I was interested to read on the List about the exhibition "Mapping
Virginia" and the other discussion about map exhibitions being planned.
I am an installation artist and currently have an installation at the
University of Bridgeport Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, called "The Map
Room."  The art exhibition consists of an installation of multiple
abstracted map images made of painted handmade paper and string
suspended from the ceiling and off the wall creating a maze like space
for the viewer to travel through.  The exhibition will be up through
November 22, and I am looking for additional sites to host the
exhibition or anyone who might be interested in an art installation
based on maps.  In the installation I have a large beautiful map of
Virginia piece which I made during my September residency at Harpers
Ferry National Historical Park.  The Virginia Map piece might be of
interest for your "Mapping Virginia" exhibition.  You can see some
images of "The Map Room" on my website (address below).  Good luck with
the exhibition.
Best wishes,
Jane
Jane Ingram Allen's web page
http://www.borg.com/~allents

Barbara Batson wrote:

> From:    "paul.m" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Map exhibition
>
> Barbara C. Batson mentioned the map exhibition she/her
> institution is
> planning for next year. Could you give us further details
> (e.g. the
> rationale for the exhibition, criteria for selectio of
> objects....)?
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> The exhibition, Mapping Virginia, will open Friday, 23
> April 1999, and close 14 December 1999 (the bicentennial of
> George Washington's death, BTW).  The exhibition is part of
> a large project at the Library of Virginia that includes
> the exhibition, a scholarly symposium (April 23-24), and an
> atlas of Virginia maps.  The atlas, which surveys 400 years
> of Virginia maps, will be out fall 1999, will measure 11
> inches by 15 inches, and will be heavily illustrated in
> full color.  There are five essays written by leading
> scholars in cartographic history.  As far as the book
> design is concerned, there will be no gutter jumps of
> images, and large maps (like the Fry-Jefferson and the 1827
> Boye [the monster map]) will be illustrated in sections for
> greater clarity of detail.
>
> The exhibition will include approximately 125 maps and
> map-related materials in the Library's first floor exhibit
> spaces (lobby and gallery).  There are five sections:
>  Mapmakers and Surveyors (including a case dedicated to
> GW), Map Technology, Vision of Empire, Building the
> Commonwealth, and Cities and Towns.  The exhibition will
> treat the maps as socio- and ideofacts and thus is not
> chronological.  There will not be a catalog, but I am
> working with our graphics designer to create a nice and
> substantial brochure.
>
> The Library of Virginia includes in its vast collections
> some 66,000 maps.  Through our website (www.vsla.edu) you
> can access the Board of Public Works maps through
> LizardTech's Mr. SID software.  It's very cool.
>
> So, stay tuned, and if you are in the area late next
> spring, summer or fall, drop by.
>
> And, if you are in Richmond between now and the middle of
> March, the current exhibition is Father and Son:  The Works
> of John Gadsby Chapman and Conrad Wise Chapman,
> approximately 100 paintings and sketches by these two
> Virginia artists, as well as some manuscript material being
> displayed for the first time.
>
> Oh, and thanks for the suggestions about the security alarm
> curtain.
>
> Barbara C. Batson
> Exhibitions Coordinator
> The Library of Virginia

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Jane Ingram Allen's web page
http://www.borg.com/~allents