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Arts resources

Discover databases, collections and stories from State Library for the study of Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Drama and Media Arts.

Recommended subjects

These resources are recommended for students studying the following subjects in Queensland classrooms:

Year 11 and 12 Visual Art (QCAA Syllabus)
Year 11 and 12 Dance (QCAA Syllabus)
Year 11 and 12 Music (QCAA Syllabus)
Year 11 and 12 Drama (QCAA Syllabus)
Year 11 and 12 Film, Television and New Media (QCAA Syllabus)

Year 7 to 10 Visual Art (Australian Curriculum)
Year 7 to 10 Dance (Australian Curriculum)
Year 7 to 10 Music (Australian Curriculum)
Year 7 to 10 Drama (Australian Curriculum)
Year 7 to 10 Media Arts (Australian Curriculum)

Featured databases

ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture databases

Access specialist content from over 1000 international academic publications in the fields of visual arts and applied arts.

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Music Online

Access audio and video featuring hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an unparalleled learning environment for the teaching of music.

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Dance Online: Dance in Video

Access performances, documentaries, interviews, and instructional videos from the world's most influential performers and dance companies.

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LinkedIn Learning

Access professional courses on video production, animation and illustration, VFX, graphic design, music and audio production, game development and much more.

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The Artforum Archive

Access the leading magazine on international contemporary art for features, reviews, and interviews about artists, exhibitions, publications, and art world events / trends, from 1962 to 2020.

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Vogue Archive

Access every issue of American Vogue, from 1892 to today, to explore the work of the world's greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers.

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News archives

NewsBank

Access local, national and international news sources from all continents of the world, with coverage from as early as the 1980s through to today.

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PressReader

Access over 6000 top newspapers and popular magazines from over 100 countries.

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SMH and The Age Library Editions

Access every issue of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age from 2006 onwards.

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Explore State Library's collections

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Australian Library of Art

The Australian Library of Art documents the fine arts in Australia and includes the largest publicly available collections of artists' books in Australia with over 1700 titles by both Australian and overseas artists.

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James C. Sourris AM collection of artist interviews

Gain a unique insight into the life and work of contemporary Australian artists through the James C. Sourris AM collection of artist interviews.

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Music collections

Discover State Library’s extensive music collection including scores, popular songbooks, performance sets, sheet music and sound recordings.

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State Library of Queensland has state of the art sound equipment

80Hz Sound Lab

80Hz: Sound Lab 2.0 takes images from State Library's collection and digitally translates them into musical compositions using metadata.

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Visit The Edge

The Edge is live and digital. It is State Library’s space for creativity, ideas, and experimentation. The Edge offers a digital media lab, a professional recording studio, a MakerSpace with 3D printers, laser cutters, sewing machines, electronics and more. Find out more about the open labs, workshops and community meet-ups at The Edge and join a thriving community of creative artists.

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Arts resources

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