MEDIA ADVISORY
September 4, 2001FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Shannon Wingard (614) 247-6821
A collection of 10,000 photographs of Asian artifacts housed at The Ohio State University will be digitized thanks to a $321,000 one-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, giving researchers, students and the public a chance to learn about the Asian culture and its traditions.
The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art, located in Ohio State’s Hayes Hall, 108 N. Oval Mall, is home to an estimated 300,000 photographs and slides of ancient and modern art and architecture. As the archive of more than 30 years continues to grow and evolve, digitizing the photos has become important.
Susan Huntington, dean of Ohio State’s Graduate School and Distinguished University Professor of art history, and John Huntington, professor of art history, took the photos.
The grant from the Mellon Foundation provides for new staff members and funding to scan, correct and catalogue about 50 images a day.
The images from the Huntington Archive will be one of the charter collections included in the Mellon Foundation’s recently launched ArtSTOR, a database of high-quality digital images and scholarly materials intended to assist researchers in the study of art, architecture and other fields in the humanities.
For more information about the Huntington Archive, see http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu.
WHAT: The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art, which houses about 300,000 photos and slides of ancient and modern art and architecture.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: 1 to 2 p.m., Tuesday (9/4), with John and Susan Huntington.
WHERE: Room 225, Hayes Hall, 108 N. Oval Mall, on Ohio State’s campus.
WHY: A $321,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will fund digitizing about 10,000 photos of Asian artifacts, making them accessible to other scholars, students and the public.