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GRANTS AND AWARDS |
| 2002 |
AIA Savannah 2002
Honor Award: Citation of Excellence -- awarded by the
Savannah chapter of the American Institute of Architects
in December 2002 "to the Virtual Historic Savannah
Project -- Robin B. Williams, SCAD Project Director, Greg
Johnson, SCAD Coordinator of Technical Development, and
Léon Robichaud, Université de Sherbrooke, Database Supervisor:
for the development of the on-line research project documenting
the physical and social evolution of Savannah's Historic
District". http://www.aiasavannah.com/awards/honorhome.htm
National Endowment for the Humanities, Division
of Preservation and Access, Implementation Grant ($150,000),
June 2002-May 2004
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| 2000 |
National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of
Public Programs, Special Projects Planning Grant ($50,280),
May 2000-November 2001
Georgia Humanities Council, Public Programs Grant ($9,766),
March 2000-November 2001 |
ACCOLADES |
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- Former NEH Chairman, William Ferriss, made specific
reference to the project in his testimony before the
House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing
in Congress on April 4, 2001. The project was one
of only two specific projects out of hundreds funded
by the NEH to be given special note by Ferriss:
This past year we awarded a grant to the Savannah College
of Art and Design to support `Virtual Historic Savannah.’
This project will use digital technology to document
Savannah's historic district through a website that
will allow visitors to travel through a "virtual"
Savannah in any given year--from the city's founding
to the present and to access topics such as slavery,
the military, religion, and maritime history. We view
this project as a national model and hope to see similar
initiatives in other cities around the nation.
- "In the Savannah manner," Preservation,
Jan./Feb. 1999, p.85.
In an article summarizing the 52nd National Preservation
Conference held in Savannah, the author wrote:
The art-and-economics agenda was complemented by technology.
Poised at the cutting edge, SCAD architectural history
professor Robin Williams explained the Virtual Historic
Savannah Project, which analyzes urban form by using
computer animation to navigate through space and time.
Williams `flew' his audience through and above the streets
surrounding Madison Square, which is serving as the
test case for Savannah-wide coverage. The fantasy stood
in engaging contrast to the routine practice of trading
notes on practical matters at education sessions and
entertainments, on tours, or strolling between events.
- Kathy Kurosman, "Syllabus99 Conference Report,"
July 1999.
Kathleen Kurosman, the Educational
Technology Librarian at the Vasser College Libraries,
commented in her report that the Virtual Historic Savannah
Project was one of "two especially interesting
presentations of virtual reality projects" that
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PRESS COVERAGE |
| 2003 |
"The Virtual Historic Savannah Project receives
AIA citation," Intown Closeup [Savannah>],
vol.5, issue 24, March 26, 2003, p.6A
"The Virtual Historic Savannah Project receives
AIA award," The Business Report & Journal
[Savannah], Feb. 24-Mar. 2003, p.29
"Arpenter la ville à travers le temps et l'espace,"
Liaison: le journal de l'Université de Sherbrooke,
vol. 37, no.11, 23 Jan. 2003, pp.1-2. http://www.usherbrooke.ca/liaison_vol37/11/liens/savan.htm
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| 2002 |
Emily Thompson, "Virtual project
scores real money," Campus Chronicle, vol.2,
no.26, May 24, 2002, p.1A. http://www.thecampuschronicle.com/archive/vol_2/05_24/front_second.html
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| 2001 |
“Virtual Reality,” Campus Chronicle,
March 2, 2001, p.4A
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| 2000 |
"Kingston takes SCAD's virtual Savannah tour,"
The Georgia Guardian, Sept. 8-14, 2000, p.4A
"SCAD Launches Virtual Tour Project," Savannah
Morning News, Sept. 3, 2000, p.7C
E. Russell Anderson, "`Virtual Historic Savannah'
project earns $50,000 grant," The Georgia Guardian,
April 14-20, 2000, pp.1A & 3A
Margarita Venegas, "History made interactive,"
The Georgia Guardian, Jan. 28-Feb.3, 2000,
pp.1A-2A |
| 1999 |
"In the Savannah manner," Preservation,
Jan./Feb. 1999, p.85.
Christine Underwood, "Architectural Historians
become time travelers," the magazine,
summer/fall 1999,
pp.4-5
Kathy Kurosman, "Syllabus99 Conference Report,"
July 1999.
Luke Wander, "A New View of Historic Savannah,"
The Georgia Guardian, Jan. 22-28, 1999, p.1B |
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