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Need advice about painting on canvas or sculpting? Looking for fellow artists for feedback? Hunting for those educational resources your need to bring out the best in you and your work? Want somewhere to showcase your talent? Perhaps you’re just not sure of your illustrator’s contract and you want to make sure you’re not signing your rights away?
Well, you’ve come to the right place.
Follow the links below to find just the resources and expertise you need*.
GUILDS & ASSOCIATIONS
The Association of Illustrators: An organisation dedicated to promoting illustration, advancing and protecting illustrators’ rights and encouraging professional standards. www.theaoi.com
Society of Artists Agents: The Society’s member agents represent some of the best available talent in the UK. Its aims are to promote the use of illustration and to unify and improve the working practices between illustrators, agents and clients. www.illustratorsagents.co.uk
Greeting Card Association (UK): The UK’s trade association devoted to protecting and promoting the greeting card industry and representing the interests of greeting card publishers. www.greetingcardassociation.org.uk
The Greeting Card Association (USA): “Celebrating, promoting and protecting the tradition and cultural values of exchanging greeting cards”, the Association represents greeting card and stationery publishers, and allied members of the industry. (It also has links to other international greeting card associations.) www.greetingcard.org
The Royal Academy of Arts: The world-renowned independent fine arts institution which supports contemporary artists and promotes interest in the arts. Its education work and RA Schools ensure that the skills and knowledge of today’s most talented artists are passed on to the next generation. www.royalacademy.org.uk
Canadian Association of Photographers & Illustrators (CAPIC): A national, not-for-profit association dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the rights and interests of photographers, illustrators and recently, digital artists, working in the communications industry. www.capic.org
Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS): Promoting and protecting the copyright and related rights of artists and visual creators in the UK and worldwide, DACS offers licensing services for consumers and collections schemes on behalf of visual creators. www.dacs.org.uk
RESOURCES
Arts Council of England: A development agency for the arts, with a vision is to promote the arts at the heart of national life, reflecting England’s rich and diverse cultural identity. www.artscouncil.org.uk
Scottish Arts Council: The lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland, promoting the arts within and for Scotland’s cultural identity. www.scottisharts.org.uk
The Creative Handbook: Online directory packed with services, artists, illustrators, photographers, and picture libraries. www.chb.com
CONTACT: The online incarnarnation of the CONTACT annual directory for photographers and illustrators in Europe – the European equivalent of the US “Showcase” or the “Black Book”, but with a distinctly UK accent. www.contact-uk.com
*Please note that duly noted® is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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