Archive for the 'Art & Design' Category
Posted by LibeRaCe on May 12, 2008
The Open University’s Open2.net blog portal is a wealth of information and news on a huge range of subjects. Posts are topical, current and written by OU lecturing/teaching staff.
There are also links back to BBC OU programmes (some are even hosted on the BBC iPlayer if you missed them), with upcoming show lists and some free learning resources available.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on May 8, 2008
BBC Blast now have a section on their webapges where youcan upload and share their art with other people just like you!
Click on the ‘Upload Your Art’ button and share the love.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on May 1, 2008
The Absolute Arts site (worldwide arts resources) allows you to watch new artist videos online for free.
You can also sign up to get bi-monthly alerts of new material that has been uploaded. Each video clip also has links to the main portfolio page of the featured artist which contact details, blog site, slide shows and more.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 21, 2008
The Professionals: Royal Photographic Society, Disabled Photographer’s Society, Association of Photographers, Master Photographers Asssociation, British Press Photographers Association,Irish Photographers Website , Welsh Photographic Alliance, Photographic Alliance of Great Britain, WomenPhotographers , British Association of Picture Libraries, Picture Research Association.
News and discussion: F8andbethere, blogs, Digital Photography news, BBC In Pictures.
Business: Intellectual Copyright , Short Guide to Photographers Rights, Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines , Promoting your work.
Journals: British Journal of Photography, Photography Monthly, Amateaur Photographer, National Geographic , Professional Photographer .
Inspiration: Wellcome Collection, Intute:Photography, Magnum , Cartier-Bresson, National Media Museum, Fox-Talbot Museum, Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year, BUBL:Photography, Online Tutorials.
Share : Photo.net, Flickr, Dropshots.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on March 7, 2008
If you have any questions about his images or regarding photography in general, then please feel free to ask and he’ll do his best to answer.
Find out more about photography in the Library at shelf no. 770
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Posted by LibeRaCe on March 3, 2008
Paul Ingram teaches photography at the Abergele Campus and hopes that his photos might inspire you to pickup your cameras and start using them!
If you have any questions about his images or regarding photography in general, then please feel free to ask and he’ll do his best to answer.
Find out more about photography in the Library at shelf no. 770
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Posted by loki1966 on February 22, 2008
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Posted by LibeRaCe on January 31, 2008
**NEW FOR 2008**
***JUST IN***
The Art & Design Directory 2008- CareerScope Guides - http://www.isco.org.uk/
Provides help in finding the right FE/HE/Postgraduate courses throughout the UK with details of entry requirements, fees, content, application procedures and course contact details.
Find in the library at Reference shelf 378.
Second Steps:One stop resource for setting up a business in the applied arts -Morenment,C
This pocket size guide includes sections of self promotion, marketing, copyright, selling via galleries and the Internet, manufacturing and grant awards. Contact details of useful organisations and trusts are also provided.
Find it in the library at shelf number 700MOO.
The Marcan Handbook of Arts Organisations - Millenium Ed - UK & Ireland
Extensive listings of regional, national and international arts and cultural organisations. Directory headings include architecture, visual arts, design, crafts, theatre, classical music, film and literature. There is also a small section for ’Late Entries’.
ind this in the library at shelf number 700MAR.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on January 23, 2008
The Victorian Web - brilliant links to everything Victorian- religion, politics, philosophy, thechnology and much more
BBC Victorians Website - a site for younger students or ILS with a good introduction to the Victorian era. You can also try Show.Me.Victorians for other fun interactive games and displays or Channel 4’s Victorian Children section.
Virtual Victorians - follow the day in the life of a victorian family, play victorian games like the magic lantern or decoupage and view images of everyday objects from the time.
VOS Humanities Research - a more academic site to help with Victorian studies including literature and medicine topics.
The Best of History Website - Award winning history portal, giving access to over 1000 history websites from pre-history to more modern eras, including oral history, games and animations for k-12.
What the Victorians did for us - BBC Archive site - more Victoriana than you can shake a 
stick at. From Queen Victoria to muck and brass.
Learn more about this era at shelf 942.08
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Posted by LibeRaCe on December 21, 2007
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