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Links General Resources The Alabama State Council on the Arts - See what's going on with art, dance, theatre, music, etc. Architecture Web Resources - Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. Florida Heritage Collection - an ongoing cooperative project to digitize and provide online access to materials broadly representing Florida's history, culture, arts, literature, sciences and social sciences. Mississippi Arts Commission Mobile Arts Council National Endowment for the Arts Arts Council of New Orleans Art & Artists African Art:Aesthetics and Meaning - you'll find masks, sculpture, ceremonial art and more at this site hosted by the University of Virginia. Discussions and critiques accompany the images. Art on the Web - 1200 links on art and architecture from Boston College ArtChive - Visit Mark Harden's virtual galleries, critcisms, links etc. Good Fun! ArtNet - a megasite with databases of artists, galleries, auctions, resources, etc. Art Online Artist Archive - wonderful site for looking at paintings Famous Artworks - browse by artist or theme for brief descriptions and definitions International Sculpture Center - provides extensive information on contemporary sculpture in multiple languages Leonardo Da Vinci - Learn about Leonardo's scientific and artistic accomplishments, from Boston's Museum of Science. Good for homework. Sculptor.org - a directory of sculpture resources on the web, especially for artists World Wide Arts Resources Education ArtsEdge - supports arts education and curriculum with activities, lesson plans, history, behind the scenes, and networking Galleries & Museums American Sport Art Museum and Archives - Daphne, AL The Art Museum Network Birmingham Museum of Art Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Eastern Shore Art Center - Fairhope, AL The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco The Frick Collection, New York Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center Mobile, AL Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University Lauren Rogers Museum of Art - Laurel, Mississippi The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Louisiana Art and Science Museum and the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium Louisiana Children's Museum Louvre Museum Official Website - see the collections at one of the most famous museums in the world The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mississippi Museum of Art - Jackson, MS Mobile Medical Museum The Mobile Museum of Art - a great guide to a fine cultural resource right here in our community! Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts The Morgan Library - NYC - see the exhibits and visit the museums and shops History Museum of Mobile Museum of Modern Art - NYC National D-Day Museum New Orleans - America's National World War II Museum The National Gallery Art National Museum of Naval Aviation New Orleans Museum of Art New Orlean's Museums Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art - Biloxi, MS Ogden Museum of Southern Art University of New Orleans Pensacola Museum of Art The Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Museum of American Art Tate Gallery University of Alabama Museums - Tuscaloosa Walter Anderson Museum of Art - Ocean Springs, MS WebMuseum Dance, Performance & Theater Alabama Ballet Alabama Shakespeare Festival - Montgomery Alabama Theatre Ballet and Dance Companies Worldwide Internet Broadway Database - a comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway [dating from the 1700's to the present], including all 'title page' [program] information about each production. IBDB also offers historical information about theaters and various statistics and fun facts related to Broadway. Joe Jefferson Players Mobile, AL Mobile Ballet Mobile, AL Mobile Civic Center Mobile, AL Mobile Saenger Theatre Mobile, AL Mobile Theatre Guild Mobile, AL Pensacola Little Theatre Pensacola, FL Pensacola Saenger Theatre Timeline of Art History - A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world. University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance - Tuscaloosa |
