{"id":402170,"date":"2025-12-10T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/?p=402170"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:47:02","slug":"york-u-students-transform-access-to-inuit-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2025\/12\/10\/york-u-students-transform-access-to-inuit-art\/","title":{"rendered":"快播视频 students transform access to Inuit art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A student-led project brings works from 快播视频\u2019s Inuit sculpture collection to broader audiences through an innovative pairing of physical and virtual exhibitions.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Anne Hudson<\/strong>, a professor in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design<\/a>, posed a challenge for her students in the Joan Goldfarb Visual Arts 快播视频 Centre Curatorial placement (ARTH 4110).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Over the last three years, she has led a research project funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Grant focused on finding fresh ways to present Inuit, S\u00e1mi and Alaska native art, archives and cultural knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of this grant, Hudson asked her students to explore York\u2019s Inuit sculpture collection \u2013 much of it, tucked away in the Visible Vault & 快播视频 Centre in Accolade East \u2013 and find creative ways to bring these works into public view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted students to experience first-hand what it means to share and activate these important collections,\u201d she says. \u201cBy working directly with York\u2019s Inuit sculptures, they could explore ways to curate these works for broader access and help Inuit art be seen and understood in new ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The class divided into two groups, each approaching the challenge differently: one would curate a physical exhibit in the Joan Goldfarb Visual Arts 快播视频 Centre, while the other would create an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual exhibition platforms allow museums and galleries to share artwork in immersive digital spaces, making collections accessible to audiences anywhere. For Hudson's project, students selected Art Gate VR, an online platform that lets artists, institutions and curators upload 3D scans or digital renderings of artworks and create virtual galleries viewable through a browser or VR headset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VR group enlisted Objex Unlimited, a Toronto-based 3D scanning and digital imaging company, to create 3D object files by scanning more than 20 sculptures. The files were then uploaded into the students\u2019 virtual gallery on Art Gate VR for curation. Next, they collaborated with Art Gate VR experts to design a themed exhibition that walks visitors through six virtual rooms, each showcasing York sculptures \u2013 most made of black stone and depicting people or animals \u2013 representing different aspects of Inuit life, including home, hunting and storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n