Legacy Planning Guides

We believe that artists of all ages and career stages can lay the groundwork for their future legacies by crafting a long-term plan for it. Through the Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) program, we produce legacy and estate planning guides that provide artists and their supporters the professional development tools needed to undertake this important work.

Related Journal Entries

<p><small>View of Robert Motherwell’s studio library housed at the Dedalus Foundation, New York. Courtesy of the Dedalus Foundation, New York</small></p>

April 26, 2019

The Artists’ Archive: A Case Study

There is no one perfect way to create an archive or lay the foundation for futur...

<p><em>Legacy Specialist Alex Unthank working with Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) Artist Marcos Dimas in his studio.</em></p>

February 4, 2019

An Artist’s Legacy: How do you want to be remembered?

Legacy is an opportunity for an artist to answer the question: “How do I want to...

<p>Margaret Rose Vendryes working on <em>Yaure Macy- African Diva</em>, Summer 2016. Photograph by Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks.</p>

November 13, 2018

Estate Planning for Visual Artists: An Introduction to the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s New Workbook

Once an artist has passed the midlife mark, they must reckon with the inevitabil...