Re: Exhibition Design Software [html][faked-from]

[Folsom, Diana]

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LACMA is working with Virtual Gallerie - which is a versatile software set up directly from the architectural plans.  Peter Samis from SFMOMA recommended the company and the President, Jordan Klineman, who is a great guy to work with.   http://www.virtualgallerie.com/products.html (check out the demos) jor...@virtualgallerie.com   This software gives a nice, warm view of the galleries instead of the cold, clinical feeling other 3-D software gives.  It's useful for the exhibition planner, the computer-savvy curator and the online visitor.   It has a WYSIWYG interface to use while planning which not only allows the curator to move artworks around and walk through the galleries, it also lets you move walls and pedestals and then realculates construction expenses based on changes made.     It will be useful for the online visitor with displays of educational material about the artworks in the galleries which can be pulled directly from the collection database.  Our IS department is working with several curatorial departments to plan exhibitions with this tool.   I can put you in touch with LACMA I.S. staff for more in-depth conversations, if you're interested.       Diana Folsom Manager, Art & Education Systems LACMA Collections Management & Information 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca  90036   tel 323-857-6594   http://CollectionsOnline.lacma.org       -----Original Message----- From: Frank Thomson [mailto:fthom...@ashevilleart.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:56 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: RE: Exhibition Design Software [html][faked-from] There are some relatively inexpensive cad programs, several have 3d modules.  It would take a little work to get plans into the program for a gallery, but once there and rotated to the 3d view, one could hang pictures on the wall.  It would probably help to have an architect as a friend, or maybe you could an architecture student as an intern?   Frank E. Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 tel. 828.257.4503 fax fthom...@ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org   From: John Bedard [mailto:jbed...@artsmia.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:39 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Exhibition Design Software One of our curators asked about software that a curator could use to help layout permanent gallery rotations.  Does anyone use, or are aware of, software suitable for a computer proficient curator to use for this purpose?       John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-870-3268 Fax: 612-870-3004 Email: jbed...@artsmia.org www.artsmia.org www.artsconnected.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: fthom...@ashevilleart.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: fol...@lacma.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com