Art Authority Marries Technology and Lliberal Arts at Macworld/iWorld
The creators of the award-winning "Art Authority" app line announced that they are re-branding their partnership under that name at the Macworld/iWorld trade show. Previously known as "we-envision.com," the creators of over 100 iPad/iPhone apps are becoming "Art Authority" to highlight their current focus at this intersection of technology and liberal arts. Art Authority for iPad brings over 50,000 high-resolution classic works of art to users’ fingertips.
‘Coming Out’
Art Authority’s "coming out party," in the Mobile App Showcase, booth 818-P19, January 26-28, will include:
* The iPad version of the app, one of the seven "Amazing applications" highlighted by Apple at their recent education event at the Guggenheim Museum.
* In concert with the world-renowned Bridgeman Art Library, demonstration of "buy-a-print." Users viewing selected works in the app will be able to use the app to order framed high-quality prints of those works directly from Bridgeman’s collection. Buy-a-print will be active worldwide for all app users during the show timeframe.
* Recently-added features such as "Art Like This," which magically displays works similar to the one a user is looking at.
* Special show pricing, with versions of the app available through the iTunes and Mac App Stores for $4.99, up to 50% off the normal price.
* A sneak preview of the under-development Art Authority social network.
* Celebration of the app’s selection as "Best iPad Reference App of 2011" in Apple’s Rewind 2011 and "Greatest 25 Apps of All Time" in Macworld’s Appalooza contest.
Alan Oppenheimer, president of Art Authority partner Open Door Networks, Inc. will also moderate a panel discussion on "The World’s Biggest Art Musuem," featuring noted art authorities from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Placer County, California school system. Details are available through the Macworld/iWorld Web site.
"Steve Jobs said ‘It’s technology, married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing,’" said Oppenheimer. "That’s what Art Authority the app, Art Authority the community, and Art Authority the partnership are all about."
"We’re not just focused on art apps," said Jim Teece, president of Art Authority partner Project A, Inc. "We’re focused on the art community. Part of our re-branding, and our plan for the show, is to connect with people who know and love art, and to involve them in a way that helps us all add to that art community."
Art Authority for iPad is the only iPad Reference app to be named to both Rewind 2011 and Rewind 2010. It brings over 50,000 high-resolution classic works of art to users’ fingertips. Hailed as "an experience unlike any other" and "visually dazzling," the app stunningly displays paintings and sculptures by over 1000 major western artists from ancient times through current-day. The app is in use by Seton Hill University and a number of other educational institutions worldwide. Art Authority for Macintosh, iPhone, and Kindle Fire bring similar functionality to these devices.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
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Rosalind M Green-Holmes
I’ve been watching the Art Authority app but missed references to the current sale. Thanks for updating us about these developments.