American Photography Archives Group

An organization that offers membership and diverse resources, including a handbook for managing photo archives.

CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund and Artists Emergency Resources)

A national organization dedicated to supporting craft artists and providing emergency resources to artists of all disciplines, with a focus on safeguarding and sustaining their careers.

Elder Artists' Legal Resource

An online tool created by the Research Center for Arts and Culture to help artists protect their life's work and provide legal resources tailored to the needs of older artists.

Etched in Memory: Legacy Planning for Artists

A web resource designed to help artists prepare for and safeguard their professional legacy through effective planning and archival practices.

Joan Mitchell Foundation: Creating a Living Legacy - CALL - PDF download

Resources provided by the Joan Mitchell Foundation to assist artists in creating comprehensive documentation of their artworks and careers.

Artists Legacy Foundation

The Foundation serves as a resource for scholars, curators and the general public by deepening their understanding of the work of Legacy Artists. Educational programs help inform artists about estate planning and the choices they need to make about their work throughout their careers.

Photography Collection Preservation Project (PCPP)

PCPP serves as an advisor and consultant for artists seeking to preserve their work, but also proactively identifies such imperiled cultural, historical, and educational assets in order to see that they are properly placed and preserved.

Artists' Fellowship

A charitable foundation that offers financial assistance to professional visual artists and their families during times of emergency, disability, or bereavement.

The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grant

The grant provides support for painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have been creating art for at least 20 years and are in current financial need. Emergency Grants are considered.

Rauschenberg Emergency Grants

A program that provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for unexpected medical emergencies to visual and media artists and choreographers in need of emergency medical aid.

New York Foundation for the Arts

General resource - plus - NYFA Artist Resources and Services Talk in Queens, NY.

Tree of Life Artists

Tree of Life welcomes applications from artists of recognizable artistic merit, age 60 and over.

The Center for Art Law

Center for Art Law is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that offers educational resources and programming for the advancement of a vibrant arts and law community.

Books:

Artists’ Estates : Reputations in Trust

Magda Salvesen and Diane Cousineau. 2005, reprinted in 2021

Creative Legacies : Artists’ Estates and Foundations.

Kathy Battista, Bryan Faller and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. 2020.

Handbook of Practical Planning for Artists Art Collectors and Their Advisors

Ramsay Slugg, 2019.

The Artist Estate: A Handbook for Artists Executors and Heirs.

Loretta Würtenberger, Karl von Trott, and Aaron Bogart. 2016.