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Call for applications
Exhibiting Skills: Exhibition Development for Informal Educators

*         A week-long workshop for people for develop exhibitions about living plants

*         Active, small-group work and collaborative networking

*         Free, and travel and lodging costs reimbursed
The workshop will be held at The Huntington Botanical Gardens in Southern California from November 7 through November 13, 2012.

Overview
Join the Huntington's award-winning exhibition team for the second of five intensive workshops on the fundamentals of plant-based, interactive exhibit development from concept through evaluation. Ten participants will spend a week learning and working in a team-oriented setting surrounded by 120 acres of gardens. This program is supported by a grant from IMLS.
You will gain:

*         knowledge about interpretive planning, the processes that shape living plant exhibitions, and the motivations of museum visitors;

*         skills in developing exhibit criteria and big ideas, writing labels for target audiences, creating prototypes, conducting formative evaluation, and designing for exhibit maintenance; and

*         abilities you need to lead your home institution toward improved practice and a critical approach to living plant interpretation.

Workshop leaders
Kitty Connolly, Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Huntington Botanical Gardens
Rachel Vourlas, Botanical Education Manager, Huntington Botanical Gardens
Beverly Serrell, Principal, Serrell and Associates
How to apply
Submit the application materials (see Exhibiting Skills on the Education page at huntington.org<http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=10190> by August 15. Notification of acceptance will be made by August 29, 2012.


Kitty Connolly

Strategic Initiatives Manager

626.405.3583

626.405.3501 fax

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road | San Marino, California 91108

www.huntington.org<http://www.huntington.org>

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