Art: Video

This guide offers the top recommended resources for Art, Art History, and Design.

Quick Links to Video & Streaming Video Resources in the Arts

For information on using UW Libraries video and streaming media in classes, check out our Video & Streaming Video Guide.

Art & Architecture @ Films on Demand
Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Art and Architecture.
The Arts @ Kanopy
This collection from Kanopy contains a mix of documentaries and popular films related to the arts includind dance, film studies, literature, and more.

Asian Film Online
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Interdisciplinary collection of narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics.

Chamber Dance Company Archive
Watch modern dance classics performed by UW's own Chamber Dance Dance Company on the UW Media Arcade's YouTube channel.

Dance in Video
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Productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century covering ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, improvisational, and modern concert dance. (Dance Online; Volumes I and II)
Filmakers Library Online
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A collection of award-winning documentaries in the humanities and social-sciences.
Shakespeare’s Globe on screen (2008-2015)
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Video of theatrical performances from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Met Opera on Demand
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Streaming video of more than 500 Metropolitan Opera performances.
Medici.tv
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Streaming video of classical music performances including concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, master-classes, and educational films.

Music and Dance @ Films On Demand
Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Music and Dance.

New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present
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Award-winning features and short films from leading independent distributors.
Ontheboards.TV
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Streaming-video performances in contemporary dance, theater, and music.
Opera in Video
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Collection of 250+ operatic performances. (Music Online)
Silent Film Online
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Streaming video collection covers silent features, serials, and shorts from the 1890s to the 1930s.

UbuWeb
A large web-based educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet, founded in 1996 by poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.