Best of the Web: Arts & Humanities

Parsons' BFA in Photography and its new MFA in Photography educate students about the evolving creative position of the photographer today.

The Fund supports media activism and grassroots organizing by funding the pre-production and distribution of social issue film and video projects and the production and distribution of radio projects, made by local, state, national or international organizations and individual media producers.

Founded in 2005, it includes a substantial daily schedule of live performances, parallel exhibitions and an integrated educational component that will provide critical and historical context for new work.

Poetry, stories, and histories translated into English, from the Packard Humanities Institute.

PIFVA is a non-profit organization, providing services to independent film, video and media makers working in all styles and at every level of experience. Membership is open to anyone interested in creating and supporting independent media. Programs offer opportunities to learn, mentor, intern, screen work, advocate for the community and network. PIFVA also provides opportunities to apply for production assistance and other support services to move forward with independent work.

Housing some 140,000 works of art, the Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs is nationally recognized for the breadth and depth of its collections as well as the flair and scholarship of its exhibitions.

Site contain 1000+ links to philosophy sites on the internet. (Note that the sub-pages are in German but since many links point to sites with English titles you may still find your way around easily).

photo-eye is one of the oldest suppliers of all types of photography books from around the world.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the understanding, appreciation and creation of contemporary photography.

Founded in 1998, the festival is one of the largest international forums for photography, attracting more than six hundred thousand people to see photography projects, videos and installations by the most important national and international photographers and visual artists.

Founded in 1947, the Guild helps foster and encourage the art and science of photography among its members and the public by offering competitions, evaluations, field trips, seminars, shows, workshops and presentations by outstanding professional photogaphers.

Established in 1936, bringing together professional and amateur enthusiasts of all ages and levels of achievement. As a non-profit organization, its mission is to promote and enhance the art and science of photography in all its phases, among members and non-members alike.

Established in August 1997, PhotoLinks is a free directory and portal service dedicated to providing easy access to as many photographic resources as possible.

PhotoMigrations is a premier nature photography community offering to all levels of nature photographers, an environment to share their photography and expertise.

Selected links to photography sites, with special emphasis on resources for educators and students.

Established in 2007, the Fair presents the best of Latin American art and it coincides with Christie's and Sotheby's Latin American art auctions as well as important exhibitions in museums and cultural institutions in New York City.

Transcriptions and images from the manuscripts of "The Planctus for William Longsword", the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view.

Provides links to poetry events and courses book news competitions text links to e-zines audio poetry literary appreciation, criticism and reviews plus sources to improve your own writing and get it published.

Organization for poets and readers.

Home page of the Academy of American Poets. Founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation os contemporary poetry, this is the largest organization in the country dedicated specifically to the art of poetry

Today, strategic branding is the core of comprehensive Portfolio Center educations in Design, Writing, Art Direction, Illustration, and Photography. Each program is linked to one of the country's best NewMedia/Architecture programs. This offers tremendous freedom to experiment. Like the industries we serve, like the technology that surrounds us, like the young people who come here to learn, Portfolio Center is constantly changing.

Emory University site provides an introduction to major topics and issues in Postcolonial Studies, with links divided into the following categories: Introduction, Authors, Theorists, Terms and Issues.

powerHouse Books is a stalwart, avant-garde publisher of photography, art, and popular culture titles based in New York City.

Founded in 2003 with a focus on the cultures and stories of Central Europe as well as works by artists from the rest of the world.

The official website of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.

It is Norway's national museum of photography with a collection covering all aspects of the history of photography. The Museum offers visitors many exciting experiences within the expanded field of photography from the earliest technical and scientific experiments to contemporary photographic art that has pushed back the boundaries of what a photograph can be.

"The Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics is a collaborative project of the Classics Department of Princeton University and the Classics Department of Stanford University. Its purpose is to make the results of current research undertaken by members of Princeton and Stanford Universities in the field of classics available in advance of final publication."

Printed Matter, Inc. is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of publications made by artists.

An in-depth glossary of photographic terms and their definitions.

"Project Canterbury is a free online archive of out-of-print Anglican texts and related modern documents."

Electronic editions of classic literature from Sweden and the Nordic countries.

Founded in 2008, the biennial has been designed to help reinvigorate New Orleans following the human, civic, and economic devastation left by Katrina in 2005. The long-term primary goal of the biennial exhibition is to redefine the city as a cultural destination, where the visual arts are celebrated and can once again thrive.

The Provincial Museum of Photography, one of the world's major photography museums, uses photographs, pieces of equipment and other objects and documents to illustrate the history of this medium.

Introduction to pulp fiction collecting. Includes a guide to genres, fiction titles placed in yearly historical context, and other web links.

Provides search access to five major "debunking" sites. Useful in checking the truth in rumors, fraud, hoaxes, urban legends.

Reviews books exclusively dedicated to the Africana experience.

Over 400 digitized texts, in a site constructed to allow the visitor to read some of the world's great books.

An online directory for book clubs and reading groups.

Over 550 guides from publishers. 150 Can be printed from the site.

Site provides "an overview of African women writers writing in French. It provides an opportunity to find out more about the authors' life and interests and to get acquainted with their novels, short stories, plays and poetry." In French and English.

An independent book website devoted to discussing and reviewing the best in literary fiction, poetry, criticism, history, and philosophy.

Established in 2007, the Fair is a vetted, hotel-based art fair held in Basel, Miami and New York. RED DOTs roster includes young dealers exhibiting for the first time, as well as more established dealers turned off by the pressures of other art fairs.

Primary source writings from and concerning the Protestant Reformation. Includes some writings of Martin Luther, John Calvin, C. S. Lewis, etc.

Part of the Victorian Web, this site provides an overview of religion in nineteenth-century Britain.

2500+ full-text articles and chapters in a variety of subject areas such as Ethics, Comparative Religion, Worship, Religion Education, and the History and Sociology of Religions. Searchable, or browse the author, book, and other indexes from the site map.

"ReligiousResources.org is a directory of Internet resources for all major religions, listing 4817 resources, organized into 328 categories."

Collection of links to online resources.