Directory of Artists - information and links

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ARTS SECTOR AND FUNDING

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Arts and Business

Arts Council of England including Arts Online and Regional Arts Boards
British Film Institute
Crafts Council
Department of Cultural Media & Sports (DCMS)
Lottery Good Causes
Regional Arts Board
The British Council
The National Endowment For Science Technology & The arts (NESTA)
Get Out There

ARTS AREAS

Anweb - Information, advice and debate for visual and applied artists
Arts Marketing Association - Membership organisation for people working in arts marketing
Arts Council of England including Arts Online and Regional Arts Boards

Association of British Orchestras - National body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras

Association of British Theatre Technicians - Technician's National body striving to further technical standards in UK theatre
Association of Lighting Designers
Axis Art On-line Gallery
British Academy - UK 's leading association for music writers of all genres
Circus Arts - promotes circus in all its many forms
Musicians Union
Writers Guild
Black Arts Alliance - Network of Black Artists and Administrators in the UK
Disability Net - Internet based disability information and news service
Jabadao - Dance work with the elderly, the young and disabled
National Disability - Organisation accountable to and managed by disabled people
The Place - Advice to dance professionals, including education and training

Theatrical Management Association (TMA) Theatre management Organisation

Voluntary Arts Network UK development agency for the voluntary arts

Equity (Actors Union)

Lacba

Poetry/Creative Writers | back to top

Arts and Business
The Arts Council - including Arts Online and Regional Arts Boards
British Film Institute
Crafts Council
Department of Cultural Media & Sports (DCMS)
Lottery Good Causes
The British Council
The National Endowment For Science Technology & The arts (NESTA)
Get Out There
ABC Tales
Education & training: The Author's Licensing and Collecting Society
Education & training: Arvon Foundation for poets practice imaginative writing alongside professional writers
Education & training: A web site devoted to children's poetry
Education & training: The Commonwealth Institute
Blue Nose and Poets
Express Excess
Creative Partnerships - creativity in education
Five Leaves Publications
UK Funding Organisations: Fire in the Head - writing courses

Music | back to top

Arts and Business

Lottery Good Causes

The Arts Council - including Arts Online and Regional Arts Boards

The British Council The National Endowment http:// www.nesta.org.uk

The National Endowment For Science Technology & The arts (NESTA)

Get Out There

Arts Marketing Association - Membership organisation for people working in arts marketing

Arts Online The arts council of England 's virtual space for the promotion, exhibition and distribution of the arts in England

Association of British Orchestras http:// www.abo.org.uk

National body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras

Association of British Theatre http:// www.abtt.org.uk

Technicians' National body striving to further technical standards in UK theatre Technicians

Association of lighting http:// www.ald.org.uk

Designers

British Academy http:// www.britishacademy.com

UK 's leading association for music writers of all genres

Musicians Union http:// www.musiciansunion.org.uk

Black Arts Alliance http:// www.baas.demon.co.uk

Network of Black Artists and Administrators in the UK

Arts Industry http:// www.artsindustry.co.uk

The weekly news and jobs magazine for professionals working in the arts

Arts Professional http:// www.artsprofessional.co.uk

UK 's leading journal for the arts and cultural industries

Mail out http:// www.e-mailout.org

UK magazine for participatory and community arts development

Cultural Heritage http:// www.chnto.co.uk

Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation

Lifelong Learning http:// www.lifelonglearning.co.uk

Metier http:// www.metier.org.uk

The National Training Organisation for the arts

NetGAIN http:// www..netgain.org.uk

Information site designed to offer career guidance and business support to recent arts graduates. Also on-line support for arts NVQ's

SHOWHOW http:// www.showhow.org.uk

Development opportunities for a wide range of creative people in the London area

Skillset http:// www.skillset.org

National Training Organisation for film, video and multimedia

Your Creative Future http:// www.yourcreativefuture.co.uk

Careers information for the creative industries

Farside Music members.lycos.co.uk/farsideleics/index.html

Acoustic live music from around the world - jazz, folk, blues, traditional, roots - in

Leicester

Independent Theatre Council http:// www.itc-arts.org

(ITC) Represents a wide rang of performing arts organisations

Nation Network for the http:// www.nnah.org.uk

Arts in Health Information on arts in health

Online Arts Venues and http:// www.arts-venues.co.uk

Resources Guide Free database bring together information on people, places and spaces for touring the arts around England

Sonic Arts Network http:// www.sonicartsnetwork.org

Promotes the creative use of the technology which is transforming the nature and practice of music

Sounds Sense http:// www.soundsense.org

The UK development agency for community music

The Network http:// www.networkmusic.org

Information site for musicians working in the east midlands

The Place http:// www.theplace.org.uk

Advice to dance professionals, including education and training

Voluntary Arts Network http:// www.voluntaryarts.org

UK development agency for the voluntary arts

Woman in music http:// www.womeninmusic.org.uk

National membership organisation that supports and encourages women to make music

Youth music http:// www.youthmusic.org.uk

Youth music is about all sorts of music for all sorts of young people from jazz to jungle, brass to bangra

Lacba http://www.lacba.org.uk

 
Visual Arts/Media | back to top

Digital Arts Network (DAN) http:// www.digitalartsnetwork.org

Collaboration of people working at the intersection of art technology

Independent Theatre Council http:// www.itc-arts.org

(ITC) Represents a wide rang of performing arts organisations

Nation Network for the http:// www.nnah.org.uk

Arts in Health Information on arts in health

Online Arts Venues and http:// www.arts-venues.co.uk

Resources Guide Free database bring together information on people, places and spaces for touring the arts around England

Skillset http:// www.skillset.org

Society of British theatre http:// www.theatredesign.org.uk

Designers

National Training Organisation for film, video and multimedia

The Place http:// www.theplace.org.uk

Advice to dance professionals, including education and training

Voluntary Arts Network http:// www.voluntaryarts.org

UK development agency for the voluntary arts

BECTU http:// www.bectu.org.uk

(Broadcast, Entertainment Cinematographic and Theatre Union)

Lacba http://www.lacba.org.uk

Crafts | back to top

The Arts Council - including Arts Online

The Crafts Council

Lottery Good Causes

Regional Arts Board

The British Council

The National Endowment For Science Technology & The arts (NESTA)

Get Out There

Arts Marketing Association - Membership organisation for people working in arts marketing

Axis Art On-line Gallery

Black Arts Alliance - Network of Black Artists and Administrators in the UK

Arts Industry - The weekly news and jobs magazine for professionals working in the arts

Arts Professional - UK 's leading journal for the arts and cultural industries

Mailout - UK magazine for participatory and community arts development

Cultural Heritage - Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation

Lifelong Learning

Metier - The National Training Organisation for the arts

NetGAIN - Information site designed to offer career guidance and business support to recent arts graduates. Also on-line support for arts NVQs

SHOWHOW - Development opportunities for a wide range of creative people in the London area

Skillset - National Training Organisation for film, video and multimedia

Your Creative Future - Careers information for the creative industries

Independent Theatre Council - (ITC) Represents a wide rang of performing arts organisations

Nation Network for the Arts in Health Information on arts in health

Online Arts Venues and Resources Guide Free database bring together information on people, places and spaces for touring the arts around England

The Place - Advice to dance professionals, including education and training

Voluntary Arts Network - UK development agency for the voluntary arts

Arts Management | back to top

Arts Council of England http:// www.artscouncil.org.uk

Arts and Business http:// www.AandB.org.uk

Lottery Good Causes http:// www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk

Regional Arts Board http:// www.arts.org.uk

The British Council http:// www.britishcouncil.org

The National Endowment http:// www.nesta.org.uk

For Science Technology &

The arts (NESTA)

Get Out There http:// www.getoutthere.bt.com

Arts Marketing Association http:// www.a-m-a.co.uk

Membership organisation for

People working in arts marketing

Membership organisation http:// www.atrsonline.com

for people working

in arts marketing Arts Online The arts council of England 's virtual space for the promotion, exhibition and distribution of the arts in England

Black Arts Alliance http:// www.baas.demon.co.uk

Network of Black Artists and Administrators in the UK

SHOWHOW http:// www.showhow.org.uk

Development opportunities for a wide range of creative people in the London area

Skillset http:// www.skillset.org

National Training Organisation for film, video and multimedia

Your Creative Future http:// www.yourcreativefuture.co.uk

Careers information for the creative industries

Independent Theatre Council http:// www.itc-arts.org

(ITC) Represents a wide rang of performing arts organisations

Nation Network for the http:// www.nnah.org.uk

Arts in Health Information on arts in health

Online Arts Venues and http:// www.arts-venues.co.uk

Resources Guide Free database bring together information on people, places and spaces for touring the arts around England

The Place http:// www.theplace.org.uk

Advice to dance professionals, including education and training

Theatrical Management http:// www.tmauk.org

Association (TMA) Theatre management Organisation

Voluntary Arts Network http:// www.voluntaryarts.org

UK development agency for the voluntary arts

Lacba http://www.lacba.org.uk

Cultural Diversity & Disabililty | back to top
Black Arts Alliance - Network of Black Artists and Administrators in the UK
Disability Net - Internet based disability information and news service
Jabadao - Dance work with the elderly, the young and disabled
National Disability - Organisation accountable to and managed by disabled people
Publications | back to top
Arts Industry - The weekly news and jobs magazine for professionals working in the arts
Arts Professional - UK’s leading journal for the arts and cultural industries
Mailout - UK magazine for participatory and community arts development
Sam’s Book - (Services to Arts Managers) Comprehensive booklist and order facility for the arts
Blue Nose Poets
Express Excess
Five Leaves Publications
Careers, Guidance and Training | back to top
Arts and Media Training Ltd - Development of the sector through training, support and advocacy for Artists in the West Midlands
Cultural Heritage - Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation
Lifelong Learning
Foundation for Community Dance - National development agency for community dance
Independent Theatre Council (ITC) - Represents a wide rang of performing arts organisations
Leicester Comedy Festival - Home of annual Leicester Comedy Festival
Nation Network for the Arts in Health - Information on arts in health
Online Arts Venues and Resources Guide - Free database bring together information on people, places and spaces for touring the arts around England
Society of British Theatre Designers
Sounds Sense - The UK development agency for community music
ALCS - The UK development agency for community music
Community | back to top
Black Arts Alliance - Network of Black Artists and Administrators in the UK
Black Women in the Arts - Voices of black women in music, performance and visual art
Commission for Racial Equality
Diversity Directory
Equality Direct
Full Circle Arts

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Arts Management
Careers, Guidance & Training
Community Crafts
Cultural Diversity and Disability
Music
Poetry/Creative Writers
Publications
Visual arts/Media
Youth Groups

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