Fine Arts: Websites

Professional Organizations

Art Administration & Business, Art Education, Art History

• Artbusiness.com (http://www.artbusiness.com/) – Practical tips and more for working artists.
• Arts Management Network (http://www.artsmanagement.net/) - International Network for Arts and Business News, events, art development opportunities from around the world.
• Association of Art Historians (http://www.aah.org.uk) - based in London, U.K.
• Association of Arts Administration Educators (http://www.artsadministration.org)

Ceramics and Pottery

• American Art Pottery Association (http://www.aapa.info)
• Ceramic Designers Association (http://www.cdava.com)
• Contemporary Ceramic Studios Association (http://www.ccsaonline.com) - presently concentrated on North America and Europe.

Jewelry and Metals

• Artist Blacksmith’s Association of North America (http://www.abana.org)
• Jewelers of America (http://www.jewelers.org) – Professional association for US-based jewelers.  Education links, articles & reports on gems and metals (under “business”), and links to jewelers’ associations in states and areas of the US.

Photography

• American Society of Media Photographers (http://asmp.org) - Professional association for photographers whose work is for publication.
• National Press Photographers’ Association (http://www.nppa.org)
• North American Nature Photography Association (http://www.nanpa.org)
• Professional Photographers of America (http://www.ppa.com) - Professional organization for photographers.

Portraits, Watercolor

• American Society of Portrait Artists (http://www.asopa.com)
• World sculptors’ associations and societies (http://www.sculptor.org/Sculptors/Associations/WorldSculptorsAssociations.htm) – Links to sculptors’ associations in numerous specializations and geographic areas.

Sculpture

• Watercolorist associations (http://www.watercolorpainting.com/societies.htm) - List of watercolorist associations in all US states and many countries.

GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS

• USA:
• National Gallery of Art (http://www.nga.gov) - Washington, DC
• National Museum of Women in the Arts (http://www.nmwa.org/) - Washington, DC
• Smithsonian Institution (http://www.si.edu/museums/) - Washington, DC. List of Smithsonian’s museums and art galleries.
• J. Paul Getty Museum (http://www.getty.edu/museum) - Los Angeles, CA
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (http://www.metmuseum.org) - New York, NY. Collections can be browsed by era.
• Museum of Modern Art (http://www.moma.org) - New York, NY
• Mint Museum of Art (http://www.mintmuseum.org) - Charlotte, NC
• Art Institute of Chicago (http://www.artic.edu/) - Chicago, IL
• Field Museum (https://www.fieldmuseum.org) - Chicago, IL
• EUROPE:
• U.K.:
• Tate Gallery (http://www.tate.org.uk) – London, U.K.
• British Museum (http://www.britishmuseum.org/) - London, U.K.
• France:
• The Louvre (http://www.louvre.fr/) - Paris, France
• Germany:
• Staatliche Museen Berlin (http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-and-institutions.html) - Berlin, Germany. List of museums and collections.
• Alte Pinakothek (http://www.pinakothek.de/en/home) - Munich, Germany
• Italy:
• Ministry of Art and Culture's museum website (http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/museums/) - Rome, Italy
• Vatican Museum (http://www.museivaticani.va/) - Rome, Italy (choose your preferred language from home page)
• Russia:
• Hermitage Museum (https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/) - St. Petersburg, Russia

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