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> The Visual Arts Data Service: The AHDS Centre for Visual Arts (VADS) is
> delighted to announce the launch of www.fineart.ac.uk, a new
> online resource
> of art works selected from the Council for National Academic Awards
> Collection (CNAA), and from the collections of some of the UK’s finest art
> colleges and universities. This new web-based collection is dedicated to
> work by staff, students and other alumnus of UK higher education
> institutions that have made a significant contribution to higher education
> fine art practice.
>
> The site makes available online an initial selection of 200 works by more
> than 100 artists who have studied and taught fine art in the UK, together
> with supporting information. The selection of works covers the period from
> the mid 19th century through to the present day and includes work
> from many
> important figures in British Art such as Henry Moore, Bridget Riley and
> Richard Hamilton.
>
> The main purposes of fineart.ac.uk are to:
>
> - celebrate the achievements of art education in the UK
> - provide a resource for teaching and learning
> - encourage scholarship and research
> - offer a framework for an historical picture of the developments in the
> field
> - provide access to inaccessible and otherwise hidden collections
> - serve as a living collection incorporating contemporary practice
>
> The site has been developed following a feasibility study commissioned by
> the CNAA Trustees, with the support of the Conference for Higher Education
> in Art and Design (CHEAD) and the National Association of Fine
> Art Education
> into the demand for a national collection to represent the nature, history
> and achievements of higher education teaching within fine art practice.
> Work on the project has been carried out by VADS located at the Surrey
> Institute of Art and Design, University College.
>
> Ten higher education institutes have participated in this initial phase of
> the website’s developments and include: Glasgow School of Art, the London
> Institute, Norwich School of Art, Royal College of Art, the Slade
> School of
> Fine Art and the Universities of Central England, Brighton, Dundee, Leeds
> and Ulster.
>
> Visit the site at http://fineart.ac.uk
>
> Brenda Brinkley
> User Services Officer
> Visual Arts Data Service
> The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
> Falkner Road
> Farnham
> Surrey
> GU9 7DS
> Tel: 01252 892723
> Fax: 01252 892725
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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