"I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else." --- Toni Morrison
RESOURCES are meant to be shared. It is a simple and effective way to cultivate, elevate and empower communities. Below is an ongoing list of Black + POC owned/led organizations, communities, and publications + list of residencies, fellowships, grants, and employment opportunities within the visual art and literary realm. Have a recommendation to add to the list? Email info@syla.studio
INTERNSHIPS | RESIDENCIES | FELLOWSHIPS
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
701 Center for Contemporary Art
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Harn Museum of Art at University of Florida
California African American Museum
The Frist Center for The Visual Arts
Museum of Arts and Design of New York
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
The Association of Art Museum Curators
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Alliance of Artists Communities