The following resources were recommended by our members to help each other and all artists in their personal and professional artistic endeavors.

Members are encouraged to keep this list updated with information as they come across it to ensure that we are helping each other grow artistically!

Art On Paper
Publishes: Bi-monthly
Subscription price: Around $35 per year
Member description: Art On Paper is a (sometimes irreverant) look at a variety of topics ranging from historical art collections to close-ups of contemporary artists. Its focus, as indicated by the title, is any art that is produced on paper.

Art Journal
Publishes: Seasonally
Subscription price: $50 per year for non-members, included in College Art Association membership
Member description: Art Journal is a scholarly journal published by the College Art Association, an organization that caters to visual artists and scholars of all types. Articles are peer-reviewed and cover a wide variety of artistic topics.

Art Business News
Publishes: Monthly
Subscription price: $55 per year regular rate, some articles are free online
Member description: Art Business News is a trade publication that features information about current art business concerns. Topics range from current purchasing trends to practical advice for fine artists trying to promote their work. Articles sometimes feature upcoming exhibits and showrooms that are opening soon.

Gallery Guide
Publishes: 10 issues per year
Subscription price: $40 per year regular rate, some information is free online
Member description: Gallery Guide publishes several versions, one for each region of the country. Dubbing itself "the most comprehensive source of gallery and museum exhibitions nationwide" for the past thirty years, it contains information sure to interest artists trying to promote themselves.

The Artists Magazine
Publishes: 6 issues per year
Subscription price: $19.96 per year online
Suggested by member: Bunny Holmes

College Art Association
Membership fee: $220
Member description: Professional and scholarly association for artists and art historians of all kinds. Membership includes subscriptions to all CAA publications as well as access to career resources and various discounts.

Chicago Artists' Association
Membership fee: Individual, 1-year membership: $75 new / $55 renewals (many other packages available)
Member description: A professional association for artists of all kinds. Membership includes a variety of services, from exhibition opportunities to publications to financial and business services.

Prairie Spirit Papers
Fee: varies by class
Classes in various aspects of the book and paper arts are taught by Carla Klausler and Cheryl Mahowald, who have presented for the B.A.A. in the past. Classes and workshops are offered at various locations and times, so be sure to check back often for more information.

Virtual Art Academy
Fee: Free
This is a fun website that will send you a monthly art assignment and give you information about different aspects of art. You can register for a monthly newsletter as well.

Artist Way by Julia Cameron
ISBN: 0-87477-694-5
Recommended by: Suzette Horyza

Tom Lynch's 100 Watercolor Workshop Lesson Charts by Tom Lynch
ISBN: 1-929834-21-7
Recommended by: Suzette Horyza

Watercolor Workshop--A Complete Course in Ten Lessons by Anne Elsworth
ISBN: 0-7621-0083-4
Recommended by: Suzette Horyza

Magic Lantern Guides by Lark Books
Recommended by Janice Henry: "Series of DSLR manual like books that are better than the manuals that come w/ the cameras. Available on Amazon.com."

Looking Good in Print by Roger C Parker, Ventana Press
ISBN: 0-94087-32-4
Recommended by Janice Henry: "Great desktop publishing book!"

Suggested supplies from Bunny Holmes:
I use Canson rough watercolor paper, # 140 wt. in a tablet. I love Winsor and Newton watercolor brushes, series 233, sizes 6, 10, 12 and 14. These hold just the right amt. of water for my style of painting, and are reasonable. Dick Blick website is a good place to use for these.

Suggested supplies from Peggy Schumm:
I am an oil painter and I really like Grumbacher oils but I do not like the caps on the tubes. They tend to break and leak the oils. I also like the viscosity of Gamblin brand oils and the fact that the company has a great web resource for traveling with oil paints since many airlines think they are hazardous Gamblin has an informative site for how to travel with their paints.

Dick Blick, recommended by many guild members.

Buydig.com, recommended by Janice Henry for equipment.