Sponsoring Group: Technology in the Arts (LITA/ACRL Arts Section)
Chair: Debra Shapiro
Program Planner: Monica Fusich
Date, Time and Place:
Sunday, June 27, 1998
2:00 - 5:30pm
Ernest Morial Convention Center, Room 238
Description:
The powerful graphic capabilities of the World Wide Web make new methods for both making art and diseeminating art information possible. Step into the Digital Art Salon to hear panelists speak on creative ways artists, museums and libraries are using digital technology in the arts.
Speakers include a digital artist and educator, an art historian, and a musuem information specialist. Some showcased projects are Art Images for College Teaching (AICT), a Web-based resource providing open access to digital images of art and architecture, and ArtsConnectEd, an Internet gateway for teachers, students, and parents to access educational resources at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and others.
Primary Audience: Arts, humanities, and technology groups
Speakers:
Jim Blackaby, Senior Information Systems Analyst, New Media Initatives, Walker Center
http://www.walkerart.org/iaia
http://www.artsconnected.org
"ArtsConnectEd is an Internet-based gateway for teachers, students, and parents to access the combined educational resources of the Walker Art Center and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and selected other resources on the Internet."
Allan Kohl, Visual Resources Librarian, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/index.html
Joseph Squirer, Associate Professor, Head of Research Initatives, Coordinator of Curriculum, Media Narratives Center
School of Art and Design, University of Illinois
http://www.art.uiuc.edu/ludgate/the/place/artist/artist.html
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