I am forwarding this post I sent originally to the Human Powered Vehicles
list, in the hope that some of you might have suggestions.

Thanks in advance,

Stephen Nowlin
Director, Williamson Gallery
Art Center College of Design



>Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:51:54 -0800
>To:[log in to unmask]
>From:[log in to unmask] (Stephen Nowlin)
>Subject:Exhibition of HPV's
>
>Art Center College of Design, located in Pasadena, California, is
>organizing an exhibition on Human Powered Vehicles.  Scheduled to open in
>late July, 1996, the exhibit will be mounted in the college's 5,000
>square-foot Williamson Gallery, and is envisioned to include many
>different types of HPV's including upright bikes, recumbents, wheelchairs,
>skateboards, submarines, canoes and kiyaks, flying machines, and who knows
>what else.
>
>We are interested in finding an individual who could act as guest-curator
>for the exhibit, which would primarily entail identifying and helping to
>select items to be included, locating and contacting lenders on behalf of
>the college, and securing agreements to lend items.  Also, this person
>might be asked to author an essay on HPV's to accompany the exhibit and
>would act as general consultant on all aspects of the exhibit.  A small
>honorarium is offered, but mostly the rewards would come from this
>person's passion for the subject and the opportunity to work with a major
>Los Angeles venue in calling atttention to the subject, implications,
>diversity, and design of HPV's.  Former guest-curators who worked with us
>have also had full-time jobs, for example the senior editor of "Rod and
>Cusom" magazine curated a Hot Rod exhibit, so this is more a matter of
>commitment than a lot of time.
>
>Art Center College of Design is regarded as one of the preeminent colleges
>of art and design in the world.  We are consistently rated, by "U.S. News
>and World Report" in their annual college ratings issue, as being among
>the top three "specialty" colleges in the nation, along with Rhode Island
>School of Design and Julliard school of music.  Alumni of our highly
>regarded Transportation Design program are employed in both the mainstream
>and alternative transportation fields.  The college is situated on 175
>acres of hillside overlooking the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, 20 minutes from
>downtown Los Angeles.  We have a second campus located in Vevey,
>Switzerland.
>
>The Williamson gallery is located within the college's main building and
>was constructed in 1991.  It is a museum-quality space that is temperature
>and climate controlled and fully secured 24-hours a day.  It is open six
>days a week, free to the public.
>
>I already have a couple of promising leads, but if anyone has suggestions
>of individuals or any general advice about the exhibit (a certain HPV no
>self-respecting exhibit would be without), I would love to hear from you.
>I can be reached at [log in to unmask]
>
>Thank you in advance,
>
>Stephen Nowlin
>
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