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The Smithsonian Photography Initiative has issued a call for entries for “History in the Making” – the perfect topic for sharing the images and stories that capture your view of the recent elections and inauguration.
Selected entries will be featured in click! photography changes everything, an online exhibit that explores how photography influences every aspect of our lives. In addition to submitting your own photo and story, you can also share your thoughts on photos from past inaugurations available in the Smithsonian Commons.
For more, check out the media release.
The National Constitution Center – a museum that tells the story of ‘We the People’ – is the premiere venue for America I AM: The African American Imprint, a ground-breaking exhibition that celebrates nearly 500 years of African American contributions to our country. As a promotional feature on the home page, Night Kitchen Interactive created a rich-media vignette that provides a preview of what the exhibit has to offer. The exhibit opens on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday on January 15, and runs through May 3, 2009. To buy tickets or learn about evening programs, visit http://www.constitutioncenter.org/AmericaIAM/.
The America I AM vignette is just one of Night Kitchen Interactive’s projects with the National Constitution Center. Additional projects include a site redesign, the Seize The Vote! game, the Centuries of Citizenship timeline, and the award-wining interactive exhibit Abraham Lincoln’s Crossroads.
The Rosenbach Museum & Library has launched the 21st Century Abe blog, www.21stcenturyabe.org. Designed by Night Kitchen Interactive, the blog previews the upcoming 21st Century Abe website, which will target a new generation of audiences about the life, work, and words of Abraham Lincoln.
Scheduled for launch on February 12th – Lincoln’s 200th birthday, the website will include creative interpretations of exhibition materials by artist/illustrator Maira Kalman, musician Bryce Dessner of the band The National, and multimedia artists Archive (Chris Kubick and Anne Walsh). The project is already getting attention in the blogosphere and elsewhere: City Paper, Foundhistory.org, the National Review Online and The Bulletin.
For more, read the Rosenbach Museum & Library’s release.
Taking a bold step toward allowing visitors to contribute to its collections, the Smithsonian Photography Initiative is inviting visitors to explore how photography is changing Who We Are, Where We Go, What We See, What We Want, What We Do and What We Remember through its innovative click! photography changes everything online exhibit.
Designed by Night Kitchen Interactive, the click! exhibit explores the surprising ways photography influences every aspect of our lives. Explore the themes and submit your story today.
If your submission is one of the first ten to be featured on the click! website, you will receive a copy of the book, At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian, an intriguing glimpse into the Smithsonian’s more than seven hundred photographic collections.
Two Night Kitchen Interactive clients have been named to Philadelphia Magazine’s “Top 100 Moments.” Granted, not all 100 moments are bright spots (flu epidemic of 1918, anyone?) but two of our city’s brightest moments come courtesy of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mural Arts Program – two great organizations Night Kitchen Interactive is proud to have on our client list. Here are the details:
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Night Kitchen Interactive president Matthew Fisher has been selected to present at two panel discussions at the 2009 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. The 2009 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo will be held in Night Kitchen’s hometown of Philadelphia, April 20-May 4 2009.
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The Interactive Media Awards awarded Night Kitchen Interactive the Outstanding Achievement Award for the Art of Storytelling website. Designed for the Delaware Art Museum, the Art of Storytelling invites online visitors to illustrate and create short stories based on artwork from the from museum’s collections. For more about the Art of Storytelling, check out our case study and read our press release.
The National Museum of American History (NMAH) has launched the Star Spangled Banner website – an online exhibition dedicated to presenting the history of the flag that inspired the national anthem. In order to present the flag as more than just an artifact, Night Kitchen Interactive’s site design invites visitors to answer trivia questions, explore an interactive flag, share a story, and join an anthem singing contest.
What does the American flag mean to you? Contribute your photo and story to the exhibit’s Flag Mosaic.
Night Kitchen Interactive has been selected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) to create a playful, interactive educational activity centering on exposing young visitors and adults to some of the best-loved works in the Museum’s collection. In addition to helping families closely explore art together, the program will showcase visitors’ creative responses to the artwork on the SFMOMA website. Inspired by the painting, "Country Dog Gentleman," by Roy de Forest, the exhibition and related activities will highlight works by Jackson Pollock, Freda Kahlo, and Roy deForest.
Night Kitchen is thrilled to be showcasing its innovative work for science museums and centers at this year’s ASTC Annual Conference, taking place this weekend, October 18-21 at the Philadelphia Convention Center. We’ll be at booth #636 in Exhibit Hall D.
Hosted by The Franklin Institute, The Association of Science-Technology Centers’ 2008 Annual Conference theme is “Science Centers at the Crossroads of Science and Culture.” The conference will engage more than 1,900 science center professionals to explore their responsibilities to scientific and public constituencies. Topics will include inspiring interest in science education and the impact of web 2.0 on science centers.
