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## [Accounting and Financial Services for Artists](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/accounting-financial-services-artists)
By [Nina Berman](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/nina-berman)
February 8th, 2022
Nobody becomes an artist because they secretly want to become their own accountant. However, once you’re in your creative practice it’s inevitable that you’ll have to deal with your own finances. As a creative, you need to manage your budget, create and sign contracts with studio spaces or freelancers, sock away funds into your savings, and then make it all legible to the IRS come tax season.
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## [Best of the Fractured Atlas Blog 2021: Fundraising for Artists](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/best-of-fractured-atlas-blog-2021-fundraising-artists)
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December 7th, 2021
We’re closing out the year looking back at the information and advice we’ve given our community of artists and sharing our favorites. We know that artists need financial resources to make your work and getting those resources often means fundraising.
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## [Best of the Fractured Atlas Blog 2021: Marketing for Artists](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/best-of-fractured-atlas-blog-2021-marketing-artists)
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December 7th, 2021
Looking back at the past year, we’re rounding up our favorite articles on a number of topics. Here are the best pieces of advice we’ve shared about marketing for artists; from getting into the mindset to market yourself to figuring out what kind of content you should be sharing on social media.
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## [Best of the Fractured Atlas Blog 2021: Tips and Tools](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/best-fractured-atlas-blog-2021-tips-and-tools)
By [Nina Berman](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/nina-berman)
December 6th, 2021
On this blog, we share a variety of tips and tools to help support artists in your creative practices, from managing the nuts and bolts of a creative life (what’s a contract, after all?) to building better economies for artists (we’re big fans of cooperatives). Here are some of our favorite tips and tool articles from 2021.
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## [Where Artists Can Rent Tools, Equipment, and Materials](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/where-artists-rent-tools-equipment-materials)
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November 30th, 2021
To create art, you need materials and tools. For the most DIY of us, we can find some of those materials and tools around our homes. But the rest of us will need to source tools, equipment, and materials to make our work.
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## [When Should I Get a Fiscal Sponsor?](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/right-time-fiscal-sponsor)
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November 16th, 2021
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October 26th, 2021
At Fractured Atlas, we are dedicated to helping our community of artists and arts organizations get the resources you need in order to bring your vision to life. Often, this means fundraising.
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## [End-of-Year Fundraising Sample Timeline](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/end-of-year-fundraising-sample-timeline)
By [Nina Berman](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/nina-berman)
October 25th, 2021
Artists and arts organizations looking to start your next year off strong are probably considering an end-of-year fundraiser. End-of-year fundraising is a chance for you to connect with your current and previous donors, thank them for their support, and ask them to give one last time before the new year. For artists and arts organizations with either 501(c)(3) status or a fiscal sponsor, it’s also a time for your donors to make their final tax-deductible donations before the end of the year.
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## [End-of-Year Fundraising for Artists](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/end-of-year-fundraising-for-artists)
By [Nina Berman](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/nina-berman)
October 19th, 2021
I know it feels like we’re barely settling into fall, but the end of the year is right around the corner. For artists and arts organizations from independent theater producers to the Met, we’re all entering into a major time for fundraising in the calendar year.
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## [Mission Statements for Artists: What They Are and How to Write One](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/mission-statements-for-artists)
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October 11th, 2021
Mission statements are powerful tools for artists, arts organizations, or any group of people looking to have an impact with the work that they do. In one or two sentences, a mission statement can help you clarify the effect that you want your work to have for yourself, for your audience, and for donors. Missions statements are used to help others understand why you do what you do rather than what exactly it is that you do. Mission statements are about the “why” instead of the “how” or the “what.”
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