2025
Stack: TypeScript, React, NextJS, Better-Auth, Tailwind, and Prisma, deployed on Vercel, using Milieux's existing DreamHost MySQL, SMTP, and S3 storage services.
A platform for artists and designers at the Milieux Institute to showcase their work.
I was the software engineer, my job was to understand and gather the requirements, define the tech-stack best suited to the existing cloud infrastructure, and I solo built the platform. ArtReach includes the public facing platform, user onboarding, user profile and artwork management, and an admin backoffice for content curation by the institute.
The Milieux Institute at Concordia University produces a significant volume of research-creation work — art, design, and technology projects by researchers and artists at the intersection of disciplines. This work was scattered across personal portfolios, institutional databases, and social media, making it difficult for external audiences to discover or engage with.
The institute needed a centralized platform that could showcase this work to the public while giving creators ownership over their own presence.
ArtReach is a curated web platform that connects Milieux's academic creators with broader communities. I built the platform with Next.js, MySQL, Prisma, S3 storage, Better-Auth and deployed it on Vercel. The platform features a self-serve artist portal where researchers and artists manage their own portfolio, personal details, and external links. And a curated showcase of research-creation projects with rich media documentation paired with institute-level editorial control for featuring and organizing content.
The platform bridged the gap between academic research-creation and public engagement, giving the institute a professional digital presence while making emerging interdisciplinary work accessible to galleries, curators, prospective students, and the broader public. Creators who previously had no centralized portfolio gained a managed, curated presence connected to an established research institution.
Explore the collection at artreach.milieux.ca.