Organizations are listed in alphabetical order by name.

American Institute of Graphic Arts, 164 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, Email: aiga@aiga.org URL: www.aiga.org/health-insurance-discounts Description: Offers members group health insurance.

Arthouse, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, 700 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701, Email: info@arthousetexas.org URL: www.arthousetexas.org Description: A membership organization for Texas artists. Offers members a group health insurance plan through Fractured Atlas.

Artists' Access to Health Care (AAH), Springboard for the Arts, 308 Prince Street, Suite 270, St. Paul, MN 55101-1437, Email: nikki@springboardforthearts.org URL: www.springboardforthearts.org/Services/AAH.asp Description: Offers low-cost medical care to help uninsured and under-insured artists living in the St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area.

Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center, The Actors' Fund, 729 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019, URL: www.actorsfund.org/services-and-programs/healthcare-and-health-insurance Description: Provides the art community with information necessary to make informed choices about individual and small business group health insurance options in each state. Sponsors a toll-free number 800-798-8447.

Artists Talk On Art, P.O. Box 1384, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113, Email: mail@atoa.ws URL: www.atoa.ws/Spring2007/ad.htm#health Description: Offers health insurance to members.

Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, 277 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607, Email: jcastrogiovanni@artsrochester.org URL: www.artsrochester.org/artscouncil/health.htm Description: Offers group health insurance to artist-members who reside in the New York counties of Monroe, Livingston, Yates. Ontario, Seneca and Wayne.

Arts Healthcare Coalition, Massachusetts Cultural Council, 10 St. James Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02116, URL: www.massculturalcouncil.org/healthcare/healthcare.htm Description: Provides information about the recently enacted state-wide program that requires all Massachusetts residents over 18-years of age to have health insurance.

Center for Cultural Innovation (The), 244 S. San Pedro Street, Suite 401, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and, 870 Market Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, CA 94102 Email: info@cciarts.org URL: cciarts.org Description: Promotes knowledge, sharing, networking, and financial independence for individual artists and creative entrepreneurs in California. Provides group health and dental insurance.

Chicago Artists' Coalition, 217 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago, IL 60607, Email: info@caconline.com URL: chicagoartistscoalition.org/membership/reciprocal-memberships Description: Offers group medical insurance to members through Fractured Atlas.

Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, Office: 923 F Street NW, Suite 303, Washington DC 20004, Mailing address: 975 F Street NW, Washington DC 20004, Email: staff@cultural-alliance.org URL: www.cultural-alliance.org Description: Offers members health and dental insurance.

Freelancers Union (formerly Working Today), 20 Jay Street, Suite 700, Brooklyn, NY 11201, Email: membership@freelancersunion.org URL: www.freelancersunion.org Description: A national nonprofit membership organization that promotes the interests of America's independent workforce, including the self-employed. Eligible members have access to health insurance products.

Graphic Artists Guild, 32 Broadway, Suite 1114, New York, NY 10004, URL: www.graphicartistsguild.org/join/member-benefits/member-benefits-insurance Description: Offers members various group health insurance plans.

Healthcare for Artists, P.O. Box 382419, Cambridge, MA 02238, Email: hfainfo@ healthcareforatrists.org URL: www.healthcareforartists.org/index.html Description: A resource site for Massachusetts artists in all disciplines in finding health care providers, health care resources and information, and health care advocacy organizations.

National Association for the Self-Employed, P.O. Box 241, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0241, URL: www.nase.org Description: Offers major medical, PPO, and HMO policies to members. Membership is open to all self-employed persons.

National Women's Caucus for Art, P.O. Box 1498, Canal Street Station, New York, NY 10013, Email: info@nationalwca.com URL: www.nationalwca.com Description: Membership organization open to women and men who are artists, and others involved in the visual arts field. Offers health insurance, and disability and life insurance to members.

PEN American Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY 10012, Email: pen@pen.org URL: www.pen.org Description: Offers medical insurance at group rates to members.

Physician Volunteers for the Arts, Email: barryakohnmd@gmail.com URL: www.actorsequity.org/NewsMedia/news2011/aug18.FreeFluShots.asp Description: Offers free medical services in New York City for entertainment industry. Telephone 323-20706833

Physician Volunteers for the Arts, Email: barryakohnmd@gmail.com URL: www.actorsequity.org/NewsMedia/news2011/aug18.FreeFluShots.asp Description: Offers free medical services in New York City for entertainment industry. Telephone 323-207-6833

Women's Caucus for Art, P.O. Box 1498, Canal Street Station, New York, NY 10013, URL: www.nationalwca.org Description: Provides members with access to health insurance.

Publications are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: An Artists' Guide to Health Insurance Description: A free online publication“Know your vocab. Learning the lingo will go a long way towards making this stuff less opaque and impenetrable. We’ve identified a handful of terms that’ll instantly build up your knowledge base. . . Check out our pocket guides on health insurance. Learn how to shop for and use a health insurance plan. We also provide some simple, straight-forward information on health reform.” Publisher: Fractured Atlas and eInsurance Publication Date: 2012 URL: www.fracturedatlas.org/site/healthcare

Title: An Artists' Guide to Health Reform Description: A free online publication.... “Know your vocab. Learning the lingo will go a long way towards making this stuff less opaque and impenetrable. We’ve identified a handful of terms that’ll instantly build up your knowledge base. . . Check out our pocket guides on health insurance. Learn how to shop for and use a health insurance plan. We also provide some simple, straight-forward information on health reform.” Publisher: Fractured Atlas and eInsurance Publication Date: 2012 URL: www.fracturedatlas.org/site/healthcare

Title: Artist's Assets: A Guide to Artist Resources Description: Revised edition. A resource guide for artists in Washington State. Includes information about health insurance resources Publisher: Artist Trust Publication Date: 2006 Publisher's Address: Artist Trust, 1835 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, Email: info@artisttrust.org URL: www.artisttrust.org

Web Sites are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: Artist Access Program Description: A new program sponsored by the Woodhull Medical and the North Brooklyn Health Network in New York City. Allows artists, through performances or interactive programs for patients, to exchange their art for health care credits. Credits accrued in the artist’s personal account can be used in lieu of dollars to cover sliding scale fees in Woodhull’s HHC Options program. URL: www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=377&fid=6&sid=17

Title: ArtistHealthSource.Org Description: An organization that offers affordable, comprehensive healthcare benefits designed for the artistic community. Email: info@artisthealthsource.org URL: www.artisthealthsource.org

Title: Dancers' Health Insurance Resource Center Description: Provides services for dancers in ten target cities, including workshops to explain health insurance rights, options, and small business subsidies. Offers a network of brokers to structure health insurance plans specifically for a dance organization’s needs. Also provides services to all dancers nationwide. URL: www.dhirc.org