About:
This app is being created in collaboration with Ben Silver for our Java II Programming class. It is an app that’s intended to make art more accessible to those who do not traditionally have access to the “art world,” and encourage users to go to museums and local art exhibits. It will contain paintings from all over the world, and provide information about the piece, the artist, and the museum in which the piece is housed. It will give the user the ability to sort the art by artist, location, time period, and theme, as a means of allowing them to explore similar pieces. In later iterations, we also hope to create the ability for the user to create “Playlists” of sorts, so that they can save art by categories that are meaningful to them (want to visit, favorites, cool portraits, etc.). We also hope to create sharing capabilities, where users can share individual pieces and collaborate on playlists, and the ability to crowd source local art events to give exposure to up-and-coming artists.
View the initial design presentation here
Features:
Painting pages - feature the art and information about the piece and the artist.
Show me similar (by artist, location, theme, etc) - sorting feature that allows the user to browse art.
Get me to it (Map Intent) - allows the user to navigate to a museum nearby.
Ratings/Comments - allow users to rate and comment on a piece.
“Playlists” - allows user to save art by categories that are meaningful to them.
Share to friends - invite users to a custom “playlist,” send a link in a message (email or text), share on social media
Calendar Date - invite another user to a specific museum or event on a day/time (implicit calendar intent)
Events - a page where the user can find crowd sourced local art exhibits by up-and-coming artists
