Asheville Art Museum Collection Access, Interpretation, and Evaluation

FAIN: ZPA-284060-22

Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc. (Asheville, NC 28801-3521)
Whitney Richardson (Project Director: May 2021 to January 2024)

The retention of seven staff members, employment of several contractors, and the payment of stipends for ten humanities scholars to assist in the work of photographing and cataloging approximately 800 objects from the collection, as well as creating interpretive content for digital and physical exhibitions.

The Asheville Art Museum will undertake a three-pronged project to improve Collection access, interpretation, and evaluation. The project team will photograph and catalogue approximately 800 Collection objects focusing primarily on three-dimensional objects that have special significance to the Southern Appalachian region. Additionally, the Museum will convene a team of scholars to engage with these works and create interpretive content for digital and physical exhibitions, the Museum’s multimedia tour, and other public resources. Finally, the Museum will engage an exhibition evaluator to assess the Museum’s Collection installation Intersections in American Art. These activities will advance the Museum’s mission by serving our community with access to unique works of art, sharing stories that deepen our understanding of ourselves and our communities, and preserving knowledge of objects and archives that are inherent to our cultural heritage and understanding.