Los Angeles Artist Resources

Los Angeles Artist Resources

Accounting and Finance Management

Advocates

Appraisal

Art Therapy

  • Celina Jacques – Artist, Marriage & Family Therapist, and Art Therapist celinajacques.com Contact page on website.

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

Artist’s contract

Assistant

Business of Art resources

Catalog/publishers

Classes/Workshops

Editor

  • Tania Chiovato Rambaldo is an award-winning writer and editor with a special interest in art writing. Having lived at the Brewery artist complex her whole life, Tania is deeply familiar with the creative process. While she knows that for artists, presenting themselves and their work on paper is crucial for a healthy career, Tania also understands that many artists struggle to write about their art. As an editor, she works with artists on all written materials, including (but not limited to) artist biographies and statements, grant applications, project proposals, and resumes. Through her editorial work, Tania helps artists refine existing texts, develop thematic descriptions of their art, and even ghostwrite new materials. Tania is available for one-on-one support, either virtually or in person.
    For business inquiries, contact: taniarambaldo@gmail.com
    Writing samples linked here.

Event Calendars

Event Organizers

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
  • Collab Makerspace The Collab MakerSpace is a 3000 sq ft community workshop located just north of Downtown Los Angeles (with plentiful free, safe parking.) Featuring a wide range of tools and equipment for members to use – from traditional to modern

Filmmaker (artist/event)

  • Eric Minh Swenson – Documentary films of fine artists, curators, collectors and enthusiasts. thuvanarts.com

Fiscal Sponsorship

Flooring

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.

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

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

Nutrition

Organization

  • Joey has a passion for organizing, arranging, sorting, and filing. She also has a passion for getting rid of waste. Weird? brasstacksorganization.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

  • 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

PR and Marketing

Printing (Fine Art)

Printing (Postcards/Business Cards)

Project Management Apps

Spiritual Consultant

Shipping/Crating

Studios/Communities

Supplies

Sustainability

Taxes

Transport

Website Design

  • Stacie Milmeister “I can build from scratch, dreamweaver, or cms, wordpress or shopify”
    http://milmeister.com/
  • Nicholas Marlin
    Website builder. “He’s very fast, affordable, and very good” Nic@NicMarlin.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
  • David S. Rubin, a Los Angeles native, is a nationally recognized curator, writer, and artist. As a curator, he has held positions at MOCA Cleveland, Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, and San Antonio Museum of Art. As a writer he has contributed to Art and Cake, Art in America, Arts Magazine, Artweek, ArtScene, Artillery, Fabrik, Glasstire, Hyperallergic, and Visual Art Source. He has published numerous exhibition catalogs, and his curatorial archives are housed in the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art. dsrcurator@gmail.com

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