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
• Medici.tv The world's leading classical music streaming platform, with concerts, ballets, operas, master classes and more. *Click to login, enter Cheshire, then select CheshireEast and West and login with your library membership. Free access until the end of April 2020
• 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
• The Stage Theatre news, reviews, interviews and jobs
• 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