Creating exhibitions : collaboration in the planning, development, and design of innovative experiences / / Polly McKenna-Cress, Janet A. Kamien

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958620503321
• Autore: McKenna-Cress Polly
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013
• ISBN: 9781118419946; 1118419944
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 304 p. : col. ill
• Altri autori (Persone): KamienJanet A
• Disciplina: 069.5
• Soggetti: Museum exhibits
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Collaboration -- Collaboration Unpacked -- Why Collaborate? -- Why Collaborate in Museums? -- How to Collaborate -- An Intrinsic Imperative -- Chapter 2: Advocacies and Action Steps -- Advocacy Positions as a Team Creation Strategy -- Five Advocacies Needed for Every Team -- Action Steps -- Dangers and Pitfalls -- Chapter 3: Advocacy for the Institution -- Creating the Landscape for Exemplary Exhibitions -- Laying the Foundation -- Planning Major Change -- Assessing Results and Learning from Them -- Institutional Culture and Risk -- Review, Critique, and Approval -- Chapter 4: Advocacy for the Subject Matter -- It's about Something Too! -- Approach and Philosophy -- Object or Idea Driven -- Dangers for the Subject Matter Expert -- Chapter 5: Advocacy for Visitor Experiences -- Developing Exhibition Content for Visitors -- Strategies for Organizing Information -- Getting Started: Developing the Concepts -- Organizing the Concepts into a Cohesive Narrative -- Synthesizing and Presenting Initial Concepts -- Getting the Details Ironed Out: How Does This Thing Really Work? -- Documentation and Presentation -- Strategies for Ironing Out the Details -- Chapter 6: Advocacy for Design -- Advocating for the Physical and Sensory Experience -- Design Advocacy: Working within the Collaboration -- Primary Exhibition Design Principles -- Gestalt-Sensory Perception Forming a Whole -- ; Spatial Planning and Visitor Flow -- The Launch of Design -- The Medium Is the Message: Modes of Display -- Accessible and Universal Design -- Environmentally Sound Practice -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Advocacy for Project and Team -- Managing a Team -- Managing the Project and Team -- Creating a Schedule -- Creating a Budget -- Chapter 8: Methods and Techniques -- Getting the Most out of the Process.; Process Documentation -- Ways to Produce and Shape Ideas -- Concept Organization and -- Chapter 9: Process and Phases -- How Do We Set Up Our Process? -- Process Outline -- Process Phases -- The Postpartum: Evaluating, Maintaining, Evolving, and Documenting -- Exhibition Closing -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Polly McKenna-Cress is Department Chair and Program Director of Museum Exhibition Planning & Design at the University of the Arts, as well as Principal of Alusiv, Inc., a design firm in Philadelphia. She is a consultant, author, and educator who leads institutions, departments, and teams in master planning, development, design, and project management of exhibitions. Over her 25+ year career in both museums and design firms, she has led the creation of more than 60 exhibitions of varying sizes, budgets, and complexities. Janet A. Kamien was an executive consultant, author, and strategic planner. In her 40+ years in the museum field she worked on staff at four major museums and also worked as an independent consultant. She worked, consulted, and advised on more than 100 different interpretive projects and strategic master plans.