Though it is not appropriate to separate out opportunities for the contemporary artist versus designer, the following links have been categorized for the convenience of easy browsing. All students in art and design are encouraged to explore links that interest them.
Of General Interest to the Artist/DesignerProfessional Associations
Art Specific Links
Design Specific Links
Graphic/Media Design
Film/Video/Animation
Photography
Internships
Residencies
Museums
Resources for Grants and Other Funding
Career Assistance
General Career Info
Miscellaneous and Local Resources
Library Resources
Of General Interest to the Artist/Designer
- A Career Guide to the Party Industry
- Academic Careers
- Academic Keys
- Advertising Age job bank
- Adweek
- Alliance of Artists Communities
- Americans for the Arts
- Art Channel-Worldwide Art Network
- Art Corps
- Art Schools Info
- Artist Resource
- Arts at Michigan
- Artserve Michigan
- Artweek
- California Community Colleges Job Registry
- Chicago Artists Coalition
- College Art Association
- Colour Lovers Jobs
- Copyright Information
- Crafts Report
- Creative Peoples Network
- Critical Ceramics
- Daily Variety Job Postings
- Design Quote
- Don’t Erase Your Queer Future
- Doostang.com
- Dorkbot: People doing strange things with electricity
- Fine Art America
- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
- Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)
- Jobs in Higher Education
- Leveraging Investments in Creativity
- Linked In
- Michigan Art Links
- Michigan Reach Out
- Michigan Silversmiths Guild
- National Network for Artist Placement
- OUTREACH at the University of Michigan
- PA Artist Entrepreneur
- Playbill (theatre jobs)
- Resume Advice
- School of Music, Theatre and Dance Links
- Science Jobs
- Scientific Journals International
- Sell Your Work!
- Springboard for the Arts
- Student Conservation Association
- Tabriz Cartoons
- The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas
- The Creative Group
- The Fair Use Network
- The Hollywood Reporter
- U Gallery
- U of M International Center
- World Wide Arts Resources
- Yahoo Directory of Arts Organizations/Artists’ Retreats and Colonies
- AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
- American Advertising Federation
- American Art Therapy Association
- American Association of Museums
- American Society of Interior Designers
- Ann Arbor Ad Club
- Art Directors Club
- ASIFA Midwest
- Association of Medical Illustrators
- Exhibit Designers and Producers Association
- Fashion and Apparel Industry Associations
- Graphic Artists Guild
- Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
- IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America)
- International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood)
- International Association of Lighting Designers
- International Interior Design Association
- Manfacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America
- Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America Scholarships
- Michigan Art Education Association
- Michigan Silversmiths Guild
- Set Decorators Society of America
- SIGGRAPH
- Surface Design Association
- The American Institute of Architects
- The Society for Environmental Graphic Design
- The Society of Publication Designers
- Alliance of Artists Communities
- Americans for the Arts
- Art A to Z
- Art Channel-Worldwide Art Network
- Art Corps
- Art Deadlines
- Art Grants
- Art Link
- Art Marketing
- Art Resources Directory (United Kingdom)
- Art-Online, The Fine Art Directory
- ArtCareer.net
- Artist Resource
- Artist’s Career Guide (Book)
- Artjob
- ArtQuest
- Artweek
- Creative Jobs Central
- Fine Art America
- Michigan Art Links
- Mutual Art
- National Network for Artist Placement
- PA Artist Entrepreneur
- Sell Your Work!
- Springboard for the Arts
- Tribbio Studios
- U Gallery
- We Make Money Not Art
- Women Environmental Artists Directory
- Women Environmental Artists Directory
- World Wide Arts Resources
- Yahoo Directory of Arts Organizations/Artists’ Retreats and Colonies
- Ann Arbor Sparks Career Services Jobs in Michigan
- Aquent
- Art Scams
- Autodesk
- Commercial Arts Magazine
- Copyright Information
- Core77
- Coroflot
- Craig’s List (San Francisco)
- Creative Central
- Creative Freelancers
- Creative Hotlist
- Creative HUB
- Creative Jobs Central
- Design News Product Design and Development
- Design Quote
- Desktop Publishing
- DICE (web design, graphic design with computers, etc)
- Doostang.com
- Filter
- George P. Johnson Company
- Graphic Artists Guild
- Graphic Arts Employment Specialists
- How Magazine
- I Creatives
- IDEO
- Mac Tech
- MacTalent
- Malakye
- Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America Scholarships
- National Council for Interior Design Qualification
- New York Job Source
- Nolcha Metier Fashion Design
- PrintJobs
- Resume Advice
- Rita Sue Siegel Resources
- Roz Goldfarb Associates
- Snibbe Interactive
- Telecommuting Jobs
- The Creative Group
- Wert & Company
- AdCraft Club of Detroit
- Advertising Age job bank
- Adweek
- AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
- AIGA Boston
- AIGA Chicago
- AIGA Cincinnati
- AIGA Cleveland
- AIGA Detroit
- AIGA Minnesota
- AIGA New York
- AIGA Philadelphia
- AIGA Portland
- AIGA Seattle
- AIGA St. Louis
- All Graphic Design
- American Advertising Federation
- Ann Arbor Ad Club
- Ann Arbor Sparks Career Services Jobs in Michigan
- Copyright Information
- Doostang.com
- Motion Grapher
- Snibbe Interactive
- Society of Publication Designers
- TeamDetroit
- Web Designer Jobs
- [FPO] Magazine
- 3D Graphics Jobs
- Animation Jobs
- Assistant Directors.com
- Blue Sky Studios
- CG Society
- Creative Heads
- Design jobs at Entertainment Careers (film, FX, animation, etc.)
- Dreamworks Animation
- Grace and Wild
- Green Light Jobs
- Industrial Light and Magic
- JuJu
- Laika
- Lucas Arts
- Michigan Film Office
- Midway Games
- Motion Grapher
- Pixar
- Princess Grace Awards for Film Making
- Ringside Creative Detroit
- Showbiz Jobs
- SIGGRAPH
- Stardock
- T. Howard Foundation Internships
- United Entertainment Media
- Viacom
- VonChurch
- American Society of Media Photographers
- American Society of Media Photographers, Michigan Chapter
- American Society of Picture Professionals
- Creative Jobs Central
- Design Quote
- Freelance Photographer Jobs
- International Center of Photography
- Joshua Tree Highlands Homes
- National Press Photographers Association
- The Core Program: Artist and Critical Studies Residencies Museum of Fine Art, Houston
- Wedding and Portrait Photographers International
- [FPO] Magazine
- 16 Hands Gallery
- A&D Student Internships
- Ann Arbor Art Center
- Ann Arbor Film Festival
- Ann Arbor USA
- Art Corps
- Bestway Inflatables
- CAPA International Internships
- Chelsea Center for the Arts
- Coroflot
- Doostang.com
- Google Internships
- HNet Film and Video Productions
- ICE International Internships and Work Abroad
- Intern Lady
- International Internships through AIESEC
- Internship Credit through A&D
- Internships.com
- Michigan in Washington
- National Gallery of Art
- NEA Internships
- New York Arts Program
- NY Arts
- OUTREACH at the University of Michigan
- Public Service Intern Program (PSIP)
- QLTD
- Quarter Life (mostly creative internships)
- River Gallery
- Sleeping Bear Press
- Smithsonian Institute
- Stardock
- Student Conservation Association
- Summer Internships University of Dreams (fees involved)
- T. Howard Foundation Internships
- The Career Center
- TVJobs.com
- U of M Graphic Design
- US State Department Internships
- Washington Internship Institute
- Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
- WDIV Channel 4
- Women’s Studio Workshop
- Anderson Ranch Arts Center
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
- Art Omi International Artists Residency
- Artist Residency Program at Pouch Cove
- Artist Residency Programs
- Artistay (France)
- Atlantic Center for the Arts
- Cat’Art
- Center for Contemporary Printmaking
- DIVA: Danish International Visual Arts
- Exploratorium
- Eyebeam Residencies
- Fine Arts Work Center
- Info about residencies from blog spot
- Jean Claude Reynal Scholarship
- Maine Media Workshops
- McColl Center for Visual Art
- Mes Art Directory of Residency Programs
- Millay Colony for the Arts
- Norton Island Residency Program
- Oregon College of Art and Craft Residencies
- Peters Valley Craft Center Artist Residencies
- Res Artis
- Rijkaskademie van beeldende kunsten (The Netherlands)
- Santa Fe Art Institute Residencies
- Springboard for the Arts
- Terra Summer Residency in Giverny
- The Bemis Center
- Vermont Studio Center
- Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
- Yahoo Directory of Arts Organizations/Artists’ Retreats and Colonies
- American Association of Museums
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Exhibit Designers and Producers Association
- Federal Employment (more than meets the eye!)
- Holocaust Memorial Center
- Michigan Historical Museum
- Museum Computer Network
- Museum Employment Resource Center
- Museum Jobs
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
- The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- The Contemporary Art Institute Detroit (CAID)
- The Detroit Science Center
- UMMA for UM Students
- University of Michigan Museums and Galleries
Resources for Grants and Other Funding
- Alliance of Artists Communities
- American-Scandinavian Foundation
- Art Deadlines (grants, scholarships, etc.)
- Art Grants
- Arts and Healing Network
- Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for International Study
- Boren Awards for International Study
- Centre Cat’Art (France)
- Classical Design Fellowships
- College Art Association
- College Funds
- Collegeboard.com
- Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Foundation Scholarships
- Council of Michigan Foundations
- DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (German Academic Exchange Service)
- Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
- Graduate Internships at the Getty
- Grants for non-profits (MSU Library resource)
- Grantsmanship Center
- GROCS
- Harriet Hale Wolley Scholarship (France)
- Institute of International Education
- International Education Financial Aid
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
- Japan-United States Friendship Commission
- Jean Claude Reynal Scholarship
- Jobs in Higher Education
- Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship
- Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace
- King/Chavez/Parks Fellowship
- Kresge Arts Foundation
- Luce Scholars Program
- Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America Scholarships
- Matthaei Botanical Gardens/Nichols Arboretum Research Awards
- Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
- National Alliance for Excellence, Inc.
- National Society of Arts and Letters
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- Princess Grace Awards for Film Making
- Rackham Fellowships
- Resources for International Funding
- S&R Washington Award
- S&R Foundation
- Scholarships.com
- Scoville (Herbert) Peace Fellowship
- Sell Your Work!
- Springboard for the Arts
- Telluride House (free room and board at UM)
- The Alma Shapiro Prize
- The Clay Studio
- The College Invention Competition
- The Foundation Center
- The Henry Luce Foundation
- The Howard Foundation
- The MAP Fund
- The Point Foundation
- U of M Intstitute for the Humanities Fellowships and Grants
- Wolfson Fellowship
- Ann Arbor Sparks Career Services Jobs in Michigan
- Art Support
- Artist Help Network
- College Art Association
- concentrate
- Delaying the Real World
- Jobs in Higher Education
- JobWeb
- Leveraging Investments in Creativity
- O Net
- Preparing Future Faculty CRLT info
- Resume Advice
- School of Music, Theatre and Dance Links
- Sell Your Work!
- The Career Center
- The Creative Group
- The Pauper
- The Washington Post Life After College Guide
- U of M Alumni Association
- U of M Alumni Career Networks
- Visual Arts Career Guide
- Ann Arbor Sparks Career Services - Jobs in Michigan
- Career Kung Fu
- Federal Employment (more than meets the eye!)
- O Net
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- OUTREACH at the University of Michigan
- Resume Advice
- The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas
- University of Michigan Career Center
Miscellaneous and Local Resources
- A Career Guide to the Party Industry
- Ann Arbor Ad Club
- Ann Arbor Fiber Arts Guild
- Ann Arbor Sparks Career Services Jobs in Michigan
- Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original
- Arts at Michigan
- Business Committee for the Arts
- ClickOnDetroit.com
- concentrate
- Creative Peoples Network
- Design Quote
- Directory of Non-profit Organizations in Washtenaw County
- Doostang.com
- Federal Employment (more than meets the eye!)
- Grace and Wild
- Guide to Detroit
- HERC (Michigan Higher Education Recruitment Consortium)
- Hollander’s (paper making)
- Kresge Arts Foundation
- Linked In
- M-Live
- Michigan Reach Out
- O Net
- OUTREACH at the University of Michigan
- School of Music, Theatre and Dance Links
- Springboard for the Arts
- Stardock
- Tabriz Cartoons
- The Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce
- The Arts Alliance
- The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas
- The Contemporary Art Institute Detroit (CAID)
- The Detroiter.Com
- The Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans
- Tribbio Studios
- U of M Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA)
- U of M Jobs
- U of M Student Employment
- We Make Money Not Art
- Yaffe Center
Jessica Frelinghuysen Featured
Frelinghuysen's Paperhelmets series was recently featured in the Danish magazine Ud&Se and on Wired UK.
Exhibition: Faces
Open Nov 20 - Jan 12 at the Dexter District Library, Faces features interpretations by twelve area artists.
Ruth Taubman: New York and Ann Arbor Shows
Taubman (BFA 1981) is having two upcoming private showings featuring her limited edition and one-of-a-kind jewelry.
Stewart Brand
On December 03, the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series presents Stewart Brand with Hacking Civilization at the Michigan Theater.
Study Abroad in Korea at Sogang University Information Session
RSVP for this information session on upcoming programs at Sogang University for the summer of 2010 and new graduate study opportunities.
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