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Beth Macleod, Reference Librarian /
Art and Music Bibliographer

Museums and Galleries | Art Education | Art History | Art Therapy | Ceramics | Drawing | Graphic Arts/Design | Illustration | Photography | Prints and Printmaking | Sculpture | Watercolor | Weaving | Web Galleries

Last Updated: 11/20/09

Museums and Galleries

• Cleveland Museum of Art
  Visit current exhibitions and works from the permanent collection.
• Detroit Institute of Arts
  Contains over 300 images and offers full information on the museum collection, exhibitions, and special events. It is updated weekly and includes an archive of past exhibitions and events.
• Guggenheim Museum
  Encompasses the collections and activities of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Guggenheim Museum in Soho, the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
• Heard Museum
  A museum with an emphasis on the traditional cultures of the Greater Southwest and on the evolving Native American Fine Art Movement.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  Information about the museum as well as many images from its collections.
• Louvre Museum
  Many images from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Includes an overview of collections, a floor plan and visitors guide.
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  Site includes exhibition information and educational programs. Curriculum packages available online include World Mythology, Amazing Animals in Art, and Art in America.
• Museum of International Folk Art
  A unit of the Museum of New Mexico and home to the world's largest collection of folk art from all over the world.
• Museum of Modern Art
  Collections and museum information, as well as diverse subsites created or co-produced for the MOMA Web site. These projects explore some of the properties and possibilities of the Web, such as interactivity, motion, and sound.
• National Gallery of Art
  Washington D.C.'s National Gallery features European and American paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
  Features a video tour of the permanent collection by the Museum's director.
• Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
  Offers images, a virtual museum, research studies, publications, indexes, and links solely devoted to the study of ancient Near East civilizations.
• Paleolithic Painted Cave at Vallon - Pont d'Arc
  Recent archeological discovery in the Ardeche gorges in southern France.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
  Galleries, special exhibitions, events, and general information about the museum.
• The Prado Museum
  Features highlights of its collections, museum information, and links to other Spanish and Latin American arts-related sites.
• Smithsonian
  Information about the museum, activities, art galleries, research projects, special performances, and products.
• UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
  A museum which celebrates the culture and art of diverse cultures, especially those of Africa, Asia, Oceania, Native and Latin America. Site includes information on exhibits, educational programs, publications, and links to related sites.
• University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
  The principal visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley, offering a descriptive index of art, film, and cultural heritage online.
• The Utah Museum of Art at the University of Utah
  Information on collections, numerous images, and many resources for teachers, including lesson plans and educational programs.

Art Education

• National Art Education Association
  Promotes art education on every level of instruction - early childhood, elementary, inter- mediate, secondary, college and university; also administration, museum education, and lifelong learning.
• Association for the Advancement of Art Education
• Arts Edge
  A guide to art news, teaching materials and professional resources; maintained by the Kennedy Center.
• Getty Art Education Web Site
  Includes sample lesson plans and curriculum ideas, as well as image galleries and exhibitions.
• Kinderart
  A fun site with complete instructions and lesson plans for children's art projects.
• Art Site
  Links to many useful sites on subjects of interest to art teachers.

Art History

• ArtHistory Network
  Art history, archaeology and architecture resources on the web.

Art Therapy

• American Art Therapy Association
• Welcome to Art Therapy on the Web
  Introduction to art therapy; links, articles and forum.

Ceramics

• American Ceramic Society
• Hollister Collection
  Native American pottery.

Drawing

• Drawing and Prints - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Prints by Italian and French artists of the 15th through the 19th century. Includes sketches, finished drawings, and illustrated books.
• Visual Thinking
  Copies of sketchbooks by various artists.
• Colored Pencil Society of America
  Membership, product and exhibition information; also includes award winning art from past international exhibitions, as well as the latest information and calendar of events.

Graphic Arts/Design

• Graphic Arts Guild
• American Institute of Graphic Arts
  Promotes dialog between graphic designers and the business community, including corporations, educational institutions, business leaders, and those governing commerce.
• Society for News Design
  International professional organization of designers, graphic artists and illustrators who work in journalism.
• Society for Environmental Graphic Design
  For designers, fabricators, students and educators involved in the field of environmental graphic design.
• Society of American Graphic Artists

Illustration

• Society of Illustrators
  A nonprofit educational organization promoting illustration. Home of the Museum of American Illustration.
• National Museum of American Illustration

Photography

• American Museum of Photography
• Student Photographic Society
  Student organization providing career guidance, support, job boards and chats for college photography students.

Prints and Printmaking

• American Print Alliance
• Printmaking Links

Sculpture

• International Sculpture Center
• Sculptor.Org
  A comprehensive resource for sculptors, including links for artists, resources, suppliers, events, education, and marketing.

Watercolor

• Watercolor Online
  Information about all forms of watercolor, articles and tutorials, workshops, organizations and products.
• Handprint: Watercolors
  One of the largest watercolor sites; includes reviews of brushes, papers, books, and more than 400 watercolor paints.

Weaving

• Handweavers Guild of America
• The Mannings
  Supplies for the handweaver; looms and yarns.

Web Galleries

• Blue Rain Gallery
  Native American artists representing their culture through pottery, painting, and sculpture.
• Web Gallery of Art
  A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1200-1700), currently containing over 6,500 reproductions. Also includes biographies, commentaries and guided tours.
• Olga's Gallery - Online Art Museum
  Collection of the works of some of the world's best artists, with high quality images, biographies, and historical comments.
• WetCanvas! Virtual Museum
  Includes images and biographical notes on many great artists.