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Publication Awards Competition

Publications Competition 2012

The New England Museum Association sponsors an annual Publication Awards Program, which recognizes excellence in design, production, and effective communication in all aspects of museum publishing. Entries are judged by a panel experienced in publication, design, marketing and communications. Awards are given to those entries which most effectively present their message to the intended audience.

This year, there were 158 publications from 63 museums for the sixteen different categories. The judges were incredibly impressed with the high quality of design from this year's entries.

Special thanks this year to the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum for hosting this year's competition, and to our judges listed below.


2012 Publication Award Winners

Best in Show
Historic New England
Souvenir Book Series
Project Director: Nancy Curtis
Outside Designer: DeFrancis Carbone

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Annual Fund, Capital Campaign & Other Development Materials

First Place
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
The Next Big Step 2.0
Outside Designer: Moth Design

Second Place
Providence Children’s Museum
Annual Campaign Mailing
Project Directors: Jennifer Laurelli, Megan Fischer, and Denise Costello
In- House Designer: Valerie Haggerty-Silva

Third Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ross Society Brochure
Project Director: Janet O’Donoghue
In-House Designer: Jill Bedonis

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Annual Report

First Place
Old Sturbridge Village
Timeless Lessons: The Values and Joys of Living History
Project Director: Ann Lindblad
Outside Designer: Beth Greeley, Yellow Inc.

Second Place
Nantucket Historical Association
Year of the Nantucket Woman- Annual Report 2010
Project Director: Cristin Merck
Outside Designer: Javatime Design

Third Place
Cape Ann Museum
Cape Ann Museum 2010 Annual Report
Project Director: Ronda Faloon
Outside Designer: The Cricket Press, Inc.


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Books, Over $10

First Place
Dorchester Historical Society
Dorchester's Collections: Illustrating a Community, 1630-1930
Project Director: Jim Hood
Outside Designer: Hood Design

Second Place
Florence Griswold Museum
With Needle and Brush: School Girl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840
Project Director: Amy Kurtz Lansing
In- House Designer: Kathy Kimball
Outside Designer: Wesleyan University Press

Third Place
Museum of Art, UNH
Felice Beato: Photographer in Nineteenth Century Japan
In- House Designer: Valerie Lester

Honorable Mention
Worcester Art Museum
Iomann don Domham: Photographs by Ron Rosenstock
Project Director: David Acton
In- House Designers: Kim Noonan and Tim Furman

Honorable Mention
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Furnishing A Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Collection of Italian Furniture
Project Director: Alan Chong
Outside Designers: Geoff Kaplan, General Working Group


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Books, Under $10

First Place
Historic New England
Souvenir Book Series
Project Director: Nancy Curtis
Outside Designer: DeFrancis Carbone

Second Place
New England Ski Museum
Over the Headwall: The Ski History of Tuckerman Ravine
Project Director: Jeff Leich
Outside Designer: Stinehow Wemyss Editions

Honorable Mention
Hampton Historical Society
A Page out of History: A Hampton Woman In the Needletrades 1859-1869
Project Director: Cheryl Lassiter
In- House Designers: Eleanor Becotte and Cheryl Lassiter

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Calendar of Events & Programs

First Place
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Music at the Gardner, Winter/Spring 2012
Project Director: Brittany Duncan
Outside Designer: Rick Rawlins

Second Place
Montserrat College of Art Galleries
Montserrat College of Art Public Programs Fall 2011
Project Director: Maggie Cavallo
In-House Designer: Jen Nazzaro

Honorable Mention
Museum of Art, RISD
Programs and Events
Project Director: Donna Desrochers
In-House Designers: Derek Schusterbauer and Anther Kiley
Outside Designer: Julie Fry Publication Design


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Educational Promotional Materials

First Place
Springfield Museums
2011-2012 School Programs
Project Directors: Merideth Ross
Outside Designer: kt craig design

Second Place
Museum of Russian Icons
Discovery Guide
Project Directosr: Julia Metzidakis and Tara Young
Outside Designer: Atomic Design

Third Place
Worcester Art Museum
Family Guide Art since Mid 20th Century
Project Director: Susan Stoops
In- House Designers: Kim Noonan and Tim Furman

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Exhibition Catalogues, over $10

First Place
Hood Museum of Art
Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life
Project Director: Nils Nadeau
Outside Designer: Glenn Suokko

Second Place
Museum of Art, RISD
Cocktail Culture
Project Director: Joanne Dolan Ingersoll
Outside Designer: Julie Fry Publication Design

Third Place
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Edward Hopper's Maine
Project Director: Kevin Salatino
Outside Designers: Rita Jules and Miko McGinty Inc. for Prestel Publishing

Honorable Mention
Williams College Museum of Art
Asco: Elite of the Obscure A Retrospective, 1972-1987
Project Director: Kathryn Price
Outside Designer: Shiffman & Kohnke



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Exhibition Catalogues, under $10

First Place
Danforth Museum of Art
Rhoda Rosenberg: Matrilineal Threads
Project Director: Katherine French
In-House Designer: John Colan Design

Second Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
For the Record, Searching for Objectivity in Global Conflict
Project Director: Leonie Bradbury
In-House Designer: John Colan

Honorable Mention
Fleming Museum of Art
Andrew Raftery: Open House
Project Director and In-House Designer: Chris Dissinger


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Invitations - Exhibitions

Joint First Place
Peabody Essex Museum
Golden: Dutch & Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection
Project Director: Kristen Ternullo
In-House Designer: Callie Atchue

Joint First Place
Worcester Art Museum
The Strange Life of Objects
Project Director: Susan Stoops
In- House Designers: Kim Noonan and Tim Furman

Honorable Mention
Museum of Science
Charles Hayden Planetarium Grand Reopening
Project Directors: Lori Sartre and Donna White
In- House Designer: Lori Sarte

Honorable Mention
Norman Rockwell Museum
Ice Age to the Digital Age: The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios
Project Director: Margit Hotchkiss
In-House Designers: Toni Kenny


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Invitations - Fundraisers

First Place
Peabody Essex Museum
Reves de Paris: A Surreal Soiree Invitation and Program
Project Director: Kristen Ternullo
In-House Designer: Adam Sherkanowski

Second Place
Nantucket Historical Association
2011 August Antiques Show
Project Director: Stacey Stuart
Outside Designer: Eileen Powers, Java Time Design

Third Place
Historic New England
Good Things are Worth Preserving
Project Directors: Nicole Carelli and Youme Yai
Outside Designer: Grossman Marketing Group

Honorable Mention
American Independence Museum
Governor Gilman's Banquet
Project Director: Julie Tiebout
Outside Designer: Beverly Hodsdon, Joyce Design Solutions

Honorable Mention
Plimoth Plantation
A Storied Soiree
Project Director: Liz Page Associates
Outside Designer: Mirage Designs

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Membership Brochure
Honorable Mention
Farnsworth Art Museum
Membership Brochure
Project Director: Marney Pelletier
In-House Designer: Mary Margaret Sesak

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Newsletters and Magazines, Budget over $750,000

First Place
Peabody Essex Museum
Connections Members’ Magazine
Project Director: Lisa Kosan
Outside Designer: Leeann Leftwich Zajas

Second Place
Nantucket Historical Association
Historic Nantucket-Fall 2011-The Whaling Issue
Project Director: Benjamin Simons
Outside Designer: Javatime Design

Joint Third Place
Fleming Museum of Art
Connect
Project Director and In-House Designer: Chris Dissinger

Joint Third Place
Museum of Art, RISD
OnView
Project Director: Donna Desrochers
In-House Designers: Derek Schusterbauer and Anther Kiley
Outside Designer: Julie Fry Publication Design

Newsletters and Magazines, Budget under $750,000

First Place
Mystic Arts Center
News & Views: The Mystic Arts Center Quarterly Newsletter
In-House Designer: James Kaczman

Second Place
Tasha Tudor Museum
Tasha Tudor Museum Newsletter
Project Director: Amy Tudor and Kirsten Cheney
Outside Designer: Swannery Design


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Posters

First Place
Yale University Art Gallery
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery
Project Director: Zsofia Jilling
In- House Designer: Christopher Sleboda

Second Place
Fleming Museum of Art
Under The Big Top
Project Director and In-House Designer: Chris Dissinger

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Supplementary Materials

First Place
Worcester Art Museum
Wall at WAM: Charlene von Heyl
Project Director: Susan Stoops
In-House Designer: Kim Noonan

Second Place
Peabody Essex Museum
Event Planning Brochure
Project Director: Lisa Kosan
In-House Designer: Leeann Leftwich Zajas

Third Place
Museum L-A
Museum L-A Mortgage Burning Bonfire
Project Director: Rachel Desgrosseilliers
Outside Designers: Rinck Advertising Inc

Honorable Mention
Martha’s Vineyard Museum
We Are Marching Along: Martha's Vineyard and the Civil War
Project Director: Bonnie Stacy
Outside Designers: Steve Durkee and Heather Reinert

Honorable Mention
Smith College Museum of Art
Whitfield Lovell- Eighth Annual Miller Lecture in Art
Project Director: Margi Caplan
Outside Designer: Alexis Design Studio

Honorable Mention
Smith College Museum of Art
Sonya S. Lee- Ninth Annual Miller Lecture
Project Director: Margi Caplan
Outside Designer: Alexis Design Studio

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First Place
Lamont Gallery
Lamont Gallery Website
Project Director: Sara Zela
In-House Designers: John Burns, Nicole Pellaton and Connie Nardi

Honorable Mention
Litchfield Historical Society
The Ledger- An Interactive Database
Project Director: Catherine Fields
Outside Designers: Gibson Design Associates

Websites, Museum Budget over $1 Million

First Place
Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Museum Website
Project Director: Lesley Ann Beck
Outside Designer: Studio Two

Second Place
Williams College Museum of Art
Williams College Museum of Art Website
Project Director: Suzanne Silitch
Outside Designer: Durable Goods

Third Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Linde Wing Magazine
Project Director: Janet O'Donoghue
In-House Designers: Jill Bedonis, Julie Shulman, and Eli Queen
Outside Designer: Genuine Interactive
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