| Art in the Environment
Art in the Environment is a database store
of Aberdeenshire artefacts. You can access this information in
a variety of ways. Navigation is always available in the box on
the left and these options are explained below. You may also click
on the image map above to go directly to any of the artefacts
it shows.
A pilot scheme for the BBAF Art in The Environment
project commenced in November 2000 when, with a successful application
to Aberdeenshire council for funding, a project worker was appointed
to carry out a small pilot scheme. Since then we have used some
of our project funds to expand the AITE database to cover the
whole county and to maintain and update the database.
It is the aim of the Forum to collect and collate
information on, and images of, art in the environment, throughout
Aberdeenshire. The Forum believe this data will be an invaluable
research tool, useful to scholars, artists and tourists and a
considerable asset in the promotion of our visual culture. The
diverse range of artefacts spans Neolithic stone circles to modern
public sculpture. The documentation has been entered into this
continually growing searchable online database.
We believe that Scotland has a great visual tradition
stretching back thousands of years. The view that our culture
is entirely one of music, literature and storytelling is partly
a result of poor documentation. Our project intends to help redress
this problem. |