Marcia Focht, Curator of Visual Resources, contributed the paper “Maximizing Metadata; Embedded Metadata Tools” at EVA (Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts) in Florence, Italy, May 9-10. 
The EVA Florence conference brought together about 100 speakers and participants to exchange ideas, spotlight initiatives, and share experiences on current trends in international arts computing and cultural heritage sector developments. Sponsored by an impressive array of Italian government, industry, foundation, and university entities–from the Associazione Beni Italiani Patrimonio Mondiale Unesco to Fratelli Alinari Idea to the Universita di Firenze–scholars and professionals came from as far afield as Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Japan, the UK, and USA, with strong representation from the various regions of Italy. The proceedings are published in an open-access PDF.
Lavinia Ciuffa, Marcia Focht, and Spyros Koulouris
Following the conference, Marcia and another EVA presenter from the USA, Maureen Burns from Archivision, connected with Visual Resources Association International Chapter members–Lavinia Ciuffa from the American Academy in Rome and Spyros Koulouris of I Tatti in Florence–to visit the extensive and historic archives, libraries, and grounds of Bernard Berenson’s Tuscan villa (now a Harvard Research Center) and Palazzo Grifoni to see the Photothek des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz–Max Planck Institut hosted by Dr. Ute Dercks.
I Tatti
display at Photothek des Kunsthistorischen Instituts
Binghamton Art History 