Becoming a participant

Alexander Calder; The X and Its Tails (Maquette), 1967 ARTstor's mission is to use digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching, and learning in the arts and associated fields. As part of a community-wide effort to further this goal, ARTstor continues to develop and make available a digital library of images and related information for researchers, teachers, curators, and students that serves the needs of the scholarly, educational, and cultural communities.

We invite non-profit institutions in the United States and select countries internationally to participate in ARTstor.

Access to ARTstor is provided by IP authentication, but the licensing process and participation fees vary by institution type. Once you identify your institution type, there are three steps in becoming a participant:

Step 1: Determining your classification
Step 2: Understanding the participation fee structure
Step 3: Licensing ARTstor

For more information, please click on the link below corresponding to your institution type:

Higher Education

•  Colleges and Universities

     •  United States

     •  UK

     •  Other countries

•  Independent Art Schools
K-12 Schools
Museums
Public Libraries

Image credits

Alexander Calder; The X and Its Tails (Maquette), 1967; The Detroit Institute of Arts; ARTstor ID# AMICO_DETROIT_1039542948