| PW-269399-20 | Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Reference Resources | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | The Digital Reference Portal "Missouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri 1821 – 1951 | 6/1/2020 - 5/31/2022 | $157,653.00 | Amelia | | Nelson | | | | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City | MO | 64111-1818 | USA | 2020 | Art History and Criticism | Humanities Collections and Reference Resources | Preservation and Access | 157653 | 0 | 156552 | 0 | Development of an online dictionary of Missouri
artists, profiling 500 artists who were active across the state between 1821 and
1951. The resource would be developed through a partnership among three leading
archival repositories in Missouri and would debut in the state’s bicentennial
year.
In commemoration of the 200th
anniversary of the State of Missouri, The Spencer Art Reference Library of The
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in partnership with the Jannes Library of the
Kansas City Art Institute and The Saint Louis Public Library will make
descriptive information on Missouri artists discoverable online by launching
the publicly accessible digital portal, "Missouri Remembers: Artists in
Missouri 1821 – 1951." The online resource will enable users to explore
iconic artists like Thomas Hart Benton and George Caleb Bingham and to discover
lesser known artists, such as female artists and artists of color, who lived in
or spent part of their careers within the State of Missouri from the state’s
beginning in 1821 through 1951. To implement this initiative, project partners
will mine their large collection of files on Missouri artists to create
individual descriptive records on an initial 500 artists for the portal's
launch. |