Web Directory - Arts & Books
Sub-categories : Artists : Arts : Books : Crafts : Culture : Fashion Modeling : Museums : Photography : Talent
Artists
Jeffrey K. Bedrick
Jeffrey's art is an exquisite blend of the exotic, the mystical, and the beautiful.
http://www.iasos.com/artists/jbedrick/
Jonathan Earl Bowser
Mythology, fantasy, and landscape paintings - representations of the goddess, beauty, and the forces of nature essays on the goddess, mythology, history, philosophy, and the destiny of spirit.
http://www.JonathonArt.com/
Meilin Wong
Meilin draws because she's addicted to PhotoShop, an addition which was seeded sometime around 1994 when her best friend bribed her to try the WWW.
http://www.freondream.com/
Shigemi's Art Works
Raku and High Firing Ceramics Art blending Japanese sensitivity and American expressiveness.
http://www.batnet.com/esanders/shigemi/
Slawek Wojtowicz
Slawek creates "traditional" images painted by hand with (mostly) acrylic paints as well as digital 3D artwork.
http://www.slawcio.com/
Arts
Asian Arts
Online journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia.
http://www.asianart.com/
Australia's Gateway to the Arts
An electronic version of State of the Arts Australia & New Zealand, a magazine guide to the visual and performing arts.
http://www.stateart.com.au/
Planet Art Show
Welcome to PlanetArtShow.com, a community where you can post your art for sale as well as look for great artwork. You'll find paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, graphics, illustrations, and sculptures. Posting your ads on PlanetArtShow.com is free!
http://www.planetartshow.com/
Silicon Valley Visual Arts
A non-profit corporation organized to promote visual arts, artists and buyers of art living or working in Silicon Valley, California.
http://www.svva.org/
The Guild
We are North America's pre-eminent publisher of artist sourcebooks. Our books have brought the work of thousands of talented artists to the attention of an international audience.
http://www.guild.com/
Books
Amazon.com
Online bookstore.
http://www.amazon.com/
Barnes & Noble
Online store: books, magazines, and software.
http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/click?sourceid=1876268&categoryid=homepag...
BookMuse.com
Book reviews, literary criticism, book discussion, etc.
http://www.bookmuse.com/
BookReporter.com
There's book reviews and book excerpts, the chance to meet authors through author profiles and author interviews. Read book commentaries and join our reading groups.
http://www.bookreporter.com/
BookReview.com
To expose the general public to reviews of books that may, at times, be overlooked due to lack of marketing, odd subjects, unknown authors or saturation of the market. We pledge to offer unbiased, positive reviews of books from a variety of publishers on a multitude of subjects and genres.
http://www.bookreview.com/
Books.com
Online bookstore.
http://www.books.com/
Borders.com
Online bookstore.
http://www.borders.com/
Children's Books
By ABC Educational Supplies.
http://www.abceducation.net/meter/childrensbooks.html
The Romance Reader - Reviews
The latest reviews and news of romance novels.
http://www.theromancereader.com/review.html
Crafts
Craft Recipes
A large collection of recipes for making various crafts ranging from simple dough recipes to fundough to bubble mixtures to face paints. Why buy it when you can make it?
http://www.melborponsti.com/crafts/index.shtml
Family Crafts - About.com
Designed for kids of all ages, and they are also great resources for grown-ups.
http://craftsforkids.miningco.com/
Jeff Powell's Stone Carving Page
Stone carving classes in Palo Alto, California.
http://www.castellan.com/~jeffp/stone.html
MakingFriends.com
Creative activities for kids ages 2 thru 12.
http://makingfriends.com/
Renaissance Stone
A Northern California supply source for stone sculptors.
http://www.renaissancestone.com/
Wire Crafting
t's handmade just for you! Personalized gift for weddings, Christmas, and everyday.
http://www.wirecrafting.com/
Culture
Chinese Culture in America
Chinese Culture in America
http://www.jue.org/jue/culture/index.html
Cultures
This site is devoted to cultures, living and ancient, and the promotion of world communication. Featured topics include the Amistad slave ship rebellion, the Hopi and their Anasazi ancestors, the Greek shrine of Dodona, the Muwekma Ohlone and their Pacific Islander "cousins", Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe and Afropop.
http://www.cultures.com/
German Culture and Politics
Recent and contemporary cultural history of the German Democratic Republic, by Henry Lowood, Curator of Germanic Collections, Stanford University Libraries.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/german/cultural.html
San Francisco Chinatown
Information and stories about one of San Francisco's most intriguing neighborhoods.
http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/
Fashion Modeling
Online Modeling Portfolio
Build your own online portfolio using Web tools: stats editor, photo uploader, photo editor, and color theme editor. It also comes with a visitors log and a hardcopy zed card generator. You will receive a personal Web address (i.e. www.ezedcard.com/yourname) that you can give out to agencies, clients, friends, and family. It even comes with an automated slideshow!
http://www.ezedcard.com/
Museums
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
De Young Museum in Gold Gate Park and Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park.
http://www.thinker.org/
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University
27 galleries, special exhibitions, and stimulating educational programs and events.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUMA/
Museums in New York
A list of museums in New York.
http://www.cityinsights.com/nymuseum.htm
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
This beautiful complex in San Jose, California, houses several Egyptian-style buildings featuring broad lawns, palm trees, rose gardens, and exotic plants from around the world.
http://www.rosicrucian.org/
Smithsonian Institution Museums
Smithsonian Institution Museums
http://www.si.edu/activity/planvis/museums/start.htm
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/
Vatican Museums
Vatican Museums
http://www.roma2000.it/zmusvat.html
Photography
Martin Picturesque
Martin Picturesque grew from an idea in 1996 to help model hopefuls fulfill their dreams of being in front of the camera, posing like the pros. Since its inception that summer, the community has benefited from discount and pro bono party, portrait, and journalistic photography services.
http://www.camcobra.com/
Profotos.com
Offering professional photographers one of the best internet photography deals today. Free galleries, photography articles, photo resources, etc.
http://www.profotos.com/
Talent
eZedCard
eZedCard.com provides electronic zed card hosting service (composite card, comp card, modeling portfolio, headshot, model resume). Build your own self-managed and ad free online portfolio using our easy-to-use web tools. Also be included in our search database available to modeling agencies and talent scouts.
http://www.ezedcard.com/
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