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Dear All
The latest news from Artifact brings you a selection of new sites and feature articles added to Artifact * the arts and creative industries subject hub - over the last month. Watch out for regular monthly newsletters. June's new resources include:
ARCHITECTURE
Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment
The Prince's Foundation describes itself as "an educational charity, which exists to improve the quality of people's lives by teaching and practising timeless ways of building" ... read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4417
Decopix
Decopix is a web site which provides an online image gallery of buildings constructed in the art deco era * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4513
CUBE : centre for the understanding of the built environment
CUBE is an architecture and design centre based in Manchester (UK) * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4471
ART
Prince's Drawing School
Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2000 and based in Shoreditich, East London, the Prince's Drawing School "offers artists the opportunity to broaden and extend their drawing practice, in particular through drawing from observation" * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4418
Advertising artwork of Dr. Seuss
Before becoming a children's book author and illustrator, Theodore Seuss Geisel (more famously known as Dr. Seuss) was a successful advertising illustrator * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4413
Spanish Civilization : Spanish artists
Artistas Espaņoles is a comprehensive guide to the history of Spanish art from the early Gothic period to the 20th century * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4491
COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA
Photographers of genius at the Getty
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Getty Museum from 16th March to 25th July, 2004, the exhibition and web site celebrates twenty years of collecting rare photographs at the museum, by highlighting the work of 38 photographers, whose work is seen as being influential and ahead of its time * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4442
IPEX 2006
Taking place from 4-11th April 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham UK, IPEX 2006 is the world's largest English speaking trade event for the print, publishing and media industries ... read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4446
Picon
Picon is a business support organisation for the printing, publishing, papermaking and paper converting industries *read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4447
CULTURE
MAGDA : The Museums & Galleries Disability Association
The aims of the Museums & Galleries Disability Association are to improve access to galleries and museums for people with disabilities, to disseminate best practice, and to provide a discussion forum for professionals within the industry ... read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4469
Lancaster University Library : Jack Hylton Archive
Lancaster University Library's Jack Hylton archive contains memorabilia from the career, spanning from the 1920s to 1965, of this band leader and theatre impresario who latterly became head of light entertainment for ATV television *read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4445
DESIGN
Design Council slide collection
The Design Council slide collection was transferred to the Department of History of Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University from the Design Centre in London in 1995 * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4515
Creative futures
The Creative futures web site describes itself as "a specialist careers resource for creative and performing arts, design and communications students to connect with arts and creative industry employers"... read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4408
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Artstudent.net
Art-student.net is a subscription-based art educational resource which has been designed for use by teachers and students in secondary schools, sixth form colleges and further education institutions * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4481
Floodlight
The Floodlight web site acts as a comprehensive directory to all courses available in the London area * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4506
Creative partnerships
Creative Partnerships "is a government funded national initiative, established to develop schoolchildren's potential, ambition, creativity and imagination" * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4465
FASHION & BEAUTY
Graduate fashion week
Launched in 1991, Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) features a static exhibition and fashion shows of recent graduates from many of the UK's fashion and textile colleges, culminating in the Gala Fashion Show and Awards on the last evening * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4416
Hairdressing training
Hairdressing Training is an interactive online training resource, designed specifically for the UK education community ... read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4472
PERFORMING ARTS
Bharathanatyam : collection of free streaming videos
This resource features a number of streaming video clips of the Indian dance form Bharathanatyam * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4406
Shakespeare and his critics
Shakespeare and his Critics is a series of historical essays, bibliographies, presentations, poems and sonnets, relating to Shakespeare * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4432
MaxOpus : the official web site of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
This large web site is dedicated to the British contemporary composer, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies ("widely known as 'Max'") *read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayoai.php?id=4475
LIMELIGHT
Limelight is the features section of the Artifact service, which was launched in February 2004. Every week, Limelight showcases individual artists, subjects of topical and/or temporal relevance, new and noteworthy web sites or forthcoming events, exhibitions and festivals. Each feature provides information, links to related sites within the Artifact database and suggestions for possible Artifact searches. Limelight features can be found at: http://www.artifact.ac.uk/limelight.php. Over the last month the following feature articles have been added to Limelight:
Final year shows
June offers up one of the biggest arts festivals to take place across the country in many art schools, colleges and university departments. In recognition of this, Limelight draws together resources surrounding final year shows * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayfeature.php?id=34
Brit art
Limelight discusses the impact on modern British art of the recent warehouse fire in East London, which destroyed more than 100 contemporary artworks from the collection of Charles Saatchi * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayfeature.php?id=35
CowParade Manchester 2004
To mark the start of the CowParade in Manchester, Limelight discusses the latest incarnation of this international public art exhibition and explores the role of public art in the contemporary city * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayfeature.php?id=36
The way we live : Architecture Week 2004
To mark the beginning of Architecture Week, Limelight draws together resources surrounding architecture, architects and buildings * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayfeature.php?id=37
Inaugural concert of the Royal Albert Hall organ
To mark the restoration of the Royal Albert Hall organ and the inaugural concert that was held in it's honour, Limelight explores resources surrounding music education * read more @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayfeature.php?id=38
Please remember that you can recommend resources or subject areas for Limelight features, by either suggesting a resource at http://www.artifact.ac.uk/suggest.php, or filling in the feedback form at http://www.artifact.ac.uk/feedback.php, or e-mailing the Artifact team at [log in to unmask]
And finally, two events to look out for in the next few weeks:
Artifact will give an overview of the service at the MIMAS Open Forum via the Access Grid, Wednesday 30th June 2004.
Come and see us on the Artifact stand at the ARLIS conference ("Through the looking glass", Oxford, 15th * 18th July). We will be there on the Saturday afternoon.
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