PERFORMING, VISUAL & LITERARY ARTS
The performing arts area is highly diverse and includes players ranging from large commercial companies to small groups wholly dependent on public or private financial support. The majority of theatre venues are owned either by local authorities or by non-profit making organisations. However, most are commercially run and are self-financing.
Literature includes a mixture of professional and aspiring freelance screenwriters, novelists, poets and playwrights and, in terms of participatory activity, is one of the most popular creative pursuits through individual reading, book groups and creative writing groups.
The visual arts industry covers 'fine art', i.e. painting and drawing. It also includes photography, film, video and new media.
Here are a few links where you can learn more information about the performing, literary and visual arts:
Performing Arts
Arts Council EnglandArts4Schools
Artsmark
BECTU
Clear Channel Entertainment
EQUITY
Independent Theatre Council
Leap Arts
London Schools Arts Service (LONSAS)
National Academy for gifted and talented youth
National Association of Music Educators
National Dance Teachers Association
National Drama
Really Useful Group
QCA Artsalive
Stagework
TMA/SOLT
Visual Arts
Arts Council EnglandCreativePeople
Federation of British Artists
Institute of Contemporary Art
National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts (NADFAS)
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
National Society for Education in Art and Design
Royal Academy of Arts
University of the Arts London
Literary Arts
Association of Authors' Agents (AAA)Arvon Foundation
Authors' Club (at the Arts Club)
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
Booksellers Association (BA) of the United Kingdom & Ireland
British Library (The)
Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)
English PEN
Institute of Paper, Printing and Publishing (IP3)
National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE)
National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
Poetry Society
Society of Authors
WATCH (Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders)
Writers' Guild of Great Britain (incorporating the Theatre Writers' Union)
Writernet
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