Sorry if you get this more than once
Posted on behalf of Sonia Kielty of NAEA
Halliwell and Basic Design Collections now available on net!! - at last.
Please search via the above names, but don't forget to also search under
Victor Pasmore; Richard Hamilton; Harry Thubron and Tom Hudson who make up
the Basic Design Collection.
This is the culmination of nearly 4 years of project work via the National
Arts Education Archive.
Enjoy and publicise!
The Visual Arts Data Service is pleased to announce the following systems
enhancements & new collections available from its on-line catalogue at
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/search.html
NEW INTERFACE FEATURING:
Free-text selectable cross searching of image database collections returning
thumbnail to 'screen-size' images with accompanying brief, core & full
catalogue records.
Also available are links to: Search Help, Collection information, Advanced
Search facilities and non-image database collections
NEW COLLECTIONS:
Two image databases from Bretton Hall, College of the University of
Leeds, National Arts Education Archive Trust, resulting from the JISC
Image Digitisation Initiative (JIDI) http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/jidi/
BASIC DESIGN COLLECTION (c650 images)
The Basic Design Collection shows an approach to tertiary art education
during the 1950s and 1960s which introduced notions of the European
avant-garde through such artists / educators as: Richard Hamilton; Tom
Hudson; Victor Pasmore and Harry Thubron. The collection includes examples
of students' work, slides and photographs representing the Basic Design
courses at King's College, Newcastle, Leeds, Leicester, Lancaster and
Cardiff Colleges of Art, plus teaching programmes in Canada and in the USA
A.E. HALLIWELL COLLECTION (c250 images)
A E Halliwell was a design educationist and professional graphic designer,
who taught in higher education from the mid 1930's until the 1960's. The
collection includes original designs by Halliwell for publicity posters,
etc. from around the 1920s to 1940s e.g. for tourism and public services and
material illustrating graphic and industrial design work by Halliwell and
students at Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts and Central School of Art
and Design.
These images and indexes can also be viewed via The National Arts Education
Archive's own website http://naea.bretton.ac.uk under our special projects
heading.
Sonja Kielty
Assistant Curator
National Arts Education Archive
Bretton Hall
Alan Bentley
Outreach Manager mda
01943 464997
07946 594275
01223 315760
http://www.mda.org.uk/
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