[community] Best Practices for Describing Art in Alt Text

[Caren Watkins]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ET3O_iJwA4



On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Caren Watkins <carenwatkins at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi John, what I know is in 2015 Johanna Contreras held the position
> Senior Advisor, Inclusion at the ROM. I'm not sure if she is still there or
> even if that position still exists. Keep us posted if possible.
> Caren
>
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:29 AM, John W (personal) <
> pickupwillis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Caren, one possibility is that the show I'm referring to is a visiting
>> exhibit from Sweden, so thei reasoning may be that the ROM is not wholly
>> responsible for how it is put together. However, I am writing to the ROM to
>> express my concern that the institution should be educating its partners
>> around the world that here in Ontario we do not mount shows that cannot be
>> experienced inclusively by all patrons.
>>
>> I would like to cc my comments to the Senior Advisor - do you have a name?
>>
>> j
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Caren Watkins <carenwatkins at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm wondering what happened to the position of Senior Advisor, Inclusion
>>> at the ROM? Johanna Contreras, the accessibility advisor at the ROM
>>> spoke at the Accessibility Conference in Guelph a couple of years ago and
>>> the museum seemed to be heading in a very good direction!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 9:52 AM, John Willis <pickupwillis at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
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>>>
>>
>>
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