Rockwell Museum Joins Online Art Video Community07:48PM / Tuesday, July 28, 2009
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Norman Rockwell Museum is one of 10 institutions nationwide that announced today partnerships with the Indianapolis Museum of Art, creator of ArtBabble.org, the first dedicated place on the Web for art videos.
The cutting-edge online community, launched in April, allows users to explore high-quality video content created by partner organizations in the arts. Visitors to ArtBabble.org can view, share, and comment on original video content from Norman Rockwell Museum. New videos, including artist interviews, original documentaries, and behind-the-scenes content, will be added on a regular basis.
"We are delighted to be an early partner in this ground-breaking confluence of art and technology," said Laurie Norton Moffatt, director and chief executive officer of Rockwell Museum. "ArtBabble.org gives people a whole new way to experience the world of art and museums, as well as join the conversation on ArtBabble.org’s interactive site. Allowing people to engage with art through the democratic medium of the Web is especially fitting for us as a museum dedicated to the work of a beloved artist, Norman Rockwell, and to the art of illustration, America’s most democratic visual art form."
There are now 17 institutions affiliated with ArtBabble.org. Other institutions that announced partnerships on Tuesday include the Art Institute of Chicago, KQED, Museum of Arts & Design, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Rubin Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Van Gogh Museum, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
"With this second wave of partners, consisting of dynamic arts organizations from across the country, we are taking the next step in building the premier online art video destination," said Robert Stein, chief information officer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
These arts organizations join ArtBabble.org's April launch partners: Art21, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. |
