Let’s get off on the right foot! Boost awareness of Artstor on JSTOR’s rich content and powerful tools with these ready-to-use resources. From eye-catching social media graphics to customizable email and web copy, our toolkit has everything you need to promote your library’s resources.
Reach your students and faculty easily with pre-written, customizable content and social media templates for use in emails, blog posts, news pages, and/or social media.
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Access quick-start guides and step-by-step instructions on how to use Artstor on JSTOR in teaching and research in the format of your choice. Find ready-to-use activities and assignments so your faculty can incorporate Artstor on JSTOR into their teaching right away.
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Insights and updates from Artstor on JSTOR
JSTOR’s Artstor | eReview
Artstor, launched in 2003, played a key role in transforming art history from slide-based teaching to a rich digital experience.
Charting the course of digital art history: University of California San Diego Library from Artstor to JSTOR
Explore how UC San Diego Library built a transformative 200,000-image digital collection for Artstor, its impact over two decades, and how the Visual Arts Legacy Collection enters a new chapter on JSTOR.
Slow art: Analyzing art in an image-saturated age
Help students slow down and truly see art in an image-saturated age. Adapted from art historian Carson Smith’s classroom project, this resource guides students in creating their own mock museum exhibitions using JSTOR and Artstor. Through “slow looking,” collaborative research, and curatorial storytelling, students practice visual analysis, connect art to cultural context, and rediscover the joy of attentive seeing.
Teaching slow looking: Guiding students to engage deeply with art
Learn how a slow-looking project helps students engage deeply with artworks, build visual analysis skills, and create collaborative exhibitions using JSTOR and Artstor resources.
Now available on JSTOR: Highlights from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an encyclopedic museum with collections from across the globe. The images contributed to Artstor from the museum’s over 42,000 works of art reflect the diversity of the collections and 5,000 years of human culture.
Bring the world to your classroom: Using Artstor on JSTOR for engaging virtual field trips
Discover how to create virtual field trips with Artstor on JSTOR to bring the world into your classroom. Explore ways to foster equity, visual literacy, and engagement—no travel required. Includes a ready-to-use sample lesson plan.
Monthly-wrap up: Spotlighting pride, prison newspapers, and a painter in June
We hope this blog post finds you with a spare moment to explore something new! June’s releases on JSTOR brought together book-length research, community newspapers, […]
Monthly wrap-up: Maps, movements, and miniature pills in May
May’s additions to JSTOR opened new ways to engage with visual culture, political history, and everyday life.
Digitally archived primary sources are imperative to higher education
What would your classroom look like if students engaged with knowledge as detectives rather than passive readers? The answers lie in digital primary sources. And education depends on how we use them.
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Manufactured by Nike Inc. Red, White, Yellow, and Blue Nike Sneakers Worn by Big Boi of Outkast. 2005-2006. Part of Open: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Artstor.
