Helpful Websites for Emerging Artists

These links come to you courtesy of Rebecca Chase, Undergraduate Coordinator for AVT. ENJOY!

For Graphic Design and Digital Art Concentrations
1. http://www.estetica-design-forum.com/: a forum for graphic and web designers.

2. http://www.graphic-design-blog.com/: graphic design and web design blog.

3. There are many more websites like the 2 listings above, if you are interested in graphic design and web design. They can be found at: http://www.sketchee.com/920/12-social-sites-for-artists-designers.

For All Concentrations
1. This artist’s blog, “Artists Emerging: One artist's struggles and triumphs in starting an art career”, can be accessed through the artist’s website at: http://www.deannawood.com/. Posts on writing an artist’s resume, pricing your artwork, how galleries choose an artist, and much more.

2. http://www.artisthelpnetwork.com/: a free information service 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. Focuses primarily on subjects of interest to fine artists. People working in the applied arts, arts administration, and arts-related fields will also find this site useful.

3. http://www.wwar.com/: World Wide Arts Resources. The largest site for contemporary art, art news, art history, contemporary artist and gallery portfolios, online since 1995.

4. http://www.artcalendar.com/ppv/: Online business magazine for artists. Helpful online videos such as “getting into galleries, clients and commissions, the beginning basics of building your career.” Artist’s profiles and blogs, much more.

5. http://myrejectionletters.blogspot.com/: “Rejection Letters of an Emerging Artist” by Suzanne Melbourne, a fulltime painter and photographer.
“As a modern day fulltime, emerging, fine artist with the world at her fingertips thanks to technology as it is, I have found myself in a unique position to document my efforts to promote myself. This site offers me the opportunity to share my experiences along the way with other emerging artists out there.”

6. http://www.nyfa.org/login.asp?id=8: New York Foundation for the Arts.
NYFA's mission is to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives. NYFA is the largest provider of grants, services, and information to artists working in all disciplines in the United States.

7. http://www.artdeadlineslist.com/: Art contests and competitions, art jobs and internships, art scholarships and grants and fellowships, art festivals, call for entries/proposals/projects, and other opportunities, in all disciplines, for art students, art teachers, and artists of all ages.

8. http://www.lynndunham.blogspot.com/: Art News, A Creative Resource for Artists, Collectors, Dealers and Curators. Subscribe and get updates on the latest in the art world.

Need an elective?

Looking to fill your schedule for fall? Need an elective? Need upper division credit?
Consider taking one of these great courses:
AVT 371 Visual Perception and the Arts (3:3:0) Review of major approaches to the study of visual perception. Topics include analysis of picture perception, visual thinking, the relationship between symbolic and nonsymbolic thinking and representation, and how pathologies of vision affect art production.

AVT 305 Creative Processes (3:3:0) Study of the creative process in general, with emphasis on the inspiration, working methods, and final creations of various artists. Students explore their own creative processes through journal keeping, collaborative exercises, and projects.

AVT 204 Visual Thinking (3:3:0) Explores the ways contemporary artists use principles of design and perception to challenge how we see our world physiologically, psychologically, or socially. Examples drawn from film, photography, new media art, and other contemporary artistic media.