Accessibility

The short version

• GallerySpark is built to be used by everyone: plain language, text that stays readable when you zoom and pages that work by keyboard and by screen reader.
• Our aim is WCAG 2.2 level AA, the widely used standard for accessible websites.
• We are a pilot and some corners fall short. A barrier you report goes on our list to fix.
• If a feature shuts you out, tell us. We will find another way with you, up to taking an entry at the desk.

What we build in

• Pages that work on a phone, a tablet and a desktop, at small sizes and at large ones.
• Controls you can reach and use by keyboard alone, with the focus visible.
• Text that survives zooming to 200 percent without breaking the page.
• Light and dark themes, both checked for contrast.
• Plain language everywhere. Short sentences and real words are an accessibility feature too.

Photos and words

Art is visual and photos are the point of GallerySpark. Every work also travels with words: its title, its medium, its size and its artist's own description sit on the page as text. If a work's photo does not work for you, those words are always there.

Where we fall short

Honestly: we are in pilot, new features arrive quickly and one occasionally lands before its accessibility pass. That is a flaw, not an excuse. When we hear about a barrier it goes on the list, gets fixed and the fix ships in the open.

Reporting a barrier

Use the feedback page. Say what you were trying to do and what got in the way. A person reads it, replies and owns the fix.

If a barrier stands between you and a call deadline, tell the organization running the call and tell us right away. Deadlines matter, and between us we will find a way.

Last updated October 15, 2026.