Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Collection Icons Launches Online

Maya Stela intro screen



Divination instruments screen of Yoruba Divination Bowl presentation.

Working with the San Mateo based interactive agency Rolling Orange, we've recently adapted our Collection Icons series of educational multimedia presentations for use by online visitors. Collection Icons is designed to prepare students for looking carefully at art and uncovering the cultural traditions represented by three key works from the de Young's collection: Aaron Douglas's painting Aspiration (1936), a Yoruba Divination Bowl, and the Maya Stela with Queen Ix Mutal Ahaw.

Collection Icons was originally developed for touch-screen panels installed in the de Young's Kimball Education Gallery, and was a collaborative effort by the FAMSF Education Department, Without Walls, Propp Guerin, and Rolling Orange. Collection Icons is a recipient of the 2006 Muse Award, Bronze, in the category of Interpretation and Education in History and Culture.

Check out Collection Icons online, starting with the Maya Stela (you can jump to the other presentations from here). You'll need Flash Player 8 or above and a relatively fast connection to the Internet to view Collection Icons.

Posted by: Andrew Fox | December 5 at 3:18:15 PM
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