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LibrarySpot.com

- The LibrarySpot.com is created to break through the information overload of the Web and bring the best library and reference sites together.

Professional supplies

• - Discount Art Supplier
• - Art Supplies with discounts
• - Creative department store known for art supplies, presentation supplies, modern furnishings, eco-friendly gifts and more
• - Online sales of expendables, apparel, bags and cases, books, camera filters, grip and lighting equipment, props, studio gear and special effects
• - Web site for Digital Cameras, Camera Equipment, Photo Printers, Home Theater, DVD Players, Authorized Dealer Canon, Sony, Nikon, Apple, and Olympus
• - Web site for professional equipment
• - Photo retailers and mail order suppliers.

Guilds and Organizations

• - Graphic Artists Guild
• - American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)
• - The Association of Illustrators
• - Children illustrators
• - Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
• - Organizations Helping Visual Artists
• - Nonprofit photography art organizations and community art centers whit a strong interest in fine art photography
• - Government Art Organizations and Non Government Art Organizations Exhibiting your Artwork
• - Locating Art Galleries and Exhibition Space, Local Newspapers, Gallery Guides, Online Gallery Listings, Monthly Magazines
• - The art museums that have an interest in collecting and exhibiting fine art photography. The list includes major art institutions as well as some small museums.

Grants

• - Grants for Artists & Grant Assistance
• Aaron Siskind Foundation
• APF Photography Fellowship
• Artist Trust
• The Art Deadlines List
• Arts & Healing Network - Grants
• Blue Earth Alliance
• Corporate Grantmakers on the Internet
• Creative Capital Foundation
• FiftyCrows Foundation
• Flintridge Foundation
• Fund for Investigative Journalism
• The Foundation Center
• Getty Images Grants & Competitions
• Guggenheim Foundation
• Heathcote Art Foundation
• Nancy Graves Foundation
• National Endowment for the Arts
• United States Artists
• Walter & Elise Haas Fund
• W. Eugene Smith Grant

Copyright Information for Artists

• - Copyright Information for artists and Laws Regarding Visual Arts; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Image Search Engines and Searchable Collections

• Google Image Search- More than 250 million images.
• The Internet Art Database - Find art from thousands of web sites.
• Yahoo! Picture Gallery- Search by category or keyword.
• Ditto.com- Indexes millions of online pictures.
• Alta Vista- Searches for photos and media.
• Lycos Image Gallery- Search for online images.
• Ixquick Metasearch- Searches multiple indexes.
• picsearch- Use "advanced search" to search all images
• Library of Congress images- The prints and photographs collections today number more than 13.7 million images
• George Eastman House- Many searchable collections.
• FreeFoto.com- A collection of 16,000+ photographs.
• TimePix - Images from Time Inc. publications.
• UN Photobank - 10,000+ United Nations photos.
• Newspaper Photo Galleries – by Newspaper Media, Region, Subject, Magazines, TV
• National Geographic magazine
• Smithsonian Institution
• Awesome Clipart for Kids
• Barry's Clip Art
• Clipart.com

Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)

Nashville Public Library

 

Tennessee Non-Profit Art Organizations and Art Centers

Frist Center for the Visual Arts
919 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 244-3339


 

Tennessee Art Centers

• Appalachian Center for Craft (Smithville)
• Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (Gatlinburg)
• Manchester Arts Center
• Madison Art Center
• The Parthenon Nashville
• The Renaissance Center (Dickson)
• Rose Center (Morristown)

 

Tennessee Non-Profit Art Organizations

• Bedford County Arts Council
• Creative Artists of Tennessee
• Hendersonville Arts Council
• Humanities Tennessee
• Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission
• Nashville Artist Guild
• Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
• Tennessee Art League and Galleries
• Tennessee Arts Commission
• Tennessee Watercolor Society
• Untitled Artist Group

 

Wikipedia

A free encyclopedia that can be edited by any visitor to its site.

Popular Encyclopedias

• - Nearly boundless research tool.
• Columbia Encyclopedia - Full text at Bartleby.com.
• Encarta Online - Abridged version of software.
• Encyclopedia.com - Simple and free encyclopedia.
• How Stuff Works - Find out how just about anything works.
• Information Please - Encyclopedia and dictionary in one.
• Symbols.com - Encyclopedia of graphic symbols.
• Wikipedia - Reference site you can update.
• xrefer - Encyclopedia, thesaurus and quotations in one.

 

Popular Dictionaries

• American Heritage - Fourth edition has 90,000+ entries.
• Cambridge Dictionariesf - Includes phrases and idioms.
• Dictionary.com - Definitions from Webster's and more.
• Merriam-Webster - Familiar, fast and easy dictionary.
• One Look Dictionaries - Search many dictionaries at once.
• World English Dictionary - Includes audio pronunciations.

 

Thesaurus

• Roget's Thesaurus - Online version of the classic thesaurus.

 

Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar - Search for quotes by keyword.
• QuotationsBook.com - Famous quotes linked through social networks.
• The Quotations Page - Search multiple archives.
• Dictionary of Quotations - A small, interesting archive.
• Quoteland.com - Browse topics or do a quick search.
• Quote World - Search by person, keyword or exact words.
• Simpson's Contemporary - Notable quotes, 1950-1988.
• Creative Quotations - Organized creatively.

 

Eli Journals (Creative Designer, Inside Photoshop, Inside Adobe InDesign)

• elijournals.com