AccessArt will target professional artists who are practised in working in education, and who are supported by museums, galleries, schools, and arts organisations. Artists in the region will be invited to nominate particular examples of artist-led learning. What's unique about AccessArt The main aim of the AccessArt site is to create an evolving series of online experiences which communicate the ideas behind visual arts education programmes led by museums, galleries and artists. AccessArt highlights best practice in this area, but most importantly AccessArt presents this best practice in innovative and inspiring ways. We want to engage the user immediately, and rather than expect the user to trawl through text to discover ideas, we aim to captivate the user by using highly visual pages, and animations.
Text is used sparingly, and as a back-up tool for educators notes.
All content is created specially for the Internet - we acknowledge that the Internet provides a very distinct learning environment. The potential of the web environment as a medium for learning has yet to be fully exploited and is constantly being reinvented. The visual possibilities of the Internet are ideal for making learning fluid, immediate and interactive. AccessArt is committed to exploring this potential through the series of online workshops. The other principle advantage of the web is that workshops can be added spontaneously and the resource grow organically in response to user demand.