American Federation of Arts (AFA)
The site provides a wealth of online educational opportunities for students, teachers, families, museum professionals, researchers and art enthusiasts, with links to exhibitions, educational materials and news.

Americans for the Arts
In addition to arts advocacy updates and research tools, the site includes a clearinghouse that is a centralized source of information about research and publications that have been produced since 1960 on the arts and culture in the United States.

ArtJob Online
ArtJob Online features a national database of job listings in all arts disciplines in the nonprofit, commercial, academic, and public sectors. The site also features information about fellowships, grants, residencies, and other artist- and art-related opportunities.

Art on the Net
Tour artists' studios, view curated, on-line exhibitions, hear artists discuss their work, submit your own work, and find out what's happening in the art world.

Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center
Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center is the first comprehensive information resource focusing on the health care needs of the arts community.

Arts & Business Council
The Arts & Business Council works to "keep the arts in business" by promoting mutually beneficial partnerships between corporations and nonprofit arts groups. The Web site serves as an information dissemination vehicle for those who participate in the Council's New York City programs, as well as for national and international visitors who seek information about arts and business partnerships.

ArtsEdge
A good source of information on arts education, including curriculum development issues. A joint project of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the U.S. Department of Education.

ArtsEdNet
Research, publications, advocacy initiatives and wealth of other arts education resources at this major site sponsored by Getty Education Institute for the Arts. Tutorials/guides to the Internet and links to museums, education and other sites are here as well.

Arts Education Partnership
Provides information for practitioners and policy makers on arts education advocacy resources, federal funding opportunities, the latest research and projects, national news and events, and activities of participating organizations.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters
An international association representing nonprofit and for-profit performing arts organizations, its Web site provides advocacy updates and tools, professional development and networking resources such as listservs and a job bank; information on seminars, funding opportunites and visa assistance; and a bookstore.

Australia's Cultural Network
A public gateway to Australian cultural organizations, Web sites, resources, news and events. It is also a forum for ideas and information and it includes a number of other demonstration projects funded by the Australian Department of Communications and the Arts. These projects are examples of how the government can foster technology to broaden access to culture.

Bravo TV
Bravo TV, The Arts & Film Network, is home of Inside the Actors Studio; Bravo Profiles, which explores and investigates the creative process; Bravo in the Classroom; Bravo Gallery; and ArtsBreak, which gives national attention to what's happening in the arts around the country.

Business Committee for the Arts
The Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA) is a national not-for-profit organization that brings business and the arts together. It provides businesses of all sizes with the services and resources necessary to develop and advance partnerships with the arts that benefit business, the arts and the community.

Center for Arts and Culture
The Center for Arts and Culture is an independent research organization providing analysis and promoting dialogue on issues affecting our cultural life. Its online database includes a bibliography of relevant works, a bank of experts, a calendar of events, an analysis of cultural journalism, and a link library of organizational Web sites related to issues in arts, culture and policy.

Community Arts Network (CAN)
The CAN project promotes information exchange, research and critical dialogue within the field of community-based arts. The Web site includes a newsletter, reading room, archive and the Community Arts Training Directory.

Grantmakers in the Arts
Grantmakers in the Arts is a nonprofit membership organization of foundations, corporate giving programs and nonprofit organizations that make arts grants, and welcomes public sector grantmakers as affiliate members. The site provides information on membership, research, publications and the annual conference.

The Institute of Outdoor Drama
A public service agency of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it is the only organization in the nation dedicated to the promotion and preservation of outdoor dramas.

National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)
An excellent resource and database for media arts centers around the country.

National Arts Strategies (formerly National Arts Stabilization)
NAS provides arts-capitalization strategies and capacity-building projects for communities, executive education for arts leaders and grantmakers, community financial analyses and benchmarking, and tools to help arts leaders build sustainable organizations of artistic excellence.

National Endowment for the Arts
In addition to program, guideline and application information, the site includes interviews, a visual art gallery, a writer's corner, features on artists and arts organizations, resources by art form, links to online federal government information and services, and field reports.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
The National Guild provides service, advocacy and leadership for over 330 community-based, nonprofit, nondegree-granting institutions in the United States. The site offers news, employment opportunities, a library, a publications catalog, a directory of member schools, and an overview of programs and services, including workshops and seminars.

National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage
The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) is a diverse coalition of arts, humanities and social science organizations created to assure leadership from the cultural community in the evolution of the digital environment. Included on the site are a copyright policy statement, examples of digital projects and resources.

NYFA Interactive (formerly Arts Wire)
Online network for artists and arts organizations with news, interest areas and listing of jobs, grants and other resources.

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
PREL is an independent, nonprofit corporation that serves the educational community in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, the continental United States, and countries throughout the world. PREL bridges the gap between research, theory and practice in education and works collaboratively with schools and school systems to provide services that range from curriculum development to assessment and evaluation. The Web site details the services provided, as well as describes their collaborative efforts with educators, contains a searchable product database, and includes a link to Pacific Resources Online.

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH)
PCAH identifies issues and develops initiatives in the arts and the humanities that are of critical importance to the nation. Coming Up Taller and Save America's Treasures are among the programs detailed on the site.

RAND
A nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis, RAND conducts research in the arts and has produced books and reports on arts education, participation, the performing arts and other topics.

Scottish Cultural Resource Network
Scotland's approach to its cultural resource network is to build an online database of cultural objects from throughout the country. Designated as a Millennium Project, the Scottish Cultural Resource Network will create a networked multimedia resource database for the study, teaching and appreciation of history and material culture in Scotland.

Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH)
A nonprofit membership organization that advocates for the integration of the arts into healthcare settings, SAH provides consulting services, engages in research projects, and offers via its Web site links to arts in healing programs, a bibliography of arts in healthcare research and a directory of healthcare researchers.

Sustrans
Sustrans, which stands for Sustainable Transport, is a nonprofit organization in Great Britain whose purpose is to design and build routes for cyclists and walkers. An important part of their mission is to integrate art into the National Cycle Network, an 8,000-mile collection of trails. The infusion of public art into this project provides an opportunity for creative design and public involvement, and it is a model for state and local arts agencies planning to apply their programmatic expertise to building partnerships with local trail, greenway or parks programs.

The Association of American Cultures (TAAC)
TAAC represents the distinctive and collective concerns of the diverse populations in the U.S. and its territories, particularly the preservation of their respective cultural identities, and is committed to the concept of cultural diversity as a distinct element in American public arts policy.

VSA arts
Formerly Very Special Arts, VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the creative power in people with disabilities. Its Web site features a visual arts gallery, information about its state affiliates and partnerships, and online educational programs.

World-Wide Arts Resources
A starting point for links to artists and arts-related sites.

Zeum
Part workshop and part museum for kids ages 8-18, Zeum is San Francisco's new interactive art center where young people can explore and produce visual, performing and media arts using technology as a creative tool.