Digital Arts Minor

The following websites offer up-to-date information on career and internship opportunities in (digital) art, design, and culture.

ADVERTISING

Advertising Club of New York
235 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013
tel. 212.533.8080
www.theadvertisingclub.org
The Ad Club's Young Professionals (30 years of age or younger) is a group of
ambitious, philanthropic and outgoing professionals who are on track to becoming
tomorrow's leaders. As a member, you will meet and network with people from all
aspects of the business, take part in exclusive and exciting events around New York
City, and attend members-only career-building seminars with some of the most
influential executives in the business.

Art Directors Club
106 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001
tel. 212.643.1440
www.adcglobal.org
The ADC is the premier organization for integrated media and the first international
creative collective of its kind. Founded in New York in 1920, the ADC is a self-funding,
not-for-profit membership organization that celebrates and inspires creative excellence,
connecting creative visual communications professionals from around the world.

TRADITIONAL & CG ANIMATION, SFX

Broadcast Designers Association
9000 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069
tel. 310.788.7600
fax 310.788.7616
www.bda.tv/main.asp
BDA is a leading association of designers involved in all aspects of electronic design for
the broadcast, broadband, and multimedia world.

SIGGRAPH
NYC ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter
1515 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036
tel. 212.869.7440
new_york_city_chapter@siggraph.org
www.nyc.siggraph.org
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer
Graphics (SIGGRAPH) "NYC ACM SIGGRAPH is a non-profit, professional computer graphics organization serving the greater New York City area. Our mission is to foster the synthesis of art and technology while promoting and educating the computer graphics and interactive media community through the exchange of printed and electronic information and innovative ideas.
FILM, VIDEO

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
5220 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601
tel. 818.754.2800
www.emmys.org
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is based in Los Angeles. It honors prime- time programming. It is comprised of 26 "peer groups" whose work is aired nationally and whose members are eligible to vote for the Emmy Awards. Student membership is
$25.

Independent Feature Project
104 West 29 St., 12th Floor, New York NY 10001
tel. 212.465.8200
www.ifp.org
IFP (Independent Feature Project) was founded in 1979 on a belief that a truly vital
American cinema must include the personal, idiosyncratic, and sometimes controversial
voices of filmmakers working outside of the established studio system. As a not-for-
profit organization, its mission is to foster a more sustainable infrastructure that
supports independent filmmaking and ensures that the public has the opportunity to
see films that more accurately reflect the full diversity of the American culture. Student
membership: $65.

University Film and Video Association
1325 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820-6903
tel. 866.244.0626 or 217.244.0626
www.ufva.org
journals@uiuc.edu
The UFVA is an international organization where film and video production meets the
history, theory and criticism of the media. The UFVA members are image-makers and artists, teachers and students, archivists and distributors, college departments, libraries, and manufacturers. Your membership to the UFVA will provide you opportunities to meet and share ideas with colleagues, receive evaluation of creative work, and monitor the developments in film/video technology, education, scholarship and artistic pursuits.
Student membership $30.

ILLUSTRATION AND CARTOONING

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonist (AAEC)
3899 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
tel. 717.703.3069
fax 717.703.3001
www.editorialcartoonists.com
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is a professional association
concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial
cartoonists in the United States. The AAEC sponsors the Cartoons for the Classroom
program designed to aid educators at all levels in teaching history, economics, social
studies and current events. They have an annual convention in June to give member
cartoonists an opportunity to meet and consider issues through panel discussions and
guest speakers. Between conventions, cartoonists can discuss issues on a daily basis
through a members-only email list-serve. Annual dues for membership are $150 for a
general/associate membership and $65 for a student membership.

Graphic Artists Guild
32 Broadway, Suite 1114 New York, NY 10004 (New York City Chapter)
tel. 212.791.3400
fax 212.791.0333
www.gag.org
A national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface
designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share
their experience, raise industry standards and improve the ability of visual creators to
achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
tel. 323.782.1010
fax 323.782.1892
www.scbwi.org
Tel 212.592.2370, Fax 212.592.2375
The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers,
illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others
involved with literature for young people. Annual membership dues are $75 for the first
year and $60 for each renewing year for both full members (published) and associate
members (unpublished).

Society of Illustrators
128 East 63 Street, New York, NY 10021
tel. 212.838.2560
fax 212.838.2561
info@societyillustrators.org
www.societyillustrators.org
To promote and stimulate interest in the art of illustration, past, present and future
through exhibitions, lectures, educational programs, social intercourse and in such
other ways as may seem advisable. All candidates for membership are admitted by the
proposal of one active member and sponsorship of four additional members.
ART EDUCATION & ART THERAPY

American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
1202 Allanson Road, Mundelein, IL 60060
tel. 847.949.6064 or 1.888.290.0878
fax 847.566.4580
info@arttherapy.org
www.arttherapy.org
The AATA is an organization of professionals dedicated to the belief that the creative
process involved in art making is healing and life enhancing, Its mission is to serve its
members and the general public by providing standards of professional competence,
and developing and promoting knowledge in, and of, the field of art therapy. The
AATA is a national, non-profit association representing approximately 4500 members.
It is governed by an 11-member Board elected by the membership and more than 30
AATA Regional Chapters conduct meetings and activities that promote art therapy on
the local level.

National Art Education Association
1916 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191
tel. 703.860.8000
fax 703.860.2960
Tel 212.592.2370, Fax 212.592.2375
www.naea-reston.org

The NAEA is a non-profit, educational organization. Members included over 22,000 art
educators from every level of instruction concerned about quality art education in
schools. Promotes art education through professional development, service,
advancement of knowledge, and leadership.

New York Art Therapy Association (NYATA)
Inquiries to Toshiko Kobayashi, Membership Chair, toshikoxyz@earthlink.net
www.newyorkarttherapyassociation.org
The NYATA, Inc. functions to unify art therapist in New York State, conducting
presentations and workshops. We further enrich each other as clinicians through
meetings, networking, and discussion. NYATA provides communication between our
region and The American Art Therapy Association, and we adhere to the AATA Code
of Ethics. NYATA promotes the art therapy profession through legislative activity,
public relations, education, research, and maintenance of professional excellence.
Student Membership, $15 annually due January 1st.

COMPUTER ART

ACM Membership
One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-5701
tel. 212.869.7440
www.acm.org
ACM is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing
the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. ACM publishes,
distributes, and archives original research and first hand perspectives from the world's
leading thinkers in computing and information technologies.

ACM SIGGRAPH
www.siggraph.org
Promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and
interactive techniques. Foster a membership community whose core values help them
to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive
techniques. Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH conference, but also put
on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH
community.

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
1090 Vermont Ave NW Sixth Floor
Washington DC 20005-4095
tel. 202.289.7442
www.siia.net
The Software & Information Industry Association is the principal trade association for
the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government
relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property
protection to the leading companies that are setting the pace for the digital age.

FINE ARTS

The American Federation of Arts
122 East 42nd Street, Suite 1514, New York, NY 10168
tel. 212.988.7700
www.afaweb.org
The American Federation of Arts (AFA), a not-for-profit organization, initiates and
organizes art exhibitions and provides educational and professional programs in
collaboration with the museum community. Established by an act of Congress in 1909,
the AFA is one of the oldest art organizations in the country and serves nearly 300
museum members in the U.S. and abroad.

College Art Association
275 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001
tel. 212.691.1051
nyoffice@collegeart.org
www.collegeart.org
The College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the
history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the
teaching and practices of art. CAA publishes three scholarly journals in art and art
history, two in print and one online, as well as a bimonthly newsletter. The publications
program also provides grants to subsidize the publication of scholarly manuscripts in
art, art history, and visual studies. Also publishes *CAA News.

International Sculpture Center
14 Fairgrounds Road, Suite B, Hamilton, NJ 08619
tel. 609.689.1051
www.sculpture.org
The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit
organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture
and its unique, vital contribution to society. Publishes Sculpture Magazine, an
international, monthly magazine dedicated to all forms of contemporary sculpture.

New York Foundation for the Arts
155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, NY
tel. 212.366.6900
www.nyfa.org
nyfaweb@nyfa.org
The New York Foundation for the Arts provides this free national information resource
for artists in all disciplines. Information is available regarding organizations, grants, and
employment, among other services. Also runs the NYFA Source, a directory for artists
(formerly the Artist Hotline). This is a database of some 6,000 grant, award,
publication, and other opportunities for artists in all disciplines nationwide. These
listings are supplemented by weekly jobs and opportunity listings that are part of NYFA
Current. New postings appear every Sunday. NYFA's grants and other programs for New
York State residents are also described on the site.
GRAPHIC DESIGN

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
164 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
tel. 212.807.1990
www.aiga.org
Promotes excellence in the graphic arts as well as educating the public about graphic
design through publications, seminars, conventions and expositions. As a professional
association, AIGA offers a special membership rate to full-time students.

Art Directors Club
106 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001
tel. 212.643.1440
www.adcglobal.org
Founded in New York in 1920, the ADC is a self-funding, not-for-profit membership
organization that celebrates and inspires creative excellence, connecting creative visual
communications professionals from around the world.

Graphic Artists Guild (National)
90 John Street, Suite 403, New York, NY 10038
tel. 212.791.3400
www.gag.org
The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators,
production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to
pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the
ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.

Organization of Black Designers
www.obd.org
The Organization of Black Designers (OBD) is a multicultural, multidisciplinary
professional association of more than 10,000 members located throughout the United
States and world committed to the increased visibility, empowerment and support of its
membership. OBD membership is open to all qualified design professionals practicing
its specified disciplines, regardless of race, gender or sexual preference. Our mission is
to enhance and improve the totality of the American design professions by energizing
them with creative diversity.

Society of Publication Designers
17 East 47th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10165
tel. 212.223.3332
www.spd.org
Organization which addresses the concerns of trade, corporate, institutional, newspaper
and consumer editorial art directors. The Society provides programs which explore the
collaborative work of the best illustrators, photographers and typographers, and
constantly examines the real impact of evolving technologies.
PHOTOGRAPHY

Advertising Photographers of New York
American Photographers of America (APA)
27 West 20th Street, Suite 601, New York, NY 10011
tel. 212.807.0399
www.apany.com
APA's mission is Successful Advertising Photographers. The goal is to establish,
endorse, and promote professional practices, standards, and ethics in the photographic
and advertising community.

American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. (ASMP)
150 North Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
tel. 215.451.2767
www.asmp.org
Trade organization, which promotes photographerÕs rights, educates photographers in
better business practices and produce business publications for photographers.
Publishes ASMP Bulletin and ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography.

Center for Photography at Woodstock
59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498
tel. 845.679.9957
www.cpw.org
The Center for Photography at Woodstock provides an artistic home for contemporary
creative photography with programs in education, exhibition, publication, residencies,
and services for artists. Publishes Photography Quarterly for subscribing members.

Professional Photographers of America, Inc. (PPA)
229 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2200, International Tower, Atlanta, GA 30303
tel. 800.786.6277
www.ppa.com
A not-for-profit international association for professional photographers seeking to
increase its over 14,000 members in business savvy as well as broaden their creative
scope.