Museum Collection Images
In the past few years, many museums, libraries, and corporate collections have uploaded their photo libraries online and made them available to the public. These image libraries are a wonderful resource for designers and artists.
Some have even made their images open to public domain use, with free downloads. Click through for a list of entities where you’re welcome to search their databases for art and craft images.
French Fabric Sample Book
Published in 1900, this French fabric sample book is from the Clark Art Institute Library, shared via the Internet Archive. It features floral and geometric designs from the turn of the 20th century.
Click the button below and scroll to the bottom for links to more textile sample books.
The Magazine Rack
The Magazine Rack is part of a non-profit, independently organized and run collection of digitized magazines and monthly publications. Items that are in the public domain are available for download in several formats.
Image by Karolina / Kaboompics for rawpixel.com
Artist Opportunity List
Everest Pipkin, a drawing and software artist from Texas, has created a Google Doc of opportunities for artists, makers, and creators. Pipkin's free-to-share list includes 400+ programs, internships, residencies, scholarships, grants, and fellowships. If you are hoping for funding and support of any kind, or looking for an artist's retreat community, this is a good place to begin looking. Note that some of the retreats cost money.
Pipkin generously encourages people to share the doc. You can browse by location, name, a short description, and links to websites. Click the link below to access the list.
Painting by Paul Klee.
600+ Free Art Books Online
Three American art museums have gifted us all with free access to their collections of art books. Without committing to making a payment beyond our internet and phone charges, we can build our own online libraries of art books and exhibition catalogs, courtesy of the Guggenheim, Met, and Getty Museums. Click through for links to explore and download.
May Morris
May Morris (1862 - 1938) and her father William Morris (1834 – 1896) were both significant figures of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. While William Morris's place in art history is well established, May's place is less well known. This is changing, thanks to a special exhibition of her work that was organized by the William Morris Gallery, and two recently published books on her life and work.
Click through to The Brooklyn Refinery for more about her, and examples of her work.