Yes you are correct, but sometimes the simple questions require other
extravagant answers.   A template with activities to be done and due
dates can help (you can probably find a planning sheet from just about
any software program out there), just print a bunch off.  You can also
create your very own, but in this technical world of ours, the software
helps you to organize the information coming out of your head.  Or you
can take pen or pencil to your yellow ledger pad (or equivalent), and
outline the things that need to be done by a certain date.  Of course, if
you want to show it to your boss, you gotta spruce it up.  Bosses get
very impressed by a simple spread sheet with "things to do" neatly typed
in with dates on'em.  I am sure Gail has already figured out how to do
this.  So to get past square one, she now has a veritable option of
presentation formats.

I always liked another form from the Gallery Association of New York
State, the famous Exhibition Budget Worksheet.  True, that it is tailored
to budgeting, but it breaks it down in a way that you can easily insert
dates on your own.  Maybe they have an exhibition planning guide, so
Gail, if you are reading this, call them at (315) 824-2510.


O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544


On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 18:33:11 GMT Stephen Ringle <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Folks:  All this talk about software is fine, but I think what Gail
>had in
>mind was just a list of steps specific to the museum biz of
>organizing,
>preparing, and installing exhibitions.  Stuff like object selection
>deadlines, PR and publications steps & deadlines, installation design,
>insurance arrangements, loan forms, matting & framing, label text
>written by
>curators/proofed by editors/formatted by graphic artists/mounted by
>preparators, docent training, etc.  I have a little list good for my
>wee
>needs, but doesn't anyone have something more complete to help Gail
>get
>more organized and past square one?
>Just my 2c.   -S.
>
>In article <[log in to unmask]>,
>[log in to unmask] says...
>>
>>After three harrowing exhibition installations, I am searching for an
>>exhibition checklist (or timeline) that really works. This checklist
>would
>>detail when each part of the exhibition should be ready and passed on
>to
>>others. ie, checklist to preparator and registrar by such and such a
>date.
>>
>>I would appreciate those of you who possess such a wonder to please
>share
>>it.Thanks.
>>
>>
>>Gail Kana Anderson
>>Assistant Director/Curator of Collections
>>Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma
>>405.325.3272   FAX 405.325.7696   [log in to unmask]
>>
>
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