Museum Educators of Southern California MESC In collaboration with Museum Education Roundtable MER and The Docent League of Southern California present The Visitor Voice: Incorporating Visitor Responses Speaker:Kathleen McLean When: Monday, March 14, 2005 Where: Japanese American National Museum JANM Agenda: 9:00 registration and coffee 9:30 keynote speech and breakout sessions 12:00 lunch box lunch or own your own in nearby Little Tokyo 1:00 Choose one roundtable discussion with JANM?s Education Unit Docent Tours of Common Ground exhibit Self-guided viewing of JANM exhibits Fees: $10 MESC and DLSC members $12 non-members $11 optional box lunch directions and parking Traveling westbound on the 101 (Hollywood) Freeway: Exit Alameda offramp Turn left at the first signal Drive three blocks south to the corner of First Street and Alameda Traveling eastbound on the 101 (Hollywood) Freeway: Exit Los Angeles Street offramp Turn right onto Los Angeles Street Travel two blocks south to First Street Turn left (east) Drive two blocks to First and Central Avenue Public parking lots range in price from $4 to $7. Questions: Emiko Ono (213) 763-3531 or [log in to unmask] Definition: Visitor Voices - How we as institutions incorporate our visitors? thoughts, and feedback, into ideas represented in our exhibitions and programs. Through a keynote address and breakout discussion groups, this program will focus on - The scope of visitor voices in museum exhibitions and programming Multiple approaches to involving visitor voices Practical information on how educators act as irreplaceable agents in giving visitors a voice. Kathleen McLean is an independent museum educator, formerly Director of the Center for Public Exhibition and Public Programs at the Exploratorium in San Francisco; guest editor of the Journal of Museum Education issue Visitor Voices (Spring, 2003). Visit www.mer-online.org to preview articles from the Visitor Voices issue of the Museum Education Roundtable Journal of Museum Education. Registration fee waived for writing an EdLine article about the program. Please contact Aimee Aul at (714) 738-3136 or [log in to unmask] Become a MESC, MER or DLSC member. Visit www.mesconline.org, www.mer-online.org, or www.nhm.org/docent/for more information on the benefits of membership. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - REGISTRATION please use one form per person Advance registration is recommended Mail registration no later than March 7, 2005 After March 7, FAX registration form to Patrician Ancona at 323.857.4729 and pay at the door. Name______________________________________________________ Title_______________________________________________________ Institution___________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________ Phone_________________e mail__________________________________ _____ $10 MESC and DLSC member fee _____ $12 non-member fee _____ $11 optional box lunch _____ vegetarian _____ turkey _____ total enclosed Mail registration form and check to : Patricia Ancona *please make checks payable to MESC LACMA 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 Email [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).