Web resources

Scroll down for links to professional development sites (which often keep updated listings of job opportunities), job search sites, and other sites with valuable articles and information for professional artists and designers.

Associations

Animation

Art History / Administration Resources

Artist Residencies

Children’s Book Illustration

Costumes

Fashion Design

Fine Arts Resources

Furniture Design

Graphic Design Resources

Illustration Resources

Industrial Design Resources

Interior Design Resources

Landscape Architecture

Media Studies

Sustainable Interior Design Resources

Theatrical

Universal Interior Design Resources

Art History / Administration Resources

Archives and Museum Informatics
www.archimuse.com/

Art History Webmaster’s Association
www.unites.uqam.ca/AHWA/

Art Libraries Society of North America
www.arlisna.org//

Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)
www.amico.org

Art Museum Network
www.amn.org/

Association for the Advancement of Arts Education www.aaae.org

Association of Art Historians (UK)
www.aah.org.uk/

Bolz Center for Art Administration
www.bolzcenter.org/

The Bridgeman Art Library
www.bridgeman.co.uk/

Center for Arts Management and Technology
www.artsnet.org/camt/

Center for Museum Studies (smithsonian)
www.museumstudies.si.edu/

College Art Association
www.collegeart.org/

Independent Curators International
www.ici-exhibitions.org/

International Council of Museums
www.icom.org/

Museum Trustee Association
www.mta-hq.org/

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
www.nasaa-arts.org/

Network of European Museum Organizations
www.ne-mo.org/

New England Museum Association
www.nemanet.org/

Artist Residencies

Anderson Ranch Arts Center
www.andersonranch.com/

The Macdowell Colony
www.macdowellcolony.org/

Jentel Artist Residency Program
www.jentelarts.org/sitepages/aboutjentel.htm

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
www.djerassi.org/index.html

The Punch Cove Foundation
www.pouchcove.org/index2.html

Europos Parkas (sculpture)
www.elnet.lt/menai/europarkas/English/residency.html

A Studio in the Woods
astudiointhewoods.org/residency.htm

Bundanon Artists Center
www.bundanon.com.au/artists.htm

Art Space
www.artspacenc.org/artist_residencies.html

International Association of Residential Art
www.resartis.org/

The International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture www.giotto.org/residence.html

VSA Arts of Massachusetts
www.vsamass.org/artistresidencies.html

Fashion Design

California Fashion Association www.californiafashionassociation.org/

Costume Designer’s Guild
www.costumedesignersguild.com/

(IACD) International Association of Clothing Designer
www.iacde.com

American Association of Textile Chemists
www.aatcc.org/

Website offering info on schools and associations www.fashionschoolreview.com

Web portal to fashion industry sites www.thefashionschool.kent.edu/links2.htm

Toronto Fashion Incubator
www.fashionincubator.on.ca/

The Embroiderer’s Association of Canada
www.eac.ca/

Galacian Textile Association
www.atexga.com

Gaudi Designers’ Association
www.moda-barcelona.com/

Textile Society of America
www.textilesociety.org/

Costumes

Chicagoland Costumers’ Guild
www.chicostume.org/

Costumer’s Guild West
www.cgwcostumers.org/

Costume Society of America www.costumesocietyamerica.com/

Greater San Francisco Bay Area Costumer’s Guild
www.gbacg.org/

International Costumer’s Guild
www.costume.org/

Professional Association of Custom Clothiers
www.paccprofessionals.org/

The Southwest Costumer’s Guild
www.southwestcostumersguild.org/

Theatre Communication Group
http://tcg.org/

Fine Arts Resources

the complete resource for careers in the visual arts
http://www.artcareer.net/

Alliance of Artists Communities
www.artistcommunities.org/

American Association of Museums
www.aam-us.org/

Americans for the Arts
www.americansforthearts.org/

American Society for Aesthetics
www.aesthetics-online.org/

Post Portfolios, Exhibition Opportunities www.artsablaze.co.uk/about_arts_ablaze.htm

Artist Resource Center, Portfolios, etc. www.artstarts.com/resources/newartist.html

Artist Promotion Site
www.post-dogmatist-arts.net/academy/acad-002.htm

NY based society for artists
www.immaterial.net

International Institute of Applied Aesthetics
www.lpt.fi/io/

New York Foundation for the Arts
www.nyfa.org/

Visual Resources Association
www.vraweb.org/

Graphic Design Resources

American Institute of Graphic Arts
www.aiga.org/

Society of Graphic design in Canada
www.gdc.net/

Communication Arts
www.commarts.com/

Graphic Arts Information Network
www.gain.org/

Graphic Arts Monthly
www.gammag.com/

Graphic Arts Show Company
www.gasc.org

Graphic Arts Information Network
www.gain.org

American Institute of Graphic Arts
www.aiga.org/

Design Management Institute
www.dmi.org/

Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publication
www.ddap.org/

Graphic Artists Guild
www.gag.org/

Graphic Communications Association
www.gca.org/

International Association of Printing House
www.iaphc.org/

International Institute for Information Design
www.iiid.net/

National Association of Photoshop Professionals
www.photoshopworld.com/

Society for Environmental Design
www.segd.org/

Technical Association of Graphic Arts
www.taga.org/

Screenprinting and Graphic Imaging Association International www.sgia.org/

Illustration Resources

Website for portfolio review by art directors, free listing, and portfolio set-up
www.folioplanet.com

membership info, history, traveling shows and career guidance resources
www.societyillustrators.org

New York based museum that holds auctions
www.illustration-house.com

resources for scientific/ medical illustration
www.biomedical-illustration.com

portfolio gallery for illustrators, job listing
www.theispot.com

job listings for illustrators
www.freelances.com

Northern Ohio Illustration Society
www.nois.com

Society of Illustrators
www.societyillustrators.org/

Children’s Book Illustration

Society of Children’s Book Illustrators
www.scbwi.org/

Author Illustrator Source
www.author-illustr-source.com/

American Library Association
www.ala.org/

The Drawing Board
www.members.aol.com/thedrawing/

Educational Paperback Association
www.edupaperback.org/

The Horn Book
www.hbook.com/

The Institute of Children’s Literature www.institutechildrenslit.com/

International Board on Books for Young People
www.ibby.org/

National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature
www.nccil.org

The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance
www.thencbla.org/

The Purple Crayon (info on children's books)
www.underdown.org/

Imaginative Book Illustration Society
www.bookillustration.org/

Society of Architectural Illustrators (UK)
www.sai.org.uk/

American Society of Architectural Illustration
www.asai.org/

Picturing Books (website on picture books)
www.picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/

Industrial Design Resources

Industrial Design Society of America
www.idsa.org/

Association of Women Industrial Designers
www.awidweb.com/

creative jobs and portfolios www.coroflot.com/public/associations.asp

Association for Canadian Industrial Design
www.designcanada.org/id-education.html

Alliance for Polyurethane
www.polyurethane.org/

(AA) Aluminum Association
www.aluminum.org/

Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards
www.aecasia.com/IDA

Furniture Design

(AFMA) American Furniture Manufacturers Association
www.afma4u.org/

(ASFD) American Society of Furniture Designers
www.asfd.com/

(BIFMA) Business Society of Furniture Manufacturers Association
www.bifma.com/

(CFMA) California Furniture Manufacturers Association
www.cfma.com/

(FFDI) Foundation for Design Integrity
www.ffdi.org/

Furniture History Society (FHS)
www.furniturehistory.org.au/tou.html

Furniture History Society
www.furnituresociety.org/

(GRFDA) Grand Rapids Furniture Design Associationwww.iserv.net/%7Eplucas/grfda.htm

(HFIA) Home Furnishings International Association
www.hfia.com/

(IOPFDA) Independent Office Products and Furniture
www.iopfda.org/

(ICSID) International Council of Societies
www.icsid.org/

(IHFMA) International Home Furniture Manufacturers Association
www.furnituremarket.org/

(NHFA) National Home Furnishings Association
www.homefurnish.com

Interior Design Resources

(IDS) Interior Design Society
www.interiordesignsociety.org

(ASID) American Society of Interior Design
www.asid.org

(UDA) Universal Design Alliance
www.universaldesign.org

Northwest Society of Interior Designers
www.nwsid.org/

National Council for Interior Design Qualification
www.ncidq.org

Careers
www.careersininteriordesign.com/

International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
www.iida.org/

Interior Designers of Canada
www.interiordesigncanada.org/

Interior Design Educators Council
www.idec.org/

(UDLL) Universal Design Learning Lab
www.hdfs.hs.iastate.edu/udll/

(FIDER) Foundation for Interior Design Research
www.accredit-id.org/

Universal Interior Design Resources

Helen Hamlyn Research Center (UK)
www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk

Adaptive Environments Center (US)
www.adaptenv.org/

Charles Schwab Architects
www.universaldesignonline.com

CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
www.ncam.wgbh.org/

Easy Living Home
www.easylivinghome.org

European Concept for Accessibility
www.eca.lu/

Texas A&M University
www.agingbeautifully.org/learning.html

Center for Universal Design (US)
www.design.ncsu.edu/

Concrete Change
www.concretechange.org/

Sustainable Interior Design Resources

Canada Green Building Council
www.cagbc.ca/index.php

(EEBA) Energy and Environmental Building Association www.eeba.org/

Florida Green Building Coalition
www.floridagreenbuilding.org

Green Blue
www.greenblue.org/

International Code Council
www.iccsafe.org/

(LEED) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
www.usgbc.org

Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)
www.carpetrecovery.org

Construction Specifications Institute
www.csinet.org/

Green Resource Center (San Francisco Bay area)
www.builditgreen.org

Green Sage
www.greensage.com/

GreenSpec
www.buildinggreen.com

Canadian Wood Council
http://www.cwc.ca/

Sustainable Interior Design Resources
www.asid.org/resource/

Landscape Architecture

Centre for Landscape Research
www.clr.utoronto.ca/

Planning and Architect Resource Center
www.cyburbia.org/

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
www.csla.ca/

American Society of Landscape Architects
www.asla.org

British Columbia Society of Landscapes
www.bcsla.org/

Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
www.oala.on.ca/

Media Studies

Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
www.amptp.org

Alliance of Special Effects and Pyrotechnic Operators
www.asepo.org

American Film Institute (job site and internships)
www.afi.com/

Independent Film and Television Alliance (membership profiles and networking links)
www.ifta-online.org/

American Screenwriters Association
www.asascreenwriters.com/

The American Society of Cinematographers
www.theasc.com/index.html

Widescreen Museum (history of cinema, resources)
www.widescreenmuseum.com/

Americas Film Conservancy
www.afcy.org/

Association of Independent Filmmakers
www.aivf.org

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
www.oscars.org/index.html

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
www.emmys.tv/

Association of Video and Cinema Laboratories
www.acvl.org/about_acvl.html

The Association of Moving Image Archivists
www.amianet.org/

Corporation for Public Broadcasting
www.cpb.org/

Independent Film House
www.filmforum.org

The Film Foundation
www.film-foundation.org

Film/Video Art, Residencies/Grants       www.fva.com/residence/

Animation

International Animated Film Association
www.asifa.net

National Cartoonists Society
www.reuben.org/ncs/news.asp

International Animated Film Festival
www.annecy.org/home/

Animation Publication
www.animationblast.com

Website/News for Contemporary Animation and Cartoons
www.cartoonbrew.com

Publication of Animation Guild
www.mpsc839.org/_Home/home_FRM1.html

Animation World Magazine
www.mag.awn.com

Persistence of Vision (contributions of Walt Disney)
www.aros.net/~pov/

Theatrical

Artsearch Theatrical Employment
www.tcg.org/

Mandy's Film and TV Production Directory
www.mandy.com/

Theatrical Job Board
www.playbill.com