Funding for the Methods Network ended March 31st 2008. The website will be preserved in its current state.

CHArt was established in 1985 by art and design historians who happened also to be computer enthusiasts. Initially a forum for the exchange of ideas between people who were using computers in their research, the largely academic membership was soon augmented by members from museums and art galleries, as well as individuals involved in the management of visual and textual archives and libraries relevant to the subject. More recently CHArt has also encompassed art practice. CHArt is a society open to all who have an interest in the application of technology to the study and practice of art and design.

CHArt holds an annual conference and publishes the conference proceedings online. It also runs an email discussion list and an online newsletter and now also publishes a Yearbook. The first volume, Digital Art History, was published in 2005. CHArt also sponsors the World Wide Web Virtual Library for the History of Art.

The following postgraduates were awarded Methods Network bursaries to attend CHArt 2007.

  • Jeremy Ottevanger, University of Leicester.
  • Aoife McNamara, Middlesex University, London.

The following postgraduates were awarded Methods Network bursaries to attend CHArt 2006, and each has provided a brief report on the conference:

  • Ximena Alarcon, De Montfort University, Leicester. (report) (pdf)
  • Maria Eisl, Goldsmiths, University of London.
  • Karen Gaskill, University of Huddersfield. (report) (pdf)
  • Stephen Gray, Northumbria University. (report) (pdf)
  • David Herbert, Loughborough University. (report) (pdf)
  • Richard Hooper, Chester University. (report) (pdf)

The following postgraduates were awarded Methods Network bursaries to attend CHArt 2005, and each has provided a brief report on the conference:

  • Francesca Franco, Birkbeck College, University of London. (report)
  • Simone Gristwood, University of Lancaster. (report)
  • Anna Milsom, University of Middlesex. (report)
  • Luis Sotelo, University of Northampton. (report)