Heather Gendron
Art Librarian
hgendron@email.unc.edu
919-962-1061

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This guide will help answer frequently asked questions about artists of North Carolina. It includes a variety of sources, both in print and online, on artists native to or working in North Carolina from its beginnings to the present day. The focus is on visual artists, folk/outsider artists, and photographers. Also see our guide other guides related to this one: American Art and Research an Artist.

Off-campus access is limited to UNC faculty, students, and staff, unless otherwise noted.

Art Full Text
Indexing from 1984-present. Full text from 1997 - present. Over 200 international publications on art and art history are indexed monthly.

Getty's Union List of Artist Names (publicly available)
Each artist record includes biographical information, names (including given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, married names, etc., with one name flagged as the preferred name), related artists, notes, and citations. Covers antiquity to the present; international in scope.

Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Collections Online
Primary source material related to American art and artists.

SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution) Resarch Information System
Includes the Smithsonian American Art Museum Research Databases, encompasing the Inventory of American Painting & Sculpture, Photograph Archives and Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index.