Arts, Film & Performing Arts

Shop art, film, animation, theater, music, and design textbooks for college art programs, film schools, and creative practitioners.

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Animation, 3D modeling, and game art textbooks
Film direction, screenwriting, and cinematography
Theater, drama, acting, and stage design
Graphic design, typography, and visual communication
Music theory, performance, and music production
Photography, photojournalism, and documentary practice

Who it's for

Art and design students, animation and game-design majors, film and theater school students, photography programs, music students, and working creatives.

Social Media Television and Distributional Aesthetics by Gry C. Rustad

Crafting an Intentional Career for the Musical Theatre Performer by David W. Eggers

Production Design Visual Design for Film and Television by Peg McClellan

Ensemble Theatre Making A Practical Guide by Rose Burnett Bonczek

Making Music That Matters Positive Music Leadership for Social Health by Melissa Forbes

Freehand Drawing and Discovery Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers by James Richards

Indie Film Producing The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking by Suzanne Lyons

Lettering for Architects and Designers by Martha Sutherland

Architectural Drawing A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods by Rendow Yee

Filming the Fantastic with Virtual Technology Filmmaking on the Digital Backlot by Mark Sawicki

Investigating Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy Determining Time, Place, and Other Hidden Details Linked to the Stars by Donald W. Olson

Popular Music and the Politics of Hope Queer and Feminist Interventions by Susan Fast

Interactive Documentary Theory and Debate by Kate Nash

That's the Joint! The Hip-hop Studies Reader by Murray Forman

Contemporary Color Theory and Use by Steven Bleicher

The Black Dancing Body A Geography From Coon to Cool by B. Gottschild

The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers by Thomas A. Crowell

Teaching Music in American Society A Social and Cultural Understanding of Teaching Music by Steven N. Kelly

Architecture and Health Guiding Principles for Practice by Dina Battisto

Graphic Design in Museum Exhibitions Display, Identity and Narrative by Jona Piehl

The Hip Hop and Religion Reader by Monica R. Miller

Ethnotheatre Research from Page to Stage by Johnny Saldaña

The Craft of Criticism Critical Media Studies in Practice by Michael Kackman

Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music America Changed Through Music by Ross Hair