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Career Information, Job Listings, Grants

AccessUT
UT's online job and internship database which posts professional opportunities for all majors.

College Central Network
Fine Arts Career Services database of art-related opportunities. Fine Arts students can post a resume and create an online portfolio.

Alliance of Artist Communities
A consortium of artists' communities which offer residencies in all disciplines.

Art Job
Comprehensive, up-to-date national listings of jobs, internships, fellowships and other employment opportunities in the arts. Fine Arts Career Services subscribes. Contact us for the username and password.

ArtSearch
THE publication from the Theatre Communicaiton Group for full-time, part-time, seasonal, year-round and internship opportunities in the performing arts. Fine Arts Career Services subscribes. Contact us for the username and password.

Artslynx
With a neat and well-organized series of connecting icons, Artslynx has master folders dealing with "Dance," "Visual Arts," "Writing," "Film," "Arts Administration," "Music," "Arts of Social Responsibility," "Education," and "Arts Advocacy." All are rich in resources.

Arts Net
Artsnet is a clearinghouse of arts management resources available on the Internet.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Excellent site for those interested in arts administration positions in the performing arts. Includes a job bank.

Austin Actors Net
Audition and crew call notices

Austin Film Resource
Ads for crew, actors, and general employment.

Backstage Jobs
Free job listing service for all behind-the-scenes jobs in the live entertainment industry.

Current Jobs in Performing Arts
A national employment bulletin for jobs in the performing arts. Fine Arts Career Services subscribes. Contact us for the username and password.

Dan Eggleston's List
Austin casting information and lots of it!

ELAC Theatre Library Links
Great list of links on just about everything related to theatre.

Entertainment Careers
Jobs, internships, and career information in the entertainment industry.

Entertainment Employment Journal
An online, interactive database of jobs and internships focusing exclusively on careers in the creative, professional, production and technical areas of the entertainment industry.

Hollywood Actors Network
Jobs for actors, singers, and dancers posted for a variety of locales. Again, not a practical way to land an audition, but useful in examining what the performing arts scene looks like.

Lincoln Center Directors Lab
The LCT Directors Lab is a developmental program for nurturing stage directors from around the country and around the world.

Mandy.com
Film and TV production resources.

NYFA Interactive
Free national information resource for artists in all disciplines and for everyone who supports them in any way.

National Performance Network
NPN brings to national attention some of the most exciting and stimulating new work in dance, theater, music, and multidisciplinary art being created across the United States through both direct and indirect support to touring artists

New Dramatists
New Dramatists is a unique resource for the American Theatre. The company is dedicated to the playwright and serves as an artistic home, theatre research and development center, and writers colony for the national theatre just a few steps from Broadway. The company finds and nurtures new talent through a competitive, membership selection process and a seven-year playwright development program.

Playbill Online
This site claims to be "THE Source on the Web for Broadway Theater Information." And it lives up to its name, providing a wealth of information for both theatre goers and professionals. Check out their "Casting and Jobs" section which is divided into the following categories: performer, technical, design, administrative, academic, and the mysterious "other".

Showbiz Jobs
Search engine for all types of jobs in the entertainment industry.

Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc. Job Contact Service
Search for full-time and/or summer employment in theatre, including technical, academic positions and administration/management.

Texas Film Commission Hotline
Check casting notices for independent and feature films in Texas. The Texas Film Commission also sponsors excellent internships.

Theatre jobs (paid subscription)
TheatreJobs.com is a source for employment in the entertainment industry. On-line database including 100's of ads in all fields of theatre. As a subscriber you can check out the ads, post your resumÈ and/or portfolio, and contact potential employers.

Texas Nonprofit Theatres
A terrific compendium of information related to the Texas theatre community, the best thing about this site is its JOB LISTINGS!!!

Working Actor's Guide
This website is the online version of the 14th edition of The Working Actor's Guide to Los Angeles, a resource for performers and other entertainment industry professionals. Listings cover everything from casting and talent agencies, training programs, and necessary services for actors and other professionals, to services, essentials, and entertainment related to living in Los Angeles.

Professional Associations & Organizations

Actors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association is the labor union representing over 40,000 American actors and stage managers working in the professional theatre. Equity's website contains information about the union and its various departments, programs, and contracts, industry-related news, and casting notices.

Actor's Fund
This amazing resource offers a wealth of information for actors, dancers, musicians, producers, directors, carpenters, stage hands, singers and others in the spotlight and behind the scenes. They also have a terrific resource center for health insurance as well as human services for people with HIV+/AIDS and the elderly. Highly recommended.

Austin Scriptworks
Supports Central Texas playwrights by providing opportunities at all stages in the writing process, from inception through production with a variety of programming.

American Alliance for Theatre Education
The mission of AATE is to promote standards of excellence in theatre and theatre education, connecting artists, educators, researchers, and scholars with each other, and by providing opportunities for our membership to learn, exchange, expand and diversify their work, the audience and their perspectives.

Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
The Association for Theatre in Higher Education is an organization of individuals and institutions that provides vision and leadership for the profession and promotes excellence in theatre education. ATHE actively supports scholarship through teaching, research and practice and serves as a collective voice for its mission through its publications, conferences, advocacy, projects, and through collaborative efforts with other organizations.

Austin Circle of Theatres
As a nonprofit arts service organization, ACOT focuses on sponsoring projects and programs that both strengthen Austin's performing arts community and bring new audiences to the arts. Find links to some of the Austin-area theatres, find out about regional auditions and other ACOT-sponsored programs.

The Dramatists Guild of America
The Dramatists Guild of America is the only professional association for playwrights, composers, and lyricists. Membership is open to all dramatic writers, regardless of their production history.

Literary Manager and Dramaturgs of America

The Playwrights Center
An incubator of new work for the stage, and the nation's most powerful resource for playwrights.

Texas Educational Theatre Association
TETA is a non-profit organization whose primary objective is to promote the development and continuation of high quality theatre programs in Texas schools, colleges, and universities. Conferences and workshops are held every year. TETA is a great organization especially for those involved in educational theatre.

Screen Actors Guild
The primary role of Screen Actors Guild concerns the members' wages and working conditions, on their jobs, most Guild resources are spent on enforcing the contracts under which the members work. However, their web site has a terrific links page.

Theatre Communications Group
The national organization for the American theatre with over 440 member theatres offers a wide array of services.

University/Resident Theatre Association
The University/Resident Theatre Association is the country's oldest and largest consortium of professional theatre training graduate programs and associated professional theatre companies.

United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
The Association of Design, Production, and Technology Professionals in the Performing Arts and Entertainment industry.

Government Agencies

The Texas Commission on the Arts
With links to all kinds of visual and performing arts sites on the Internet, this page is fast becoming one of our favorite places. You can reach their employment links by going to their "Recommended Hot Spots."

Texas Film Commission

 

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