Improved Borrowing Privileges at Brown

Effective Sept 1 all RISD students, faculty, and staff can check out items at the Brown Libraries. You need to be registered at the RISD Library and be in good standing (ie no fines). Register with your RISD ID at the Rockefeller Library Circulation Desk. For more information see the College Hill Libraries (CHiL) website: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/services/chil/ .

Teaching with ARTstor

From ARTstor Announcements:

Using ARTstor large file-size images for teaching
High quality digital images — large sized JPEG files —can be projected either in the ARTstor online environment or in a variety of offline environments such as OIV, PowerPoint and Keynote.

Integrating ARTstor with Courseware
Instructors can share ARTstor content with students through campus courseware systems, such as BlackBoard, WebCT, Sakai, or Moodle. More (http://www.artstor.org/using-artstor/u-html/integrate-courseware.shtml)

Export image citations to citation management software
You can create image lists in ARTstor and export the image citations directly to RefWorks, EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager. More (http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/Citing)

Interactive features of ARTstor
Instructors may share image groups with students by creating password-protected (shared) folders. Instructors can also create student work folders associated with instructor shared folders. More (http://www.artstor.org/using-artstor/u-html/search-and-browse.shtml)

Ektron videos

These videos may be helpful if you're learning to use Ektron.

Building Materials Resources

These resources can be found at:
http://library.risd.edu/screens/all.html

Reference:
BuildingGreen Suite
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Reference Online - Art and Architecture
Material ConneXion

Articles:
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
JSTOR

Images:
ARTstor

Kieslowski's trois couleurs

What is the sequence of the trois couleurs trilogy?

bleu (1993)
blanc (1994)
rouge (1994)

source: "Kiéslowski, Krzysztof" Who's Who in the 20th Century

Contemporary Textiles

What are some sources on contemporary textile artists?

Telos Portfolio Collection
By Hand in the Electronic Age: Contemporary Tapestry

ARTstor videos on You Tube

Learn how to use ARTstor by watching these short videos:

Introducing the New Artstor
Register for an Artstor Account
Making an Image Group
Download Images to PowerPoint

Search the ARTstor wiki for FAQs and teaching tools.

Dark Shadows

What's the location of the RI house that was used as the exterior setting for 1960s Gothic soap Dark Shadows?

Carey Mansion, formerly Seaview Terrace is located on the grounds of Salve Regina University, Ruggles Avenue in Newport, RI.