[community] Best Practices for Describing Art in Alt Text

[L Snider]

Hi Andrea,

There are these resources:

   - http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2001/papers/anable/anable.html
   - http://www.artbeyondsight.org/handbook/acs-onlinetraining.shtml
   -
   https://studio.carnegiemuseums.org/museums-and-the-web-2016-accessibility-d421c75e0788
   (small part of this article)

There was a new resource just done in the last few months (the ones above
are older), but I can't find it for the life of me...I will continue to
look for it and forward it to you if I find it.

Cheers

Lisa

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Andrea Lamarre <alamarre at uoguelph.ca>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am wondering if anyone has come across best practices for describing art
> in alternative text? I can find many examples of best practices for
> alternative text in general but not for art specifically.
>
>
> I want to do justice to the art but I am not always sure what the
> intention of the artist was in creating the piece, nor am I always sure
> myself what the elements of the art piece are. I am trying to balance
> respect for artistry and respect for accessibility. My words about the art
> will necessarily be coloured by my own interpretation of the piece.
>
>
> Any thoughts would be very welcome.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Andrea
>
>
> Andrea LaMarre
>
> PhD Candidate, FRHD
>
> Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition
>
> University of Guelph
>
>
> Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator
>
> ReVision Centre for Art and Social Justice
>
>
> alamarre at uoguelph.ca
>
> 519 993 6435
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