Web Sites for the Arts
Great Starting Places:
MuseumSpot - Search for museums by specialty, location, exhibits, or by name. Aquariums, zoos, and national parks also included here. You can also view exhibit calendars.
Artslynx International Arts Resources - Provides links to resources for dance, theater, music, visual arts, film and more.
Digital Librarian - Art Links - A listing of numerous websites dealing with art, that is supposed to be "best of the Web."
General Sites:
Art and Culture - Contains thousands of artist biographies and essays on art movements and themes. Covers a wide range of disciplines, e.g. music, literature, film, dance, theater, photography, fashion design, architecture and interior design.
artnet - Provides a directory of art galleries, a Dictionary of Art, a magazine which has daily news of the art world, results of recent auctions, and links to other art-related sites.
Art History Resources on the Web - Links are arranged by time period, from prehistoric to the 21st century, or by geography. Also included are links to museums and galleries from around the world.
World Wide Arts Resources - Some of the many resources that you can find here are art history, commercial services, online exhibitions, museums, publications, funding, art schools, art for sale, antiques, architecture, theater, and dance.
Calendars for Area Events:
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood, and Boston Pops
UMass Fine Arts Center
Five College Calendar of Events
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
MASS MoCA
Specialty Sites:
Public Domain Music - Contains a list of over 3500 songs in the public domain.
ScreenIt.com - Reviews of movies for parents that give detailed descriptions about the content of the movie. Content categories include: Alcohol/drugs, blood/gore, frightening/tense scenes, disrespectful/bad attitude, profanity, imitative behavior, sex/nudity, and violence.