Virtual Visitor Engagement at the Fleming Museum of Art

FAIN: GA-274183-20

University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, VT 05405-0160)
Chris Dissinger (Project Director: May 2020 to October 2023)

Development and dissemination of online content addressing the museum’s collections.

With the physical closure of the Fleming Museum, and our strategic response to the pandemic, the Fleming has endeavored to continue to serve our many audiences by pivoting from an on-premise focus of direct experience to one that is virtual. To maintain our high level of service and cultural relevance we've implemented a number of core initiatives involving virtual experiences and will use these grant funds to continue and expand upon that work, while asking for salary dollars to retain the staff and student-workers whose jobs are at risk. Our plan is to produce a rich portfolio of both online and interactive programming to include virtual online tours for K-12 classes, live-stream video discussions between artist and curator, professionally produced video productions, and leveraging our newly released online collections access into new visitor experiences.