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A Website Index and Guide



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Arts blogs/forums
Art dictionaries Art databases/directories
Art auctions Arts censorship Arts funding
Art jobs Art competitions Art markets
Art provenance Arts sponsorship Schools, art schools
Stolen art Web services Copyright
Research in the arts



Arts marketing and advertising


Arts Management Network
The worldwide network andinformation resource for arts managers and cultural administrators
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Artswire
Online communication for the arts. Conferencing, arts resources, technical resources for the arts, funded by the New York Foundation for the Arts
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Association of Art Editors
To advance and set standards for the profession of art editors. Forum and information on publishing procedures.

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Association of Internet Researchers (A.O.I.R),
an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders. The association is international in scope.

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Auctions, market prices
See also: Art Auctions
 

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Careers . See: Art Jobs
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Censorship
Censorship. Banned book and censorshop resources.
Media issues, censorship of art, literature, humanities, libraries, associations.

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The Media Awareness Network
Resources and support for everyone interested in media literacy and digital literacy for young people.
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Melon Farmers, UK. Watching the Censors Watch What We Watch 
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National Coalition Against Censorship, USA.
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Project Censored
Censorship in the media. The mission of Project Censored is to teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society – and to tell the news that didn’t make the news and why.
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Wikipedia entry on censorship.
Commission for Looted Art in Europe
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Competitions  See also: Art Contests and Awards
Juried Art Competitions
Artshow
Copyright

Artists Rights Society, New York.
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Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Work
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The Bridgeman Art Library
One of the world's leading source of fine art with images from over eight thousand collections and twenty nine thousand artists. They represent museums, galleries and artists throughout the world by providing a central source of fine art for image users.
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Copyright Website
Clear information on copyright and helping you manage your intellectual property. They help you navigate the rocky shoals of internet copyright and manage your rights in movies, music, photographs, screenplays and websites.
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The Fair Use Network
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Rights for Artists.
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Wikipedia entry on copyright.

Creativity
Creative Class.org
The importance of creative people, bohemians and gays in revitalizing the economy and life of urban centres.

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CreativityPool.com
is a global pool of creative ideas - people can browse through  the database for original solutions and inspiration, or donate their unused creativity.
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Gateways
Coaching for Arts Professionals by Barbara Bowen.

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The Rise of the Creative Class,
article by Richard Florida.
Cultural policy
Cultural Policy Database
The first searchable Cultural Policy Database, online since 1997. Country profiles.

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International Network on Cultural Policy
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MOSAIC
Mosaic seeks to create cross-cultural alliances, mentoring relationships and social connections built upon personal trust and commitment to bridging unhealthy divisions in contemporary communities.

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UNESCO
dART Contemporary Fine Art Internet Index (a commercial site).
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Dictionaries. Art dictionaries
ArtLex. A Dictionary of the Visual Arts.
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Xrefer
The web's reference engine, a unique service providing free access to the  world's largest collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and quotations. Art history, British history, encyclopedias, dictionaries.

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The Grove Dictionary of Art Online
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Oxford Dictionary of Art
Directories . Arts directories, databases and portals
All Creations. Seven Arts inOne Name
Cinema, Literature, Music, Sculpture, Painting, Theatre, Photography.
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Art Gallery Worldwide
A lot of artworks in different styles and media. The website offers a wide variety of features and services that enable customers to buy and sell their art.
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WetCanvas! Cyber Living for Artists
is an effort to bring information relevant to today's artist to an online format. It is part magazine, part virtual classroom, and part reference site. The largest community site on the Internet with a specific focus on the visual artist.
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Artcylcopedia.com
A guide to museum-quality art on the Internet. Search hundreds of art museum sites for exhibits and artists.
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INTUTE
Artifact is an Internet Resource Catalogue (IRC) providing searchable access to a collection of high quality online resources and web sites. Each site has been chosen by subject specialists for its relevance to further and higher education teaching, learning and research in the arts and creative industries.
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Artnet.com
An arts portal, with artist listing, galleries, and auctions.
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Art and Culture Network
A cross-disciplinary front door to the world of the contemporary arts. This website features thousands of artist biographies, essays about art movements and themes, and overviews of the full range of artistic disciplines (from painting to dance to music to literature to film. Using the special abilities of the Web, ArtandCulture.com links all this information together in an illuminating fashion, suggesting connections between artists, across disciplines.
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Dramba
Dramba is a searchable directory that provides users with the best internet resources. The directory offers wide range of carefully selected websites divided into thematic categories and subcategories.
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English regional arts boards.
An information service, where artists, arts organisations and administrators can communicate, share information and work together.
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Eserver.org
A website where writers, artists, editors and scholars gather to publish and discuss their works. They have diverse literary collections and content. The EServer (founded in 1990 as the English Server) attempts to provide an alternative niche for quality work.
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Europeana
The European digital library, museum and archive gives users direct access to some 2 million digital objects, including film material, photos, paintings, sounds, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers and archival papers.selected from content already digitised and available in Europe’s museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.
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Peak Directory
Peak Directory, a general web directory. Unlike many directories, all of their links are hand selected by members of their staff. By avoiding automatic submissions, they are able to control the content and provide links to only the highest quality sites.
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Workbook
Workbook is dedicated to providing the creative community premium sourcebooks, and a website with comprehensive features and resources for finding top talent and services.
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World Artists Directory
A source for accomplished artists worldwide. View artists by location, art form, exhibition or award history, commission availability and more.
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The Voice of the Shuttle
An extensive web index for humanities research.
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Your Paintings
Your Paintings is a website which aims to show the entire UK national collection of oil paintings, the stories behind the paintings, and where to see them for real. It is made up of paintings from thousands of museums and other public institutions around the country. Your Paintings is a joint initiative between the BBC, the Public Catalogue Foundation (a registered charity) and participating collections and museums from across the UK.

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Dramba
Dramba is a searchable directory that provides users with the best internet resources. The directory offers wide range of carefully selected websites divided into thematic categories and subcategories.

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