I have worked
directly with the education departments of museums as well as with design companies, assisting them with their museum
projects. This work has included writing and editing text for websites, exhibit panels, educational activities for exhibits,
auxiliary curricular materials, teachers' guides and other material for educators, and exhibition catalogs.
My work has been included in exhibits in the following museums, among others:
American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Houston
Children's Museum of Manhattan
Prospect Park Audubon
Center
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
Selected educational materials for museums and other
clients:
As Writer:
Kids Nature
Journal (Prospect Park Audubon Center, 2003)
The Incredible Pop-Out Butterfly
Activity Kit and Calendar, Artisan Publishing and the National Audubon Society, 2001-2003.www.brooklynexpedition.org (A joint project of the Brooklyn Children's
Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Public Library; 1999)
As
Editor:
"Shaping Space, Material World, Sound Inventions, Naturally Inspired,
Now What?!" (Text panels and exhibit labels for the Lemelson wing), Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American
History (2007)
"Dragons and Fairies: Exploring Viet Nam through Folk Tales,"
Children's Museum of Houston (2003)
Stone Soup for the World: The Leader's Guide.
Stone Soup Leadership Institute (1999)
"Take a Walk in My Shoes."
Global Awareness Curriculum Kit (Teacher's Guide). Brooklyn Children's Museum (1995)
Exhibition
Catalogs and Articles (edited)
Paul Robeson, Bearer of a Culture.
New-York Historical Society (1998)
"Linking Up: Museums and Libraries,"
Museum News, March/April 1999
Legends of Stone: Zimbabwe Past and Present.
William Dewey. Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium (1997)
"Long-Term
Museum Programs for Youth," Journal of Museum Education, Fall 1994
"Panning
for Gold: Generating & Selecting Ideas for Exhibitions & Educational Programs," Hand to Hand: Association
of Youth Museums, Winter 1994.
