Monday, November 29, 2010

Link-O-Rama

Just found a bunch of links to go through
MAGAZINES
Advertising Age: www.adage.com
Weekly print magazine delivering news, analysis, and data on marketing and media. Website provides a database of advertising agencies as well as daily e-mail newsletters: Ad Age Daily, Ad Age's Mediaworks, and Ad Age Digital.

Art Business News: www.artbusinessnews.com
Monthly magazine that reports on art trends, news, and retailing issues. Offers profiles on emerging and established artists, as well as in-depth articles on merchandising and marketing issues.

Art Calendar: www.artcalendar.com
Business magazine devoted to connecting artists with income-generating opportunities and resources for a successful art career.

"The World's Premier Art Magazine," covering the visual art world both in the U.S. and abroad, but concentrating on New York City. Provides news and criticism of painting, sculpture, photography, installation art, performance art, video, and architecture in exhibition reviews, artist profiles, and feature articles. Every August issue is the Annual Guide to Museums, Galleries, and Artists.

ART PAPERS: www.artpapers.org
Dedicated to the examination, development, and definition of art and culture in the world today.

International magazine widely known as a decisive voice in its field. Features in-depth articles and reviews of contemporary art, as well as book reviews and columns on cinema and popular culture.

The Artist's Magazine: www.artistsmagazine.com
Features color reproductions, interviews with artists, practical lessons in craft, and news of exhibitions and events.

Oldest and most widely circulated art magazine in the world. Reports on the art,
personalities, issues, trends, and events shaping the international art world.

Communication Arts Magazine: www.commarts.com
Leading trade journal for visual communications. Showcases the top work in graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography, and interactive design.

Create Magazine: www.createmagazine.com
Quarterly publication offering creative professionals an insider's perspective on the people, news, trends, and events that influence the advertising and creative production industries.

Monthly magazine about the creative process. Website features what its editors believe to be the best video, print, and interactive ads.

Official publication of the Greeting Card Association, featuring timely information for everyone doing business in the greeting card, stationery, and party goods markets.

Monthly art and culture magazine based in San Francisco, California. Features profiles and exhibition announcements of "lowbrow" or "underground" artists-art establishment conventions do not apply here.

Target Marketing: www.targetmarketingmag.com
The authoritative source for hands-on, how-to information concerning all direct response media, including direct mail, e-mail and the Web. Readers gain insight into topics such as using databases and lists effectively, acquiring new customers, upselling and crossselling existing customers, fulfillment strategies, and more.

WEBSITES & BLOGS
The Alternative Pick: www.altpick.com
"The best source for creatives on the Web." Allows artists to display samples of their work that can be searched by art buyers and directors. Offers industry news, classifieds, job postings, and more.

Animation World Network: www.awn.com
Comprehensive and targeted coverage of the international animation community has made AWN the leading source of animation industry news in the world. It provides an industry database, job postings, education resources, discussion forums, newsletters, and a host of other resources covering everything related to animation.

Art Deadlines List: www.artdeadlineslist.com
Great source for calls for entries, competitions, scholarships, festivals, and plenty of other resources. Subscription is free, or you can purchase a premium edition for $24/year.

Art Schools: www.artschools.com
Free online directory with a searchable database of art schools all over the world. Also offers information on financial aid, majors, and lots more.

Artbusiness.com: www.artbusiness.com
Provides art appraisals, art price data, news, articles, and market information for art collectors, artists and fine arts professionals. Also consults on marketing, promotion, public relations, website construction, Internet selling, and career development for artists at all stages.

Artdeadline.com: www.artdeadline.com
"The Professional Artist's Resource," offering thousands of income and exhibition opportunities and resources for artists of all disciplines. Subscriptions start at $24/year, or you can get a three-month trial for $10.

Artist Career Training: www.artistcareertraining.com
Offers valuable information to help you market your art and build your career. Sign up for a monthly newsletter and weekly tips.

Artist Help Network: www.artisthelpnetwork.com
Designed to help artists take control of their careers, the network assists artists in locating information, resources, guidance, and advice on a comprehensive range of career-related topics.

Interactive artists' community and forum for discussions of art-related topics including business tips and inspiration. Connect to The Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Artist (formerly Watercolor Magic), and Pastel Journal, as well as other helpful resources.

Online arts exhibition space, run by artists for artists. A one-year subscription, payable in monthly installments of $5, provides you with a website to display up to 50 images as well as resume, biography, artist's statement, etc. The ability to create multiple portfolio categories according to media, themes, etc., allows you to direct your work to a specific audience/market.

Artlex Art Dictionary: www.artlex.com
Online dictionary that provides definitions, examples, and cross-references for more than 3,600 art terms.

Offers news and events from eight reputable art dealer associations: Art Dealers
Association of America, Art Dealers Association of Chicago, Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington, Association of International Photography Art Dealers, Fine Art Dealers Association, International Fine Print Dealers Association, San Francisco Art Dealers Association, and The Society of London Art Dealers.

Children's Illustrators: www.childrensillustrators.com
Online networking community for children's illustrators, agents, publishing houses, advertising agencies, and design groups from around the world.

The Comics Reporter: www.comicsreporter.com
Offers an overview of the history of comics, as well as resources and information about publishing comic books and syndicating comic strips.

Creative Talent Network: www.creativetalentnetwork.com
Online networking community of experienced animators, illustrators, designers, Web creators, production artists, and other creatives.

The Drawing Board for Illustrators: http://thedrawingboardforillustrators.blogspot.com
Information and resources for illustrators, including pricing guidelines, marketing tips, and links to publications, organizations, and associations.

EBSQ: Self-Representing Artists: www.ebsqart.com
Online art association whose members represent their own work to the public. Membership is open to artists at all stages of their careers, and all media and styles are welcome.

Illustration Friday: www.illustrationfriday.com
Online forum for illustrators that offers a weekly challenge: a new topic is posted every Friday, and then participants have a week to submit an illustration of their own interpretation.

Theispot.com: www.theispot.com
Widely recognized as "the world's premier illustration site," allowing illustrators from all over the world to showcase and market their work.

The Medical Illustrators' Home Page: www.medartist.com
A site where medical illustrators can display and market their work.

A place for caricature artists to showcase their work.

Starving Artists Law: www.starvingartistslaw.com
Start here for answers to your questions about copyright registration, trademark protection, and other legal issues.

TalkAboutComics.com: www.talkaboutcomics.com
Provides a comprehensive list of all things comics related on the Web, as well as audio interviews with online comics creators.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts: www.vlany.org
Provides education and other services relating to legal and business issues for artists and arts organizations in every discipline.

WetCanvas!: www.wetcanvas.com
Largest online community of visual artists, offering forums, critiques, art lessons and projects, marketing tools, a reference image library, and more-all for FREE!

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