In my experience, exhibit work is best done if you can
stick with a project from the very beginning, or at
least understand all the steps leading to the point
where design becomes critical.  This allows the
student to fully comprehend the material and
potential, and outside opinions can contribute to
editing.  If the research is at least partially done
by the student, they can work on their own time and
check in with supervisors.
--- Mike Siebol <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> My opinion:
> If we hope to give the trainee the most valuable
> learning experience in the shortest period of time,
> then we would need to do a lot of advance planning
> -- for example, the trainee may "shadow" at one
> museum while marketing work is done, she would move
> on to another museum for experience in research and
> label-writing, and another while fabrication is
> being done, another while design planning is done,
> and another for installation and lighting, etc.  At
> the Yakima Valley Museum, there is no guarantee that
> a trainee could walk in at any time and experience
> the tasks that best suit her needs, and we certainly
> can't change our work schedule to suit such a
> program.
> Maybe other museums are different, but at this
> museum a trainee would need to be here for several
> months to experience the diverse tasks involved in
> exhibit production (and this called "internship"),
> and only with advance planning could the trainee
> step in and experience a specific task that is
> needed for her training (for example, a trainee can
> visit our museum for the first 2 weeks of February
> to experience exhibit installation and lighting).
> 
> All in all, I'd rather encourage lengthy
> internships.  I think that they are better for both
> the museum and the student.
> 
> If we are talking about a "working professional"
> gaining new skills from "senior professionals", then
> all he/she need do is call and make an appointment
> to visit, tour, talk, shadow, whatever.  Maybe a
> database of the museums and individuals where
> certain skills "reside" is the best way to deal with
> this need?
> 
> -Andy Granitto
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: greta Brunschwyler 
>   To: [log in to unmask] 
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:04 PM
>   Subject: [MUSEUM-L] exhibit design training?
> 
> 
>   We are looking for condensed exhibition design
> training opportunities,(or perhaps shadowing
> opportunities) where we can send someone who is
> learning on the job. Not full blown
> college/university programs.
> 
>   Any ideas?
> 
>   Thank you,
> 
>   Greta Brunschwyler, Vice President, High Desert
> Museum, Bend, Oregon  541/382-4754
> [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
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