Advice to artists on how to undertake commissions (Visual Arts Ireland)

Commissioning advice (Commissions North)

Commissioning advice (Public Art Online)

Educational arts: Advice on writing a brief for a project (Education and Arts in Reading)

Funding: list of sources for public artworks (Public Art Southwest)

Handbook for project managing public artworks (commissioned by Public Art Southwest)

How to commission an artist (Axis Web)

community platform for course providers and creatives (Artsbowl)

Education: list of UK public art related courses (Public Art Online)

Glow (Learning and Teaching Scotland)

National Intranet for Education

Public Art Library (art-public)

Research management tool (Refworks)

Research: Publications and conference papers, assorted subjects (VARIE, Visual Artists Research Institute, Edinburgh)

Business skills for creative development (Creative Enterprise Office)

Business support and advice (Cultural Enterprise Office)

Checklists for agreements between an artist and a gallery (Swan Turton Solicitors)

Contracts (Commissions North)

Economics: funding, investment, and the current economic landscapes (Arts and Business)

Creative Start-Ups (NESTA)

Enterprise Toolkit

Funding and financing factsheet (Cultural Enterprise Office)

Funding: Scottish Arts Council (Scottish Arts Council)

Insurance: general advice (Public Art Online)

Legal articles relating to the visual arts form 1976 to present (Artlaw)

Legal tips: Guides to copyright law as it affects artists and designers (Design and Artists Copyright Society)

Rates of pay (ArtQuest)

Rates of Pay: The Artists Fee Toolkit (A-N)

Resale Royalty Rights (Artists) (ArtQuest)

Self Employment for Artists (A-N)

Tax advice for artists (ArtQuest)

Tax: guide to tax breaks for those supporting the arts (Arts and Business (A&B))

Design: LUDO - the Library of Urban Design Online (Atchitecture and Design Scotland)

Designing public spaces: guidance to developers, hospital trusts, libraries, schools, other investors wishing to involve artists (East Sussex County Council)

Online catalogue of the RIBA British Architectural Library (RIBA / Royal Institute of British Architects)

Play Together: Design Manifesto (MADE)

SmarterPlaces.org (Architecture and Design Scotland)

School Design Resource

Services offered by Royal Town Planning Institute (Royal Town Planning Institute)

Urban Design: Subscription only. Profiles, information, and reports (Resource for Urban Design Information)

Craft: reports on impact and value of craft (Crafts Council)

Database: Public Sculptures of Sussex (National Recording Project for Sussex)

Evaluation toolkit for public art (Ixia)

Film: Documentaries resource (a-z of directors etc) (Docscene)

Healthcare: assorted articles on art and healthcare (Public Art Southwest)

International Code of Ethics for Museums (International Council of Museums)

Overseas artists: advice on showing work in the UK by overseas artists (Visiting Arts)

Public Art Sustainability Assessment (Chrysalis Arts)

Sponsorship: the case for sponsorship handbook (Arts and Business (A&B) (scroll down for pdf))