Living With Art 5e Online content by Brian Gore
	Online Learning Center

Considerable debate exists in the US on public funding for the arts. For more information on this issue, check out these Online Newshour Backrounder reports:

Funding the Arts:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june97/arts_3-10.html
NEA Funding Debate:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/nea_7-23.html
Symphony Survival:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june97/symphony_3-26.html

The livelyhood of the world arts community is very much dependent on private and public funding. As anyone involved in the arts will tell you, funding is limited, and the competition for careers and money in the arts is olympian in proportion. Despite the controversy surrounding public funding for the arts and humanities, grants, internships and other opportunities to pursue a career in the arts do exist. If it's what you want, you can do it. Taking advantage of the web resources listed below may help.

Foundations, Arts Councils and Similar Organizations

Whether you're looking for money, an internship a job or information related to the arts, you'll eventually encounter organizations like the ones below trying to make art happen:

National Endowment for the Humanities:
http://www.neh.fed.us/
The NEH is involved in funding for exhibitions, museums, preservation projects and documentaries related to the arts and humanities.

New York Foundation for the Arts:
http://www.artswire.org/nyfa/nyfa.html
The New York Foundation for the Arts enables contemporary artists to create and share their work, and provides the broader public with opportunities to experience and understand the arts.

Open Studio: The Arts Online
http://www.openstudio.org/
A national initiative of the Benton Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. They provide Internet access and training to artists and nonprofit arts organizations to ensure that the communications environment of the 21st century thrives as a source of creative excellence and diversity.

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