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> > > **Apologies for any cross posting**
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> > > An invaluable National Recording Project (NRP) is being carried
> > > out by the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) to
> > > digitise and record information on Britain’s public sculptures
> > > and monuments. The Visual Arts Data Service: The AHDS Centre for
> > > Visual Arts (VADS) is pleased to announce that a sample,
> > > containing nearly 2,500 images, from this growing resource is now
> > > available on-line at http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
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> > > The PMSA, based at the Courtauld Institute of Art, is a charity
> > > founded in 1991 for the promotion and protection of the nation's
> > > public sculpture and monuments. The images and data available
> > > via VADS are intended as an introduction to this continuing
> > > collection. Further information about the NRP and the PMSA can
> > > be found at http://www.pmsa.org.uk
> > >
> > > The PMSA collection is a valuable resource for the subject areas
> > > of Art and Design, Architecture and the particular disciplines of
> > > Public Art and Sculpture, as well as broader socio-historic and
> > > cultural studies in the Arts and Humanities. Some of the other
> > > resources online with VADS include: The African and Asian Visual
> > > Artists Archive, Central Saint Martin's Museum and Study
> > > Collection, London College of Fashion: College Archive and London
> > > College of Fashion: Cordwainer's Shoe Collection, the Design
> > > Council Archive and the Design Council Slide Collection, The
> > > Imperial War Museum's Concise Art Collection and Spanish Civil
> > > War Poster Collection. VADS now has c.20,000 visual arts digital
> > > images for use in research, learning and teaching
> > >
> > > The PMSA collection and all other VADS's collection are
> > > searchable at http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
> > >
> > > VADS: the AHDS Centre for Visual Arts
> > > Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College
> > > Falkner Road
> > > Farnham
> > > Surrey
> > > GU9 7DS
> > >
> > > (t) 01252 892723
> > > (f) 01252 892913
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> > > http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
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