself successful?

Do you feel that most kids leaving behind art school will throw it to waste? can you tell ahead of time who they are?

Interview with Drew L

1. I do it for myself and then I hope to have some interaction with a few people who can make some sense out of it.

2. The childhood drawing impulse is the impetus for image making for myself and a lot of others. I kept doing it.

3. I went to Bard College and NYU. I also did semesters at Columbia, The New School, and Harvard. I wanted a variety of perspectives at that time. School can be very helpful as long as you educate yourself beyond the curriculum.

4 After school I was the producer for a talk radio show for many years and then I left and started teaching which gave me a more time to paint.

5 I don't feel as though things stated and ended but just happened along the way. I was kind of living a non student lifestyle while i was in school.

6 I'd probably still be a a TV or radio journalism producer.

7. Criticism was usually a gift to get but occasionally hard to have patience for.

8 My advice is to constantly reassess and if you still need to be doing it , then keep on keepin on. Making paintings can turn into a luxury that you pay dearly for.

9. Patience is a reality that shows up.

10 Free time can be a good time to take a long walk and get some distance. It's important to spend time with non art world people too.

11. It takes all kinds

12 I started off slowly and steadily. Painting often requires that.

13. Success in painting is subjective.

14 Students can take the lessons of art school with them regardless of their chosen career path.

Interview with Tom Porett

Here is a slide show put together of local art centers, and some quick information, but i suggest looking up these places for further research on getting involved locally in the arts.

Slide Show:

The Banana Factory

Luna Parc

Bottle Works Ethnics Art Center

Painted Bride Art Center

Brandywine Workshop

Additional art centers... Abington Art Center, Allens Lane Art center, Brewhouse space 101, Cheltenham Art center, The Clay studio, Trick Art and historical center, Mahayunk Art Center, Philly Art Alliance, Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburg Filmmakers, Pittsburg Glass Center, The Print Center.

Strategic Questioning

To create something that is successful, ( be it a work of art, a group, a social movement, a small business etc.) the creator(s) must first make sure they are well informed.

A look into successful methods of researching:

Strategic Questioning.