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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
The development of the arts in America - music, dance, architecture, the visual arts, and literature - has been marked by a tension between two strong sources of inspiration: European sophistication and domestic originality. Frequently, the best American artists have managed to harness both sources. However, the 20th century has been one in which artists in the United States have broken free from Old World antecedents, taking the various cultural disciplines in new directions with impressive, innovative results.
Music, film, theater, dance, architecture and other artistic expressions
have been enhanced and transformed. A rejuvenation in music, new directions
in modern dance, drama drawn from the U.S. heartland, independent filmmaking
across the landscape, the globalization of the visual arts - all of these
are part of the contemporary scene in the United States.
While the arts and popular culture of the United States continue to engage substantial attention, energy and resources from society both at home and abroad, this happens largely outside the direction of government. The United States has no "ministry of culture," thus reflecting the conviction that there are important areas of national life where government should have little or no role.
(abridged from U.S. State Department IIP publications and other U.S. government materials)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
MUSIC
BLUES & JAZZCLASSICAL MUSICOPERAPOPULAR MUSIC
- Billboard.com - Billboard.com is the Internet home of Billboard magazine, an international newsweekly of music, video and home entertainment.
- Rolling Stone - music magazine
- Grammy's - The recording industry's most prestigious award, the GRAMMY, is presented annually by the Recording Academy. A GRAMMY is awarded to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences.
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of the music and the cultural context from which it emerges.
- Popular Songs in American History - American folk and traditional music with lyrics, midi files, tune information and history behind the folksongs and ballads; with folksongs arranged by time period.
FILM & TELEVISION
- American Film Institute - advancing and preserving the art of the moving image
- Internet Movie Database - search for movies by name, cast/crew, director and many other methods
- United States Film Festivals - a catalogue of different films festivals around the U.S.
- Sundance Institute - dedicated to the support and development of emerging screenwriters and directors of vision, and to the national and international exhibition of new, independent dramatic and documentary films
AWARDS
THEATER & DANCE
THEATER
SPORTING EVENTS
SPORTS INFORMATION
- Sports Illustrated.com - presents coverage of sports news, scores and statistics
- ESPN.com - provides breaking news, statistics, scores, schedules, and player updates
SPORTING LEAGUES OTHER
ARTS and LITERATURE
MUSEUMS
- Museums in the U.S.A. - links to hundreds of American museums
- Art Museum Network - Some of the world's largest and most prestigious art museums collaborate on AMN to provide information about their collections, exhibitions, and news.
- Worldwide Arts Resources - Online Exhibitions
- Major Museums and Children's Museums of the United States and Canada and Their Special Collections
- MuseumLink: U.S. Museums by State
- GalleryGuide.org - a source of gallery and museum exhibitions nationwide
- New York Museums - CityInsights
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Guggenheim Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York City
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City
- Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles
- National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
- International Spy Museum, Washington, D.C.
LITERATURE
For additional information, please see separate page on History and American Studies
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