Digitising regional collections has been core to M&GNSW Storyplace project. Image supplied.
Launched on 5 May, Storyplace was a new website developed by Museums & Galleries NSW (M&GNSW) to extend the collections of regional museums, galleries and Aboriginal Keeping places.
While it sounds like a brilliant idea to broaden access, and encourage a trail of in-person visitors also, digitising objects from collections is not a quick, or an easy job. This is where this initiative is a great model for smaller organisations.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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