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Publication Awards Competition

Publications Competition 2011

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 206 publications from 64 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 Peabody Historical Society and Museum for hosting this year's competition, and to our judges listed below.  

2011 Publication Award Winners

Best in Show
Worcester Art Museum
Manet Invitation
Project Directors: Jim Welu and Brian Barlow
In-House Designer: Kim Noonan


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Annual Fund, Capital Campaign & Other Development Materials
First Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum Council Package
Project Director: Janet O'Donoghue
In-House Designer: Julie Grønneberg Shulman

Second Place
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
"Building on a Legacy" Campaign for the Gardner Booklet
Project Directors: Helena Hartnett and Susan Adams
Outside Designer: 2x4, Susan Sellers and Erica Deahl

Joint Third Place
Museum of Science
Inaugural Colby Society Event Invitation
Project Directors: Fanny Lau and Donna White
In-House Designer: Fanny Lau

Joint Third Place
Peabody Essex Museum
Development 3D Family Event, I Can't Believe My Eyes!
Project Director and In-House Designer: Kirsten Ternullo


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Annual Report

First Place
Providence Children's Museum
2009 Annual Report
Project Director: Megan Fischer
In-House Designer: Valerie Haggerty-Silva

Second Place
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Annual Report for the Year 2009-2010
Project Director: Elizabeth Barker
In-House Designer: Su Auerback

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Books, Over $10

First Place
Newport Restoration Foundation
Extraordinary Vision: Doris Duke and the Newport Restoration Foundation
Project Director: Bruce MacLeish
Outside Designer: Darcy Magratten Design

Second Place
Marblehead Museum
Jeremiah Lee Mansion: A Photographic Tour by Rick Ashley
Project Directors: Pam Peterson and Karen MacInnis
Outside Designer: alg Design and Print Management

Joint Third Place
Hill-Stead Museum
Hill-Stead: The Country Place of Theodate Pope Riddle
Project Directors: Cynthia Cormier and Melanie Anderson Bourbeau
Outside Designer: Princeton Architectural Press

Joint Third Place
Brick Store Museum
Windows on the Past: An Illustrated Guide to Kennebunk's History through Architecture
Project Director: Tracy L. Baetz
Outside Designers: Claire Bigbee and Lauren Fries, Dietz Associates Inc.


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Books, Under $10

First Place
Strawbery Banke
Good Morning, Strawbery Banke
Project Director: Rodney Rowland
Outside Designer: Publishing Works

Second Place
The Cambridge Historical Society
Rediscovering the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
Project Director: Gavin Kleespies
Outside Designer: Kevin McNavich

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Calendar of Events & Programs

First Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
Fall 2010 Visiting Artists
Project Director: Maggie Cavallo
In-House Designer: Jen Nazzaro

Second Place
Peabody Essex Museum
Art Museum Libraries Symposium Brochure
Project Director: Kirsten Ternullo
In-House Designer: Callie Atchue

Third Place
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Music at the Gardner (Winter/Spring 2011)
Project Director: Joan Provencal
Outside Designer: Rick Rawlins/Work

Honorable Mention
Seal Cove Auto Museum
Seal Cove Auto Museum Automobile Calendar for 2010
Project Director and In-House Designer: Roberto Rodriguez

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Educational Publications, Materials and Kits

First Place
EcoTarium
Field Trip Planner and Postcards
Project Directors: Sally Anne Giedrys and Jennifer Kent
Outside Designer: Kate Blehar, Blehar Design

Second Place
Bakalar and Paine Galleries/ Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Looking to Learn
Project Director: India Clark
Outside Designer: Katie Magee, Moth Design

Third Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Passport to the Americas
Project Director: Janet O'Donoghue
Outside Designer: Meredith Boginski, Double M Design

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Exhibition Catalogues, over $10

First Place
Portland Museum of Art
Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place
Project Director: Thomas Andrew Denenberg
Outside Designer: Daniel Pepice

Second Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition
Project Director and In-House Designer: Mark Polizzotti

Third Place
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Counting on Chance: 25 Years of Artists' Books by Robin Price, Publisher
Project Director: Suzy Taraba
Outside Designers: Mark Zurolo and Lesley Tucker, S-ML Design

Honorable Mention
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Scaasi: American Couturier
Project Director: Mark Polizzotti
Outside Designer: Susan Marsh Design


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Exhibition Catalogues, under $10

Joint First Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
America Now
Project Director: Leonie Bradbury
In-House Designer: Sarah Surette

Joint First Place
Montserrat College of Art Gallery
The Morning Exciting
Project Director: Shana Dumont
In-House Designer: John Colan

Second Place
Martha's Vineyard Museum
From Concept to Canvas: Selected Works of Stanley Murphy
Project Directors: Anna Carringer and David Nathans
Outside Designers: Steve and Peggy Zablotny, Z-Studio

Third Place
Saco Museum
Making History: Art and Industry in the Saco River Valley
Project Director: Jessica Skwire Routhier
Outside Designer: Sue Gold, Custom Communications, Inc

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Invitations - Exhibitions

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

Second Place
Smith College Museum of Art
Susan Hiller: What Every Gardener Knows
Project Director: Margi Caplan
Outside Designer: Carolyn Eckert Design

Third Place
Cape Ann Museum
Surrounded By Water
Project Director: Linda Marshall
Outside Designer: Cari Connors, Cricket Press

Honorable Mention
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Art of the Americas Wing Invitation suite
Project Director: Janet O'Donoghue
In-House Designers: Jill Bendonis and Julie Grønneberg Shulman

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Invitations - Fundraisers

First Place
Worcester Art Museum
Manet Invitation
Project Directors: Jim Welu and Brian Barlow
In-House Designer: Kim Noonan

Second Place
Robert Hull Fleming Museum
"Designer's Unite" - Soviet Invite
Project Director and In-House Designer: Chris Dissinger

Joint Third Place
Historic New England
Historic New England Gala Invitation
Project Director: Kimberlea Tracey
Outside Designer: Studio G at Grossman Marketing Group

Joint Third Place
Providence Children's Museum
"Life is a carnival" Gala Materials
Project Director: PCM Staff
In-House Designer: Valerie Haggerty-Silva

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Membership Brochure

First Place
Worcester Art Museum
Membership Brochure
Project Director: Brian Barlow
In-House Designer: Kim Noonan

Second Place
Museum of Science
Reptile/ K'NEX Membership Acquisition Campaign
Project Directors: Fanny Lau and Anne Swanson
In-House Designer: Fanny Lau

Third Place
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Membership Acquisition and Renewal Packet
Project Directors: Lynn Swain and Matt Montgomery
Outside Designer: Rick Rawlins/Work

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Newsletters and Magazines

First Place
Peabody Essex Museum
Connections Members' Magazine
Project Director: Lisa Kosan
Outside Designer: Leeann Leftwich Zajas, LLZ Design

Second Place
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Sowing the Seeds: The Official Newsletter of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Project Director: Rebecca Goggins
Outside Designer: Rita Marshall

Third Place
Robert Hull Fleming Museum
OnView
Project Director and In-House Designer: Chris Dissinger

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Posters

First Place
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Adam Pendleton: Three Scenes (variation one)
Project Director: Pieranna Cavalchini
Designer: Adam Pendleton

Second Place
Marblehead Museum
You Don’t Have to…
Project Directors: Pam Peterson and Joan Goloboy
Outside Designer: alg Design and Print Management

Third Place
Hearthside House
200th Anniversary Public Awareness Campaign
Project Director and In-House Designer: Seth Hamilton

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Supplementary Materials

First Place
Historic New England
Member Passport including Guide to Historic Properties, stamps and membership card
Project Directors: Nancy Curtis and Peter Gittleman
Outside Designer: DeFrancis Carbone

Joint Second Place
Norman Rockwell Museum
Norman Rockwell Museum Traveling Exhibitions
Project Director: Stephanie Haboush Plunkett
Outside Designer: Mary Herrmann, mh design associates

Joint Second Place
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Be a Kid for a Day. Prepare to be amazed.
Project Director and In-House Designer: Kathryn Kavicky

Joint Third Place
Portland Museum of Art
Circa 2010
Project Director: Sage Lewis
Outside Designers: VIA Agency circa 2010 box design; Anna Hepler: makeshift brochure and addendum artist book; and Heidi Dikeman, Gogo Design Inc, False Documents, brochure, postcard, and inside box card

Joint Third Place
Worcester Art Museum
Visitor Brochure
Project Director: Brian Barlow
In-House Designer: Kim Noonan

Top of Page Websites

Judges Choice, Budget over $500,000
Smith College Museum of Art
Smith College Museum of Art Website, Redesign
Project Director: Margi Caplan
Outside Designer: Slate Roof Studio

Judges Choice, Budget under $500,000
Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson and Wales University
Culinary Arts Museum Website
Project Director: Richard J.S. Gutman
Outside Designer: (add)ventures

Honorable Mention
Hull Lifesaving Museum
The Shipwrecks of Boston Harbor
Project Director: Victoria Stevens, Curator
Outside Designer: Rob Pyles, Audissey Guides

Honorable Mention
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
"Building on a Legacy" Preservation Project Website
Project Directors: Kendra Slaughter, Lieza Dagher, Matt Montgomery, and Katherine Armstrong Layton
Outside Designers: Brian Lucid and Heather Shaw, The Dynamic Media Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Honorable Mention
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Laura Jernegan: Girl on a Whale Ship
Project Director: Nancy Cole
Outside Designer: Digitalgizmo.com



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