Website Development of Indonesian Art Higher Education Institutions Historical Archives

Abstract

Art Higher Education Institution in Indonesia has been established since 1947, and ever since has developed in different parts of Indonesia. Indonesia as a country with rich culture and arts, has its own history and characteristics regarding its visual arts development. Prominent names in The History of Art Higher Education Institutions in Indonesia includes names, such as Simon Admiraal, Ries Mulder and RJ Katamsi. They had historical account of establishing Universitaire Leergang voor Tekenleraren (FSRD ITB) and ASRI located in Bandung and Yogyakarta respectively. The goal of this research and development is aimed towards information propagation regarding these historical data and information of art higher education institutions in Indonesia. The project was initiated by Creative Arts Department of Telkom University, which also acts as an art higher education institution. The website development methodology went through several phases, which includes data collections of art higher education institutions in Indonesia, qualitative research that includes interviews and observations of key persons, as well as using Website Generation Model methodology in its development. The preliminary results of this research project informs that the website has perform well in key objectives regarding needs, systems and learning process. In the future it is needed to also research similar projects in Indonesia such as online art database like IVAA (Indonesian Visual Art Archive) which originated in Yogyakarta. The preliminary conclusions of currently ongoing research are that it is necessary to build such online database to hold historical data about the subject, and that the visual aspects of the website have the most consideration for the success of this project. The impact of this research for current development is that the research give way to utilizing qualitative research as well as Website Generation Model in developing better and more attracting websites.