Hi,
Thought I'd send this to the list for other's reference. The Getty
Foundation is already creating such a project, ULAN - Union List of Artist
Names, inclusive of artists from any era.
http://www.ahip.getty.edu/aka/aka_form_pub.html
It still has gaps, but is highly useful for VRA/ARLIS professionals.
I'm finding that current artists are still a real problem, especially
Australian contemporary artists. A very helpful Australian company called
Discovery Media has been creating a database called AVAD, Australian Visual
Artists Database ( not updated since 1995) and also NATSIVAD, National
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Visual Artists Database, a new
project representing some 5,500 artists - a commercial venture.
http://discoverymedia.purescript.com.au/
Jennifer
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>Dear ARLIS/NA Members,
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>I need your help! The IFLA Art Section is doing a feasibility study of
>surveying database, ephemera files, and other sources of information on
>artists born after 1950. The idea is to create an on-line worldwide
>directory to these sources of information, many of which do not exist in
>catalogs or indexes.
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>We are including the following categories of artists:
>Architects
>Craftspeople
>Designers
>Artists working in specific media within the visual arts (sculptors,
>portrait painters, water colourists)
>Fashion designers
>Graphic designers, illustrators
>Photographers
>Other (please specify)
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>The three questions I need your help on are:
>1. Does this seem to be a worthwhile/useful project?
>2. How many such resources/collections in the US should be included? (If
>you are Canadian, please answer for Canada and specify in reply.)
>3. List the top resources in your country (not more than 10). Please
>include Organization Name, Address, Email, Fax, Phone, URL, Contact name,
>Type of organization.
>
>I need your answers by July 30th.
>
>Please reply directly to: [log in to unmask]
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>Jeannette Dixon
>Librarian and Electronic Communications Director
>Hirsch Library
>MFA, Houston
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