Artist websites/opportunities/etc

[caving]

Hey guys, I have really appreciated all of the support and information this community has provided over the past months.

Artists don't strike me as the type that use message boards (or at least, I didn't think I was until now), but I was hoping that since we have such an amazing community of competitive students and artists that maybe we could put together our collective info to share with one another some great opportunities, online communities, and resources we have found for other artists. I am just starting to promote myself online- and this MFA search has really been an eye opener to the opportunities available. So maybe other people could share some great things too?

One of the best resources I found through my MFA application experience was the Irving Sandler Artist File online. It is run by Artist Space gallery in NYC (wowsa!) and is a portfolio hosting website for fine artists. They host a free portfolio, CV, statement in a really nice format (especially for those of you who don't have websites). And it is geared towards curators and artists putting together group shows to be able to search you by location, media, and subject matter. A professor at PennDesign uses it, and two or three of the Yale MFA students recommended setting up portfolios on it too. I had never even heard of it before, but have since made a great portfolio and had a few people get in touch with me about my work.

http://afonline.artistsspace.org/

It has been great, and I wanted to share it with everyone. If anyone has anything similar, or any other neat overlooked resources to bring to the table, I would love to hear them!! Even if they are for a specific media, I think getting a message board about stuff like this would be great.

[littlenova]

Sweet!

[caving]

Also, this isn't really up my alley but worth sharing....

http://www.krop.com/creativedatabase/

hosts similar for commercial/photo journalism photographers as well as graphic designers/web designers/typographers/etc etc. very geared towards getting paying gigs and my friend who has used it has already gotten some freelance work from it. nice layout-- and big images, pretty sweet. plus the availability to "upgrade" from their free package to have more than just a 10photo portfolio hosted by them.

Edited April 8, 2010 by caving

[atrawickb]

If you're doing more experimental work, especially in sound or video, and you want to find a way to get over to Europe to do it, check out: http://www.mondaynews.net/c

A lot of good calls on this primarily Berlin-based information station, with great links to the rest of Europe (mostly Continental, and Northern), and Turkey as well.

[mimiosity]

For portfolio hosting and networking (including job postings, etc) I rather like Behance.net. Nice clean layout and a lot of professional features.

For postings of artist opportunities, I use re-title.com. They have calls for art, internships, jobs, studio openings, etc - and all tagged so you can search by type. Recently got into a show in Berlin because of it!

[turnip]

Thanks for sharing these sites! They've been great resources.

I also like to check http://collegeart.org/opportunities/