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2018 SI Exhibits Share Fair: Partnerships and Collaboration

How do we connect with each other? How can we amplify the power of the stories we tell? Join your colleagues and share your struggles and successes at the 2018 Exhibits Share Fair.

The 6th Annual SI Exhibits Share Fair, Collaborations and Partnerships, will take place Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the Castle Commons.

Inspired by the One Smithsonian Strategic Plan, this year’s Share Fair explores collaboration both within and beyond the Institution’s walls. The event will spark conversations around the big questions that shape how we work together across the Smithsonian: How do we connect with each other to fill our own gaps in knowledge? How do we better join forces to amplify the power of the stories we tell? What commonalities in process and ethos do we share across units?

Table Presentations and Micro-sessions

The National Building Museum’s partnership with author Matthew Desmond to bring his prize-winning book, Evicted, to life
The Hirshhorn’s collaboration with artist Mark Bradford and students at Howard University
How the Office of the Chief Information Officer and the National Museum of African Art have joined forces to tell the story of African incised ivory tusks through 3D digitization
Highlights from Smithsonian in Your Neighborhood collaborations with Smithsonian Affiliate communities beyond Washington, D.C.

Speakers

12:30 | International Inter-Agency Collaboration and Exhibit Curation
Corinne Porter, National Archives

1:00 | Evicted: From a Prize-Winning Book to an Exhibition
Sarah Leavitt, National Building Museum

1:30 | Smithsonian Second Opinion: An Institution-wide Partnership to Explore the Challenges Facing Our World
Bill Allman, Smithsonian Enterprises
Becky Haberacker, Office of Communications and External Affairs

2:00 | The Power of a Single Conversation
Cheryl Braunstein, National Zoo
Barbara Stauffer, National Museum of Natural History
Carlene Stephens, National Museum of American History

2:30 | Hirshhorn In The City
Amy Bower & Betsy Johnson, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

New this year

Join an informal discussion on collaboration in the
Coffee & Conversations Lounge. Bring a mug and share your experiences, struggles and aspirations for future partnerships.

The SI Exhibits Share Fair is hosted by PEEPS—Promoting Excellence among Exhibit Professionals at the Smithsonian. For more information, visit facebook.com/groups/PEEPSIExhibits/ or email PEEPSSIExhibits@si.edu.