YARDS Research

Young Artists Resource, Development, and Support

Inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA)
Sustainable and impactful investment
BIPOC
Community development finance institutions (CDFIs)

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High Paying Art Jobs

​https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/art-major-jobs

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• Product designer
• User experience designer
• Creative director
• Senior fashion designer
• Art director
• Store planner​

• Multimedia artist
• ​Fashion designer
  
• Industrial design
• Technical designer
• Interior designer
• ​Gallery manager

Top Rated Art Schools

​https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/fine-arts-rankings

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• Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
• University of California - Los Angeles
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Yale University
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• California Institute of the Arts
• Rhode Island School of Design
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Maryland Institute College of Art
• University of Michigan
• Alfred University - New York State
• Bard College
• California College of the Arts
• Columbia University
• University of California - San Diego
• Arizona State University
• Art Center College of Design
• Cranbrook Academy of Art
• New School - Parsons School of Design
• Pratt Institute
• University of California - Berkeley
• University of California - Davis
• University of Wisconsin - Madison
• CUNY - Hunter College
• Massachusetts College of Art
• Rochester Institute of Technology

• Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey - New Brunswick
• School of Visual Arts
• University of Colorado - Boulder
• University of Iowa
• University of Texas - Austin
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Boston University
• Indiana University - Bloomington
• Ohio State University
• Ohio University
• Otis College of Art and Design
• Stanford University
• Temple University
• University of Arizona
• University of Georgia
• University of Washington
• Claremont Graduate University
• Florida State University
• New York University
• San Francisco Art Institute
• University of California - Irvine
• University of California - Santa Barbara
• University of Chicago
• University of Florida
• University of Illinois - Chicago
• University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Banks and Foundations that Fund Art Programs

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• Bank of America - https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/what-guides-us/arts-and-culture.html#fbid=4jo_grNRWDx
• PNC Arts Alive - https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/corporate-responsibility/philanthropy/pnc-foundation/arts-alive.html
• Royal Bank of Canada - https://www.rbccm.com/en/citizenship/arts.page
• MacArthur Foudation - https://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/grantmaking-guidelines/arts-and-culture-loan-fund

Other Supportive Art Programs

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• Americans for the Arts - https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/funding-resources
• United Performing Arts Fund - https://upaf.org
• Arts in Action - https://artinaction.org/resource/funding-and-grants-for-arts-education-programs/

Research Articles

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• Art Consulting Group - https://artsconsulting.com/arts-insights/inclusion-diversity-equity-and-access-why-now-in-the-arts-and-culture-sector/
• Tommy Duncan (for inspiration) - https://jetdoc.com/about-us/

Partnerships

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