[NHCOLL-L:5879] Exhibit Fundamentals: Ideas to Installation online course starts April 2

[Helen Alten]

MS106: Exhibit Fundamentals: Ideas to Installation
Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
Price: $495
Dates: Apr 2 to May 11, 2012
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Nearly every museum develops exhibits, but how can we improve 
communication with visitors while taking care of our objects? Exhibit 
Fundamentals explores exhibits from idea to final installation in a 
variety of settings. Topics include exhibit theory, the role of the 
museum's mission, creating a timeline, accessibility and script writing. 
Also covered are design elements, installation techniques, object safety 
and security, visitor safety and evaluations. Each student develops an 
exhibit plan for his or her museum.

Logistics:
Participants in Exhibit Fundamentals work at their own pace through six 
sections and interact through online chats. Instructor Lin Nelson-Mayson 
is available at scheduled times during the course for email support. 
Exhibit Fundamentals includes online literature, slide lectures and 
student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is limited to 20 
participants.

Exhibit Fundamentals runs six weeks. To reserve a spot in the course, 
please pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have 
trouble please contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Lin Nelson-Mayson, with over 25 years of museum experience at small and 
large institutions, is director of the University of Minnesota's 
Goldstein Museum of Design. Prior to that, she was the director of 
ExhibitsUSA, a nonprofit exhibition touring organization that annually 
tours over 30 art and humanities exhibitions across the country. For 
five years, she was a coordinator or judge for the American Association 
of Museums' Excellence in Exhibitions Competition. She currently serves 
on the exhibition committee for the National Sculpture Society. Ms. 
Nelson-Mayson has extensive experience with the planning, preparation, 
research and installation of exhibitions. Ms Nelson-Mayson's experience 
includes teaching museum studies and museology courses. Her particular 
interest is the needs of small museums.

Her credentials include the following;

An MFA from The Ohio State University in sculpture and critical writing
A BFA from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in painting.
Work as a curator for the Ross County Historic Society (Chillicothe, 
Ohio), the Art Museum of South Texas (Corpus Christi), the Columbia 
Museum of Art (South Carolina), and the Minnesota Museum of American Art.

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Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
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