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.
Building a Web PortfolioProfessional Associations
Design Specific Links
Art Specific Links
Graphic/Media Design
Of General Interest to the Artist/Designer
Film/Video/Animation
Photography
International Resources
Internships
Residencies
Resources for Grants and Other Funding
Museums and Galleries
Higher Education Jobs
Career Assistance
General Career Info
Local/Regional Resources
Library Resources
Of General Interest to the Artist/Designer
- A Career Guide to the Party Industry
- Advice for Artists (MBA online)
- Alliance of Artists Communities
- Americans for the Arts
- Art Corps
- Art Schools, Get CREATIVE with Your Career
- Artserve Michigan
- Career Resources on LinkedIn
- Chicago Artists Coalition
- Copyright Information
- Crafts Report
- Daily Variety Job Postings
- Design Quote
- Don’t Erase Your Queer Future
- Doostang.com
- Dorkbot: People doing strange things with electricity
- Elance
- Etsy
- Free Job Advice (everything you always wanted to know!)
- HOW MUCH DO I CHARGE FOR MY SERVICES?
- Leveraging Investments in Creativity
- Linked In
- LinkedIn Student Jobs Portal
- Links Hall
- Playbill (theatre jobs)
- Science Jobs
- Scientific Journals International
- Springboard for the Arts
- Student Conservation Association
- studentfreelance.com
- StumbleUpon
- The Art Career Project
- The Hollywood Reporter
- U Gallery
- UpStart
- 6 Steps to Creating a Knockout Online Portfolio
- Big Black Bag
- CarbonMade
- Coroflot
- Other People’s Pixels
- PortfolioOpen
- Seelio.com
- Web Design Library
- Weebly
- Wix
- 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 Independent Creative Editors (AICE)
- Association of Medical Illustrators
- Exhibit Designers and Producers Association
- Fashion and Apparel Industry Associations
- FilmCommunity.com
- Graphic Artists Guild
- Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
- IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America)
- IGDA Student Resources (International Game Developers)
- International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood)
- International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA)
- International Association of Lighting Designers
- International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
- International Interior Design Association
- International Textile Market Association Educational Foundation (ITMA)
- Manfacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America
- Michigan Art Education Association
- Michigan Silversmiths Guild
- National Cartoonist Society
- Set Decorators Society of America
- SIGGRAPH
- Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
- Society of Publication Designers
- Surface Design Association
- The American Institute of Architects
- The Society for Environmental Graphic Design
- Weddles.com
- Advice for Artists (MBA online)
- Alliance of Artists Communities
- Americans for the Arts
- Art A to Z
- Art Corps
- Art Deadlines
- Art Marketing
- Art Scams
- Art Two50
- Art-Online, The Fine Art Directory
- ArtCareer.net
- Artist Resource Guide
- Artist’s Career Guide (Book)
- Artjob
- ArtQuest
- Arts at Michigan
- Arts of Citizenship
- Artweek
- Cafe Call for Entry
- Center for Entrepreneurship
- City of Las Vegas Art Commission
- College Art OnLine
- CollegeArt
- Creative Jobs Central
- Etsy
- findingartonline.com (selling and buying art)
- Fine Art America
- FundsNet
- HOW MUCH DO I CHARGE FOR MY SERVICES?
- International Migration Art Festival
- InternMatch
- Lark Crafts
- Michigan Art Links
- Mural Painting
- Mutual Art
- National Network for Artist Placement
- Oinus
- PA Artist Entrepreneur
- Rise Art
- Roy G Biv NonProfit Gallery for Emerging Artists
- SNAGnet
- Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
- Springboard for the Arts
- The Abundant Artist
- The Tappan Collection (SELL YOUR WORK!)
- Tribbio Studios
- U Gallery
- United States Artists Projects (USA Projects)
- We Make Money Not Art
- Women Environmental Artists Directory
- World Wide Arts Resources
- Yahoo Directory of Arts Organizations/Artists’ Retreats and Colonies
- Adweek
- Aquent
- Art Scams
- Autodesk
- Chicago Creative Agencies
- Communication Arts Magazine
- Copyright Information
- Core77
- Coroflot
- Creative Central
- Creative Hotlist
- Creative Jobs Central
- Design News Product Design and Development
- Design Quote
- Dezeen Jobs
- DICE (web design, graphic design with computers, etc)
- Elance
- Filter
- George P. Johnson Company
- Graphic Artists Guild
- Graphic Arts Employment Specialists
- How Magazine
- HOW MUCH DO I CHARGE FOR MY SERVICES?
- I Creatives
- IDEO
- Interior Design Degree
- InternMatch
- Mac Tech
- MacTalent
- Malakye
- National Council for Interior Design Qualification
- New York Job Source
- PrintJobs
- Roz Goldfarb Associates
- Shapeways
- Snibbe Interactive
- studentfreelance.com
- Telecommuting Jobs
- Tips and Tricks for Photoshop
- UpStart
- Wert & Company
- 25 Graphic Designer Career Preparation Tips
- AdCraft Club of Detroit
- Advertising Age
- Adweek
- AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
- AIGA Boston
- AIGA Chicago
- AIGA Detroit
- AIGA New York
- AIGA San Francisco
- AIGA Seattle
- All Graphic Design
- American Advertising Federation
- Ann Arbor Ad Club
- Ann Arbor Spark Career Services Jobs in Michigan
- Become a Graphic Designer
- Best New Ads
- Chicago Creative Agencies
- Copyright Information
- Coroflot
- Doostang.com
- HOW MUCH DO I CHARGE FOR MY SERVICES?
- Motion Grapher
- Snibbe Interactive
- Society of Publication Designers
- TeamDetroit
- Tips and Tricks for Photoshop
- Web Designer Jobs
- What Can You Do With Graphic Design Skills? (Invitation Consultants)
- 10 West Studios
- 2 Pop Forums
- 3D Site
- 3pod (staffing agency)
- Animated Storyboards, LTD (ASB)
- Animation Magazine
- Animation World Network
- Assistant Directors.com
- Blue Sky Studios
- CG Society
- Creative Heads
- Design jobs at Entertainment Careers (film, FX, animation, etc.)
- Digital Chocolate
- Digital Image Studios
- Dr. D Studios
- Dreamworks Animation
- Film Emerge
- FilmCommunity.com
- Gamasutra
- Green Light Jobs
- IE Effects
- Imagine Engine
- Indie DB
- IndieGoGo
- Industrial Light and Magic
- International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
- JuJu
- Laika
- Lucas Arts
- LucasFilm Recruiting
- LucasFilm Singapore Jedi Masters Program
- Michigan Film Office
- Michigan Motion Picture Studios
- Michigan Production Alliance
- Motion Grapher
- Multimedia Jobs.net
- NetherRealm
- Oakland County Film
- Pixar
- PixoFactor
- Pixomondo
- Princess Grace Awards for Film Making
- Production Hub
- Reactor Zero
- Ringside Creative Detroit
- Ron Rose Productions
- Showbiz Jobs
- SIGGRAPH
- Slam Dance
- SpeedShape
- Stardock
- STS GRIOT
- T. Howard Foundation Internships
- VFX Recruit
- Viacom
- VonChurch
- Warner Bros./Midway Games
- West Michigan Film and Video Alliance
- American Society of Media Photographers
- American Society of Media Photographers, Michigan Chapter
- American Society of Picture Professionals
- Creative Jobs Central
- Design Quote
- Fashion.net
- Freelance Photographer Jobs
- International Center of Photography
- Joshua Tree Highlands Homes
- National Press Photographers Association
- Open To Interpretation
- Photo Studio Group
- Photography Degree Zone
- Wedding and Portrait Photographers International
- Americans for the Arts
- Ann Arbor Art Center
- Ann Arbor Film Festival
- Ann Arbor USA
- Art Corps
- Art Libraries Society of North America Internship Award (graduate students)
- CAPA International Internships
- Chelsea Center for the Arts
- Coroflot
- DetroitWolverine.com
- Disney Interactive Group Internships
- Doostang.com
- Global Links Learning Abroad
- Google Internships
- ICE International Internships and Work Abroad
- InRoads (minority internship opportunities)
- Intern In Michigan
- Intern Lady (Morgan Jaffe)
- Intern Match
- International Internships through AIESEC
- Internship Credit through A&D
- Internships.com
- Links Hall
- LucasFilm Singapore Jedi Masters Program
- Michigan in Washington
- Michigan International Internship and Service Program
- Minnesota Center for Book Arts
- Monroe-Brown Internship Program (Kalamazoo area only)
- National Gallery of Art
- NEA Internships
- New York City: Education Housing Services
- OUTREACH at the University of Michigan
- Public Service Intern Program (PSIP)
- QLTD
- 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
- U of M Graphic Design
- US State Department Internships
- Victory Gardens Theatre
- Washington Internship Institute
- Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
- WDIV Channel 4
- Women’s Studio Workshop
- AIESEC International
- Cultural Vistas
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Gilman International Study Scholarship
- Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship
- Insidetrak (Australia)
- Institute of International Education
- International Cooperative Education
- Ito Foundation
- Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET)
- Michigan International Internship and Service Program
- MyVisaJobs
- NGO Abroad
- The American Scandanavian Foundation
- The International Center
- Working Overseas
- World Teach
- Academic Careers
- Academic Keys
- California Community Colleges Job Registry
- College Art Association
- HERC (Michigan Higher Education Recruitment Consortium)
- Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)
- Jobs in Higher Education
- Lone Star College System
- ACRE Projects-Chicago
- Alliance of Artists Communities
- Anderson Ranch Arts Center
- Appalachian Center for Craft
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
- Artist Residency Programs
- Artistay (France)
- Atlantic Center for the Arts
- Bamboo Curtain Studio
- Blue Mountain Center
- Bolt Residency
- Center for Contemporary Printmaking
- DIVA: Danish International Visual Arts
- elsewhere
- Exploratorium
- Eyebeam Residencies
- Fine Arts Work Center
- Hambridge Creative Residency Program
- Hamiltonian Artists
- Haystack
- Headlands Center for the Arts
- Info about residencies from blog spot
- Institute for Wishful Thinking
- Jentel Artist Residency Program
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center
- Lawndale Art Center-Studio Program
- Lawrence Arts Center
- LIght Work
- Links Hall Residencies
- Lower East Side Printshop
- MacDowell Colony
- Maine Media Workshops
- McColl Center for Visual Art
- Mes Art Directory of Residency Programs
- Millay Colony for the Arts
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Norton Island Residency Program
- Oregon College of Art and Craft Artist in Residence
- Oregon College of Art and Craft Residencies
- Ox-Bow
- Penland School of Crafts
- Peters Valley Craft Center Artist Residencies
- Platte Forum Residency
- Res Artis
- Santa Fe Art Institute Residencies
- Sculpture Space
- Skowhegan
- Smack Mellon
- Springboard for the Arts
- Studio Museum in Harlem Residency
- Terra Summer Residency in Giverny
- The Albee Foundation
- the Banff Centre for the Arts
- The Bemis Center
- The Fabric Workshop
- Trans Artists
- Vermont Studio Center
- Virginia Center for Creative Arts
- Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
- Women’s Studio Workshop
- 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
- University of Michigan Museums and Galleries
Resources for Grants and Other Funding
- Alliance of Artists Communities
- American-Scandinavian Foundation
- Art and Art Deadlines
- Art Libraries Society of North America Internship Award (graduate students)
- Arts and Healing Network
- Classical Design Fellowships
- Coca Cola Scholars Foundation
- College Art Association
- College Funds
- Collegeboard.com
- Collegiate Inventors Competition
- Congressional Black Caucus Scholarships
- Council of Michigan Foundations
- DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (German Academic Exchange Service)
- Design Sponge Scholarships
- Federal Financial Aid
- Fin Aid
- Funding for Military Personnel
- FundsNet
- Gilman International Study Scholarship
- Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
- Graduate Internships at the Getty
- Grantsmanship Center
- GROCS
- Hamiltonian Artists
- Hamiltonian Artists
- Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship
- Haystack
- Institute for Wishful Thinking
- Institute of International Educaiton Scholarships
- International Financial Aid and College Scholarship Search
- Ito Foundation
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
- Jackson Community Foundation
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
- Japan-United States Friendship Commission
- Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace
- King/Chavez/Parks Fellowship
- Kresge Arts Foundation
- League of United Latin American Citizens
- Learn and Serve America
- Linda Lael Miller Scholarship for Women Over 25
- Luce Scholars Program
- Matthaei Botanical Gardens Scholarships and Awards
- Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
- Microsoft Scholarships
- MJSA Scholarships
- National Alliance for Excellence, Inc.
- National Cartoonist Society
- National Society of Arts and Letters
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation
- Princess Grace Awards for Film Making
- Rackham Fellowships
- Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship
- Resources for International Funding
- Rhodes Scholarships
- S&R Foundation
- SallieMae College Answer
- Scholarships.com
- Scoville (Herbert) Peace Fellowship
- Springboard for the Arts
- STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
- Telluride House (free room and board at UM)
- Terra Foundation for American Art
- The Alma Schapiro Prize
- The Clay Studio
- The College Invention Competition
- The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
- The Foundation Center
- The Howard Foundation
- The MAP Fund
- The Point Foundation
- The Stonewall Foundation
- U of M Intstitute for the Humanities Fellowships and Grants
- UpStart
- William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts
- Advice for Artists (MBA online)
- Ann Arbor USA
- Art Support
- Artist Help Network
- Better Jobs Advice
- Career Bliss
- Career Resources on LinkedIn
- Career Thoughts
- Center for Entrepreneurship
- College Art Association
- CollegeRecruiter.com
- CollegeTopTalent.com
- concentrate
- Delaying the Real World
- Free Job Advice (everything you always wanted to know!)
- InCircle, U of M Alumni Networking
- Intern Match
- Job Sources OnLine (NACE)
- Job Talk America
- JobWeb
- Leveraging Investments in Creativity
- Linked In
- LinkedIn Student Jobs Portal
- O Net
- Preparing Future Faculty CRLT info
- Resume Advice
- School of Music, Theatre and Dance Links
- Seelio.com
- Sell Your Work!
- The 99 Percent
- The Art Career Project
- The Career Center
- The Pauper
- U of M Alumni Association
- University of Michigan Summer Mentorship Program (NYC, Boston, San Francisco, Washington DC)
- UpStart
- Using LinkedIn
- Visual Arts Career Guide
- Advice for Artists (MBA online)
- Ann Arbor Spark- Jobs in Michigan
- Apply App.ly
- Career Resources on LinkedIn
- Career Thoughts
- CareerJet
- Doostang.com
- Federal Employment (more than meets the eye!)
- Free Job Advice (everything you always wanted to know!)
- Glassdoor.com
- InCircle, U of M Alumni Networking
- Intern Match
- Job Sources OnLine (NACE)
- Linked In
- LinkedIn Student Jobs Portal
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- OUTREACH at the University of Michigan
- studentfreelance.com
- The 99 Percent
- The Art Career Project
- The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas
- University of Michigan Career Center
- Using LinkedIn
- Ann Arbor Ad Club
- Ann Arbor Fiber Arts Guild
- Ann Arbor Spark Career Services Jobs in Michigan
- Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original
- Arts Alliance
- Arts at Michigan
- Arts of Citizenship
- Center for Entrepreneurship
- Chin/Azzaro
- ClickOnDetroit.com
- concentrate
- DetroitWolverine.com
- Digital Image Studios
- Film Emerge
- Hollander’s (paper making)
- IE Effects
- InCircle, U of M Alumni Networking
- Intern In Michigan
- Intern Match
- Kresge Arts Foundation
- M-Live
- Maker Works
- METAL
- Michigan Advantage
- Michigan Motion Picture Studios
- Michigan Production Alliance
- Michigan Reach Out
- Non-Profit Personnel Network
- OUTREACH at the University of Michigan
- Photo Studio Group
- PixoFactor
- Pixomondo
- Reactor Zero
- Ringside Creative Detroit
- Ron Rose Productions
- School of Music, Theatre and Dance Links
- Seelio.com
- Signal-Return Press
- SpeedShape
- Stardock
- STS GRIOT
- The Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce
- The Contemporary Art Institute Detroit (CAID)
- The Detroiter.Com
- The Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans
- The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)
- Tribbio Studios
- U of M Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA)
- U of M Jobs
- U of M Student Employment
- Wedge Detroit
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