Resource Library: Submitting Materials
Resource Library's publisher, Traditional Fine Arts Organization, methodically requests from institutional sources news releases and other texts relating to exhibits of American representational art. Resource Library is receiving, however, a growing amount of emails on many other topics from hundreds of museums and other sources. This volume can overwhelm our capacity to read all of them.
TFAO is careful to keep aware of sources' current and upcoming exhibits by reviewing source web sites periodically to retrieve information on them. For a list of institutional sources please see the Art Museum, Gallery and Art Center index and Academies, Associations, Ateliers and Societies index. Because of our method of learning about upcoming and current exhibits, we request that listed sources please remove tfaoi.org from general media mailing lists.
For more information on methodology of TFAO's request system please see National Calendar of Exhibitions.
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Resource Library periodically solicits for complimentary publication consideration submissions of:
Resource Library does not publish publicity articles for:
Resource Library selectively publishes publicity articles concerning retrospective exhibitions of artist organizations' individual members at museums or art centers. Artist organizations include cooperatives, clubs and other membership societies.
Please submit a minimum of 600 words covering the topic of the submission, excluding "boilerplate" text describing the source's address, hours of operation, fees, etc.
Two methods of submission of texts are acceptable:
If you are submitting an article or an essay by a named writer, in an accompanying note please acknowledge that you or your institution own the copyright to the article or essay or represent the owner and that you grant permission for Resource Library to publish or reprint the article or essay. We will place your specific copyright notice at your request at the beginning and/or end of the article or essay. Permitted publishing or reprinting will be made only in Resource Library and will not be repurposed. For further information on the relationships between Resource Library, Traditional Fine Arts Organization and third party copyright holders, please see the Acquisition and deselection of content section of The TFAO Digital Library.
Resource Library underscores to its readers their responsibility under US law to respect copyrights in its User Agreement. Traditional Fine Arts Organization also covers copyright infringement along with plagiarism abuse in a General Resources page within a section on its web site titled Resources for Collectors, Life Long Learners, Students and Teachers of Art History.
Resource Library does not charge for publication of texts. Conversely, no payment is made to authors and/or other copyright owners for published texts. Choice of content is not influenced by gifts or sponsorships. Also, this publication does not accept advertising.
Images:
Resource Library welcomes:
Resource Library suggests submitting one image, with accompanying caption, per 200 words of text for publicity articles. Images are welcomed in several formats:
Resource Library is unable to open e-mail "zipped" or "stuffed" .jpg images placed inside a document. Please do not send 35mm slides, 4x5 or 8x10 inch transparencies. This publication prefers low resolution .jpg images at 72 dpi, range of 200-450 pixels wide with average of 300-450 pixels wide for landscape orientation, and average of 200-350 pixels wide for portrait orientation. .jpg images should be RGB color and saved at 3 or 4 (medium) on Photoshop's 1-10 index of image quality options in the "Options" dialog box, so that file sizes are under 25K.
Resource Library prefers that .jpg, .gif and .tiff images be sent by email. When sending images by email, please paste the caption and credits text for each image into the email message. Please see Resource Library's Content Presentation Guidelines regarding captions.
When sending images by US mail, please include a SASE if you wish source material to be returned to you.
Art images are stored and published as limited pixel width and height, low resolution, compressed jpg images in Resource Library to speed download times and, for the benefit of sources, to render images that are arguably safer from illicit uses than high resolution electronic or paper printing.
Resource Library believes that appreciation of art is best achieved through viewing of original artworks and encourages readers to view first-hand the art referenced in this publication. Resource Library further encourages readers to purchase from institutions and other channels of distribution the catalogues containing images of referenced artworks.
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