[community] Best Practices for Describing Art in Alt Text

[Macalik, Jana]

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Jana

Jana Macalik
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On Nov 14, 2017, at 10:56 AM, Caren Watkins <carenwatkins at gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:alamarre at uoguelph.ca>

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