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Pre-conference Workshop: Build Big, Start Small: Exhibition Development HacksLocation: Sciencenter Time: 1 - 4 PM Pitch, collaborate, prototype, build, remediate! This is the stuff of exhibit development. Don’t have an exhibits team or a shop? That’s okay! This interactive and playful session will have tips for building capacity through partnerships, strategies for rapid prototyping and demonstrate how small changes to existing exhibits can create a big impact. Join the Exhibits Team at the Sciencenter with special guests to take an exhibition from concept to showtime. Presentation Format: Experiential/Interactive Session categories:
What to expect: Attendees to this workshop will learn from the Sciencenter's co-development model for exhibit development how to build capacity for their museum team. Attendees will participate in a rapid prototyping session that will encourage them to prototype at their own institutions. Attendees will think about how to give their old and beloved museums new life through the Sciencenter's own process of observing and amending exhibits. Presenters: Adrienne Testa, Director of Exhibits & Facilities, Sciencenter Adrienne Testa began her work in the museum field almost 15 years ago as a science educator and is now the Director of Exhibits and Facilities at the Sciencenter. Adrienne has a masters of fine arts degree from the University of the Arts Museum Exhibition Planning & Design program. At the Sciencenter, Adrienne leads an amazing team that work hard to create an incredible visitor experience at the Sciencenter and build exhibitions that travel to other museums around the country.Paul Orselli, Museum Experience Designer, POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.) Paul runs his own company called POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.) on Long Island, NY that specializes in museum exhibit design and development where is an instigator, in the best sense of that word. He likes to combine interesting people, ideas, and materials to make exciting and creative exhibits and museums. Chris Schaffer, Associate Professor, Cornell University Chris B. Schaffer is a professor in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University, where he worked with Eric Mazur. As a postdoc at the University of California at San Diego, Chris worked with David Kleinfeld in the physics and neuroscience programs. His lab at Cornell develops advanced optical techniques that enable quantitative imaging and targeted manipulation of individual cells in the central nervous system of rodents with the goal of identifying interactions among cells that cause neurological disease. One area of current focus is the role of brain blood flow disruptions in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Prof. Schaffer is also active in developing novel educational strategies to teach science as a dynamic process for discovery. |
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