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Collections & Exhibitions
Federal
Collections
- Collection
of the National Gallery of Art
Text
and/or data on all of the more than 108,000 objects in the National
Gallery's collection can be found using various search capabilities.
Images of more than 5,600 objects in the collection and approximately
11,800 related details are available.
- General
Services Administration's (GSA) Fine Arts Database
The
Fine Arts Collection of the GSA includes works of art commissioned
to enhance the architecture of federal buildings. The collection
consists of over 17,000 paintings, sculpture, architectural or
environmental works of art, and graphics dating from the 1850's.
- Smithsonian:
Art & Design
Explore
the art collections and exhibitions of the Smithsonian Museums.
Collections are grouped by artist, field, and region & culture.
- National
Archives: A New Deal for the Arts
During the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930s and into the early
years of World War II, the Federal government supported the arts in unprecedented
ways. For 11 years, between 1933 and 1943, federal tax dollars employed artists,
musicians, actors, writers, photographers, and dancers. Never before or since
has our government so extensively sponsored the arts.
- Library
of Congress: Prints & Photographs Division
Unique in their scope and richness, the prints and photographs collections
today number more than 13.7 million images. These include photographs, fine
and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering
drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly
rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United
States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.
- Library
of Congress: Exhibitions
The Library of Congress provides access to a number of online exhibits that
deal directly with, or tangentially with the arts.
- American
Music Collections of the National Museum of American History
The
American Music Collections document this country's diverse
popular music and performance traditions. The strength
of these collections is the music of the late nineteenth
through the twentieth centuries including Big Band jazz,
Gospel and African American sacred music, and folk music.
California
State & Local Collections
- Los
Angeles County Museum of Art: Collections Online
"The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest
art museum west of the Mississippi River. More than 100,000
objects constitute the museum's holdings. The permanent collections
offer: American art; ancient and Islamic art; Chinese and Korean
art; costume and textiles; decorative arts; European painting
and sculpture; Japanese art; Latin American art; modern and
contemporary art; photography; prints and drawings; and, South
and Southeast Asian art."
- Index
of Early California & Western Art
From
the digital library of the California State Museum Resource
Center, a digital reproduction of the Nan & Roy Farrington
Jones Collection, an accumulation of over 20,000 slides of
historic California and western genre paintings. The index
is arranged by artist last name and includes brief artist biographical
information, where available. The collection also includes
manuscripts and publications.
- UCR
/ California Museum of Photography: Exhibitions
UCR
/ California Museum of Photography is an off-campus department
of the University of California, Riverside, Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences. The museum promotes understanding
of photography and related media through collection, research,
exhibition, and instruction. UCR / CMP is vitally concerned
with the intersection of photography, new imaging media
and society.
Other
Collections
- Wired
For Books: Author Interviews by Don Swaim
Ohio
University Telecommunications Center has made publicly available
its archive of author interviews by Doug Swaim. "Listen to the
voices of many of the best writers of the English language. These
uncut, behind-the-scenes interviews were the foundation of Don
Swaim's long-running CBS Radio show, Book Beat." Requires RealPlayer.
- Folger
Shakespeare Library: Exhibitions
A
magnet for scholars from around the globe, the Folger is home to
the world�s largest collection of Shakespeare�s printed works,
as well as magnificent collections of other rare Renaissance books
and manuscripts on all disciplines�history and politics, theology
and exploration, law and the arts. Included in the collections
are over 310,000 books and manuscripts; 250,000 playbills; 27,000
paintings, drawings, engravings, and prints; and musical instruments,
costumes, and films.
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National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Grants
Established
by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal
government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder
of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including
rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
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Dept.
of Education: Arts in Education Model Development and
Dissemination Grants Program
Grants
are designed to enable local education agencies and organizations
with art expertise to further create and develop materials for
the replication or adaptation of current comprehensive approaches
for integrating a range of arts disciplines--such as music, dance,
theater, and visual arts, including folk arts--into the elementary
and middle school curricula.
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Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): All About Grants
and Awards
The
Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal
agency that fosters leadership, innovation and a lifetime of
learning. IMLS supports all types of museums, from art and history
to science and zoos, and all types of libraries and archives,
from public and academic to research and school. IMLS expands
the educational benefit of these institutions by encouraging
partnerships.
California
State Resources
- California
Arts Council (CAC): Grant Programs
Through
grant awards to artists, nonprofit arts organizations, and local
governments, the California Arts Council furthers the legislative
mandates and the mission of the agency. Grant awards help to support
artistic programming, strengthen internal management, assist in
the employment of professional staff and artists, and provide access
to the arts for all Californians.
- California
Arts Council (CAC): Funding Opportunities
CAC
provides a list of resources "linking artists and arts organizations
to a variety of arts funding sources from governments, foundations
and private sources."
- California
State Library: California Cultural and Historic Endowment
The
Endowment was created to administer the Proposition 40 funds
dedicated to preserving historic and cultural resources.
Approximately $128 million will be available to government
entities and non-profit organizations through a competitive
grant application process.
Local
Resources
- The
Community Foundation: Available Grants
The
Community Foundation "is dedicated to strengthening our communities
by meeting the needs and enhancing the lives of individuals in
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in partnership with philanthropic
individuals, community leaders, and the nonprofit sector. This
is accomplished through building permanent endowments, making prudent
grants for charitable causes, being a catalyst to solve community
concerns, and strengthening nonprofit organizations."
- Los
Angeles County Arts Commission: Funding Opportunities
The
Los Angeles County Arts Commission was established in 1947 to foster
excellence, diversity, vitality and accessibility of the arts of
the County of Los Angeles. The Commission plays a leadership role
in cultural services for the County, providing information and
resources to the community, artists, arts organizations and municipalities.
The administration of grant programs is an essential component
of this mandate.
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Finding
Documents
There are millions
of documents in the Federal Depository Library Program; over
100,000 are available full text via the web. In addition,
the Pfau Library catalogs electronic, print, and microform
documents in our Online
Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
as they are released. Other resources for finding government
sponsored information on the arts:
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