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VISUAL ARTS RESEARCH, LEARNING & TEACHING COLLECTIONS FOR YOUR VIEWING
PLEASURE:

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.

Both these collections are now fully integrated and cross-searchable with
VADS other image-database holdings:

'The Imperial War Museum: Concise Art Collection' (c1700 images)

'London College of Fashion: College Archive' (c1000 images)

OTHER NEW COLLECTIONS:

Millais Gallery Archive, Southampton Institute,

The Millais Gallery was opened in June 1996 to coincide with the opening of
an exhibition organised in association with Southampton City Art Gallery to
mark the centenary of Millais's death in August 1896. The Millais Gallery
aims to focus on the work of young artists, designers, makers and curators;
exhibitions of particular interest to the local and regional community;
student exhibitions drawn from the Institute's art, design and media
practice and theory courses; and historical/research-based exhibitions. The
archive available from VADS currently represents shows at the Millais from
1996 - 1999 and contributes to VADS focus in the area of contemporary art
and digital curatorship.

POSSE COLLECTIONS (PRESERVE OUR STUDENT SHOWS FOR ETERNITY)

With end of year shows at all levels in tertiary education increasingly
documenting their work in digital media, (as well as producing in digital
media) VADS is undertaking an initiative to archive this invaluable material
to provide not only a record of UK visual arts educational output, but the
variations & creative practices evolving in its digital documentation.  We
are thus very pleased to announce the three inaugural collections under this
banner as:

Glasgow School of Art, (1995-1999)
University of Portsmouth Illustration Department (1995-1999)
Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College (1998-2000)

If you wish to contribute / participate in the POSSE initiative please
contact [log in to unmask]  We would be particularly interested to hear
of digital degree show material preceding 1995 as well as more recent
material.

Other collections currently available:

'Documentary Photography: Jacob Riis, Computer Aided Learning Package'

'Other Educated Persons: Art & Art Organisations in the East End of London,
1972 - 1999'

VADS catalogue will continue to develop with new collections and
enhancements to be announced periodically.

VADS welcomes feedback and enquiries to [log in to unmask]



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