The Clark and WCMA Receive Grants to Examine, Utilize Technology in Art

An art installation on the grounds of the Williams College Museum of Art resemble eyes embedded in the ground peering out at the curious.Two Berkshire County art museums recently received grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support their work, including examining and utilizing technology in the art world. The Williams College Museum of Art has used roughly $450,000 in grants to digitize its 14,000-item collection over the past seven years. So far the entire collection is online, with half of it digitized — meaning a scanned image of the artwork is available. Museum director Christina Olsen says the next step is providing more information about the works. Listen to the story or read the full transcript about these museum grants >>

2017-01-30T10:31:45-05:00May 4th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

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