Dulwich OnView is a museum-based virtual community associated with the Dulwich Picture Gallery for the local community, based in the suburb of

Dulwich Dulwich (; ) is an area in south London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark, with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth, and consists of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, and the Southwark half of ...

, southeast

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.Who We Are
, ''Dulwich OnView''. It runs a

blog A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...

-based online magazine concerned with people and culture in Dulwich and the surrounding area. The group was formed through the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery in a grassroots manner. and is supported by the Gallery. It uses a

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group for the film society of the Friends of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, Flickr for photographs taken by the local community, a magazine blog on

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, and

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to support its activities. The group is entirely run by volunteers. In 2010, the website was updated with multiple sections and a new style. Shortly afterwards, the site won the

Museums and the Web MuseWeb (formerly Museums and the Web) is an annual international conference in the field of museums and their websites. It was founded and organized by Archives & Museum Informatics and has taken place each spring since 1997 in North America, a ...

2010 '' Best of the Web'' awards in the "best small site" category. In 2012, Dulwich OnView included articles on the graffiti artist

Stik Stik is a British graffiti artist based in London. He is known for painting large stick figures. Overview Stik paints stick figure-like people as street art. He began in London, working in its northeast area of Hackney, especially in Shoreditc ...

after he produced works in Dulwich, also featured by Dulwich Picture Gallery. In 2013, Dulwich OnView reported on the Dulwich Street Art Festival showcasing

street art Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art. Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graff ...

based on traditional artworks in Dulwich Picture Gallery, forming

Dulwich Outdoor Gallery Dulwich Outdoor Gallery (DOG) is a collection of street art in south London, with works based on traditional paintings in Dulwich Picture Gallery. The DOG was established by Ingrid Beazley, a pioneer of promoting street art. The Dulwich Stre ...

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* {{Official website, dulwichonview.org.uk 2008 establishments in England Internet properties established in 2008 British social networking websites Virtual art museums and galleries Museum organizations Museum informatics Media and communications in the London Borough of Southwark Dulwich