Technologists, innovators, scholars and artists will coalesce into teams on the Sculpture Court of the Walters Art Museum at ArtBytes 3, Friday, February 6–Sunday, February 8, 2015. Participants will collaborate to design and build technologies that enhance the museum experience for visitors and winners will be announced on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Graham Auditorium. Five thousand dollars in prize money will be awarded.

ArtBytes participants can use museum’s galleries for inspiration throughout the weekend while museum staff and partners from Wikimedia DC, Cheshire Software Solutions, and Alchemy Learning Project will be on hand to provide support for the projects. Leaders of the technology and innovation communities will judge which teams were most successful.

Confirmed judges are Samuel Hoi, president, Maryland Institute College of Art; Jeannie Howe, executive director, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance; David McKibbin, alchemist/programmer /inventor, Firaxis Games; Sheri Parks, associate professor in American Studies at the University of Maryland and regular contributor to WYPR “Midday”; Murray Taylor, president, Digital Steamworks.

Important technologies that are now in regular use at the museum had their start at previous years' ArtBytes events. These include the Application Program Interface, or API, that allows programmers to access data about the museum's collection and the iPhone game, Art Lies. Both were initiated as hackathon projects and then more fully produced in partnership with the Walters.

The Abell Foundation has generously donated $5,000 for cash prizes.

Schedule of Events

Before the event participants can register to attend the event, for free, on this page. Join the preliminary discussion by posting to the ArtBytes idea page. Here, you can post an idea for a project, vote for ideas, join the discussion, and meet fellow participants.

Friday evening at 6 p.m. on the Sculpture Court, the kickoff event will invite participants to propose programs and applications inspired by art or to enhance the museum experience. Beer, wine and cheese wil be served. The museum galleries will be on view for kickoff participants until 9 p.m.

Saturday from 10 a.m. until midnight, the sculpture court of the Walters Art Museum will be reserved for participants to collaborate to produce their technologies. The museum's galleries will be available for participants to view, during normal museum hours, until 5 p.m..

Sunday afternoon, at 2:00 p.m. in the Graham Auditorium, participants will showcase their creations to the community, and leaders in the technolog