As for my experiences and interests in the museum field, naturally I have an affinity for working with aquariums and zoos as their living collections speak to my childhood curiosity and they are often common places wherein visitors from all ages coalesce. A perfect place to engage with visitors and teach them about the natural world in a really fun environment! I actually pitched an exhibition idea to the Seneca Park Zoo involving Tanzanian kilifish as a way to both engage and inform zoo patrons about the life cycle of vernal pool vertebrates in Africa (as well as the concept tying into the Ngorongoro Crater theme of the Seneca Park Zoo's African animals exhibition). I have experiences in and passion for both archiving and creating finding aids, object preservation, and in the interpretation of objects that have changed in societal meaning throughout time (my exhibition at the Wallace Center on Robert Bagby's commercial photography for The Stories They Tell is a great example of this). I have a wide variety of interests in the field and I have no idea where they will take me, but I am eager to bump into the professional environment and find my calling!
Zachery - loved seeing your picture from The Stories They Tell in your post. You really developed a robust interpretation of Bagby's work—which is so eye-catching in the TWC lobby!
ReplyDeleteAn option that you might consider is developing an online and onsite exhibition of an archival collection — perhaps photographs, since you do have some interest in that area—or a variety of items from the collections in a Fred Wilson "Mining the Museum" sort-of-way. We can talk about locations/project design, if you are interested!