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Sites primarily about arts or artists (actors, painters, musicians, etc.) should be listed in the appropriate Arts category.
Sites primarily devoted to selling products, even artwork or artists' products, should be listed in Shopping.
Businesses that serve the arts communities without directly creating art themselves - agents, casting companies, financiers - are listed under the appropriate category of Business.
Sites about art that is produced or viewed through computers are still listed under Arts. Sites about computer tools or data formats that can be used either for art or non-artistic work should be listed under Computers.
Activities that entertain their participants more than the audience belong in Recreation.
The study of non-artistic communication is listed under Science/Social_Sciences.
Non English language sites belong in World.

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Image from Mozilla museum: Mozilla as an Artist The ODP Arts category contains English language sites about art, or "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others." This includes the "liberal arts," concerned with skill of expression in language, speech, and reasoning, and the "fine arts," concerned with affecting aesthetics directly, and especially affecting the sense of beauty. (Quotes and paraphrases from Britannica.com) Art is an abstract and subjective quality, it can be studied, but can not be objectively measured, counted, weighed, or absolutely compared; it can only appeal to the viewer's or audience's personal senses.

Animation

Before submitting any sites to the Animation category, please take the time to browse through the subcategories to make sure your site is included in a category appropriate for the content of your site.

  • We will not accept any sites submitted to the Animation category which even remotely contain either softcore or hardcore pornography - this includes any adult Anime/Hentai sites. Sites of that nature should be submitted only to the Adult: Arts: Animation category.

  • If you are a dealer in animation collectibles, ranging from animation cels to cartoon memorabilia and related merchandise, please submit your site to the Shopping category.

  • If you have a site pertaining to animated cartoons, animated series or other animated TV programs that you would like to submit, the Cartoons category is the proper place to submit them.

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    • This is a directory of websites primarily related to mainstream television and film animation.

    Architecture

    Please do NOT submit the commercial sites of architects here. They can be submitted to Business: Construction and Maintenance: Design: Architects.

    This category is for sites in the English language. Please submit sites in other languages to the appropriate category in World.

    Please do NOT submit sites selling garden sculpture or home ornaments here. Look for the relevant category under Shopping.

    The art or science of planning and building structures.

    Art History

    Before submitting any sites to this category, please take the time to browse through the subcategories to make sure your site is included in the appropriate category.

    • If your site is not in English, please submit it to the proper category in World/.
    The Art History category covers all types of art: painting, sculpture, architecture, etc. All time periods and movements are obviously covered as well.

    Sites, or pages, that are listed here should have some historical value. Sites, or pages, should not be overtly commercial - those should be sent to the Shopping category.

    Awards

    General entertainment awards sites can be listed here, but the category is primarily for @ links to awards categories in other areas of Arts.

    Bodyart

    For listing sites pertaining to decorative body modifications of all kinds; body piercing, body painting, mehndi and decorative scarification and branding. Some sites may also discuss other temporary forms of body decoration such as extreme hair colors and irregular suntans.

    Sub categories exist for sites related specifically to tattooing, piercing, bodypainting, and mehndi.

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    This category is for decorative body modifications of all kinds, such as tattooing, body piercing, body painting, traditional Indian mehndi (painted henna designs on the hands and feet) and decorative scarification and branding. Some sites may also discuss other temporary forms of body decoration such as extreme hair colors and irregular suntans.

    Bodyart covers a span from pure decoration to a deeply religious ritual rite of passage, from the modern fashion statement to a spiritual return to the thought patterns of our more primitive ancestors.

    Celebrities

    Please submit only sites dealing with celebrities in this category. If a category exists for the celebrity your site is about, submit it to that specific category. Otherwise, please submit your site to the appropriate letter category of the alphabet bar. List by the first letter of the celebrity's last name.

    The Arts/Celebrities category and its subcategories are NOT for sports stars, famous politicians, or models. Please view Classified By Occupation for further assistance in where to submit.

    Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate country in World.

    Sites with adult content as defined in the Adult Guidelines are not accepted here. Please submit them to the appropriate subcategory within Adult.

    Please read the category descriptions for more information and to assist you in proper placement of sites.

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    This category is for celebrities from the various arts genres. Celebrities are defined as famous people having at least one fan site.

    Chats and Forums

    Message boards or discussion forums where one can interact with other people interested in art topics by posting and replying to messages, on your own time.

    Classical Studies

    Classics is the study and appreciation of the culture and wisdom of antiquity, in language, literature, philosophy, history, and related humanities.

    This category includes links to resources and organizations of classicists, English translations of works in ancient Greek and Latin, and crosslinks to related ODP subjects.

    Costumes

    This area is mainly intended to be a directory to the 50+ costume categories spread throughout ODP. Please make every effort to find the correct, most specific category for your site rather than submitting here.

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    Crafts

    Please do not list sites in this category that offer goods for sale. These should be submitted to one of the Shopping/ categories .
    This category is for sites displaying Crafters work and about Crafting sites.

    Sites that focus on selling Crafts should be submitted to one of the Shopping/ categories.

    There are also several sub categories under Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services

    or Business/Wholesale_Trade that may be most appropriate.

    Design

    Please Read this Before Submitting Your Site

    This category is not for websites having to do with the business of design. These sites should be submitted to the design category in Business.

    This category is for non-commercial sites that provide information on the general theory and philosophy of the design process. Commercial designers should submit to the most appropriate category under Business.

    If you feel your site is relevant to this category, please submit to the most appropriate subcategory listed here.

    Note: Sites must be in English. Sites in languages other than English should be submitted to the appropriate language in World.

    Nota: Nota: Los sitios deben estar en inglés. Los sitios en español deben enviarse a su categoría apropiada dentro de World/Español.

    Note: Les sites doivent être en anglais. Les sites en français devraient être proposés dans la catégorie appropriée de World/Français.

    Anmerkung: Hier bitte nur englische Sites anmelden. Deutschsprachige Sites bitte in der passenden Kategorie unter World/Deutsch anmelden.

    Opmerking: Sites dienen in het Engels te zijn. Sites in het Nederlands moeten worden aangemeld in World/Nederlands.

    Nota: I siti devono essere in inglese. Siti in lingue diverse dall'inglese devono essere dottoposti nella sottocategoria linguistica corrispondente di World/Italiano.

    Nota: Os locais devem estar em inglês. Os locais nas línguas à excepção do inglês devem ser submetidos a World/ Português .

    Not: Sitelerin Y´ngilizce olmasy´ gerekmektedir. Türkçe olarak hazy´rlanmy siteler World/Türkçe.

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    Information on the general theory and philosophy of the design process.

    Digital

    This category comprises artistic works that need a digital media or support to express its essence. Two ways artistic digital works are generally identified are through their multi-media and interactive content.

    Before submitting a site in Arts/Digital please consider these categories:
    Since the 1960s, computers have been used to create, enhance, or alter art in various ways. With the increasing availability of affordable multimedia equipment computers have become one of the most accessible mediums for art.
    The Internet has developed as the most challenging aspect for this community, and art is thriving on the Net, both in conceptual form and in web-based graphics and animations.
    We know `Digital Arts' is a sketchy term and possibly not the best. But today this seems to be understood by the artists working with digital support. Here we have defined Digital Arts as [Art + Computer + Interactivity + Multimedia].

    Directories

    Sites in this category may have their own content, but this category is NOT the place for:
    • individual artists,
    • personal page Webmasters, or
    • galleries
    to promote themselves. Those should be submitted to other categories of the directory instead.
    Category for sites that provide art-oriented directories, links, networks, and other resources, especially those which help people navigate the Internet.

    Education

    Note: Sites must be in English. Sites in languages other than English should be submitted to the appropriate language in World.

    Nota: Nota: Los sitios deben estar en inglés. Los sitios en español deben enviarse a su categoría apropiada dentro de World/Español.

    Note: Les sites doivent être en anglais. Les sites en français devraient être proposés dans la catégorie appropriée de World/Français.

    Anmerkung: Hier bitte nur englische Sites anmelden. Deutschsprachige Sites bitte in der passenden Kategorie unter World/Deutsch anmelden.

    Nota: I siti devono essere in inglese. Siti in lingue diverse dall'inglese devono essere dottoposti nella sottocategoria linguistica corrispondente di World/Italiano.

    Nota: Os locais devem estar em inglês. Os locais nas línguas à excepção do inglês devem ser submetidos a World/ Português .

    This category contains information on resources for those seeking to learn an art as well as those seeking to teach the arts.

    Information submitted must include two or more of the following: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Music, Literary Arts, Design, Art History, Architecture and education for those who wish to become art teachers.

    If your website contains information to only onearts area, please submit to the subcategory that most closely resembles your specific discipline.

    Following these guidelines will help to prevent delays in having your site reviewed.

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    Information on learning opportunities in multiple disciplines of the arts. These include Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Music, Literary Arts, Design, Art History, Architecture and education for those who wish to become art teachers.

    Entertainment

    The Entertainment category has links to major entertainment sites from the top level, subcategories for specific Entertainment areas and @ links to top level Arts categories related to entertainment and an @ link to the Games category.

     
    We are not accepting other editors for the top level of Entertainment.

    Genres

    This category is for topics associated with themes in arts such as humor and horror. You will find clubs resources and more.

    Graphic Design

    Please Read This First! Submissions must provide information on graphic design in the English language. Foreign language sites should be submitted to the most appropriate category in World

    Submitting sites which are "under construction" or are "future site of..." will delay your listing in this category. Your site must be complete with all links working in order to be accepted.

    Sites for downloadable fonts, wallpaper, clip-art or other resources should be submitted to the most applicable category in Computers/.

    Commercial graphic designers should submit their sites to the most appropriate category under Business/Industries/Design/Graphic_Design/.

    Web Designers should submit their sites to the most appropriate category under Computers/Internet/Commercial_Services/Web_Design_and_Development/.

    Following this guidelines will help you get your site listed more quickly.

    Graphic design relates to the process whereby text, photos, illustrations and/or other graphic elements are presented in a way which communicates a message. It has to do with form and function in executing a concept.

    Humanities

    This category lists academic and research resources for the study of the human condition, excluding the physical sciences. For submissions: please locate the specific category and then submit your sites for review.

    Illustration

    If you are an illustrator with a dominant style or specialty, please go into the subcategory that most closely matches it, and submit from there.

    Your site should primarily be oriented towards illustration for use in publications, advertising or other media, rather than pure self-expression or consumer sales of artwork. Those sites should be placed in other categories, such as Visual Arts or Shopping/Fine Arts.

    Sites related to the art of illustration. Includes illustrators' sites, portfolios, stock sources, historic illustration and other resources.

    Literature

    Websites for publishers should be submitted to an appropriate category of Business/Industries/Publishing -- they will not be listed here.

    Websites selling books or publications should be submitted to an appropriate category of Shopping/Publications -- they will not be listed here.

    Websites concerned with writing that has not appeared in print should be submitted to an appropriate category of Arts/Online_Writing -- they will not be listed here.

    Arts/Literature includes links to websites dealing with a wide range of subjects and interests which span the entire length and breadth of the literary arts: webpages devoted to specific, recognized authors, sites on book-collecting, sites covering specific genres and types of literature, and even online editions of specific works by numerous recognized authors and poets of the past as well as no few of the present.

    Movies

    Start here when looking for anything about movies. Includes actors, actresses, individual movies, and information for just about anything related to the movies.

    Music

    If you are submitting a site hoping to annoy the ODP editors and possibly get its entire domain blacklisted from the ODP - by all means, submit it here!

    If you wish to submit a site to be reviewed by knowledgeable and interested editors, please submit it to the most specific subcategory that describes its primary focus.

    Most sites are either about a particular style of music or a particular band or artist; they will be found under a subcategory of "Styles" or a subcategory of "Bands and Artists."

    Online Writing

    Published writing should be submitted to Literature .

    Books for sale should be submitted to Shopping .

    Sites with information for writers should be submitted to Writer's Resources .

    Sites that are published on a regular schedule, which accept submissions, or have the works of several authors should be submitted to E-zines .

    If your site is not primarily writing, and contains other information about you or your hobbies, please submit it to Personal Homepages .

    Please note that editors get many submissions every day. By submitting your site to the appropriate category you make it easier for your site to be listed on the ODP.

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    This category is for Writing that exists exclusively online. It includes both Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing, as well as E-zines.

    Organizations

    Note: Sites must be in English. To ensure speedy processing of your site, sites in languages other than English must be submitted to World.

    Organizations that serve the performing, visual and literary arts, unless international in scope and service, should be submitted to the appropriate Regional subcategory. If your organization is specific to one discipline, please submit to the appropriate subcategory Visual Arts. (Personal Pages should be submitted to: Personal Pages, Art galleries should be submitted to: World or Art galleries.)

    Information on international associations, collectives or groups whose primary purpose is to advocate, support, disseminate information on, or in some way further the Arts. Organizations that serve the performing, visual and literary arts, unless international in scope and service, must be submitted to the appropriate regional subcategory. If your organization is specific to one discipline, please submit to the appropriate subcategory.

    Performing Arts

    Arts, such as dance, drama, and music, that are performed before an audience.

    Performing arts are often those in which an individual interprets work created by others.

    Periods and Movements

    Sites submitted to this category should be about the period in general, not specifically about music, architecture, et. al.
    For genres, eras, styles, periods, or movements that cover multiple different types of art, including music, literature, drama, poetry, architecture, and visual arts.

    Photography

    PLEASE READ THESE GUIDELINES CAREFULLY. FOLLOWING THEM AND THE SPECIFIC SUBCATEGORY GUIDELINES WILL ALLOW US TO ADD YOUR SITE TO THE DIRECTORY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
    • Find the single most appropriate category for your site. With few exceptions, sites are listed in the directory in one category only.
    • Once you have found the most appropriate category for your site, please read the specific category description and guidelines.
    • Submit your site using your main URL. With few exceptions, we do not deep link sites in Arts/Photography.
    • Format your title as requested in the specific subcategory guidelines.
    • Read the descriptions of other sites in the category you would like to submit to, and try to use a similar style for your own description.
    • Sites which are mirrors of other sites or that redirect to another site will not be listed. Only the main site/URL will be listed.

    All sites submitted are reviewed by the directory's editors. They take the final decision on whether your site is accepted, the title, and the description. The description will be based on the information you provide and the review of the website. Sites will be placed in the single most applicable and highest category based on our review. Sites which are continually submitted to the directory, using either a main URL, mirrors or sub-pages, will be banned.

    All sites are reviewed periodically and are subject to changes in placement, description, and possible removal from the directory, based on this review.

    Please submit sites showing photographic work which is not for sale online to an appropriate subcategory of Arts/Photography/Photographers or Arts/Photography/Techniques and Styles.

    Please submit all for-hire services such as wedding, portrait, commercial-advertising, aerial, architectural or fashion photography sites to the proper subcategory of Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Photography/Photographers.

    If you are selling photographic equipment or products online, please submit your site to Shopping/Photography. Such sites will NOT be listed in Arts/Photography.

    If your primary focus is on selling prints online, please submit your site to Shopping/Visual_Arts/Photography. Such sites will NOT be listed in Arts/Photography.

    If the primary focus of your site is selling licensed or royalty free photographs from your archives, please submit to Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Photography/Stock.

    All sites featuring photographic services which are available online such as retouching, image manipulation, restoration, custom printing, scanning, and photofinishing are listed in Shopping/Photography/Services. Please submit all such sites to that category, and NOT to Arts/Photography.

    If the text on your site is not in English, please submit your link to the photography category in the proper language in World. For example, Spanish language sites should be submitted to World/Español/Artes/Artes Plásticas/Fotografía.

    Thank you.

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    Arts/Photography is

    The primary focus of your site has to be on Photography. It should be evident that you consider yourself to be a photographer. Collections of snapshots, or sites featuring images of poor technical quality will NOT be listed anywhere in Arts/Photography.

    Arts/Photography is NOT

    Such sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Arts/Photography.

    If the identity of the photographer or studio is secondary or of no importance, and the intent of your site is simply to show pictures of a particular topic, please submit your site to that topic's category, and NOT to Arts/Photography.

    For example, if you have a site with lots of photographs of cars and the identity of the photographer[s] is unknown or of no importance, then please submit your site to a suitable category in Recreation/Autos.

    Radio

    Sites about the recreational use of radios including amateur, citizen band, and shortwave radios and scanners should be submitted to the appropriate category of Recreation: Radio.
    This category is for Radio and radio-related web sites only. No sites are listed in the main category - please select an appropriate subcategory for your site.

    Regional

    This category serves as a routing point made of shortcuts to the various and numerous regionally-specific categories on the arts in general at the Open Directory Project. A note to submitters--no indvidual sites will actually be listed in this category or its sub-categories. Listings for sites dealing with regionally-specific subjects should be submitted for review to appropriate, region-specific categories under Regional, which can be easily-accessed from within Arts/Regional.

    Visual Arts

    • If your site primarily offers original works for sale, please submit it to appropriate category in Shopping/Visual_Arts
    This category is for listings of websites for the visual arts.

    Writers Resources

    Welcome to Writers Resources: the art, craft and/ or business of writing. Please submit any original poetry, fiction and non-fiction to Arts/Online Writing. Business services should be submitted to Business/Industries/Publishing/Services.

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    Welcome to Writers Resources at Dmoz.

    The Arts/Writers Resources category is for sites with resources and information about the art, craft and/ or business of writing.

    This category includes, writing tips, markets, workshops, organizations, chat, ezines and newsletters, email lists, webrings, style guides and research. Here you will find information for fiction and non-fiction writers as well as young writers, songwriters, screenwriters and poets. Also freelancing and self publishing.

    NOTE: Submit your original writing and personal author's pages to Arts/Online Writing. Business services should be submitted to Business/Industries/Publishing/Services.

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