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Canadian Government Arts & Culture Resources
Aboriginal Planet (Foreign Affairs)

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Canada Council for the Arts www.canadacouncil.ca
Canada Export (Trade and Investment Publication)

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Canada World View (Foreign Affairs Magazine) click for link
Canadian Chamber of Commerce www.chamber.ca/
Canadian Cultural Property Export and Import Act http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-51/
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Arts and Culture Industries www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/menu-en.asp
Canadian Heritage - Financial Support Programs www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/financ/index_e.cfm
International Trade Canada - Services for Canadian Businesses www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/intl_bus_dev-en.asp
Ontario Book Publisher Tax Credit www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/cultind/bookpub.htm
Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects Tax Credit www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/cultind/ocase.htm
Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund www.ocaf.on.ca
Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/cultind/ofttc.htm
Ontario Ministry of Culture - Cultural Industries Trade Associations List www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/cultind/trade.htm
Team Canada www.exportsource.ca/gol/exportsource/site.nsf
Toronto Board of Trade www.boc.com
Trade Routes (Canadian Heritage) www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ac-ca/progs/rc-tr/pubs/brochure_e.cfm
Trade Team Canada - Cultural Goods and Services www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ac-ca/progs/rc-tr/progs/eccc-ttcc/index_e.cfm

Canadian Non-Governmental Arts and Culture Resources
ACTRA - Actor's Equity/Performer's Guild www.actra.ca
Artists in Canada (Directory) www.artistsincanada.com
Arts Stabilization http://ccm.uwaterloo.ca/sustain/sustain_home1.htm
ArtsNewtork.tv (MuseumCad) www.artsnetwork.tv/
Association for the Export of Canadian Books www.aecb.org/
Association of Canadian Publishers www.publishers.ca
Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences  (CARAS) www.carasonline.ca
Canadian Arts Presenting Association www.capacoa.ca
CINARS - International Exchange for the Performing Arts - Montreal www.cinars.org
Community Cultural Impresarios - Ontario's Arts Presenter Network www.ccio.on.ca/
Creative City Network www.creativecity.ca
Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Record www.factor.ca
International Festival of Authors www.readings.org
National Film Board of Canada www.nfb.ca
National Screen Institute www.nsi-canada.ca/
Professional Art Dealers Association - PADAC www.padac.ca
Society of Canadian Artists www.societyofcanadianartists.com
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada www.socan.ca
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television www.academy.ca/
World Literacy of Canada www.worldlit.ca/

U.S. Arts and Culture Resources
Academy of American Poets www.poets.org
Advanced Consulting www.advocacyguru.com/
Alliance for International Education and Cultural Exchange www.alliance-exchange.org/
American Alliance for Theatre and Education www.aate.com/
American Arts Alliance www.americanartsalliance.org
American Association of Museums www.aam-us.org/
American Composer's Alliance www.composers.com/
American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada www.afm.org/public/home/index.php
American Federation of the Arts www.afaweb.org/
American Folklore Society http://afsnet.org/
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works http://aic.stanford.edu/
American Literary Translators Association http://literarytranslators.org/
American Music Center www.amc.net
American Translators Association www.atanet.org/
Art Dealer's Association of America www.artdealers.org/
Arts and Culture Observatory - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh www.artsnet.org/aaco/
Arts Education Ideas www.aeideas.com/
Arts Education Partnership http://aep-arts.org/
ArtsEdge - The Kennedy Center http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
ArtsNet - Listserv Directory www.artsnet.org 
Association for Theaters in Higher Education www.athe.org
Association of American Publishers www.publishers.org/
Association of American University Presses http://aaupnet.org/
Association of Art Museum Directors www.aamd.org/
Association of Moving Image Archivists www.amianet.org/
Atlatl: National Native Arts Network www.atlatl.org/
Authors Guild www.authorsguild.org/
Chamber Music America www.chamber-music.org/
ChoralNet: Internet Center for Choral Music www.choralnet.org/
Chorus America www.chorusamerica.org/
College Art Association www.collegeart.org
Conductor's Guild of America www.conductorsguild.org/
Corporation for Public Broadcasting www.cpb.org/
Costume Society of America www.costumesocietyamerica.com
Culture Commons: Meeting Place for Culture and Policy www.culturalcommons.org/index.cfm
Dance Notation Bureau www.dancenotation.org
Glass Art Society www.glassart.org
Heritage Preservation  www.heritagepreservation.org/
Institute of Outdoor Drama www.unc.edu/depts/outdoor/
International Theatre Institute/US Center www.tcg.org/frames/iti/fs_iti.htm
Museum Education Roundtable www.mer-online.org/
Museum Trustee Association www.mta-hq.org/
National Alliance for Musical Theatre www.namt.net/
National Arts Education Association www.naea-reston.org/
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies www.nasaa-arts.org/
National Association of Schoold of Music http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/
National Association of Schools of Art and Design http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/
National Association of Schools of Dance http://nasd.arts-accredit.org/
National Association of Schools of Theater http://nast.arts-accredit.org/
National Dance Association www.aahperd.org/nda/
National Endowment for the Arts www.arts.endow.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities www.neh.fed.us/
National Music Council www.musiccouncil.org/
National Opera Association www.noa.org/
National Public Radio www.npr.org/
National Recreation and Park Association www.nrpa.org/
National Registrar of Historic Places www.cr.nps.gov/nr/
National Trust for Historic Preservation www.nationaltrust.org/
New York City Arts Coalition www.nycityartscoalition.org
Non-Traditional Casting Project www.ntcp.org/
Opera America www.operaam.org/
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage www.folklife.si.edu/index.html
Smithsonian Institution www.si.edu/
Society for Ethnomusicology http://webdb.iu.edu/sem/scripts/home.cfm
Society for Photographic Education www.spenational.org/
Society of Dance History Scholars www.sdhs.org/
Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers www.ssdc.org/index.php
Songwriters Guild of America www.songwriters.org

International Government Arts and Culture Resources
Angola - Arts and Culture - Netartes www.ebonet.net/netartes/
Arbeitskreis Kultursponsoring (Germany) www.aks-online.org/
Arctic Council www.arctic-council.org/
Argentina - Fondo Nacional de las Artes - National Arts Fund www.fnartes.gov.ar/
Argentina - National Arts Fund www.cultura.gov.ar/
Arts Access Australia www.artsaccessaustralia.org/
Arts and Business in Bulgaria www.abbulgaria.org/index_eng.html
Arts and Business UK www.aandb.org.uk/
Arts Council England www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Arts Council of Finland www.taiteenkeskustoimikunta.fi/
Arts Council of Ireland www.artscouncil.ie/
Arts Council of Mongolia www.artscouncil.mn/
Arts Council of Northern Ireland www.artscouncil-ni.org/
Arts Council of Wales www.artswales.org/
Arts Tasmania www.arts.tas.gov.au/
Artservis (Slovenia) www.artservis.org/english/
Asociación Española para el Desarrollo del Mecenazgo Empresarial - AEDME (Spain) www.aedme.org/
Australian Council for the Arts www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Austrian Trade Commissioner Consulate General of Austria www.AustrianTrade.org 
Barbados - National Cultural Foundation www.barbados.gov.bb/bgis.htm
Belize National Arts Council www.belize.gov.bz/cabinet/m_mes/contact_inf.html
Boekman Foundation (Netherlands) www.boekman.nl/engindex.html
Botswana - Department of Culture & Youth click on link
Botswana Society for the Arts www.bsa.botsnet.co.bw/
Brazil - National Foundation for the Arts www.cultura.gov.br/
British-Canadian Chamber of Trade and Commerce www.bcctc.ca
Canada-Czech Republic Chamber of Commerce www.ccrcc.net/ccindex.html 
Cerec Network - European Committee for Business, Arts, and Culture www.cerec-network.org/
Cervantes Institute (Spain) www.cervantes.es/portada_b.htm
China Federation of Literary and Arts Circles www.cflac.org.cn/
Columbia - Ministry of Culture www.mincultura.gov.co/
Creative New Zealand - Arts Council of New Zealand www.creativenz.govt.nz/
Cuba - Ministerio de Cultura www.min.cult.cu/
Cultural Institute of Macao S.A.R. Government www.icm.gov.mo/
Danish-Canadian Chamber of Commerce www.dccc.ca
Delegation of the European Commission to Canada www.delcan.cec.eu.int/en/about_us/links/commerce/
European Cultural Foundation www.eurocult.org/
European Cultural Portal http://europa.eu.int/comm/culture/portal/index_en.htm
European Union http://europa.eu.int/
French Chamber of Commerce in Canada www.ccife.org/canada 
Guyana - National Trust www.nationaltrust.gov.gy/
Hellenic-Canadian Board of Trade (Greece) www.hcbt.com
Himalaya Foundation - Taiwan Philanthropic Information Centre www.himalaya.org.tw/
Hong Kong - Leisure and Cultural Services www.hkadc.org.hk/
Hungary - National Cultural Fund  www.nka.hu/
Iceland - Ministry of Education, Science & Culture www.mrn.stjr.is/
Institut du Monde Arabe (France) www.imarabe.org/
Iran Heritage Foundation www.iranheritage.org/privatelives/bionotes_full.htm
Israel - Ministry of Science, Culture & Sport www.most.gov.il/
Italian Chamber of Commerce www.italchambers.net
Italy - Ministry of Culture www.beniculturali.it/
Japan Foundation  www.jpf.go.jp/
Kigyo Mecenat Kyogikai (Association for Corporate Support of the Arts - Japan) www.mecenat.or.jp/
Korean Business Council for the Arts www.mecenat.or.kr/
Korean Culture and Art Foundation www.kcaf.or.kr/home2004/
Kulturkontakt (Austria) www.kulturkontakt.or.at/KulturKontakt.aspx
Kunst en Zaken (Netherlands) www.kunst-en-zaken.nl/
Latvia - Culture and Information Center www.karosta.lv/
Luxembourg - Ministry of Culture www.ltam.lu/culture/
Luxembourg - National Cultural Fund www.men.lu/
Malaysia - Ministry of Culture, Arts, & Tourism www.mocat.gov.my/laman_web/index.php
Mali - Ministry of Culture http://w3.culture.gov.ml/index.html
Mexico - National Council of Culture and Arts www.cnca.gob.mx/index_content.html
National Arts Council of South Africa www.nac.org.za/
National Arts Council of Zimbabwe www.natartszim.co.zw/
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Phillipines) www.ncca.gov.ph/
Netherlands - Council for Culture www.cultuur.nl/
Netherlands Consulate General www.dutchconsulate.toronto.on.ca
Nigeria - National Council for Arts and Culture www.wwcd.org/policy/clink/Nigeria.html
Norwegian Council for Cultural Affiars www.kulturrad.no/
Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura  www.oei.es/cultura/guia.htm
Pakistan - Ministry of Tourism click for link
Panama - National Institute for Culture www.pa/cultura/
Phillipines - National Commission for Culture and the Arts www.ncca.gov.ph/
Poland - Ministry of Culture www.mk.gov.pl/website/index.jsp
Portugal - Ministry of Culture www.min-cultura.pt/index.html
Portuguese Trade and Tourism Commission www.portugal.org
Presidential Council for Culture - Dominican Republic www.cultura.gov.do/
Pro Helvetia - Arts Council of Switzerland www.pro-helvetia.ch/
Pro Slovakia State Fund for Culture (Czech Republic) www.slovakia.org/culture1.htm
Romania - Cultural institute www.icr.ro/
Russian Consulate - Toronto www.toronto.mid.ru/
School of African Heritage - Benin www.epa-prema.net/epaGB/
Scottish Arts Council www.scottisharts.org.uk/
Singapore - National Arts Council www.nac.gov.sg/
Slovak Republic - Ministry of Culture www.culture.gov.sk/index/
Swaziland - National Council of Arts and Culture www.artsandculture.co.sz/
Sweden - Föreningen Kultur och Näringsliv www.kultur-naringsliv.se/
Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs www.kulturradet.se/
Swedish-Canadian Chamber of Commerce www.sccc.ca
Taiwan - National Culture and Arts Foundation www.ncafroc.org.tw/
Tanzania Cultural Trust Fund www.mfuko.org/first.asp
Thailand - Office of National Culture Commission http://kanchanapisek.or.th/kp8/maine.htm
Turkey - Ministry of Culture & Tourism www.kultur.gov.tr/
United Arab Emirates - Cultural Foundation www.cultural.org.ae/

International Non-Governmental Arts and Culture Resources
National Campaign for the Arts (UK) www.artscampaign.org.uk
Abya Yala Net: Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World  http://abyayala.nativeweb.org/
Art Business News (Magazine) www.artbusinessnews.com/aabn/july05/
Art Loss Registry www.artloss.com
Artistopia www.artistopia.com
Arts Management Network www.artsmanagement.net/
ArtsLynx International Arts Resources www.artslynx.org
Association for Cultural Economics International www.dac.neu.edu/economics/n.alper/acei/
Canadian-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Inc. www.germanchamber.ca/ 
Centre Français des Fondations  www.centre-francais-fondations.org/
Compendium - Cultural Policies in Europe www.culturalpolicies.net/
Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region www.arcticparl.org/index.htm
Cultural Intelligence www.audience.co.uk/
Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (UK) www.fact.co.uk/
Freemuse - Freedom of Musical Expression (Denmark) www.freemuse.org/
Interarts Foundation (Spain) www.interarts.net
International Association of Art Critics www.aica-int.org/
International Association of Jazz Educators www.iaje.org/
International Association of Literary Critics www.aicl.org/
International Centre of Films for Children and Young People www.cifej.com/
International Confederation of Socieities of Authors and Composers www.cisac.org/web/content.nsf/Builder?ReadForm&Page=Home&Lang=EN
International Documentary Association www.telusplanet.net/public/icrn/
International Drama Educators Association http://educ.queensu.ca/~idea/
International Federation of Actors www.fia-actors.com/
International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies www.ifacca.org/ifacca2/en/default.asp
International Federation of Musicians www.fim-musicians.com/eng/p02.html
International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) www.ifrro.org/
International Organization of Folk Arts www.filetron.com/grkmanual/iofa.html
International Pen www.internationalpen.org.uk/
International Plein Air Painters Organization www.ipap.homestead.com/About_Us.html
International Sculpture Center www.sculpture.org/
International Society for Music Education www.isme.org/
International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation www.ispa.org/
L'Agence de la Francophonie http://agence.francophonie.org/
National Campaign for the Arts (UK) www.artscampaign.org.uk
Northern Forum www.northernforum.org/
On the Move Performing Arts Traveler's Toolkit (Europe) www.on-the-move.org/
Talent Match www.talentmatch.com/
Visiting Arts: Promoting the Flow of International Arts into the UK www.visitingarts.org.uk/home.html
World Craft Council www.wccwis.gr/
World Intellectual Property Organization www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en

UNESCO International Arts and Cultural Groups
UNESCO - Culturelink Network: Network of Networks for Research and Cooperation in Cultural Development www.culturelink.org
UNESCO - International Association of Theatre Critics www.aict-iatc.org/IATC/HomeEngICTC.htm
UNESCO - International Child Art Foundation www.icaf.org/Children/Whats_ICAF.htm
UNESCO - International Council of Monuments and Sites www.icomos.org/
UNESCO - International Council of Museums www.icom.org
UNESCO - International Council on Archives www.ica.org/
UNESCO - International Dance Council  www.cid-unesco.org/index.php
UNESCO - International Music Council www.unesco.org/imc/
UNESCO - International Publishers Association www.ipa-uie.org/
UNESCO - International Theatre Institute www.iti-worldwide.org/index.php
UNESCO - Issues in Cultural Development click for link




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