General Interest
http://www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/publicart/index.html
From Norwood to Mott Haven there's plenty of public art to keep curious visitors satisfied when wandering around the Bronx. This exemplary website created by the Lehman College Art Gallery and the City University of New York provides an overview of artworks in public places, complete with descriptions of the major art installations, teacher resources, walking tours, and maps. On the right-hand of the page, visitors will find topical sections such as "Artists", "Sites", "Biographies", "Neighborhoods", and "Walking Tours and Maps". The geographically minded may wish to click on "Neighborhoods" to get started. Here they will find brief profiles of each neighborhood, and it's a good way to get a sense of each community's historical development. Moving on, visitors can use the walking tours and maps to help students in art appreciation, urban studies, or geography courses get a feel for the resources of these areas. The site is rounded out by the Bronx Public Art Inventory and a direct link to the Lehman College Art Gallery homepage. [KMG]
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?c=fdnl1
With generous funding from Florida's Library Services and Technology Act Grants Program, the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and other organizations, the Florida Digital Newspaper Library exists "to provide access to the news and history of Florida." On this site, visitors can browse through over 800,000 pages of historic Florida newspapers dating back to the early 19th century. Currently the archive contains current Florida newspapers digitized from 2005 to the present, dozens of historic newspapers, and the "Historic News Accounts of Florida", which features articles from newspapers published outside the state which deal with life in Florida. On the site's homepage, visitors can use a simple search engine, perform an advanced search, or look through the "New Items" section. Some of the papers in this archive include the Alachua Advocate, the Apopka Chief, and the Wakulla County News. [KMG]
http://www.animateprojects.org/home
Based in the United Kingdom, the Animate Projects site is designed to "explore the relationship between art and animation, and the place of animation and its concepts in contemporary art practice." With support from the Arts Council England and Channel 4, they have created this delightful site featuring over 100 films that "explore ideas around animation." On the homepage, visitors can view a rotating selection of these projects, and they are also encouraged to click on the "Films" section to browse through films dating back to 1991. Moving on, visitors can click on the "Events" section to learn about relevant screenings around Britain, lectures, and workshops. Cineastes will want to delve into the "Writing" area, which includes critical responses to some of the works which can be viewed elsewhere on the site. To get a taste of the offerings here, first-time users may wish to view "Amnesia" by Cordelia Swann or Alex Schady's work, "Everything Must Go". [KMG]
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/
This website was created by the Courtauld Institute of Art, a British institute created for the study of Western art. The website is "designed to be explored," and with over 40,000 images and a network of over 500,000 links, there's a great deal to explore. Because of the vast amount of content, visitors might find it helpful to first check out the link at the bottom of the page, entitled "About A&A". From there, click on the "How to Use the Art & Architecture Web Site". This extremely useful link has over a dozen categories of instruction, from "Basics" to "Search Tips" to "Profile and Preferences". The "Quizzes, Polls and Discussions" section on the left hand side of the page is a clever section with quizzes, such as those on the value of watercolors and polls. On the right hand side of the page the "Stories" area contains transcripts of fascinating interviews with artists and architects. [KMG]
The University Libraries of the University of Mexico is the host of this website of digital collections from five New Mexico repositories, including the Institute of American Indian Arts, the Palace of the Governors, Silver City Museum, and the University of New Mexico. As visitors make their way across the headings on the left hand side they can view the collections from which the images on the site are drawn, or the subjects covered within. Visitors can view the collections by clicking on "View by Repository" or "View by Subject". The subjects include "Architecture", "Arts and Crafts", "Land", and "Water". When visitors find an image they want to keep or come back to later, they can click on "Add to Favorites", located at the bottom of the page of any image chosen. To view the image later, simply click on "My Favorites", near the top of any page. Each image also has the information needed to obtain copies of images. The information is next to "Ordering Information". [KMG]
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/babb/
This excellent website from the University of Texas at Austin sets the tone for its stories about Anglo settlers headed to the High Plains for free land by starting their website off with an old recording of a Western song. When visitors are ready to move on from listening to the gentle, lilting song, they can just click on the picture of the man with the guitar, to be taken to the "Introduction", which will tell them about the Babb family. The two Babb daughters are highlighted, as they each documented their journey in their own style. Sanora became a novelist and journalist, and wrote about the experience while Dorothy took over 250 photographs of the Dust Bowl refugees. Descriptions of Sanora's works, which range from novels to poetry to a fictionalized memoir, can be found under the "Career" tab near the top of the page. The "Image Gallery" has 221 digitized black and white photos taken by Dorothy Babb, and they cover such subjects as "Camp Life", "Migration", and "Weather". [KMG]
http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/
Thirteen/WNET is New York's celebrated public television station, and their website has a section devoted to their series called Sunday Arts. The half hour program is on Sundays at noon, and visitors can check out what's coming up by clicking on "Program Schedule" near the top of the page. The website provides information on art exhibits, and music, dance, and theatrical performances that are going in NYC, in their SundayArt News video segment, which can be viewed via the "News" tab near the top of the page. The videos available to watch here are impressive, and a menu of all the offerings can be found on the right hand side of the page in the box labeled "SundayArts Video". The types of videos include "Dance", "Literature" "Music", "Opera", and "Young Opera". Visitors shouldn't miss reading the "Blog", accessible via the link near the top of the page. One can get fast reading reviews of theatre, art exhibits, dance performances, and any other type of art. The contributing bloggers offer their opinion on what they think will be good performances, events or exhibits, so art enthusiasts living in, or planning a visit to, New York can decide on what to attend. [KMG]
