Post #276918 by Sophista-tiki on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 11:06 AM

happy new and better year to all.
Its time to get back to work in museum land. I will be starting the next quarter of museum studies tomorrow. This quarter is about curating and collections.

the final projects for last quarter were about grant writing and developing an educational program that aligns with state school curriculum. that project took two trys, but I came up with a really cool program for Jr high and High school age kids.

Basically the program uses maps of the Pacific and the US and illustrates locations of US WWII Pacific involvement and locations of Tiki establishments across the US post WWII. then makes comparisons of locations based on where servicemen settled when they returned home.

There is also an art element to the program based on Covarrubias style illustrations and maps.
Its a legitimate educational program that I can find funding for and would easily be able to accompany the traveling exhibit to any museum.

I still have to put in my research in development and present an organized forum for board members to have a place to start. Hopefully soon I can set up a simple website about The museum. then I can build from there. at this point I'm blindly moving forward.

Most of the wonderful talented people that Sven has nominated for board members have contacted me and are waiting for me too lead them in the right direction.

I'm excited to start the next quarter and get myself out of the post holiday hibernation faze. Dawn

[ Edited by: Sophista-tiki 2007-01-05 15:32 ]