tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24739146976073128562024-02-21T00:10:52.616-08:00accessCeramicsTracking the development of the accessCeramics project.Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-69784084037605062202015-03-23T19:17:00.000-07:002015-03-23T19:20:55.589-07:00Visit the accessCeramics booth at NCECA 2015If you're headed to the NCECA conference in Providence, March 25-28, stop by the accessCeramics booth. Curatorial board members Ted Vogel and Thomas Orr will be there to answer any questions you have about accessCeramics. See you there!Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-78190166746367552742013-03-20T15:45:00.004-07:002013-03-20T15:45:53.954-07:00accessCeramics at 2013 NCECA conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stop by the accessCeramics booth at the 2013 NCECA conference in Houston, March 20-23. Founding member Ted Vogel will tell you all you could ever want to know about the project!Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-63817216136948205562012-03-24T13:43:00.001-07:002012-03-25T09:29:28.135-07:00accessCeramics at NCECA Conference in Seattle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Please visit our booth at the annual <a href="http://nceca.net/static/conference_home.php">NCECA Conference</a> in Seattle, WA, March 28-31, 2012. accessCeramics co-founder and curatorial board chair Ted Vogel (at left) will be on hand to talk all things accessCeramics. Please stop by!Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-4415311488588558592011-03-29T07:04:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:04:44.830-07:00Visit us at NCECAProject co-founder Ted Vogel will have a booth at the <a href="http://nceca.net/static/conference_home.php">NCECA conference</a> in Tampa, FL, March 30-April 2. If you have questions or suggestions about accessCeramics...or just want to loiter with Ted, come visit the booth!Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-36283293168153909022010-11-04T12:36:00.000-07:002010-11-04T12:38:46.082-07:00accessCeramics crew presenting at LC News & Brews @ Lucky Lab, Multnomah Village!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maren Kloppmann, Vase with Drawing (2007). Thrown & Altered, Cone 8, Electric Oxidation, Underglaze Pencil, Porcelain.</td></tr>
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Well, accessCeramics started out as a small joint collaboration between the Lewis Clark Art Department and Watzek Library and has now gone global in scale, with 235 artists representing 14 countries! More impressive is the use we've see from around the world, with every country checking in within the last month except for a handful (see below). In fact, we had 5,160 visitors from 70 countries from Oct. 4 through today.<br />
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Tomorrow night, along with Deborah Heath of the Sociology/Anthropology Department, and Liz Stanhope of Mathematics, the Lewis & Clark accessCeramics crew will present a lightning talk updating the faculty and research community at the <a href="http://www.luckylab.com/html/story.html">Lucky Lab</a> in <a href="http://www.portlandbridges.com/portland-neighborhoods/00-Multnomah%20Village.html">Multnomah Village</a>. Talks begin at 4 pm, snacks available by 3:45 p.m., November 5th.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"># of visits to accessCeramics within the last month: Light green = less visits, dark green = heavy visits; white = none</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Visual Resources Center, Lewis & Clark Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11380192679843844772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-59699706931759397662010-05-25T11:51:00.000-07:002010-05-25T12:25:01.369-07:00new artist review process, or how to sustain a project with no staffSince the beginning of the accessCeramics project, we've struggled to find an efficient way for artists to submit work for review, and for our curatorial board to vote on these submissions. Past procedures have included Google Groups and lots of email, though this proved to swallow vast amounts of our submissions coordinator's time. And with grant funding for our submissions coordinator coming to a close, we needed to develop some quick and efficient alternatives.<br /><br />So, beginning today, new artists who want to contribute their images to the collection have a new set of <a href="http://accessceramics.org/contribute/">procedures</a>. Prospective contributors must obtain a free <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> account first, and then complete a <a href="http://accessceramics.org/suggest/">form</a> on our site. Once the form is submitted, board members automatically receive an email directing them to vote on our new locally developed software. When all members vote (or two weeks have passed, whichever comes first), the software generates a 'verdict' email to the artist, with further instructions if appropriate.<br /><br />In a perfect world, we would have limitless funding to sustain the project with hired staff. But in the absence of funding, we have little choice but to try to automate procedures as much as possible. Our curatorial board has used the new software for voting over the last week or so, and we've already experienced gains in efficiency. Assuming prospective artists can adapt to the new submissions procedures, the project's chances of long-term sustainability in the absence of grant funding have just received a significant boost.Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-16990944980168496802010-03-29T09:44:00.000-07:002010-03-29T09:50:13.210-07:00VRA 2010Stephanie Beene presented on two panels at the Visual Resources Association Annual Conference in Atlanta, from March 16-21, 2010. The PowerPoint slides are posted on <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/VisResAssoc/vra2010-ac-original-3543766">Slideshare</a>. <div style="width:425px" id="__ss_3543766"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/VisResAssoc/vra2010-ac-original-3543766" title="Vra2010 accessCeramics.org - a digital image database">Vra2010 accessCeramics.org - a digital image database</a></strong><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=vra2010acoriginal-100324173438-phpapp02&stripped_title=vra2010-ac-original-3543766" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=vra2010acoriginal-100324173438-phpapp02&stripped_title=vra2010-ac-original-3543766" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/VisResAssoc">Visual Resources Association</a>.</div></div>Visual Resources Center, Lewis & Clark Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11380192679843844772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-31941624172321744272010-03-29T09:39:00.000-07:002010-03-29T09:46:59.953-07:00accessCeramcis at NCECATed Vogel will have a booth to promote accessCeramics at the annual <a href="http://nceca.net/static/conference_home.php">NCECA conference in Philadelphia</a>, March 31st-April 3rd. If you plan to attend the conference, please stop by...Ted would love to answer any questions you have about the site, or just talk ceramics.Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-73841640731158558752009-11-05T21:03:00.001-08:002009-11-05T21:05:09.353-08:00EDUCAUSEJeremy and I are presenting at EDUCAUSE tomorrow at 8:10 am. Here is our presentation as it stands:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://docs.google.com/present/embed?id=dc7wb8dq_7364v4kz4cc" frameborder="0" width="410" height="342"></iframe>Mark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-70838145093937692942009-09-24T19:57:00.000-07:002009-09-27T15:03:09.254-07:00Twitter: good for lots of news<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOa_kH7FuoegY4OY9E00a3-ZAjUYlj2t8vmWTNOXoplKQ1RsKC-cN7g57RivJ21o1-ySSkHTCbTMceF-SGIdsf1tkdm2DPxRSWOAnbstW8QbM6mfqCpq9O5sYSA9DEauvnlUQ_nNvWXik/s1600-h/twitter_logo_header.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOa_kH7FuoegY4OY9E00a3-ZAjUYlj2t8vmWTNOXoplKQ1RsKC-cN7g57RivJ21o1-ySSkHTCbTMceF-SGIdsf1tkdm2DPxRSWOAnbstW8QbM6mfqCpq9O5sYSA9DEauvnlUQ_nNvWXik/s200/twitter_logo_header.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385462201141768386" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Since our redesign, coming up on a year ago, the news portion of our home page has been this blog. And while we've had some wonderful things to report, we haven't exactly had a great number of things to say. This was especially true over the past summer. We reported the NEA grant award on April 30th, and then nothing else until the word of Margo's retirement in late September. Because of our blog drought, one might think that not much has happened with accessCeramics over the summer. Of course, that's not entirely accurate: our collection grew by about 33%, or nearly 600 images. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Whenever an artist contributes images to accessCeramics, it's news-worthy. But perhaps based upon our limited time and resources, it wasn't necessarily blog-worthy. But thanks to Twitter and its API, that has changed. Now when Miranda accepts submitted images into the collection, a Twitter post is generated for each contributing artist to our Twitter feed via a PHP script and the Twitter API, and is logged in our MySQL database. And now that our home page news is based upon our Twitter feed instead of this blog, we can effectively promote new images on accessCeramics without any additional work.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> We'll still maintain this blog for announcements that extend beyond Twitter's 140 character limit, and will reference any relevant blog posts on our Twitter feed. But with this new model of news, we can hopefully do a better job at promoting the artists and their new works on accessCeramics without extending our already limited resources.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And in case anyone wants to follow our Twitter feed directly, it's <a href="http://twitter.com/accessceramics">http://twitter.com/accessceramics</a></span></div></span>Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-14687494159546081212009-09-24T13:41:00.000-07:002009-09-24T15:13:24.387-07:00accessCeramics co-founder Margo Ballantyne retiring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7acoIuToWr-HillJtlBpbHYQ0kbqVFVdbeYzqfd7_SSODjGDmRECgemybbe3GB8FTf1fsVkBuYt8kxV0JBb0SrGIsf5rWZriX2X-xiJ5Fh88DtQtFH_Wp9sL8If7xR4qFCbQigJ5y0a8/s1600-h/margo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7acoIuToWr-HillJtlBpbHYQ0kbqVFVdbeYzqfd7_SSODjGDmRECgemybbe3GB8FTf1fsVkBuYt8kxV0JBb0SrGIsf5rWZriX2X-xiJ5Fh88DtQtFH_Wp9sL8If7xR4qFCbQigJ5y0a8/s200/margo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385138912528893362" border="0" /></a>Margo Ballantyne, one of the original founders of accessCeramics, will retire next week from her position as Visual Resources Curator at Lewis & Clark College. Margo has been at Lewis & Clark for 19 years, and has admirably brought the College's visual collections into the digital age. She has been an active leader in the VRA community at a local and national level.<br />Margo has contributed a great deal of enthusiasm, energy, and fun to the accessCeramics project. While she still may be involved at some level, her influence, great humor, and ability to keep some of our crazy ideas in check will be greatly missed.<br />Stephanie Beene, a recent graduate of the University ot Texas-Austin's School of Information, will take Margo's place as the Visual Resources Curator at Lewis & Clark. She will also serve on the accessCeramics curatorial board, and will almost certainly bring fresh ideas to the project.Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-42825790867191204812009-04-30T14:57:00.000-07:002009-04-30T16:29:53.702-07:00accessCeramics receives NEA grant<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.arts.gov/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYaS8xt9yfUYC2mGnj7apSwfsaBlOYUxmUBBxUwyEWRPGZuic9Psnd0RWJBgDXFEe6WxwMwYtIrlWtPlsDhWtStdyAYAh2gpKwS0NUW9zFuSQQqBr67WSZ9Re1axSP9ZscDkfQymXKdM/s400/NEAlogoTAGLINEcolor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330615803658971490" border="0" /></a><br />We're pleased to announce that accessCeramics has been <a href="http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/09grants/09AAE2.php?CAT=Access&DIS=Visual%20Arts">awarded</a> a 2009 National Endowment for the Arts - Access to Artistic Excellence grant in the Visual Arts category. The $10,000 award will support the continued expansion of accessCeramics as well as the introduction of master artists' works into the collection over the 2009/10 academic year.<br /><br />According to the Arts Endowment <a href="http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP10/VisualartsAAE.html">website</a>, the Access to Artistic Excellence grant program "encourages and supports artistic creativity, preserves our diverse cultural heritage, and makes the arts more widely available in communities throughout the country." In other words, a great fit for accessCeramics and specifically our goal to make images of high quality contemporary ceramic art widely available to the arts education community.<br /><br />Thanks to the Arts Endowment and a hearty kudos to the accessCeramics team!Mark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-66688941882386300672009-04-21T12:26:00.000-07:002009-04-21T16:10:19.442-07:00accessCeramics at the Northwest History and Heritage Extravaganza 2009On April 18th, the accessCeramics project was introduced to community leaders, staff and volunteers from historical societies, museums, schools, historic preservation commissions, humanities groups, professional historians, and archaeologists, who attended the NW History and Heritage Extravaganza conference in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Portland, Oregon</span>. Margo Ballantyne, a member of the accessCeramics team, participated on a panel about providing access to digital images that are housed in visual resource collections, libraries, and archives, or other venues that make use of modern electronic tools and practices.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Session Title:</span><br />DAM if you do. DAM if you don’t: Digital Asset Management &<br />Delivering Access to Image Collections<br /><br />Session Chair: Tiah Edmunson-Morton, Oregon State University.<br />Margo Ballantyne, Lewis & Clark College<br />Julia Simic, University of Oregon<br />Karin Whalen, Reed CollegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-25133315615346086192009-04-01T15:37:00.000-07:002009-04-02T14:44:20.969-07:00accessCeramics at NCECALook for accessCeramics at the upcoming <a href="http://nceca.net/static/conference_home.php">NCECA 2009 Conference</a> "<strong>Ceramic Interface: From Dawn to Digital"</strong> April 8-11, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ.<br /><br />We'll have a table at Booth T35 with a representative who can answer your questions about using the collection. We'd also love to work with artists interested in submitting to the collection.<br /><br />For more information contact: Miranda Costa (<a href="mailto:missmcosta@gmail.com">missmcosta@gmail.com</a>).Mark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-13358140040895172782009-03-19T10:19:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:09:03.612-07:00accessCeramics in Toronto!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vraweb.org/images/titles/hp-vra-logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 93px;" src="http://www.vraweb.org/images/titles/hp-vra-logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Margo Ballantyne presented on the accessCeramics project at the Visual Resources Association <a href="http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/toronto2009/">annual conference</a> in Toronto today. The presentation was part of a panel entitled "Outside the Canon" about "recent and ongoing projects that often push the boundaries of traditional content areas in visual resources."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Outside the Canon</span><br /><br />Co-moderators: <br /><br /><ul><li>Laurel Bliss, San Diego State University</li><li> Melissa Lamont, San Diego State University</li></ul><br />Speakers: <br /><ul><li> Rodney G. Obien, Worcester Polytechnic Institute - George C. Gordon Library</li><li> Bill Kirby, Director, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art</li><li> Birgit Plietzsch, University of St Andrews</li><li> Margo Ballantyne, Lewis & Clark College</li></ul><br /><iframe src="http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dc7wb8dq_361ckpnmtfr" frameborder="0" height="342" width="410"></iframe>Mark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-87094481435447656952009-02-27T12:36:00.000-08:002009-03-03T11:53:48.619-08:00accessCeramics at College Art AssociationMargo Ballantyne and I presented on accessCeramics at the College Art Association <a href="http://conference.collegeart.org/2009/sessions.php">Annual Conference</a> in Los Angeles yesterday to a crowd of about 75 people.<br /><br /><iframe src='http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dc7wb8dq_275f3px77ff' frameborder='0' width='410' height='342'></iframe><br /><br />We told the story of the accessCeramics collection, explaining how the idea evolved from a conversation across a slide light table to a successful project. It was part of a panel presentation called "You can do it, we can help: building digital image collections together."<br /><br />All of our co-presenters focused on collaboratively-sourced digital collections, and besides ours, all incorporated ARTstor.<br /><br />We received many inquiries about the project following the presentation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0QlwZbUE3VB79qcJPQDg3TZv-cj1FGNxulbdL-t5rutK-oMuS4-YXE3UMBS83b-7wrXMzsf1BxTynWFS04-ABSWjpn7osk2aAlEaSLf38y6ZiSL6WY9tY9pHeht4d_MhSUUiqk9ROOQ/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0QlwZbUE3VB79qcJPQDg3TZv-cj1FGNxulbdL-t5rutK-oMuS4-YXE3UMBS83b-7wrXMzsf1BxTynWFS04-ABSWjpn7osk2aAlEaSLf38y6ZiSL6WY9tY9pHeht4d_MhSUUiqk9ROOQ/s320/Picture+12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307581359161942738" border="0" /></a>Mark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-83440896996860324182009-02-25T06:27:00.000-08:002009-02-25T06:40:06.305-08:00accessCeramics at College Art Association Conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnd7xFMxUwEFBreaZ3peTQYK_qceb-kpIAY4URIwCCDixZgYoXtEtgTjKcAjlvWiAgzRFLUKugUkhs01Uo1sw2T8kqT4XWicgUyV8ZkAjMV0sriDHHjM26ZuUolt5IKDPa-QvBSaODe8/s1600-h/125x125.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnd7xFMxUwEFBreaZ3peTQYK_qceb-kpIAY4URIwCCDixZgYoXtEtgTjKcAjlvWiAgzRFLUKugUkhs01Uo1sw2T8kqT4XWicgUyV8ZkAjMV0sriDHHjM26ZuUolt5IKDPa-QvBSaODe8/s200/125x125.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306743903615842498" border="0" /></a><br />Members of the accessCeramics team were invited to the College Art Association's annual conference to participate in a session called <span style="font-style: italic;">You Can Do It, We Can Help: Building Digital-Image Collections Together</span>. Margo Ballantyne and Mark Dahl will talk about our experiences creating accessCeramics with a little time, some freely available tools, a little grant money, and lots of help and cooperation from artists. Given the current economic climate, it's likely our low-cost approach to creating an image collection will generate some interest.<br /><br />The session will take place at 12:30 on Thursday, February 26th, 2009.Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-76977543709529439252009-02-13T11:28:00.000-08:002009-05-27T11:36:27.064-07:00AccessCeramics welcomes New Curatorial MembersAccessCeramics.org welcomes new members to the curatorial board. Richard Burkett, Thomas Orr and Namita Wiggers will join accessCeramics co-founders, Visual Resource Curator, Margo Ballantyne and Assistant Professor of Ceramics Ted Vogel in selecting new artists for the website.<br />Richard Burkett is Professor of Ceramics at San Diego State University and has exhibited, lectured and presented workshops internationally. He has been an early developer of online ceramic education tools and developed the “Ceramics Web”, co-developed the list-serve “ClayArt”, is the author of the “Hyper Glaze” a noted glaze and clay calculation software and is co-author of the 6th edition of “Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook” one of the most popular ceramics text books. In addition, Richard has served on the board of the National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA) as 2003 San Diego Conference Liaison and most recently as the Director of Communications.<br /> Thomas Orr is Professor of Art and Head of Ceramics at the Oregon College of Art Craft. He received his MFA in Ceramics from Claremont Graduate School in California. Thomas has taught at several universities and lectured and exhibited his work internationally. Most recently he presented a one-person exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in Portland, Oregon and was a resident artist at the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary. Thomas has served on the Board of Directors for the Contemporary Crafts Gallery and Museum and the LH Project, a ceramic residency program in Joseph, Oregon and was co-liaison for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 2006 Portland, Oregon Conference.<br />Namita Gupta Wiggers, is the Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in Portland, Oregon. She received an MA in Art History from the University of Chicago, has conducted research for E-lab, a product design firm and has produced a line of sterling jewelry sold through galleries. Namita has published on museum education and art in journals such as “The Journal of Museum Education”, and she was instrumental in the creation of the 2008 catalog “Unpacking the Collection”, the first publication to focus on the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Since coming to the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Namita has curated numerous ceramic exhibitions, such as the “Patty Warashina: Real Politique and Drunken Power Series” and Antonio Prieto: A Family Collection” exhibited during the 2006 Portland NCECA conference. Recently, she curated the “Generations: Ken Shores”, “The Ceramics of Gertrud and Otto Natzler”, “Toshiko Takaezu: Recent Gifts” exhibitions and hosted “ Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Work of Kurt Weiser” curated by Peter Held.<br />The curatorial board is responsible for selecting images for acessCeramics.org and will provide direction to improve the ongoing development of the web site. If you are interested in submitting images or know clay-based artists that you feel should be included, please send five or more (e-mail sized) images and a current resume and/or a portfolio link to Margo Ballantyne (margo@lclark.edu).<br />For questions concerning the curatorial process of accessCeramics.org, please feel free to contact Ted Vogel, Assistant Professor of Art, Program Head of Ceramics at vogel@lclark.edu or by calling 503-201-0400.Ted Vogelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05276120814761073935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-21833120517835776422009-02-12T20:19:00.000-08:002009-02-13T14:17:36.315-08:00New Site Design Launch Today!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-U4kXiBVmYrEvKJu-_A2n-c7NNNb2nDinLBnGgPgTGqVa7HMdq7s8WemZ9PFTgc7SH5Or_dw9VJVo4oLnY4-dXTCR2i1OaMwEZdsvUGT6fWEr6nViVKQFNjLed5dd7xPqCIuqhBXm6o/s1600-h/newsite_screenshot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-U4kXiBVmYrEvKJu-_A2n-c7NNNb2nDinLBnGgPgTGqVa7HMdq7s8WemZ9PFTgc7SH5Or_dw9VJVo4oLnY4-dXTCR2i1OaMwEZdsvUGT6fWEr6nViVKQFNjLed5dd7xPqCIuqhBXm6o/s200/newsite_screenshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302399343603190706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the major goals we hoped to achieve with the help of our NITLE grant was to improve the accessCeramics.org site design. Today we can cross that off the list, as we unveil our <a href="http://accessceramics.org/">new si</a><a href="http://accessceramics.org/">te</a>.<br /><p><br />In addition to the clean new look, this site has a few additional features:<br /></p><ul><br /><li>a search box in the upper-right corner</li><br /><li>new browse lists, with the ability to view 'tag clouds' of field values</li><br /><li>a new "thumbnail/large image" view (<a href="http://accessceramics.org/results/artist/54/">here's an example</a>)</li><br /><li>selected blog posts linked from this home page</li><br /></ul><br /><br />We owe a big thanks to <a href="http://zladesign.com/">Zoe Anderson</a> and <a href="http://degung.net/">Mike Lindsey</a> for their help with the redesign, and to NITLE for the means to do this. And, of course, the site is nothing without the wonderful art images. Thanks artists!<br /><p></p>Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-52545297753782736472009-02-02T13:45:00.000-08:002009-02-13T10:23:14.917-08:00Today is a big milestone, as we've reached 1000 images!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwSgsw_h6JzCXatbqadBHpDcj4FFO9mQQIpoL5nsN9qi_CadFo1aOPZVOu9119MrgcPl4qI0l8akgTQeiMVDRDpSz93jbvnEuaRaI1_vcIFHiIw4xYTuMalXbhKEKAqsDQOoE1RTXMmF_/s1600-h/WendyWalgate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwSgsw_h6JzCXatbqadBHpDcj4FFO9mQQIpoL5nsN9qi_CadFo1aOPZVOu9119MrgcPl4qI0l8akgTQeiMVDRDpSz93jbvnEuaRaI1_vcIFHiIw4xYTuMalXbhKEKAqsDQOoE1RTXMmF_/s320/WendyWalgate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298327697872656482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Thanks to all of you for your help and contributions. We truly appreciate your patience, and the time you’ve spent helping us build the collection.<br /><br /><br />Our new website design will be up and working by February 13. Check it out!<br /><br />Thank you!Miranda Costa, ND, MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04768625203615969775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-53370820314810108082009-01-27T09:26:00.000-08:002009-01-27T09:54:55.374-08:00Flickr API improvements could yield more collections like accessCeramicsLast month Aaron Straup from Flickr <a href="http://code.flickr.com/blog/2008/12/15/machine-tag-hierarchies/">announced</a> four new API methods for machine tags (and also happened to mention our project!). One of these methods in particular, flickr.machinetags.getValues, inches Flickr closer to the idea of 'Flickr as database' for metadata storage. <br /><br />In the past, if you wanted to find all the unique values of a given field (artist, for example), you had to query Flickr to get all the photos with 'artist' as a field, then make a call for each photo to get tag values...and then use a language like PHP to extract unique values. Once your collection gets past a few images, this sequence of events quickly becomes impractical.<br /><br />With flickr.machinetags.getValues, you can get all unique values for a given field with just one call. This paves the way for creating UI links for browsing different values for fields. It also lessens the need to store metadata in a MySQL database, like we currently do.<br /><br />As others have expressed interest in creating collections like accessCeramics, we've begun development on a more generic tool for cataloging Flickr images. We're also working on a companion presentation tool for viewing these catalogued collections. Thanks to the new API methods, the presentation software should run quickly, and shouldn't rely (much) on an external database. We'll post more information about this project as it becomes available.Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-48851851684509313382008-12-19T12:11:00.000-08:002009-01-22T15:46:42.005-08:00Public launch of accessCeramics.orgThough online since March, 2008, the public launch of the accessCeramics project will occur in late winter and early spring of 2009. Scheduled for presentation at three national/international conferences and one regional northwest conference, members of the accessCeramics team will present papers, host a booth, and generally spread the word about the contemporary ceramics database. Check below for the names of the various conferences, their locations, dates and websites. Session dates and times will be posted later. Thanks to all of you who have submitted images to raise the numbers of the continually growing collection. For those invited artists who still have this on your "to-do" list, we encourage you to submit your images (or more images) for maximum exposure during the public launch of the website. <br /><br /><a href="http://conference.collegeart.org/2009/">CAA (College Art Association)</a><br />Los Angeles, CA., February 25 – 28th, 2009<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/toronto2009/index.html/">VRA (Visual Resources Association) </a><br />Toronto, Canada, March 18th – 22nd 2009<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nceca.net/static/conference_home.php">NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)</a><br />Phoenix, AZ., April 8 – 11th, 2009<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Conference.shtml ">Northwest History and Heritage Extravaganza: Oregon Heritage Commission, The Washington State Historical Society, The Oregon Historical Society, Northwest Archivists. </a><br />Portland, Oregon, April 15-18, 2009.<br /><br /><br />-MargoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-51753656709925555662008-12-18T12:46:00.000-08:002008-12-18T12:50:58.630-08:00Winner of Survey DrawingThe accessCeramics team recently surveyed a group of accessCeramics users to help improve the accessCeramics collection and web site. Those taking the survey were eligible to win a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate. <br /><br />I'm pleased to announce that Steve Hilton is the winner of the gift certificate.<br /><br />We'll have more about our survey results on this blog in the near future.<br /><br />-MarkMark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-27847113309844235382008-10-08T09:32:00.000-07:002008-10-08T10:00:17.463-07:00geographic diversity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6Z9UPvMj1bPHpQ6Q6GcuKMYNJB0PdAhyphenhyphensawYyZOlshncufc0GLdYX8aDnrQDkaiZ5eu8IdSqzDEsTrmxVjzhjJufhoG10xLB_BRFPaw2M9zpjuzT8xvD_BE6LiCOE4obwLXTSRwX3K4/s1600-h/map.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6Z9UPvMj1bPHpQ6Q6GcuKMYNJB0PdAhyphenhyphensawYyZOlshncufc0GLdYX8aDnrQDkaiZ5eu8IdSqzDEsTrmxVjzhjJufhoG10xLB_BRFPaw2M9zpjuzT8xvD_BE6LiCOE4obwLXTSRwX3K4/s200/map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254824194735244178" border="0" /></a><br />Part of the beauty of using Flickr as our submission system for accessCeramics is its global reach. This allows us to seek contributions from artists who live just about anywhere. To reflect this, we just added a <a href="http://accessceramics.org/map/">Google Map of our artist locations</a> to accessCeramics.<br />As we're still building the collection, the geographic diversity of our artists is currently limited to the United States (<a href="http://accessceramics.org/index.php?state=result_set&field=artist&field_id=3">Michael Moore</a> is our lone international artists). As the collection grows, hopefully our national and international representation will grow as well.Jeremy McWilliamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12500813831775345729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473914697607312856.post-86885883122870505972008-08-20T16:09:00.000-07:002008-08-20T16:23:32.546-07:00accessCeramics supported by NITLE GrantEarlier this summer, accessCeramics was fortunate enough to be awarded a $19,000 grant from the <a href="http://nitle.org/">National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE)</a>'s <a href="http://nitle.org/index.php/nitle/resources/community_driven_projects/iif">Instructional Innovation Fund</a>--Western Region. The grant will facilitate the growth of accessCeramics and its use in liberal arts colleges in the 2008-09 academic year.<br /><br />Funds will support our new part-time Submission's Coordinator, <a href="mailto:missmcosta@gmail.com">Miranda Costa</a>, who is now helping to recruit artists for the collection. She is also providing technical support and assistance to artists as they add their images.<br /><br />Funds will also go to support redesign of the accessCeramics website and improvements to the interface to make it more useful for teaching. Furthermore, grant monies will support travel to the <a href="http://www.nceca.net/conference/2009/index.html">NCECA 2009 conference</a>, where we will be promoting accessCeramics to arts educators and artists.<br /><br />As part of the NITLE grant, several ceramic arts instructors at liberal arts colleges around the country will be using accessCeramics in instruction this coming academic year. These colleges include:<br /><br />Juniata College<br />Carleton College<br />Macalester College<br />Denison University<br /><span id="xwr9" style="font-size:100%;">Kalamazoo College<br /></span>University of Puget Sound<br /><span id="k8ex" style="font-size:100%;">Hope College<br /></span> Willamette University<br />Lawrence University<br /><br />Instructors will provide feedback to us about the accessCeramics user interface and collection.<br /><br />The accessCeramics team is grateful for NITLE's support.Mark Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09883637834846756347noreply@blogger.com0