California
- The Quercia Gallery - Gallery owned and operated by Bobbi Jeanne and Ron Quercia, showing regional Sonoma County paintings, Sculpture, and Pottery, including the work of Bobbi and Ron. In Duncans Mills just 6 miles inland from the ocean on Hwy 116.
- The Dovetail Design Gallery - Gallery featuring the work of many Chico area artists, including Ann T. Pierce. In Chico, CA
- Mendocino Artists and Artisans - Mendocino County artists with a wide range of artists and styles and mediums.
- Joanne Stephens - Mixed media assemblage artist from Mendocino.
- Ada B. Fine - Mixed Media Assemblage/ Installation - working in Mendocino County area, Ukiah, CA
- The California Plein Air Group- a great resource for plein air painters whether from California or not.
- csuchico.edu - website for the California State University at Chico, CA
- sjsu.edu - website for San Jose State University in CA.
- The Crocker Art Museum - art museum in downtown Sacramento, CA
- MOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Oregon
- Lane County Arts Council - A resource site about Lane County, Oregon, arts, art walks, museums, galleries.
- Jacobs Gallery - A Lane County Arts gallery in the Hult Center of Eugene, the largest Performing Arts Center in the county.
- Oregon Arts Commission - Where you can find info on Arts grants and art legislation issues for the state of Oregon.
- The Real Mother Goose - a gallery of American hand crafted arts.
- Oregon Search - a directory of Oregon art galleries.
- The River Gallery, Old Town Florence
- KatherynDavis.com - Quiet Waters Gallery featuring watercolors, misxed media and oil paintings by Katheryn Davis of Florence, Oregon
- Backstreet Gallery - an artist co-operative and gallery.
- 9th Street Gallery, 217 9th St., Newport, OR
Washington
- Henry Art Gallery - a gallery/museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, WA - now featuring an installation of work by James Turrell until Feb 2004.
- Bellevue Museum
- Bob and Jack's Writing Blog - Excellent resource for learning about writing and rewrites.
Journals
- Arts Journal - Journal of contemporary art issues - political, legislative, and artist and art aesthetic issues.
- ArtForum.com - Contemporary art magazine - print and online.
- ArtInAmericamagazine.com - Contemporary Print and Online art magazine.
- Art Of The West - Traditional art Print and Online Publication
Art Supply Stores and Online Catalogues
- Daniel Smith, Inc. - A superb art supply store and online catalogue in Seattle that started out in the late seventies with just various different kinds of paper. Now they sell all art supplies, and provide informative articles about mediums and artists.
- Dick Blick Art Supplies - a well known art Supply store and online catalogue.
- Utrecht - a well known art supply store with comparable prices.
- Jerry's Artorama
- Cheap Joes
Art Directories
- AskArt.com - a huge database with over 25,000 entries of North American artists of all mediums, both historical and current.
- Art in the Washington D.C. Area - a website for art and artists of the Washington DC area with photos, resources and articles.
- AbsoluteArts.com - International Directory of Fine Art
Miscellaneous Art Sites
The first five in this group are about "Outsider Art" - which goes by too many names to list here, but very interesting reading and viewing. Here are a few art related sites that I found while surfing the net:
- http://www.visionaryart.com/ - dealing with visionary and/or "outsider art"
- http://www.aplski.com/page/page/2008273.htm
- http://www.rawvision.com/
- http://www.reflectorart.com/ - Seatle based artists
- http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/WAELLspot.html
- ArtFocus.com
- ArtistsMagazine.com
- Northlight Bookstore
- ManhattanArts.com - Manhattan Arts International - very intriguing site
- Art:21 PBS.org/art21 - Public Television offers art video monographs on various artists. Wonderful stuff!
- ArtnewsOnline.com - Interviews, show and tell, reviews, articles, lots of links to other art sites.
- Rhizome.org - Art and Technology site
- ArtDaily.com
- AmericanArt.si.edu
- Natalie Goldberg - Author of Writing Down the Bones