Arts information

We think you will find the following links useful, but please note that Cheshire East
Council accepts no responsibility for external sites or their contents.

Arts in Cheshire
 Cheshire East Arts Services Developing and promoting the arts in Cheshire

Fine arts
 Artcyclopedia Encyclopedia covering famous painters, sculptors and
photographers

 BBC Arts Lists principal UK museums and galleries and provides links to useful
arts websites

 British Arts Comprehensive listing of Arts in the UK, including British artists, UK

galleries, art holidays/courses, events, art services

 British Art Festivals Association Covers the widest span of arts festivals in the UK
including music, dance, the visual arts, theatre, film, comedy and street arts

 National Art Library Situated in the Victoria & Albert Museum

 National Gallery

 Olga’s Gallery Over 10,000 works of art. Provides artists, country and art
movement indexes

Performing arts
Music
 All about Jazz

 BBC Music Links and information for all genres of music

 Gramophone Classical music

 The Living Tradition Site for folk music

 NME.com Rock music

 Operabase Opera listings & festivals

 That's Country Site for country music

 This Day In Music Record of 10,000 musical facts

  World Music Central Site for world music

Theatre
 Official London Theatre site 

 Samuel French Theatre booklists, London productions, etc.

 Seat Plan Find your perfect seat in London theatres

 UK Theatre Network Information for both actors and fans

 Whatsonstage.com Listings, reviews, searchable by region

Visual arts
Architecture
 Architecture.com Royal Institute of British Architects

 Arcspace Covers prominent architects, exhibitions, architectural images and

design hotels

 English Heritage Promotes England's historic environment, conducting research,

conservation and offering learning and resources

 Images of England English Heritage National Monuments Record

 The National Trust Conservation of historic houses, gardens, parks, open spaces

and wildlife

Cinema
 BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)

 British Film Institute

 BIFA British Independent film awards

 Indiewire Covers independent cinema, the films and people

 Inside Film Worldwide film festival directory

 Internet Movie Database Largest and most popular film encyclopedia on the

internet

 NW Film Archive Home of the moving image heritage of the North West

 Silents Are Golden Information about silent movies and their stars

Photography
 British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies

 British Institute of Professional Photography Find a qualified photographer

 Digital Photography resource guide Links to over 40 resources for digital

photographers of all abilities from ReviewLab

 Royal Photographic Society