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Publication Awards Competition

Publications Competition 2009

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 209 publications from 70 museums for the nineteen different categories. The judges were extremely impressed with the high quality of design and effective communication.

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

 

2009 Judges:
Print Publications
Julie Duncan, Independent Environmental Graphic Designer
Karin Hansen, Visual Arts Director, Boston Children's Museum
Sharon LeBoeuf-Dubois, Managing Partner/Creative Director, Élan

Website
OHO Interactive:
Jason Smith, Chief Creative Officer, Ed Hastings, Jeremy Binder, Lisa Calderon, Akeem Williams, Eddie Hebert, Mike Rossetti, Scott Schulthess, Umman Tyebjee and David Leonard.

Download a .pdf version here

 
 Categories:
Annual Fund, Capital Campaign & Other Development Materials
Annual Report
Books, Over $10

Calendar of Events & Programs

Educational Publications, Materials and Kits
E-Newsletters
Exhibition Catalogues, Over $10
Exhibition Catalogues, Under $10

Invitations - Exhibitions
Invitations - Fundraiser
Membership Brochures

Newsletters and Magazines, Budget over $750,000

Newsletters and Magazines, Budget under $750,000

Posters
Supplementary Materials

Websites, Budget over $250,000
Websites, Budget under $250,000


2009 Publication Award Winners

Best in Show
Tufts University Art Gallery

Empire and Its Discontents
Project Director: Amy Schlegel
Outside Designer: Sheriff Design
Annual Fund, Capital Campaign & Other Development Materials

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Annual Fund, Capital Campaign & Other Development Materials
First Place
Old Sturbridge Village
“The Hole Story.” Annual Fund Mailer
Project Director: Ann Lindblad
Outside Designer: Beth Greely, Yellow, Inc.

Second Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
MFA Fashion Council
Project Director: Janet O’Donoghue
In-House Designer: Jill Bendonis

Honorable Mention
Farnsworth Art Museum
Annual Fund
Project Director: Lora Urbanelli
In-House Designer: Mary Sesak

Honorable Mention
Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, Egan Maritime Institute
We’re Opening Doors!
Project Director and In-House Designer: Michelle Soverino
Outside Designer: Javatime Design


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Annual Report
First Place
Providence Children’s Museum
2007 Annual Report
Project Director: Megan Fischer
In-House Designer: Valerie Haggerty-Silva

Second Place
Old Sturbridge Village
The New Old Sturbridge Village
Project Director: Ann Lindblad
Outside Designer: Beth Greely, Yellow, Inc.

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Books, Over $10
First Place
Historic New England
America’s Kitchens
Project Director: Lorna Condon
Outside Designer: Julia Sedykh Design

Second Place
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Stone Hill Center: Tadao Ando at the Clark
Project Directors: Curtis Scott and Katherine Frisina
In-House Designer: David Edge

Third Place
Nantucket Historical Association
Greater Light, A House History
Project Director: Ben Simons
Outside Designer: Javatime Design, Eileen Powers

Honorable Mention
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
Duxbury…Past and Present
Project Director: William McArdle
Outside Designer: Norman R. Forgit Graphic Design

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Calendar of Events & Programs
First Place
Fleming Museum
Onview: Fall 2008
Project Director and In-House Designer: Chris Dissinger

Joint Second Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
Visiting Artists Spring 2008
Project Director: Leonie Bradbury
In-House Designer: Jen Nazzaro

Joint Second Place
Nantucket Historical Association
Early American Arts & Crafts Course Catalog, Summer 2008
Project Directors: Peter J. Greenhalgh, Mary Lacoursiere and Betsey Braun
Outside Designer: Javatime Design, Eileen Powers

Joint Third Place
Bakalar & Paine Galleries/MassArt/Curatorial Programs
Exhibition Poster
Project Director: Lisa Tung
Outside Designer: Helen Zhai

Joint Third Place
Hill-Stead Museum
Hill-Stead Museum: 2009 Activities & Programs
Project Director and In-House Designer: Cynthia Cagenello

Honorable Mention
The Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
The Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center 2009 Natural History Calendar
Project Directors: Jennifer Johnson and Al Brown
In-House Designer: Al Brown

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E-Newsletters
First Place
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Upcoming Events E-News Blast
Project Directors: Curtis Scott, Molly Coogan and David Keiser-Clark
In-House Designer: David Edge
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Educational Publications, Materials and Kits
Joint First Place
Plimoth Plantation
Voice of the Land
Project Director: Die Modlin Hoxie
Outside Designer: Compago Creative

Joint First Place
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
“Looking Carefully” Family Activity Pack
Project Directors: Curtis Scott and Molly Coogan
In-House Designer: David Edge

Joint Second Place
Bakalar & Paine Galleries/MassArt/Curatorial Programs
“Look to Learn” Brochure
Project Director: Sandy Weisman
Outside Designer: Helen Zhai

Joint Second Place
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
“Like Breath on Glass” Gallery Guide for Families
Project Directors: Molly Coogan and Curtis Scott
In-House Designer: David Edge
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Exhibition Catalogues, over $10
First Place
Tufts University Art Gallery
Empire and Its Discontents
Project Director: Amy Schlegel
Outside Designer: Sheriff Design

Second Place
National Heritage Museum
Keepers of Tradition: Art & Folk Heritage in Massachusetts
Project Director: Maggie Holtzberg
Outside Designer: Rich Hendel

Honorable Mention
Peabody Essex Museum
Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony
Outside Designer: Vern Associates, Inc.

Honorable Mention
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness and the Art of Painting Softly
Project Directors: Curtis Scott and Katherine Frisina
Outside Designer: Susan Marsh, Susan Marsh Design

Honorable Mention
Yale University Art Gallery
From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry
Project Director: Tiffany Sprague
In-House Designer: Christopher Sleboda

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Exhibition Catalogues, under $10
Joint First Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
In Pursuit of Beauty
Project Director: Shana Dumont
In-House Designer: John Colan

Joint First Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
Many Kinds of Nothing
Project Director: Shana Dumont
In-House Designer: John Colan

Second Place
Institute for Contemporary Art at the Maine College of Art
Ruminant
Project Director: Lauren Fensterstock
In-House Designer: Mira Alden

Honorable Mention
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
Race Matters in Indian New England
Project Director: Dr. Russell G Handsman, Ph.D
Outside Designer: Design Division, Inc., Michael Hanke
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Invitations - Exhibitions
First Place
Culinary Arts Museum
Dripping with Color: The Art of the Fruit Crate Label
Project Director: Richard J.S. Gutman
Outside Designer: Christian Stolte

Second Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry
Project Director: Janet O’Donoghue
In-House Designer: Jill Bendonis

Third Place
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Northward Over the Great Ice
Project Director: Susan Kaplan
Outside Designer: Fall Design

Honorable Mention
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
2008 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Work of the Hand and Late Winter
In-House Designer: Melissa Poulin

Honorable Mention
Wilson Museum
The Human Journey Begins…
Project Director: Patricia Hutchins
In-House Designer: Debbie Morehouse

Honorable Mention
Yale University Art Gallery
Fall 2008 Ritchie Lecture Invitation
Project Director: Tiffany Sprague
In-House Designer: Christopher Sleboda


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Invitations - Fundraisers
First Place
Plimoth Plantation
A Rare Affair
Project Director: Anne Phelan
In-House Designer: Die Modlin Hoxie

Second Place
Providence Children’s Museum
Retirement Party Invitation
Project Director: Megan Fischer
In-House Designer: Valerie Haggerty-Silva

Third Place
Museum of Science
Science News Revue Invitation
Project Directors: Fanny Lau and Christopher Delconte
In-House Designer: Fanny Lau

Honorable Mention
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Summer Solstice Invitation
Project Director: Victoria Stevens
Outside Designer: Mprint Design

Honorable Mention
Lynn Museum & Historical Society
Political Tastes
Project Director: Sandy Sheckman
Outside Designer: Creative Ink

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Membership Brochure

First Place
Smith College Museum of Art
Membership Brochure
Project Directors: Margi Caplan and Louise Kohrman
Outside Designer: Radwell Communication by Design

Second Place
Museum of Science
Corporate Membership Brochure
Project Directors: Jessica Folster,  Elles Gianocostas, Lori Sartre and Lisa Yoon
Outside Designer: Elles Gianocostas

Third Place
Hancock Shaker Village
Membership Brochure
Project Director: Brenda Kropen
Outside Designer: Dandelion Design

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Newsletters and Magazines, Budget over $750,000
First Place
Plimoth Plantation
Plimoth Life
Project Director and In-House Designer: Die Modlin Hoxie

Second Place
Nantucket Historical Association
Historic Nantucket, Fall 2008
Project Director: Ben Simons
Outside Designer: Javatime Design, Eileen Powers

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Newsletter, Budget under $750.000

First Place
Cape Ann Museum
November - December 2008, Volume 30, Number 4
Project Director and In-House Designer: Linda Marshall
Outside Designer: The Cricket Press, Cari Connors Levreault

Second Place
The Children’s Museum in Easton
Museum Magic/Winter Edition
Project Director: Paula Peterson
In-House Designer: Pamela Borbély

Third Place
Danvers Historical Society
Verses
Project Director: Cathy Gareri
In-House Designer: Cameron Smith, Volunteer

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Posters
First Place
Lamont Gallery
Generations
Project Director: Karen Burgess Smith
Outside Designer: Blueandblack.net, Nathaniel Raymond

Second Place
Museum L-A
Weaving a World Lewiston’s Millworkers, 1920-2008
Project Director: Rachel Desgrosseilliers
Outside Designer: Side View Graphic Design and Consulting

Third Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
Therefore & Because: Decoding Norman Laliberte
Project Director: Leonie Bradbury
In-House Designer: John Colan

Honorable Mention
Institute for Contemporary Art at the Maine College of Art
34th Annual Art Auction
Project Director: Lindsay Handcock
In-House Designer: Mira Alden

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Supplementary Materials

First Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Zen Mind/Zen Brush Brochure
Project Director: Janet O’Donoghue
In-House Designer: Julie Gronneberg Shulman

Joint Second Place
Smith College Museum of Art
Sixth Annual Miller Lecture Invitation
Project Directors: Margi Caplan and Martha Ebner
Outside Designer: Alexis Design

Joint Second Place
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
The Clark is Growing - Save the Date Card
Project Directors: Curtis Scott and Molly Coogan
In-House Designer: David Edge

Third Place
Cape Ann Museum
One Free Admission Pass
Project Director and In-House Designer: Ronda Faloon
Outside Designer: Inga Soderberg

Honorable Mention
Cape Ann Museum
Cape Ann Museum: Art, History, Culture
Project Director and In-House Designer: Ronda Faloon
Outside Designer: Inga Soderberg
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Websites, Budget over $250,000


First Place
Providence Children’s Museum

Providence Children’s Museum Website (www.childrenmsueum.org)
Project Directors: Megan Fischer and Hope Foley
Outside Designer: MediaXpressions, Jim Robinson

Honorable Mention
Fleming Museum

Fleming Museum Website (www.flemingmuseum.org)
Project Director and In-House Designer: Chris Dissinger
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Websites, Budget under $250,000


First Place
Brookline Historical Society

Online Image Archives (www.brooklinehistoricalsociety.org)
In-House Designer: Larry Barbaras, Volunteer

Honorable Mention
Lamont Gallery

Lamont Gallery Website (www.exeter.edu/arts/8160.aspx)
Project Director: Karen Burgess Smith
In-House Designer: Connie Nardi




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