The South Carolina Arts Commission, a LINC Creative Community, has partnered with three successful organizations to offer training and professional development opportunities to South Carolina Artists.  Using LINC funding to underwrite  these programs, artists will be able to participate  at greatly reduced costs in the Artist as Entrepreneur Institue, the Becoming a Creative Entrepreneur, and the FastTrac New Venture Artists professional development programs.

Through a funding collaboration between the MetLife Foundation and Ford Foundation, LINC announces Space for Change:  Building Communities Through Innovative Art Spaces.

Pew Fellowships in the Arts (PFA) has posted 12 short films that explore the work and artistic processes of its 2008 Fellows.

The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) has published guidelines for the Investing in Artists grant program.  The program  was established in 2007 to strengthen the support system for California artists in all disciplines and provides grants up to $10,000 to individual artists.

Theresa Secord, founder and Executive Director of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA), will be honored by the First Peoples Fund--a LINC Creative Community--as a recipient of their 2009 Community Spirit Award.