A predominant amount of my work is with museums. To see my social justice specific work, visit the Exhibits of Humanity website.
Museum Client List
|
|
Projects by Year
2019
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
traveling exhibition
Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA
with Debi van Zyl
traveling exhibition
Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA
with Debi van Zyl
2018
|
¡Ya Basta! The East L.A. Walkouts and the Power of Protest
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Debi van Zyl Spotlight: Selections from Kehinde Wiley The World Stage Israel
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design Harvest Festival Sukkah
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA Environmental Design |
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Debi van Zyl Murales Rebeldes: L.A. Chicana/o Murals Under Siege
California Historical Society San Francisco, CA Exhibition Design with Debi van Zyl |
2017
|
Paul Simon: Words & Music
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Debi van Zyl Circles and Circuits II: Contemporary Chinese Caribbean Art
Chinese American Museum Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Annex Design Services |
Summer Family Lounge
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA Environmental and Experience Design Harvest Festival Sukkah+ Stage
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA Environmental and Stage Design |
2016
|
Pop for the People: Roy Lichtenstein in L.A.
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Debi van Zyl Corita Kent: Somebody had to Break the Rules traveling exhibition
Corita Art Center Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design Orange Roots
Tomás Rivera Library, University of California Riverside Riverside, CA Exhibition Design with Annex Design Services Gallery drawings for the Browning Firearms Collection Proposal
C.M. Russell Museum Great Falls, MT Exhibition Design with Annex Design Services "The Stages of Business Disruption" short film for Deloitte Digital
Production Design with Rustic Production |
America's Shakespeare: The Bard Goes West
Los Angeles Public Library Central Branch Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Annex Design Services Gallery drawings for the Inaugural Exhibition
The Broad Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Annex Design Services Laughing Matters: The Experiences of Women in Stand-Up Comedy
Exhibits of Humanity, Nous Tous Gallery Los Angeles, CA. Exhibition Design The History of the LGBTQ Civil Rights Movement
Tomás Rivera Library, University of California Riverside Riverside, CA Exhibition Design with Annex Design Services |
2013-2015
|
Quirky Tours for the Orientation Gallery
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens San Marino, CA Experience Design with Karina White Route 66: The Road and the Romance
Autry Museum of the American West Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Autry In-House Design Department Our Place at the Table: Honoring Birthmother Stories
Adoption Museum Project, Red Poppy Art House San Francisco, CA Exhibition Design |
Tradeshow booths
Makerskit Los Angeles, CA Trade show Design Filed Away: the undocumented experience
University of California Davis Davis, CA Exhibition Design Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork
Autry Museum of the American West Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Design with Autry In-House Design Department |
2009-2012
|
Structures, Signifiers and Society: People and Textiles
Design Museum, University of California Davis Davis, CA Exhibition Design Future: Santa Cruz Studio Ceramics
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History Santa Cruz, CA Exhibition Design Charles Griffin Farr
UC Santa Cruz Sesnon Art Gallery Santa Cruz, CA Exhibition Design |
Voices theatrical production
University of California, Davis Davis, CA Theater Set Design Eduardo Carillo: Within a Cultural Context
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History Santa Cruz, CA Exhibition Design |
Professional Development
Conference Organizer
|
Re-Envisioning Exhibition Design: Chaos at the Museum. April 2014. London, England.
|
Museum Community
|
|
Audience Research Learning Collaborative member. California Association of Museums, Fall 2015 - Winter 2016.
|
Speaking Engagements
|
|
"Visualizing the Exhibition." Autry Teacher Academy. July 2017. Los Angeles, CA.
"Work/Happy." UC Davis Design Department Graduate Seminar. May 2017. Davis, CA.
"Making Space for the Public: Community Curators, Pop-Ups & Contemporary Issues." California Association of Museums Conference. March 2017. Sacramento, CA.
"Taxidermy as Museum Object." The Publics of Art and Design, Twenty-Third Annual Parsons/Cooper-Hewitt Graduate Student Symposium on the Decorative Arts and Design. April 2014. New York, NY.
"Controversial Conversations: Engaging Visitors in Issues that Matter." California Association of Museums Conference. March 2014. Napa, CA.
|
Publications
|
|
"Anyone Gotta Game? Crowd Sourcing as Museum Tool." California Association of Museums. June 2013.
"The Role of Design in the Creation of Excellent Exhibitions." California Association of Museums. August 2013. "Activating Visitors: The Exhibition Development and Design Process of Exhibiting Challenging Material with a Call-to-Action Message." California Association of Museums. November 2013. |
www.emmatc.com |