Setting up a Web-Based Art Gallery in The Department of Fine and Applied Arts Education, Enugu State College of Education (Technical), Enugu, Nigeria

Abstract

Art teaching, learning and marketing in Nigeria had hitherto followed the usual traditional approaches of classroom demonstration, studio practice, and exhibition of physical works in one art gallery or the other at a particular time. These approaches are fraught with limitations of time, space, and feedback mechanisms. Being an institution that is situated in a developing country, the Department of Fine and Applied Arts Education of Enugu State College of Education Technical, Enugu, the Government must find ways to transcend the limitations placed on it by the poor economy and bad leadership. Technological advancement has recently brought revolutionary changes in Art and the economy. Digital spaces such as the worldwide web now prove to be an avenue for the storage, display, and marketing of art. In line with this, this project was embarked upon to collate data from the Department of Fine and Applied Arts Education, ESCET, and deploy them to create a web-based art gallery. This work reported the procedures undertaken to design and hoist a befitting gallery for the department of Fine and Applied Arts Education, ESCET, Enugu. Through careful collation of data, interviews and documentation, adequate resources were made available for the actual project. The result would help to reposition the Department of Fine and Applied Arts Education, ESCET to the path of international recognition, economic art, and fame.