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On 12 Nov 1995, Beth Hansen wrote:
>I am working on my Masters Thesis, and am looking for information about
>demonstrations carried out in museum exhibit spaces. Specifically, I refer
>to "ethnic crafts" or "lifeways skills", especially carried out by members >of
>the ethnic group. These can be arts, such as basketweaving, or skills, such
>as flint-knapping.
In my former life at the Worcester Art Museum (Mass) I arranged programming
for an exhibition of Native American art; we created a "Demonstration
Gallery" adjacent to the exhibition space, lit like any other gallery, in
which I programmed several different week-end long demonstrations of native
arts by their pracitioners. (We aimed for a diversity of media as well as
tribal affiliations.) There were displays of their art work on permanent
view in the gallery, and each brought the materials needed for their own
work on their weekend. A slightly raised platform allowed them to be seen by
all visitors, but also kept them very accessible.
- Laura Aaron Sear
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Laura Aaron Sear [log in to unmask]
Curator of Education phone: 503-346-0966
University of Oregon Museum of Art FAX: 503-346-2220
Eugene, OR 97403-1223
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