The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is using Open to Collaborate, Attribution Incomplete, BC, and TK Notices in its online collections portal.

The Notices have been added to items within the African, South Pacific, and Native Arts of the Americas collections at Newfields, which is Local Contexts’ first Founding Supporter and also a Subscriber.

Newfields integrated the Notices as part of the overhaul of their online collections portal, which is within KE-EMu. These updates to their technical infrastructure and existing systems also allow for the possibilities of Labels to be added in the future.

According to the collections portal Local Contexts Provenance Research page (link below), Newfields is using the Notices “to work towards consultations with Indigenous communities to better understand and respectfully care for and improve our stewardship of these collections while grounding Indigenous rights.”

Within the record, the Notices are below any photos and basic identifying information and above the more detailed artwork metadata. The content disclaimer and usage rights on each item also includes that some artworks may have Labels or Notices, which attribute cultural authority.

To learn more about our Founding Supporter program, see our June press release.