Big Red & Shiny
Big Red & Shiny is a non-profit arts organization and online art journal. Based in Boston, we commission and publish articles, essays and reviews that explore the theory, history and reception of art in its current conditions, by experienced writers here and around the globe. Additionally, we use the web-platform to showcase original multimedia content in the form of short documentaries and time-based artworks. By contrast, our Daily Red blogazine is an informal venue for a dynamic and direct conversation about art and artists.
SELECT List of professional arts organizations
As an aspiring artist / new arts professional, you'll want to connect with other professionals. Here is a SELECT list of organizations and groups you should consider checking out.
- College Art Association (CAA)CAA includes among its members those who by vocation or avocation are concerned about and/or committed to the practice of art, teaching, and research of and about the visual arts and humanities. Over 12,000 artists, art historians, scholars, curators, critics, collectors, educators, publishers, and other professionals in the visual arts belong as individual members.
- AIGA: the professional association for designThe professional association for design and a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing design as a professional craft, strategic tool, and vital cultural force. With 66 chapters and 200 student groups across the United States, AIGA stimulates thinking about design, demonstrates its value, and empowers the success of designers at every stage of their careers.
- New Media CaucusThe New Media Caucus is an international non-profit association formed to promote the development and understanding of new media art. The NMC represents artists, designers, practitioners, historians, theoreticians, educators, students, scholars, and researchers, as well as like-minded organizations with interests including, but not limited to, digital media, electronic media, mobile media, virtual media, and emergent media. Our purpose is to support and advance a diverse range of inquiry in order to catalyze further evolution of the field of new media art.
- SGC InternationalSGC International is an educational non-profit organization committed to informing our membership about issues and processes concerning original prints, drawings, book arts, and hand-made paper.
- Society for Photographic EducationThe Society for Photographic Education is a nonprofit membership organization that provides and fosters an understanding of photography as a means of diverse creative expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice. Through its interdisciplinary programs, services, and publications, the society seeks to promote a broader understanding of the medium in all its forms through teaching and learning, scholarship, and criticism.
- Women's Caucus for ArtA national organization unique in its multidisciplinary, multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students, educators, gallery and museum professionals, critics, publishers, art administrators, and others involved in the visual arts.
- New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)The mission of the NYFA is to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives. This site offers access to a fairly comprehensive list of resources for artists in the nation, opening doors to the widest range of financial, educational, technological, and institutional resources and information.
Fractured Atlas
Fractured Atlas is a nonprofit organization that provides services, resources, and support to artists nationwide, and an official partner of the CAA.