Michelle Forsyth

Associate Professor
Painting and Drawing

Fine Arts Department
Washington State University
5072 Fine Arts Center
Pullman WA 99164

Office Hours: by appointment
Office Room #: FA 7015
Office Tel: (509) 335 - 3278
mforsyth@wsu.edu

Links:

Fine Arts homepage
College of Liberal Arts
WSU Libraries

Courses Taught:

Drawing:
[ FA 312 Advanced Drawing ]
[ FA 313 Drawing from the Body ]

Painting:
[ FA 320 Beginning Painting ]
[ FA 321 Intermediate Painting ]
[ FA 362 Watercolor ]
[ FA 423 Advanced Painting ]

Graduate:
[ FA 598 Graduate Seminar ]

[ Resources ]

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Resources:

New York Foundation for the Arts - a free national information resource for artists in all disciplines and for everyone who supports them in any way.
College Art Association - College Art Association opportunities offers continuously updated information for artists, scholars, museum professionals, educators, and other members of the arts community.
Akimbo - a Toronto-based company that promotes contemporary visual art, video, new media and film locally, nationally and internationally via the internet.
Artist Trust - offers grants and information services for artists working in all disciplines.
Artists Register Opportunities - National and international visual art related opportunities.
Arts Resource Network - Opportunities
artdeadlineslist - A monthly newsletter with several hundred announcements.
rhizome.org - an online platform for the global new media art community.
4Culture - King County's cultural services agency.
Douglas Kelley List - a list of openings in
New York.
Gallery Guide - Gallery Listings
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
The Canadian Art Database

Things to read & things to listen to:

Port - dedicated to catalyzing critical discussion and disseminating information about art as lensed through Portland, Oregon.
Badatsports - Contemporary Art Talk
AFC -Paddy Johnson, a writer who lives and works in Brooklyn.
Artnet - magazine
Hirshhorn - podcasts

Academic Job Listings:

College Art Association - Links to academic positions in the Fine Arts.
University Affairs - Canada's magazine on higher education
Higgher Ed Jobs - job listings
Chronicle Careers - Chronicle of Higher Education's job listings.
Academic Keys - source for academic employment and professional resources in higher education.

Financial Resources, Grants & Funding:

Artist Pension Trust
An Investment Program Designed Specifically for Artists. Artist Pension Trust ® (APT) is the first investment program dedicated to the needs of emerging and mid-career artists. APT's long-term financial planning services allow artists to invest their artworks alongside a community of select artists, thereby providing a uniquely diversified, alternative income stream. Our vision is to build an integrated financial services firm that caters to the financial needs of the artist.

Canada Council for the Arts
the role of the Council is "to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts."

Creative Capital
a New York City-based nonprofit organization, acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields.

Fund for Women Artists
is founded on the belief that women artists have the power to change the way women are perceived in our society.

The Foundation Center
a leading authority on philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.

Fractured Atlas
provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists.