Professor Alka Patel of UC Irvine has worked with ARTstor and UCI VRC staff to contribute over 7,000 of her field research images to the main ARTstor collection. These include the art and architecture of South Asia and Cuba. Read more about the content of this new addition here.
This is an important project for all to note as it a) illustrates collaboration between a scholar and ARTstor, b) shows how a partnership with the Visual Resources Collection can benefit all, and c) is an excellent example of how centralized collection building works. Prof. Patel has contributed these images for all ARTstor users, as have other individual and institutional participants.
To explore these images, go to Browse by collection, and click “Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture;” or, Search using the keyword: alkapatel.