About

Have you ever wondered how artists capture the essence of a place in a way that’s distinct from a photograph? This project invites you on a unique virtual tour of Carleton College and Northfield.

Our project is about exploring the the spaces traditional arts have illustrated and pinpoint it to their physical space. Essentially how artists capture the world, using the sites of Carleton College, Downtown Northfield, and the creatives over the years that have contributed to illustrating the world.

The initial project topic is inspired by the question: what do traditional artists perceive vs how it really is in our physical space now? I wanted to investigate how different mediums of representation affect the way we see and experience real-world space. I also want to showcase the artistic talents of our community and celebrate the diversity of perspectives that they offer, as Carleton offer classes like Observational Drawing and Field drawing already, it makes you think about space.

Our method to get to where we are has been:

  • Contacting the Perlman Art Museum curator Sara Cluggish and some studio art professors such as David Lefkowitz for any possible contributions and to ask them about their opinions on our project, and how they think traditional art and photography differ or complement each other in capturing reality.
  • Collecting artworks made by observational drawing that depict various locations on campus, and document metadata such as date, artist, medium, etc, though visiting the archives in the Gould Library or bulling from the scans already uploaded
  • Utilizing Omeka to host the image files in one homogenous space.
  • Create an interactive map using ArcGIS Online that displays the artworks in the spot the artist most likely was standing at
  • Host the map to be easily accessed through WordPress

Bibliography

“ArcGIS Online.”www.arcgis.com/.

Carleton College Archives, David Bliss, Tom Lamb, and Zoe Adler. Interview. Conducted by Janet Duong. March, 2024.

“Carleton College Archives.” Edited by Claudia Peterson, Gould Library Archive, Carleton College, Carleton College – Laurence McKinley Gould Library, archive.carleton.edu/. Accessed 23 Feb. 2024.

“Collection – Carleton College.” Edited by Sara Cluggish, Carleton, Perlman Teaching Museum, www.carleton.edu/museum/collection/. Accessed 23 Feb. 2024.

Hoyer, Jade. Interview. Conducted by Janet Duong. 23 February, 2024.

Lefkowitz, David. Interview. Conducted by Janet Duong. 23 February, 2024.

McGrann, Conor. Interview. Conducted by Janet Duong. 23 February, 2024.

Omeka, omeka.org/.

WordPress, wordpress.com.