Details from Boulevard Art's’ augmented reality experiences in the BLVRD AR and BLVRD Features apps (Images top left to right and bottom left to right: Dorothy Hodgkin; Artemisia Gentileschi; Loïe Fuller; and Howardena Pindell).
Today is International Women’s Day, a global holiday celebrated on March 8th to commemorate the cultural, political, and socio-economic of achievements of women. And, of course, the entire month of March is dedicated to Women’s History.
Who are some of the women you admire most? Whom would you like to recognize and honor? Are they family members or individuals in a particular field – a scientist, basketball-player, veterinarian, security guard, social worker teacher, artist, homemaker, therapist, performer, dog-walker, doctor or nurse, policewoman, seamstress, cook, marathoner, post-office worker, babysitter, vice-president, sign-language interpreter, store clerk, soft-ware developer, soldier, accountant, entrepreneur, or something else? Maybe you would rather acknowledge women in general, for all they do, big and small, everyday.
Boulevard Arts, our immersive technology company, was co-founded in 2013 by Elizabeth L. Reede, who also serves as our CEO. (Before this Elizabeth was a museum curator with passion for technology and an advanced degree in business.) In fact, the majority of our team is made up of women. So, this special day has a lot of significance for all of us personally.
Coming from the fields of curation, education, creative direction, public art, and product design, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional immersive arts and culture content for a variety of digital platforms. Our mission is to develop engaging and inclusive stories that can excite people, broaden their perspectives, generate empathy, and empower them.
To this end, Boulevard Arts has produced four AR experiences about trailblazing women: Dorothy Hodgkin (a 20th-century British chemist), Artemisia Gentileschi (a 17th century Italian painter), Loïe Fuller (a fin-de-siècle performer and entrepreneur), and Howardena Pindell (a contemporary American multi-media artist). Today, I can announce that our next two AR experiences, which are coming out within the next month, are likewise focused on the lives, context, and accomplishments of remarkable women from the past. Can’t wait to share these with you!!!!