Performing Arts

Databases

• Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCOhost)
  Articles on painting, sculpture, drawing and architecture - the 'fine arts'.
• Australian Public Affairs (APA) (Informit)
  Index to thousands of social sciences and humanities articles, includes full text articles from 320 journal titles.
• AustLit - Australian Literature Index
  Index to Australian literature including poems, plays, novels and short stories.
• Design and Applied Arts Index
  An international index to current design and applied artt journals

Images

• Artstor
  Digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
• Trove
  Search over 4 million photographs, negatives, artworks, drawings, posters, postcards and other pictures. Mostly Australian content.
• CAMIO
  Catalog of Art Museum Images Online documents works of art from the collections of prominent museums. Please read the terms of use.
• Flickr

Journals

Costume

• Dress
• Folklore
• Harpers Bazaar
• Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management
• Marie Claire: (US Edition)

Theatre

• Theatre Journal

Websites

Performing Arts

• Arts Law Centre of Australia: Provides legal advice for Artists and arts organisations
• Arts Victoria
• AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts
• Australian Council for the Arts
• Live Performance Australia: Australia Entertainment Industry Association
• Australian Performing Arts Venues and Theatre Companies
• Australian Stoaries: Over 200 articles about Australia's history and culture
• International Index to the Performing Arts
• International Society for the Performing Arts
• Performing Arts and Artists Worldwide
• Performing Arts Links
• Performing Arts Online
• The Space: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's gateway to Arts and Culture

Theatre

• Australian Music Theatre
• CATHS Cinema and Theatre Historical Society: (Australian)
• History of American Theatre
• Justin's Drama and Theatre Links: over 5000 links
• Ken Mc Coy's Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
• La Mama Theatre, Melbourne
• Melbourne Theatre Company
• New York Times Theatre Reviews
• Playbox Theatre
• The Internet Theatre Database
• Theatre Australia
• Theatre and Dance Resources on the Internet
• Theatre and Drama WWW Virtual Library
• TheatreHistory.com
• Theatre History Resources
• Theatre History Sites on the WWW
• Theatre Reviews London
• UK Theatre Web
• Variety: Entertainment news and analysis

Costume

• Australian Costumers Guild - internet links
• Clothing and Costume Links
• Costume Australia: Newsgroup
• Costume-Connections: Official site of Costume-Con Conferences
• The Costume Gallery Research Library
• The Costume Gallery-Online Costume Ball
• The Costumers Manifest
• The Costume Page : Costuming resources online
• La Couturiere Parisienne: Contains patterns for period costumes and over 4000 images
• Elizabethan Costuming Page
• Farthingales: Mail order patterns and supplies
• The History of Costume
• Trimmings 'n' Remnants: Online suppliers

Makeup

• MakeUp Artist Magazine
• Makeup Artists Network
• The Makeup Artists webring
• The Makeup Gallery: Over 5000 images
• Makeup links: The Costumer's Manifesto
• Makeup-FX: Excellent resources by Lars Carlsson a Swedish makeup artist
• Makeup-FX internet links
• Masks Theme Page
• .A.P.S.E.M.A:. Society of Amateur and Professional Special Effects Makeup Artists.
• Stage Supply: (U.S. supplier)

Organisations

• Australian Costumers' Guild
• Costume Designers Guild
• Costume Society of America
• International Costumers Guild
• International Federation for Theatre Research

Museums and Collections

Costumes

• Centre National du Costume: (Montréal, Québec - in French)
• The Costume Institute: (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)
• Costume Museum of Canada
• Museum of Costuming, Britain
• National Art Library: (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

Theatre

• British Theatre Museum
• Harvard Theatre Collection
• League of Historic American Theatres
• Manchester Theatre Collection
• Museums Australia: Performing Arts Special Interest Group
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Performing Arts Multimedia Library: Via the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
• Victorian Arts Centre Performing Arts Museum