
Los Angeles Artist Resources
Accounting and Finance Management
- Claire Van Holland https://cvledger.com/
- Amy Smith http://amyelainesmith.com/supporting-artists/
- Christina Empedocles insightpersonalfinance.com
Appraisal
- Garine Babian, MA, Esq, Stapleton & Babian: Art Authentication & Appraisal – Business Coordinator 323.632.0089 garine@stapletonandbabian.com
stapletonandbabian.com - Jacqueline Silverman http://jsaappraisals.com/
Arts Advocates
- https://www.ableartswork.org/
- https://www.americansforthearts.org/
- https://artistcommunities.org/
- https://artiststhrive.org/
- https://www.artsforla.org/
- https://www.artworldconference.com/
- https://www.californiansforthearts.org/
- https://www.calawyersforthearts.org/
- https://www.cciarts.org/
- https://www.collegeart.org/
- https://www.commonfield.org/
- https://www.corrinapeipon.com/
- https://creative-capital.org/
- https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/
- https://www.rhizomaticarts.com/
- http://shoeboxarts.com/
- https://wageforwork.com/
- https://womenscenterforcreativework.com/
- https://www.americansforthearts.org/
- https://www.artworkarchive.com/
Art Supplies
- Nova Color – Artists Acrylic Paint
- Artist and Craftsman Supply
- Blick
- Fine Art Stretcher Bars
- Jerry’s Artarama
- Graphaids, Inc
- Blue Rooster Art Supplies
- Carter Sexton Artist Materials
- Lyon Art Supplies
- Fine Art Panels
- Trekell
Art Therapy
- Celina Jacques – Artist, Marriage & Family Therapist, and Art Therapist celinajacques.com Contact page on website.
- Ilana Simons, PhD, is a psychologist who focuses on work with artists. She is based in Mar Vista and takes a wide range of insurance. Her website has further info: https://www.ilanasimons.co
- https://www.elemy.com/studio/autism-therapy/art-therapy
- The Use of Art Therapy in Addiction Treatment https://www.floridarehab.com/treatment/addiction-therapies/art-therapy/
Art Tours
- LA Art Tours – Intimate Art Experiences. Unique Creative Adventures. laarttours.com
- Cartwheel Art Tours- Cartwheel Art Tours offer to our guests, a unique perspective and immersive urban experience in art, food/beverage and history with an opportunity to learn about the developments occurring in one of Los Angeles’s most unique, dynamic, art-centric and rapidly changing neighborhoods–the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. cartwheelart.com
- Los Angeles Art Tours and Classes- Led by Quinton Bemiller “Insightful Excursions into the Contemporary Art World” losangelesarttoursandclasses.com
Art Transport
- BuddyTruk- App
- LA Art Guy
- Prestige Delivery – Romeo Plascencia prestigecr8@gmail.com (310) 678-5100 (Excellent experience- family of an artist)
Artist Assistant
Artist’s contract
Business of Art resources
- Artist’s Office
- California Lawyers for the Arts
- Center for Cultural Innovation
- Corrina Peipon
- GYST
- Shoebox Arts
- Mischief Managed
- Miata Edoga
Catalog/publishers
- Tony Pinto https://tonypinto.net/books/
- Griffith Moon Publishing https://griffithmoon.com/
- X Artists Books https://www.xartistsbooks.com/
- Blurb https://www.blurb.com/
- Createspace https://www.createspace.com/
Classes/Workshops
- APC Fine Arts– Torrance
- BertaArt Studio– DTLA
- Caryl St. Ama- Encaustic workshops– Glendale
- The Cool School– Los Angeles
- Cope Studios– Burbank
- Delesprie Sculpture– Westlake Village
- Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art– Van Nuys
- Mary Gail King Fine Art– Camarillo
- Studio Channel Islands– Camarillo
- Valley Art Workshop– Woodland Hills
- Kline Academy – Los Angeles
- Los Feliz Life Drawing – Los Feliz
- Life Drawing Muze
- Gallery Girls
- ARTSGarage
- Hilary Hahn – Art and Textile/Young designer classes
- Kelly Kilmer – acrylic painting, collage, bookbinding
- Designing Letters
- Carole Silverstein – Art and Consciousness
- Kate Savage – Art and Mindfulness
- LA Center of Photography
- Taly Bar Healer – Intuitive Art Classes
Cleaning Services
- House Cleaning by Jennifer will make your home sparkling clean. Top-to-bottom and thorough work, experienced, reliable. I don’t cut corners-I clean them! Through out LA Area Call or text (562)522-4454
- Anne Marie Cleaning Service – Fully Insured/Experienced/Dependable Residential& Commercial Weekly/Bi-Weekly/Seasonal *free estimates* Moving? Let me help you! (929) 979-7629 annemarie310@live.com Huntington Beach, CA
Editor
- Pamela Barr- I am a Yale-trained art historian with more than thirty years of editorial experience with all aspects of art publishing: illustrated books, museum/gallery exhibition catalogues and wall labels, Ph.D. theses, grants, press releases, and websites. I was senior editor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for twenty-six years while running an independent editorial firm. I have had the privilege of working with some of the most prestigious curators, dealers, and artists of our time, including Richard Avedon, Anthony Caro, Chuck Close, Christo and Jean-Claude, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Andrew Goldsworthy, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Jeff Koons, Sol Lewitt, Roxy Paine, Robert Polidori, Imran Qureshi, Robert Rauschenberg, Sean Scully, Katrin Sigurdardottir, Doug and Mike Starn, Frank Stella, Thomas Struth, and Kara Walker. gopi.girl108@gmail.com
Event Calendars
- https://curate.la/
- http://www.whatsonlosangeles.com/
- http://foryourart.com/
- https://artillerymag.com/calendar/
- http://laartparty.com/
Event Organizers
- Playable Agency – Virtual and Hybrid Events
- Hijinx
Fabrication
- umakers.org – a makerspace – CNC, 3D Printing, Lasercutting, woodshop, coding, electronics, large format printing
- Laser Gnomes – laser cutting/engraving, CNC machining, custom fabrication, Prototyping, 3D modeling, woodworking, signmaking
- Toyshoppe Solutions – Prototypes + R&D + Media Design + Engineering
- Charisma Design Studio – Waterjet Cutting Services
- Steve X Craig Fabrication: Electronic design and wiring, metal and wood fabrication. Any kinetic, interactive, generative art construction Email: x@stevexcraig.com
Filmmaker (artist/event)
- Eric Minh Swenson – Documentary films of fine artists, curators, collectors and enthusiasts. thuvanarts.com
- LA Art Documents http://www.laartdocuments.com/ Contact: laartdocuments@gmail.com
- Video documentary – https://vastimagemedia.com/
Fiscal Sponsorship
Flooring
- Steve Seleska – Resin flooring resinfloorstudio.com
Framing
- Todd Squires- recommendation from a friend “An artist who also does beautiful (Madonna is one of his many clients) framing. He uses beautiful materials and museum paper, in the expensive side but worth it!” Todd’s shop is called Fourth Corner Conservation Framing, 1746A Berkeley Street, Santa Monica CA 90404 (310) 998-9266
- Eve Kessler, Altadena “I have over 30 years of experience specializing in beautiful natural and stained wood frames. I especially enjoy helping emerging artists prepare to show their work” (323)823-1839
- Striving Artists Framing and art photography. “The company is family run, their motto is “We frame anything that can’t walk away.” I have seen them create amazing frames for three dimensional as well as two dimensional artworks. They also have a professional photo set up where they can professionally light and shoot artworks (for portfolio) and have a very large format digital printer which prints giclees on watercolor papers, wood, and other materials.” In Chatsworth – http://www.strivingartists.com/
- Belle Arte Framing – wholesale framing in Lincoln Heights bellearte.net
- Victor Escobedo “Awesome framer in Culver City. The best I know. He does some big clients but is the best kept secret. Super quick turnaround, good price, good work” Victor Escobedo (310) 280-8872.
- Viva Sullivan “I specialize in design and exhibition consultation, restoration and full custom and conservation framing. I maintain my own studio, therefore, my overheads are low, allowing major savings to be passed on to clients. A wide ranging knowledge of contemporary, antique and period pieces is utilized in all of my work” vivasullivan.com
- Framing House Design Yelp Chinatown (213) 621-0295
- V&R Fine Art Service – Luis Rizzo vrartservice@gmail.com Archival framing. Recommended by Craig Krull Gallery
- Tim Heritage, T. Heritage Gallery tim@theritage.com (310) 315-9562
- Curve Line Space https://www.curvelinespace.com/
- Sherman Gallery https://www.shermangallery.com/
- Viva Sullivan http://vivasullivan.com/frameshop1.htm
- Roberts Fine Art Framing – Inland Empire – https://www.yelp.com/biz/roberts-fine-art-and-framing-moreno-valley
- La Tourette’s Gallery https://www.laframe.com/ 9621 Valley Blvd #C, El Monte, CA 91731 888-523-7263
Grant writing
- A to Z Grantwriting with Linda Vallejo “Learn how to gain needed funds and support through informative and invigorating seminars and the consulting services of a seasoned professional” atozgrantwriting.com
Graphic Design
- Tony Pinto, Vim & Vigor https://tonypinto.net/
- Karen Knecht from Konnect Design…AMAZING branding, graphic design, website design, business card design, etc. If you want something very special and extremely well done, she’s the one! Karen’s on the expensive side but worth it if you can swing it. Impeccable taste. kk@konnectdesign.com (310) 600-1670
- Pitch Please – writing, visual research, and graphic design for commercial, film, and TV treatments!pitchplease.com hello@pitchplease.com.
- Angie O’Neal – “I hired Angie to create a simple logo / branded name identity and she exceeded my expectations both in ability to communicate and get my ideas and the speed of getting things to me for approval. I highly recommend her for any graphic design needs.” angieoneal.com a@angieoneal.com
- Anna Mkhikian – Anna is a graphic designer who loves working with clients to create elegant visuals that communicate complex systems or ideas. She specializes in creating brand identities for small businesses/artists, providing a wide range of services including logo design, web design, business card design, and infographics / data visualizations. http://www.annaartemism.com / annamkhikian@gmail.com
- Melissa Reischman https://www.mreischman.com/
- Tatev Ghulyan http://tatevghulian.com/
- Arezoo Bharthania freelance graphic design https://www.linkedin.com/in/arezoo-bharthania-b09433103/ a.bharthania@gmail.com
Installer
- Steve Seleska steveseleska@yahoo.com 323-610-1526
- LA Art Guy, Highly recommend. They work with the Los Angeles Art Association. laartguy.com
- Tom Fitzpatrick: Fine Art Hanging and Installation. He’s terrific and the real deal. I think he works on an hourly fee and is excellent. cell (323) 791-9187 or (323) 257-5477
- Doug Penty of Advanced Art Services. Art Installation and Transport 323-229-2438 Advancedartservices@gmail.com
Legacy/Collections
Legal Services
- Garine Babian, MA, Esq (Art related) gbabian@yahoo.com 818-317-4694
- California Lawyers for the Arts https://www.calawyersforthearts.org/
- Casey Summar https://www.caseysummar.com
- Counsel for Creators https://counselforcreators.com
- Greg Victoroff & Associates Greg@victoroff-law.com http://www.victoroff-law.com
- Susan Schwartz https://www.susanschwartzlaw.com
Massage
- Sabrina Ortolano Birth Doula and Cyndi Ortolano. Brewery Artists Lofts, DTLA (323)899-7396
- Betzi Stein Massage Therapy, Since 1987 -Prevent Illness. Promote Health. Get Massage. – tel: (310) 202-0474 (310) 402-8818 cell betzi@betzistein.com www.betzisteinmassage.com
- Taly Bar Healer http://www.healingbytalybar.com/
Nutrition
- https://eatwellbewellbox.myshopify.com/ – Personal Shoppers & Chef Services
Organization
- Joey has a passion for organizing, arranging, sorting, and filing. She also has a passion for getting rid of waste. Weird? brasstacksorganization.com
- NO WIRE HANGERS the green way to organize nowirehangersbiz.com
- Karen Kaye, The Clutter Angel, 323 459-4450, info@theclutterangel.com, theclutterangel.com
- Little Miss Organize “My name is Sandra and I started Little Miss Organize to use my skill set to help people as a professional life coach and organizer . If you find yourself buried in business papers and feel like you never have any time for yourself? You may need a life coach. With my skillset and training with NAPO and several nutrition accreditations, I can help you get back on track!” littlemissorganize.com
- Kailea Switzer – Professional Organizer. kaileaswitzer@gmail.com (875) 285-0219 youngwildandtidy.com
- Archivio – organize, inventory and artwork preservation. 10 years providing the highest quality entertainment industry archival services in three core areas: Organization, Legacy, Archiving. andrea@artearchivio.com – (213} 255-1338
Personal Assistant
- Rachel Stander – Assistance for creative professionals rachelgirlfriday.com
- Lauren Johnson- Assisting, organizing, personal shopping and more – hourly, daily rates and works weekends- 615-738-8002 johnson.lauren91@gmail.com
Photography (Artwork)
- Alan Shaffer- recommendation from a friend. “Photographs all my work for me and he is awesome! Alan shoots Ed Moses, Andy Moses, Larry Bell, list goes on and on!” Alan Shaffer Photography
(310) 993-6031 - Joshua White https://www.jwpictures.com/
- Elon Schoenholz https://schoenholz.com/
Photography (Event)
- Baha Danesh. Highly recommended. Beautiful photos. Additional services through wechooseart.com baha@bahaart.com
Podcasts
- https://theconversationpod.com/
- https://www.thejealouscurator.com/…/art-for-your-ear…/
- https://hyperallergic.com/category/podcast/
- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/talk-art/id1439567112
- https://www.superfine.world/the-artist-business-plan-podcast
- https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/
- https://artistmotherpodcast.com/podcast/
- https://www.missartworld.com/the-podcast
- https://podcasts.apple.com/…/art-traffic/id1260803741
- https://podcasts.apple.com/…/the-week-in-art/id1280469178
- https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/katy-hessel-podcast
- https://www.johndalton.me/podcasts/
- https://playgrounding.com/category/podcast/
- https://www.davidzwirner.com/podcast
- https://arttactic.com/podcasts/
- http://www.thelonelypalette.com/
- https://theartistsvoice.libsyn.com/
- https://diffusiontapes.com/
- https://www.keepthechannelopen.com/
- https://www.whatartistslistento.com/
- https://www.artagencypartners.com/in-other-words-issue/
- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/waldy-and-bendys-adventures-in-art/id1510587218?fbclid=IwAR2EjNlaCnfFM_Y-_jhg0gW7Pcz4fbQHWRXTrSxFVqUTam0Q8xKGvGIg55M
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-all-americans/id1440542922?fbclid=IwAR1i3NnxVlSHI1bCQIxBVM5DHzeZkjgZXGBtTSOXqd9Tc4mVPtvWTaeIaa4
- http://www.burnerpodcast.com/
PR and Marketing
- Shoebox Arts
- Hijinx PR
- Campbell Communications
- Communications Arts Inc
- Laura Grover
- Pattern and Matrix
- Olive Creative Strategies
- Media Mandy
- Process-Progress
Printing (Fine Art)
- APC Fine Arts– Torrance
- Art Printer– Los Angeles
- Art Works – FIne Art Publishing– Los Angeles
- Artists Corner– Los Angeles
- BowHaus Printing– Los Angeles
- Color Images – Burbank
- Contact LA– Brewery
- Digital Fusion– Culver City
- Fleurdeboom– Serigraph (silkscreen) Printing, Transparency Film Printing, and Screen Coating and Exposure.
- Icon LA– Los Angeles
- Marco Fine Arts– Hawthorne
- Modern Multiples – Fine Art Print Studios– East Los Angeles
- Prolab Digital
- Raw Materials– DTLA
- Duganne Ateliers
- Static Medium
- Print Shop LA
- Aandi
- Atom Prints
- https://chromedigital.com/
- http://www.cybercopyusa.com/
- http://www.eastcountyprintshop.com/
- http://elnopalpress.com/
- https://fathom-art.com/
- https://www.filmsolutions.com/
- https://fineartprinting.la/
- http://fineartpublishing.com/
- https://www.frogtownphoto.com/
- http://grayareaprint.com/
- https://www.hyenaprints.com/
- https://mpressions.graphics/
- https://www.mustardbeetle.com/customprints
- http://www.pressworksart.com/
- https://www.strivingartists.com/
- https://sugarpressart.com/
- https://thurstonprintlab.biz/
- http://www.tlush.com/
- https://www.weldoncolorlab.com/
- http://thomaseditions.com/
- http://www.aardvarkletterpress.com/
- Mcmanus Morgan
Printing (Postcards/Business Cards)
- Moo
- Got Print
- NextDayFlyers
- Uprinting
- Modern Postcard
- SGX Print
- J6 Creative- Fine Art Reproduction
- PrinTop – West Hollywood
Project Management Apps
- https://www.artworkarchive.com/
- https://slack.com/
- https://asana.com/
- https://monday.com/
- https://www.gyst-ink.com/
Spiritual Consultant
- Helping artists reconnect with their faith one session at a time https://www.spiritualdirection.christineleesmith.com/
Shipping/Crating
Studios/Communities
- 1019West
- Artshare LA
- Beacon Arts Building
- Brewery Artists Lofts
- Cope Studios
- Downtown Artist Space
- Hawthorne Arts Complex
- Keystone Art Space
- Santa Fe Art Colony
- Santa Monica Art Studios
- Studio Channel Islands
Sustainability
- Zero waste boxes https://zerowasteboxes.terracycle.com/products/art-supplies-zero-waste-box
- Remainders Creative Reuse https://remainderspas.org/
- Waste Disposal https://ehs.princeton.edu/health-safety-the-campus-community/art-theater-safety/art-safety/waste-disposal
- Disposing of Paint Waste https://assets.ctfassets.net/f1fikihmjtrp/7DFGVMBR55lFobhHD47zu4/2df250682a31a917e8b469c51a27d16f/SC_disposal.pdf
- Crash Paint Solids Water Cleaning system https://www.goldenpaints.com/crashpaintsolids?fbclid=IwAR2r9RuC7dsjhuhqstqj5Unv4C8IuX5DtoSS_bgTUWGue7FsK74_jvSjH28
- LA Co E-Waste – electronics https://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/hhw/ewaste
- Paint recycling https://pw.lacounty.gov/general/faq/index.cfm?20039=20039&Action=getAnswers&FaqID=JSM9PzRTPVggCg%3D%3D&Keywords=1
- Hazardous Waste https://bit.ly/3IfatSi
Taxes
- Terby and Associates Janice Terby Paiement- Highly recommended for artists.
- Sunlight Tax Prep (Taxes for Artists)
Website Design
- Mark Lindsey
https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaWebDesigner/
- WordPress Websites and Blogs for Artists
http://artbiz.ca/
- Stacie Milmeister “I can build from scratch, dreamweaver, or cms, wordpress or shopify”
http://milmeister.com/
- Allison Wyper
“I design squarespace sites for artists and also help coach them on content and presentation”
http://www.rhizomaticarts.com/web
- Nicholas Marlin
Website builder. “He’s very fast, affordable, and very good” Nic@NicMarlin.com
- Mary Kay Stam
http://kaypergraphics.com/
- GYST
“Getting Your Sh*t Together has a website designer as an associate that we refer artists to. We also have an article on websites for artists in our resources section on our website under the Internet Article”
http://www.gyst-ink.com
- Anne Nicolai creates fully-functioning websites on WordPress and WIX using your images and content starting at $500. Ask to see sample sites! Anne Nicolai, http://editorsma.com, tel. 612-424-3594
- Ching Ching Cheng
“I can build artists website using wix.com, and the basic price is $200 for up to 4 pages (tabs) including resizing images if needed. I also design custom artists book/catalog using InDesign. Basic $200 for up to 40 pages.”
kinoko477@gmail.com
- Jody Zellen
custom or template driven artist’s sites www.jodyzellenprojects.com - Robert Mening – My team at WebsiteSetup.org recently created a free, step-by-step guide titled “Online Portfolios: How to Setup & What to Include” specifically for artists and creative types to reference. It’s meant to help those who have no real website or portfolio building experience create something great for themselves to share their work. https://websitesetup.org/
- Tony Pinto https://tonypinto.net/
- Johari Fields at https://www.shifteddesigngroup.com/
Writers
- Writing services from Genie Davis – bios, blogs, website content, SEO, PR writing, magazine articles, memoirs, fiction, non-fiction. Multi-published journalist/novelist, marketing/communications pro. If you want it written, I’ll write it. geniewrites2@gmail.com
- Eve Wood – Published art writer – Catalog Essays dankavision0@gmail.com