ART SCHOLARSHIP LINKS THE LAST PAGE ARTS JOBS LINKS

USEFUL LINKS
last checked 4/2007


The Clear Lake Observer American's Web site (www.clearlakeobserver.com) with its online arts and entertainment section, seems to be a "best-kept secret" among the Lake County arts community. Updated each Saturday, the online arts and entertainment section contains some of the articles that appear in the print edition. It also has an expanded calendar of upcoming events including author signings, live theater performances, writers' group gatherings and more. Announcements can be submitted to news@clearlakeobserver.com.

Cynthia Parkhill

Visit my Web site at http://pweb.jps.net/~cparkhill/


Lake County California Travel Guide - Online travel information about Lake County California, including lodging, restaurant and activity guides.
This site has information on grants and other news about the arts in California

A website solely for Lake County artists to display and sell their work for free online. www.sandfeathers.org
jjackson@lowerlake.com
274-2754

A painting school, with special attention to plein air painting, with a very nice simple website. Worth looking into.

WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation, is a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Based in Denver, Colorado, WESTAF fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial, organizational and policy infrastructure of the arts by providing innovative programs and services to artists and arts organizations in the West and nationwide
CRAFT CLASSES AT PERLZ IN KELSEYVILLE

Knitting, Polymer Clay, Beadwork, Wire and Chainmail, Silversmithing,
Glass Lampworking, Precious Metal Clay Classes available.
Find schedules at www.perlz.com
email unwind@perlz.com

Barry Hessenius' blog for exchange of information for arts administrators.

Carefully researched and selected by arts experts, WESTAF's Annotated Arts Links provide the arts community with the finest resources and tools for arts-related Web research and searches. Each link includes a lively annotation, giving you a thumbnail sketch of the link before you click.
The Hermitage Museum. This is here because I like the site and because they have some beautiful art.
driftwood
FRAMES
for pictures
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Statistical and news clippings from all California counties. This is a good source for demographic information to use in marketing your work.

A great collection of useful links of many kinds, from the U. of Alabama

http://www.tidentenn.com/useful-links.htm

Lake County Marketing This site has tips on Lake County highlights, and a nice calendar of events around the Lake.
Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/- The guide to museum-quality art on the Internet. Provides an index of online museums and image archives: find out where the works of over 6,000 different fine artists can be viewed online.
ADAM http://adam.ac.uk/sindex.html- The Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway, is a searchable catalogue of Internet resources that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK Higher Education community.

Isabel Art Gallery offers prestigious fine art oil painting reproductions of Masterpieces, fine gold jewelry, gemstone jewelry, rings, diamonds & oil portrait paintings entirely hand painted by professional artists, graduated from Art Schools.
Artlinx - Compendium of art related sites on the Net. dArt - The Internet Art Database - Searchable art database.
411 Web Music Directory
Hundreds of links of interest to musicians and enthusiasts
Catharton - A directory of artists, authors, directors, and musicians. Provides news, message boards, free email, and chat.
Gallery Sites Art on the Web Directory - Find art sites from a categorized and searchable index devoted exclusively to visual arts. Lake Youth Websitelink to website of Lake County Youth
Art On The Net http://www.artonthenet.net/- Directory of artists and resources for art information on the Internet. Loggia - Directory of quality sites dedicated to the arts and humanities.
Monna World Art Gallery - Online database of original artwork, famous museums from around the world, art reviews and art for sale.
Sonoma County Library's website, portal to a multi-county internet book search and reservation system, including Lake County.
Find those books you want to read, and have them at your local library quickly. www.sonoma.lib.ca.us/
Bridge Worldwide Music Connection an online subscription database produced by New England Conservatory. Offers more than 2300 opportunities for musicians auditions, grants, competitions, festivals, plus teaching and arts administration jobs.
Lake County Historical Society
source for stories and images of Lake County
Calligraphy Centre .Gorgeous calligraphy and much of interest to calligraphers.
This site is rich in links to arts resources and events.
You can set up free artists' portfolios at this site, or get links to your own website.
Vatican's Art Collection Goes Digital visitors can view entire galleries of the Egyptian museum, the Etruscan museum as well as the Pinacoteca painting gallery, the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel — part of a collection the U.N. culture agency, UNESCO, has recognized for its place in the world's cultural patrimony.
Art Gallery Worldwide
A lot of artworks in different styles and media. Website offers a wide variety of features and services that enable customers to buy and sell their art.
artnet.com - Source for art market and contemporary art information. Provides up-to-date and searchable databases of auction records, gallery exhibitions and artists' portfolios.
Komtoo - A computer & web resource, mostly technical links
Kara Art Server site with interesting arts links


The last page you'll need on the Web.


Arts Scholarships Links. The text is copied from the sites themselves. Hope this helps.
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American Institute of
Graphic Arts
The guide was intended to help individuals make decisions about preparing for a career in graphic design. It defines the purpose and practice of the field and identifies the strong links between effective educational programs and effective professional practice. Suggestions are made to help the individual evaluate schools as well as potential employers, and comments from educators and practitioners provide insight into their expectations when evaluating prospective students and employees.
American Society of
Interior Designers
(Some scholarship information. Enter "scholarship" in the Keyword Search box, hit the "go!" button. note by editor.)
Art Institute of California
San Francisco
The San Francisco Art institute is a unique place, committed to a highly specialized art education for a unique group of individuals. As one distinguished alumna recently put it, this is the only place where she could study art "without apology." This dedication to the fine arts has served us, and our graduates, well: For more than 127 years, the San Francisco Art Institute has fostered some of the most eminent artists in the world.



Americans for the Arts Job Bank Searchable database of nonprofit and for-profit arts management positions at organizations across the U.S.
WESTAF’s ArtJob You will need to register. Contains job/internship information for full and part-time positions.
Here is a bunch of websites with nonprofit and arts jobs all over...
http://www.culturalcommons.org/jobs.cfm
http://www.aam-us.org/aviso/index.cfm (American Association of Museums)
http://www.artweek.com/class.shtml#jobopen
http://museumcareers.aam-us.org/search/ (Museum Careers)
http://www.artjob.org/cgi-local/displayPage.pl?page=index.html
http://www.nyfa.org/opportunities.asp?type=Job&id=94&fid=6&sid=17
http://www.artsresourcenetwork.org/opportunities/jobs_internships_volunteer/
http://facstaff.uww.edu/matthewm/MRMLINKSPAGE.HTM
http://www.artsopportunities.org/
http://www.artslynx.org/jobs.htm
http://www.artists-online.org/artists-internet/communities-associations.htm
http://www.idealist.org/ip/jobSearch/search
http://philanthropy.com/jobs/50/125/
http://www.mapnp.org/library/gen_rsrc/jobs/np_jobs.htm
http://www.nonprofitoyster.com
http://www.artcareer.net/
http://www.graduatejobs.com/login.html
http://www.ispa.org/jobs/ (International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation)
http://www.employmentspot.com/vocations/arts/performingarts.htm
http://philanthropyjournal.org/
http://www.ajb.dni.us/
http://www.careerpath.com
http://charitychannel.com/careersearch/
http://goodworksfirst.org/
http://www.jobbankusa.com
http://www.mncn.org/jobs/jobs.htm
http://www.nonprofitcareer.com
http://www.nonprofitjobs.org
http://www.nptimes.com
http://www.opportunitynocs.org
http://www.philanthropy.com
http://library.shu.edu/arts-admin.htm
http://www.artsnet.org/databases/
http://www.opportunitynocs.org/

contributed by:
Suzanne Ruley
City of Clearwater
Cultural Affairs
AFTA Arts Education List






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