[Joe MacGown Links] [organizations or groups] [regional museums/galleries] [international museums/galleries] [surreal/visionary artists] [regional artists] [scientific illustrators] [musicians]
MacGown Galleries on Other Web Sites
Surreal Galleries
My Deviant Art Gallery
Joe A. MacGown on Beinart
Joe MacGown Profile on Codrv Art Site
Energy Art Movement (under members)
Collaborative Projects
Exquisite Corpse Projects
The Antipodes Project
Other Web sites of Mine
Joe MacGown's Web Site (on MSU Server)
My Work Web Site
Joe MacGown Blog Site
Joe MacGown on Fine Art America
Joe MacGown on MyArtSpace
Joe MacGown Facebook Fan Page
Myspace (Joe MacGown)
Joe MacGown on Zazzle.com (product sales)
Joe MacGown on Mississippi Wiki (info)
Some of my Scientific Pages
Ants of the Southeastern United States
Scientific Illustration Methods
Insect Collecting Methods
Joe MacGown Publications
Art Links (Organizations)
Mississippi Visual Arts Directory-a directory of visual artists living in Mississippi
Mississippi Wiki-The online guide to Mississippi
Starkville Area Arts Council-promoting the arts in Starkville, MS and the surrounding area.
Columbus Arts Council- promotion of art in Columbus, MS and the Rosenzweig Arts Center
Mississippi Artists-a listing of some of the better known artists from Mississippi-
Deviant Art-A cool web site dovoted to showcasing thousands of artists. The site is searchable and interactivity between artists is encouraged. It is also set up whereby artists can sell prints of their artwork.
The Exquisite Corpse-A site within the DeviantArt site that is devoted to collaborative artwork done by surreal artists. Only surreal artists of the highest caliber are allowed in this collaborative club, and the resulting artwork is amazing.
Beinart international Surreal Arts Collective-A site devoted to showcasing some of the best contemporary surreal artists in the world.
The Surreal Visionary Art Forum-forum for surreal art discussions
The Antipodes Project-the brain child of Ben Tolman, a wonderful collaborative surreal effort involving some incredible artists (including myself-go figure)
Energy Art Movement - an international group of artist who use visual dynamism to depict energy using color, form, and composition.
Codrv-an art site showcasing various artists in different genres of art.
Mississippi State Art Department-
http://www.gallery-worldwide.com/ Artwork in different styles and media. Website offers a wide variety of features and services that enable customers and artists to buy and sell art.
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/ Links to various weird art sites
http://cultureloungeonline.com/ Magazine about art, music, and philosophy
Museums and galleries (regional)
Mississippi Museum of Art- located in Jackson, MS-offers revolving exhibits
Meridian Museum of Art- historic gallery located in down town Meridian, MS
Bly Fine Arts Center, Eupora, MS - the art gallery in Eupora, MS
The Coleman Center- a wonderful gallery located in the small, but artistic town of York, AL
Creative Warehouse - this is a cool new local gallery and workspace for artists located in Starkville, MS, check it out
Museums and galleries (international)
Sunrise Gallery - gallery in Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA
Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY - (http://www.Agora-Gallery.com) - A contemporary fine art gallery established 1984, located in Chelsea , New York art galleries district. The public is invited to the gallery art openings receptions. Sponsor of the Chelsea International Fine Art Competition and publisher of ARTisSpectrum magazine. Painters, sculptors and photographers are welcome to submit their portfolios for review.
Surreal Artist Links (Links to cool surreal and visionary artists whose work I greatly admire)
R. S. Connett-The Vomitus Maximus Museum-amazing surreal and just plain weird paintings!
Joseph Larkin- wonderful surreal paintings!
Ben Tolman- highly detailed, large scale surreal ink drawings-the detail in these will stupify you
James Koehnline-digital and collage works, his level of professional work is astonishing
Bernard Dumanine (at Deviant Art)- a great surreal art and faved collaborator for many artists
Rodney Gee- wonderful surreal paintings
Steve Smith-very cool organic freeflowing surreal art
Daniel Martin Diaz - strange paintings & drawings, somewhat religious in nature, very different
Amy Kollar Anderson- beautiful surreal works
H. R. Giger - everybody knows this guys art, but please check it out-the man who basically designed the creations in the Alien movies
Ton Haring- a wonderfully talented surrealistic painter
Gromyko Semper- a prolific artist of many styles, especially surreal art; also a writer and philosopher
Deborah Valentine (at Deviant Art) - surreal artist and tattoo artist
David Ehlen - cool surreal, abstract, and other art
Scientific Illustrators
Jean-Louis Verdier-- a wonderfully talented French illustrator
Artist Links (Links to various exceptional regional artists)
Dylan Karges - ceramics and pastels, cool little clay figurines with historical significance
Brent Funderburk - watercolorist extraordinaire and art professor at Mississippi State
Kate and Terry Cherry - this husband & wife team both do some wonderful watercolors and pottery
Paul Jackson - internationally known watercolorist, from Starkville, but now residing in Missouri, check him out!
Lorraine Brennan - formerly of Starkville and another great product of the MSU dept, she has some wonderful paintings of people
Stan O'Dell - drawings and paintings, especially of the human figure
Will Bryant - collage, design, ect., very colorful stuff, check it out...
Cetin Oguz - art professor at Delta State University, MS -this artist hailing from Turkey does some very interesting semi-abstract mixed media paintings.
Musician Links (these are links to muscians that I know and whose music I enjoy)
Young Agent Jones - a wonderful regional band featuring the enigmatic Jason Jones
Waco Dead -a local duo that rocks
Paul Thorn - singer songwriter from Tupelo, MS, also does some very interesting art in a somewhat primitive style.
Wise Owl Records - cool online music site with some great music for sale and for free