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Building the VR in Barnes VR

Building the VR in Barnes VR

The technical story behind how the Barnes created a VR experience that was affordable, efficient, and effective at developing new audiences
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Steven Brady
Preparing to Engage in a New Reality

Preparing to Engage in a New Reality

When art institutions embark on community-based projects, good intentions are sometimes overshadowed by actions that leave a negative…
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Nicole J. Caruth
Moving Forward with Barnes VR: Lessons Learned and Measuring Impact

Moving Forward with Barnes VR: Lessons Learned and Measuring Impact

If you are just joining this discussion about this project, get caught up on previous posts. This one will detail what we learned, how we…
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Shelley Bernstein
Creating a Community Driven VR Experience

Creating a Community Driven VR Experience

In my last story I introduced the idea of what the Barnes is doing with VR and why we’re doing. In this post you’ll find me detailing how…
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Shelley Bernstein
Bringing Barnes VR to Philadelphia Free Libraries

Bringing Barnes VR to Philadelphia Free Libraries

I will admit that I went into into this project with some trepidation. We’ve all seen the discourse surrounding VR projects in the sector…
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Shelley Bernstein
Did we connect with new audiences through Let’s Connect?

Did we connect with new audiences through Let’s Connect?

I mentioned in my last post that 2,226 ballots were submitted and 21,658 votes were cast during the two weeks that Let’s Connect was open…
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Shelley Bernstein
The beauty of going analog with Scantron ballots.

The beauty of going analog with Scantron ballots.

At the close of the Let’s Connect exhibition the Scantron ballots were loaded into the trunk of a car and driven to Lancaster, PA to be…
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Shelley Bernstein
Measuring our Partnership with Indego Bike Share.

Measuring our Partnership with Indego Bike Share.

We just won gold for this partnership in the Public Outreach category of the AAM Muse Awards and ten more wrapped bikes just launched on…
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Shelley Bernstein
Using Authority of the Resource Technique at the Barnes.

Using Authority of the Resource Technique at the Barnes.

We are so far from done with this implementation it’s hard to blog about it, but having worked on this for a year there’s a sense we’ll…
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Shelley Bernstein
Embracing constraints to create foundations.

Embracing constraints to create foundations.

The first post about Let’s Connect detailed the “whys” of the project — things we felt important in the participatory design. This story…
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Shelley Bernstein
Connection through participation.

Connection through participation.

Introducing Let’s Connect: Philly’s Artists Take on the Barnes
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Shelley Bernstein
The subtlety of shepherding an audience toward collection visitation.

The subtlety of shepherding an audience toward collection visitation.

I often write about solving big challenges — how to launch things or fully rework things, etc., but what about the times when you want to…
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Shelley Bernstein
Mural Arts Studio at the Barnes

Mural Arts Studio at the Barnes

When we think about partnerships at the Barnes we often start with small pilot projects to see how things work. Last year, you might…
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Shelley Bernstein
Barnes Collection Online: Andrei Taraschuk and @the_barnes_bot

Barnes Collection Online: Andrei Taraschuk and @the_barnes_bot

Earlier in the week I posted about a drawing challenge that happened on Twitter as a result of our open access collection launch. Today…
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Shelley Bernstein
Barnes Collection Online: #PortraitChallenge via @StudioTeaBreak

Barnes Collection Online: #PortraitChallenge via @StudioTeaBreak

We released the collection online last week and overnight we saw a few things happen with newly minted open access. One was a virtual…
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Shelley Bernstein
Open Access at the Barnes.

Open Access at the Barnes.

Throughout the conceptualization of our collection project our general counsel has also been working behind the scenes to help us provide…
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Shelley Bernstein
Using computer vision to tag the collection.

Using computer vision to tag the collection.

Throughout our collection project we’ve talked about the use of computer vision and machine learning to help us determine visual…
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Shelley Bernstein
Honoring the ensemble by design.

Honoring the ensemble by design.

Now that you can explore our soft launch, it’s a good time to talk about the design choices that were made. We’ve written at length about…
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Shelley Bernstein
The complexity of visual elements in digital connections.

The complexity of visual elements in digital connections.

I’m not going to sugar coat this one — this has been a technically complex project. This complexity is in our use of computer vision to…
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Shelley Bernstein
Behind our redesign for the Barnes Foundation

Behind our redesign for the Barnes Foundation

When we were approached by the Barnes to redesign their website we couldn’t have been more excited to work with them. Not only were we huge…
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AREA 17
Computer vision so good.

Computer vision so good.

Many of you are following the stories about the revamp of our collection online and the use of computer vision to create needed keywords…
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Shelley Bernstein
Redesigning our website with AREA 17.

Redesigning our website with AREA 17.

I’m happy to announce that we’ve just launched our website redesign. In selecting a firm we were looking for a team that could bring…
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Shelley Bernstein
Creative reuse in partnership with Mural Arts and Monument Lab.

Creative reuse in partnership with Mural Arts and Monument Lab.

We hope you’ll join us in welcoming Mural Arts Philadelphia to the Barnes as we collaborate on Monument Lab, a citywide public art and…
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Shelley Bernstein
The art of looking (through the eyes of a computer).

The art of looking (through the eyes of a computer).

As an art historian, it has never occurred to me that I would care about what a computer “sees” when it looks at art. I mean, I’ve spent…
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Martha Lucy
Stuffed animals, computer vision, and the Barnes Foundation collection online.

Stuffed animals, computer vision, and the Barnes Foundation collection online.

Things have been going swimmingly over here as we build out the Barnes collection online. I’ve been astonished at just how much easier and…
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Shelley Bernstein
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