Spring 2010: Exhibition Frictions

From the President, Eric Siegel
From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones (1.1MB)
Your Personal Toolkit: Easing through Friction, Fracas, and Free-for-All, by Donna R. Braden (343kb)
Putting Our Cards on the Table: Discussing Friction in the Collaborative Exhibit Process, by John Chiodo (1.2MB)
Building and Sustaining a Culture of Collaboration, by Matthew Isble (1.3MB)
Conflict in the House, by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner (1MB)
Manifesto for the (r)Evolution of Museum Exhibitions, by Kathleen McLean (3.7MB)
Historical Friction: Chicago Perspectives, by Phyllis Rabineau (901kb)
Splinters from Green Materials: Conversations about the Frictions of Green Exhibition Design, by Greg Belew, Kathy Gustafson-Hilton, Sharon Handy, and Lynn Wood. (1.8MB)
Sustainability and Specimen Display: A Conflict of Program?, by Jonathan Katz. (2.2MB)
Visitor participation: Opportunities and Challenges, by Nina Simon (199kb)
Nuts and Bolts: Declaring label Independence: Live Free or Pay, by Kitty Connolly (2.3MB)
Stand-up Labels, by Frank Madsen
Exhibition Studies: Issues and Ideas Useful Friction in the Classroom: The Student Mindset, by Dottie Miles
Exhibition Critiques: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, by Nigel Briggs, Kerr Houston, and Margaret Koetsch
Book Review: The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations, by Deana Dartt-Newton
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