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Databases of Women Artists

A Celebration of Women Writers

Enormous list of writers, some annotated, some with links.
Website: digital.library.upenn.edu/women

Art in Context

Cross-references visual artists with gallery and museum information. Displays images. Searchable by nationality, genre, period, gender.
Website: www.artincontext.com

Asian American Women Artists Association

San Francisco Bay Area organization that lists visual artist members alphabetically, with a page for each.
Website: www.aawaaart.com

Crossing the Threshold

Celebrating the strength and resolve of thirty-two women artists, ranging in age from 70 to 95 years, who have persevered throughout the twentieth century and created a visual legacy for the future millennia.
Website:   www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/crossing/crossing.htm

Daughters of the Dust

Julie Dash's web site listing African-American women filmmakers who have influenced her and including A Filmography of Black Women Independent Film and Video Makers Compiled by John Williams published in Black Scholar, Vol. 25, No. 2. (Contact Robert Allen, Senior Editor)
Website: geechee.tv/index1.html

International Centre for Women Playwrights

Lists some of their members, alphabetically, with links to web sites or other contact information.
Website: www.womenplaywrights.org

IRIS International Centre of Women in Photography

Alphabetical registry of women photographers, with imagery and resumes.
Website: www.staffs.ac.uk/ariadne/home.htm

The National Museum of Women in the Arts

Extensive website with two databases:

The Archives on Women Artists
Includes over 18,000 research files on women artists from all time periods and nationalities, including artists' resumes, correspondence, exhibition catalogues, reproductions, and reviews.
Website: http://www.nmwa.org/library/archives.asp

Clara
Interactive database with biographical information about over 18,000 women visual artists from all time periods and nationalities.
Website:
http://www.nmwa.org/clara

Native American Women Playwrights Archive

Each playwright's page lists her plays in NAWPA's archive, other works, and contact information.
Website: http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/nawpa/

North American Women's Drama

A for-sale on-line database of 1,500 plays by women, extensively indexed, published by Alexander Street.
Website: www.alexanderstreetpress.com/products/wodr.htm

Playwrights on the Web

An alphabetical listing of women and men that is not searchable in other ways. Playwrights have one-line descriptions of their work and a link to their site or a contact email.
Website: www.stageplays.com/pw.htm

Rainbow Artists

A New Mexico-based, multiracial, multicultural, multigenerational collective organized to support and promote women artists, primarily in the visual arts. The Rainbow Artists collective believes that through support and association, women artists are able to enhance their productivity and creativity.
Website: www.rainbowartists.com

Secondsight

Washington, DC-based group that supports women photographers at every stage in their careers, from students to professionals. The organization holds bi-monthly meetings in Bethesda , MD which include an opportunity for each artist to share her portfolio and receive constructive criticism. Additionally, each artist is given the opportunity of having an online portfolio of her work.
Website: www.secondsightdc.com

Sisters in Cinema - African American Feature Film Directors

Alphabetical listing, with links to a commercial site where the film is described and for sale on video or DVD.
Website: www.sistersincinema.com/index.html

Varo Registry - Women Visual Artists

Alphabetical list of visual artists that links to a page with samples of the artist's work. Some pages have artistic statements and contact information.
Website: www.varoregistry.com

Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color

Hosted by the University of Minnesota
Website: voices.cla.umn.edu

Women in Photography International

Alpha listing with links to artists' own web sites.
Website: www.womeninphotography.org/wipihome.html

Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press

Alphabetical list of women's theatre and art groups.
Website: www.wifp.org/DWM/TheatreArt.html

Women of Color, Women of Words

Site dedicated to African-American women playwrights, with full biographies, play list, production history, a featured play with an excerpt, and an extenseive bibliography.
Website: www.scils.rutgers.edu/~cybers/home.html

The World's Women Online!

An international database originally developed by visual artists at the 1995 Beijing conference. Now lists over 1,000 artists, searchable by artist, country, and medium.
Website: wwol.is.asu.edu/stage.htm

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