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MW2008: Crit Room Sessions Announced


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By jennifer trant - Posted on 09 April 2008

Crit Rooms

Experienced Web designers and new media managers review real museum Web sites and offer their comments in the "Crit Room". Modeled on the art school critique, Web sites are volunteered in advance by MW2008 attendees who are present to pose the problem and respond.

Friday April 11, 2008
11:30 am-
1:00 pm
Evaluation

Crit Room - 1

Chair: Jennifer Trant, Canada

Panel

Bruce Wyman, Denver Art Museum
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studio
Jason Kiss, Canadian Culture Online

Sites

1. Seattle Art Museum

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/emuseum/code/closeups.asp
Christina DePaolo , New Media Manager

2. AIC Online Collections

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections
Carissa Kowalski Dougherty, Department of Museum Technology

3. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

http://www.icaphila.org
Johanna L. Plummer, Curator of Education

2:30 pm-
4:00 pm
Evaluation

Crit Room - 2

Chair: Jennifer Trant, Canada

Panel

Bryan Kennedy, Science Museum of Minnesota
Susan Hazan, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem / Jennifer Freund, Second Life [Susan will be present in Second Life]
Corey Timpson, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Sites

1. Glenbow Museum

http://www.glenbow.org
Cherry Sham, New Media Coordinator

2. Life Through the Lens: The Exploratorium Microscope Imaging Station

http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station_new/features.php
robin marks, multimedia projects developer

3. Encyclopaedia of Life

http://www.eol.org
Kate Haley Goldman, Institute for Learning Innovation

Hope to see you there for some interesting conversation!

/jt