PROJECT BASED FUNDING PLATFORMS ON-LINE
ON-LINE CREATIVE COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES
i Inspire us
Rhizome
ACM SIGGRAPH’s DIGITAL ARTS COMMUNITY (DAC)
INDUSTRY/GOVERMENT CHALLEGES/ RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY/OPEN-CALLS
ON-Campus
http://svi.ucsc.edu/
US
Open IDEO
Challenge Gov
California Arts Council
STEIM
International Cost:
http://www.cost.esf.org/participate/open_call
International Exchange
Microsoft Research
Africa and Europe in Partnership
Effectsplus
Euresearch
African Union Research
Forum-Research and Resources for Museum Education
BLOGS/REVIEWS/PROJECTS/CONFERENCES
Greenliving Network
The International Sumposium on Wikis and Collaboration
COLLABORATIVE FUNDING LINKS
ArtStem
ED.gov
Creative Capital
National Endowment for the Humanities NEH
National Science Foundation NSF: Interdisciplinary research
Human Frontier Science Program HFSP
NIH Common Fund
Arts & Humanities Research Council
UCSC & UC OPPORTUNITIES
UCSC Institure of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
UCSC ARI
UCIRA
Art Department Irwin Scholarship Grant
UCSC UNDERGRADUATE INTERSHIPS & RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
http://ua.soe.ucsc.edu/internships/internal
SUPPLIERS
ART SUPPLIES
Arch
99 Missouri at 17th Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 433-2724
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am – 6pm, Sat 12pm – 5:00pm
Comments: Great for architectural and drafting ssupplies.
Blick Art Materials
Berkeley Store
811 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: (510) 486-2600
Fax: (510) 486-2610
Hours: Monday – Saturday 9am – 8pm, Sunday 10am – 7pm
Comments: Art supply megamart.
The Claymaker
1775 Russell Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 295-3352
Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Comments: Full range of clays, glaze ingredients, Duncan underglazes, in addition to small book selection.
Douglas and Sturgess, Inc.
730 Bryant St. (at 5th)
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 421-4456
Fax: (415) 896-6379
Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00am – 6:00pm
Lenz Arts
142 River Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
423-1935
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9:30 am – 6:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Sunday: Closed
Comments: Paints, dyes, pigments, mediums, brushes, adhesives,pencils, drafting tools, canvas, mat-boards, airbrushes, graphic materials…all around great local art supply with most paint 20%off.
Pearl Art
969 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 357-1400
Hours: M-Sa: 10am-7pm, Su: 12pm-6pm
Comments: World’s largest discount art supplier. And you can order online. Great sales, too.
Phoenix Ceramic Supply
350 Coral St. # D
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-454-9629
Comments: Clay, glaze and raw materials for ceramics. Great supplier of tools and equipment.
Sherry’s Western Ceramic Supply Co.
948 Washington Street
San Carlos, CA 94070
(650) 592-2333
Hours: Wednesday – Friday 11:00am – 5:00pm
Comments: Clay, Tools, Kilns, Glazes, Glaze Chemicals, Books (Sherry’s has an excellent selection of books).
ELECTRONICS
Anchor Electronics
2040 Walsh Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
(408) 727-3693 phone
(408) 727-4424 fax
Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30am-4pm, Sat 10am-3pm
Anything and everything electronic. Check their price list online.
Digi-Key
701 Brooks Avenue South
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
(800) 344-4539 phone
(218) 681-3380 fax
Email: webmaster@digikey.com
Comments: Huge electronics parts company, with live online help in case you can’t find something you need.
HSC Electronic Supply
3500 Ryder Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 732-1573
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 7:00pm, Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm.
Comments: Electronic components. Very good prices.
Mouser Electronics
1810 Gillespie Way, Suite 101
El Cajon, CA 92020
(800) 346-6873
Comments: Mouser is a huge online electronic components distributor.
FABRIC
Britex Fabrics
146 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 392-2910
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00am – 6:00pm
Comments: This is it in terms of fabrics around here. These folks have it all. And we mean ALL. The staff is super helpful and will cut swatches of any fabric.
Exotic Silks
1959 Leghorn Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
(650) 965-7760
silks@exoticsilks.com
Comments: Silks, velvets, brocades from China, India, Thailand, and Korea.
House of Foam
150 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 327-4300
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10:00am – 5:30pm, Saturday 10:00 – 5:00pm, open till 7:00pm Thursday Comments: They have foam, sponge rubber, and that spongy foam mattress material.
Leatherwise
303 Potrero St # 1
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-2756
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 12pm-5pm
425-3560
Comments: The best place for leather scraps, tools, patterns, hardware, and a thousand other things for anyone working with leather.
S.H. Frank & Co.
3075 17th Street
San Francisco, CA
Hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm
(415) 863-6244
Comments: Leather, lots of leather.
GLASS
Bullseye Glass
3722 SE 21st Ave.
Portland, OR 97202
(503) 232-8887 (main line)
E-mail: resourcecenter@bullseye-glass.com
Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 am – 6 pm and Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm
Comments: Sells a huge variety of glass and supplies. One of the best glassworking resources in the country.
Franciscan Glass
100 San Antonio Circle
Mountain View, CA
(650) 948-6666
Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm, Saturday 9am – 2pm
Comments: Stained Glass and tools, big scrap bin, will cut to size.
Macalaster Bicknell Company
PO Box 109
Millville, NJ 08332
(800) 257-8405
E-mail: macbicnj@eticomm.net
Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (EST), Friday 8:00am – 12:30pm
Comments: Sells glass and lab products: glass blowing equipment, glass tubing, rod (in colors), lab equipment, and chemicals.
Spectrum Glass
PO Box 646
Woodinville, WA 98072
(425) 483-6699
E-mail: artglass@SpectrumGlass.com
Comments: Huge supply of stained and colored glass. Great online samples.
HARDWARE – GENERAL
D & J Hobby
96 San Tomas Aquino
Campbell, CA
(408) 379-1696
Comments: Hobby and craft supplier with a pretty extensive website. One of the best hobby stores in the area.
JEWELRY SUPPLIES
Bead It
1325 Pacific Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-426-0779
Hours: 7 days a week 11-7pm
Frei and Borel
126 Second Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510.832.0355
Hours: Monday – Friday 9am-5, closed 12:30-1:30 for lunch.
E-mail: info@ofrei.com
Comments: Clock and watch parts, too.
Rainbow Jewelers Supply
2109 San Pedro
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 733-1772
E-mail: info@rainbowsupply.com
Comments: Online supplier.
METAL and METALWORKING SUPPLIES
Accurate Powder Coating
940 American Street
San Carlos, CA 94070
(650) 802-8180
Comments: They also do sand and beadblasting.
Aluminum REM Center
3185 De La Cruz Blvd, Unit B
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 748-0666
Hours: M-F 8am-5pm
Comments: Aluminum REM is the place to get any type of aluminum stock. They have it all, except for tubing. Great prices and friendly staff.
Campbell Precision Sheet metal
636 Newhall St.
San Jose, CA 95110
(408) 282-8900
Comments: This is a complete sheet metal shop with a very friendly staff, especially to students. Mention that when you go.
Dietrich Iron Works, Inc.
140 Ingalls Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 426-5577
Fax: (831) 458-9866
Comments: Dietrich offers generous student discounts!
Metal Supermarkets
705 Comstock St.
Santa Clara, CA
(408) 654-9177
Sequoia Brass and Copper
2353 Industrial Pkwy West
Hayward, CA 94545
(800) 362-5255
Comments: Go here for a good selection of brass, copper, aluminum, stainless, and bronze. Online store for small quantities.
PLASTIC
Gary’s Plastic Place
105 Bronson
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
426-4002
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 9am–5pm, Saturday, 9am–2pm, Sunday & Monday closed
Comments: Sheet Acrylic, polycarbonate, ABS, styrene, sintra, starboard, coroplast, and
polypropylene.
www.garysplastics.com
GE Polymershapes
2250 Zanker Road, Suite B
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 432-3800 phone
(800) 325-1262 phone
(408) 432-3810 fax
Hours: 8am-5pm M-F
Comments: Variety of plastics, delrin, styrene, lexan, polycarbonate, ABS, sheet and tube. Great prices, and are usually more than willing to give away sheets of PETG + styrene that are scrap to them but perfect for vacuum forming.
TAPS Plastics
1008 Blossom Hill Road
San Jose, CA 95123
265-6400
Hours: M-F 8am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun closed.
Comments: Acrylic, plexiglass, glazing ploycarbonate, colored plexiglass, plexiglass tubing, solvent cement, fiberglass supplies, latex, resin, plastic buffing compounds, textured plastic lighting panels, plastic letters High retail pricing. Willing to cut plastic to size.
WOOD
Aura Hardwoods
210 Phelan Avenue
San Jose, CA
(408) 275-1990
Comments: Wood – hardwood and softwood. Great selection, good prices, nice people.
Jackel Enterprises
347 Locust Street
Watsonville, CA 95076
831-768-3880
Hours: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM, Sat 9AM-1PM, Closed Sunday
MISCELLANEOUS
Aerospace Composite Products
14216 Doolittle Drive
San Leandro, CA
(800) 811-2009
American Science and Surplus
3605 Howard Street
Skokie, IL 60076
Comments: Lots of miscellaneous science stuff. Cheap. Look here for any random kind of stuff.
Foamorder.com
1289 21st Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 753-8311 phone
(415) 753-8232 fax
E-mail: FoamKing@foamorder.com
Comments: Tons of foam info and supplies.
Musson Theatrical
890 Walsh Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
(408) 986-0210 or
(800) THEATER
Comments: Good source for muslin to make canvasses cheap.
Pro–Build
235 River Street
Santa Cruz, CA
426-1020
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am to 5:30pm
Saturday 8:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday 8:30am to 5:00pm
R. S. Hughes
1162 Sonora Court
Sunnyvale, CA
(408) 739-3211
Comments: Adhesives, Abrasives, Safety supplies, Double stick tape, 3M products. Good stock on hand.
US Foam
630 Martin
Santa Clara, CA
(408) 988-6700 phone
Directions: 101 south, exit de la cruz, 3rd stop turn right on Martin , 1st building after railroad tracks.
Hours: Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 4 pm.
Comments: Our source for the ubiquitous pink foam. Sells sheets of pink extruded polystyrene foam for model making. 4″ thick, 2×8′ $50.
Wonder Magnet
Comments: Best source for super-strong, rare-earth magnets. Cheap prices. Accepts credit cards.