Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog » MUSE Award http://www.imamuseum.org/blog The IMA blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:59:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Denver Gold! http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/04/27/denver-gold/ http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/04/27/denver-gold/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:56:35 +0000 Meg Liffick http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/04/27/denver-gold/ This won’t be a long post, because I’m exhausted! It’s a good tired though, and I would not give up the last 48 hours for all the sleep in the world. Just yesterday morning I was gearing up for the art parade in Indianapolis, and now I’m in Denver at the American Association of Museum’s (AAM) annual conference. Phew…It’s been quite the whirlwind.

I’ve got exciting news to share from the Mile-High City…The IMA Dashboard received the top prize of gold at the 19th annual AAM Museum and Technology Committee Muse Awards. Just a few hours ago, I was happy to accept the award on behalf of the entire Museum and the amazingly talented IMA Web team that collaborated to produce the site.

Muse award for IMA Dashboard

The Muse award is the second news story from the IMA’s history-making weekend. The first, of course, was the parade on Saturday. As promised, the weather couldn’t have been better, and the air of Fountain Square was filled with an overwhelming excitement as hundreds of participants marched and hundreds of spectators watched art in the streets of Indianapolis. Check out images from the day by clicking here.

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Participants, Spectators, Trailblazers, Protesters, Merry Makers, and Performers – Thank you to everyone who made the day a such an enormous success!

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/04/27/denver-gold/feed/ 4 WE WON!!!! http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/04/14/we-won/ http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/04/14/we-won/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:06:41 +0000 Despi http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/04/14/we-won/ We have a bit of celebratory news today! The IMA has recently picked up several distinctions worth mentioning.

A group of IMA staff (myself not included) attended the Museums and the Web conference in Montreal last week. This conference is an annual gathering for the ever-growing crowd of technology-focused staff in museums around the world. They also host the “Best of the Web” Awards. IMA’s project, Roman Art Webisodes, was picked last week as “Best Podcast.” IMA’s Dashboard picked up an Honourable Mention in the “Professional” category. We are excited that our work has been so well received by our peers.

Roman Art Webisodes

Also, last week we were notified that Roman Art Webisodes were also chosen as an Official Honoree for the 2008 Webby Awards. A very competitive and widely entered contest, we placed in the top 15 in the Non-Profit/ Educational category for Interactive Advertisting. I was most excited about this competition since last year they honored David Bowie and he is on the judging committee this year. What could be better than winning an award from the same people who gave one to Ziggy Stardust. Needless to say we are delighted.

Ziggy Stardust, Image from www.bbc.co.uk

In other news, the Media and Technology Committee of the American Association of Museums has selected IMA’s Dashboard as the winner of a 2008 MUSE Award.

So who knows what’s next for us! We have entered many other projects in a variety of competitions, so hopefully as spring continues to progress we will have more good news…

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