Organisation Investigation links

Wardlow residency - Fitzroy

www.wardlow.com.au 

Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces

www.gertrude.org.au

NASAA - National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (US)

www.nasaa-arts.org

Illustrators Australia

www.illustratorsaustralia.com

Blindside (Swanston Street, Melbourne)

www.blindside.org.au

Seth Fisher (1972 - 2006)

Click here for his website

'War: The Prints of Otto Dix' at the National Gallery of Victoria - 12th of April - 10th of August 2008

FREE EXHIBITION!

Robert Raynor Gallery

Ground Level

"I did not paint war pictures in order to prevent war.  I would never have been so arrogant.  I painted them to exorcise the experience of war.  All art is about exorcism." - Otto Dix

Click here for more information

Australian Graphic Design Association & Design Festival (Melbourne)

AGDA - includes jobs, classifieds and other forms of support for graphic designers in Australia.

www.agda.com.au

State of Design Festival (Melbourne) - Victoria's Design Festival

16 - 18 July 2008

www.stateofdesign.com.au

New websites for concept, digital and design

Concept Art: Download videos and take tutorials in concept art!

www.conceptart.org

CG Talk: Society of Digital Artists

www.cgtalk.com 

Deviant Art: Lowbrow arts community - worldwide

www.deviantart.com

Paper Bag competition (Shepard Faery) 'Bag Design by Studio Number'

The TED696 Project is a collaboration between artists and Tooheys Extra Dry to launch the new 696mL longneck.  Studio Number One/Shepard Fairey, Luca and DMOTE have each been commissioned to design a limited edition brown paper bag.

GET INVOVED

Check out the work showcased online.  For the first time you also have the opportunity to use longneck bags as a design canvas  Your work will be judged by leading international designers, and could go on to be prized, published, exhibited and reproduced.  Visit the website for more details and get busy.

Entries close the 1st of June 2008

www.tedcreated.com.au  

Here we go - starting with illustrators!!!

CLICK on any of the images to enlarge or click on the name of the artist for more information.

Left: http://fatpunkstudio.com/




















Below: Keith Thompson

Below: Example of medical illustration

Below: Richard Dadd

Below: Alphonse Mucha

Australian International Animation Festival 2008 - 16 - 22nd of June

ON AT ACMI (AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE)

www.aiaf.com.au

Useful websites for students - from class

Harvard Referencing - should you lose your Harvard Referencing handouts, go to the library website for more information:

http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/

Definitions of professional and hobbyist artists:

http://www.visualarts.net.au/advicecentre/definitions/professional

Australian Copyright Council:

http://www.copyright.org.au/

Rocky Road Rena - Rena will be coming into class to speak to you soon! Do some research and look her up:

http://www.rockyroadrena.com/

Arts Hub - for arts jobs and other opportunities

http://www.artshub.com.au/

National Association for the Visual Arts - a.k.a NAVA (Australia)

http://www.visualarts.net.au/

Illustrators Australia - register online

http://www.illustratorsaustralia.com/

Aquent - jobs for illustrators in the advertising industry

http://www.aquent.com.au/

Here are the websites that were handed out earlier in the semester:

Wooster Collective – street and lowbrow art http://www.woostercollective.com/index.php

Hi Fructose – amazing paintings, lowbrow art and illustration-style art updated regularly to coincide with their magazine http://hifructose.livejournal.com/

Monster Brains – a weird blog full of monsters ancient and new, medieval to modern in prints and scribes. Good inspiration for illustrators and a personal favourite! http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/

The Comics Journal – NOTE: please use discretion with this website – some of the images may be barred from student use, according to their blog, so please be wary using this site. http://www.tcj.com/

Art Dorks – many of the Pop Surrealist artists that were on here have now migrated onto MySpace, however Brendan Danielsson’s site is well worth a look for the graphic-style artist http://artdorks.com/index.php

Frieze – with a podcast and archives of previous publications from their magazine http://www.frieze.com/magazine/

Arts Law Australia – the most up to date information for artists, including copyright, classification and censorship, trademarks, contracts, etc. Free advice for artists in a pickle. http://www.artslaw.com.au/

Artchive – biographical information on hundreds of artists and eras ranging from the Renaissance to modern eras with theory and criticisms on individual works. http://www.artchive.com/

Timeline of Art History – The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art – one of the best art history websites ever published on the internet – from BC to AD http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

Arts Journal – Daily Art News http://www.artsjournal.com/

Drawn – Drawn! “is a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw. Visit us daily for a dose of links and creative inspiration.” http://drawn.ca/

Flight Comics http://www.flightcomics.com/

Start Drawing – Asian drawing collective – billions of artists! http://www.startdrawing.org/

We make money not art – HEAPS on the contemporary global art scene, including
sound art and more: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/

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