The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition Interactive

https://tbae.brooklynmuseum.org/

"The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition" showcases over 200 diverse artists who have lived or worked in Brooklyn, celebrating the borough's vibrant creative community and kicking off the Brooklyn Museum's 200th anniversary.

Due to the number of artworks and salon-style installation, it was impractical to display physical labels next to each artwork. Instead, I worked with Graphic Design, in particular the wonderful designer Eric Price, to build an interactive website that allows visitors to virtually explore artworks, navigate galleries, and discover artist information through an accessible, user-friendly interface built with modern web technologies.

The site was built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn UI components and Embla carousel, offering a static build for optimal performance. Label content is managed by Exhibition designers in a Google Spreadsheet, using a Google Apps Script to export a JSON file. This JSON is then used directly in the application as the data source. Fuzzy, typo-tolerant search is enabled by Fuse.js.

This site is very much a pilot project, and hopefully future versions will rely on the Brooklyn Museum CMS as a data source.