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The Jim Blackaby Ingenuity Award was
introduced in New Orleans at the 2004 MUSE awards ceremony. Jim
Blackaby, a board member of the Media and Technology Committee,
passed away in the summer of 2003. Jim influenced many in the museum
world with his innovative work in information services and Internet
strategies. Conceived in his memory, this award recognizes a project
that exemplifies the power of creative imagination in the use of
media and technology—a project that has a powerful effect on its
audience, and one that stands above the others in inventiveness and
quality. The winner is selected from submissions to the MUSE awards
of all categories and does not necessarily have to be a winner
within the category to which it was submitted.
ArtShare on
Facebook
The Brooklyn Museum
http://apps.facebook.com/artshare/
Judges said:
ArtShare on Facebook is a simple web application
with a great, innovative concept: provide a database-driven
storehouse of images for users to populate their Facebook pages with
and allow users to add their own artwork. In other words, this
application creates a new virtual port of entry to museum content
(albeit one limited to Facebook users), that taps into the universal
desire to "share ownership" of great art. By tapping into
mainstream social networking, this application engages new audiences
and spurs communal discussion and conversation about artwork and
other collections objects. Visually, the application succeeds in
retaining the clean and appealing interface of the Facebook site
itself, no mean feat in the often-cluttered social networking
environment. The Brooklyn Museum's foresight and generosity in
opening this application up to use by its museum peers (ArtSpace now
includes content from eight different museums ranging from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Powerhouse) preserves the
integrity and authority of art and institution alike makes this
application an award-winning development. Three cheers for
ArtShare’s art-sharing concept, execution, and cross-museum
synergy.
More 2008 Muse Award Winners
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