[community] Best Practices for Describing Art in Alt Text

[John Willis]

I am afraid I have no expertise in this area, except as a user of alternative text - and I hope once these best practises are identified we can all send them to the Royal Ontario Museum, where the current show on Viking culture is an  apalling example of non-inclusive Design: very text heavy, no audio, no tactile, no braille. Really shocking for a publicly subsidized institution

Good luck Andrea, your work is very important!

John D. Willis
Design & innovation in Public Services


> On Nov 13, 2017, at 15:02, 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
> ________________________________________
> Inclusive Design Community (community at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca)
> To manage your subscription, please visit: https://lists.idrc.ocadu.ca/mailman/listinfo/community