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Publication Awards Competition

Publications Competition 2008

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 180 publications from 66 museums for the twenty different categories. The judges were extremely impressed with the high quality of design and effective communication.

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

 

2008 Publication Award Winners

Best in Show
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
The Age of Reptiles: The Art and Science of Rudolph Zallinger’s Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale
Project Director: Rosemary Volpe
In-House Designers: Maura Gianakos & Sally H. Pallatto
Annual Fund, Capital Campaign & Other Development Materials


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Annual Fund, Capital Campaign & Other Development Materials
First Place
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
An Opportunity to Grow, The Campaign for Stepping Stones at Ten
Project Director: Carol Brennan-Smith
In-House Designer: Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill

Second Place
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Splendor - Gala Program & Auction List
Project Director and In-House Designer: Ann McCrea

Third Place
NH Aviation Historical Society/Aviation Museum of NH
Capital Campaign Brochure
Project Directors: Patrick Duffy and Gary O'Neil
Outside Designer: Tracey Edwards O'Neil

Honorable Mention
The Children’s Museum in Easton
Annual Giving Campaign/Reach for the Stars
Project Director: Paula Peterson
In-House Designer: Pamela Borbély
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Annual Report
Second Place
Nantucket Historical Association
NHA Annual Report
Project Director: Cristin Merck
Outside Designer: Javatime Design, Eileen Powers

Honorable Mention
Providence Children’s Museum
Providence Children’s Museum Annual Report 2006
Project Director: Hope Foley
In-House Designer: Valerie Haggerty-Silva
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Books, Over $10
First Place
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
The Age of Reptiles: The Art and Science of Rudolph Zallinger’s Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale
Project Director: Rosemary Volpe
In-House Designers: Maura Gianakos and Sally H. Pallatto

Second Place
Nahant Historical Society
Sacrifice of Self: Nahant and the Civil War
Project Director: Bonnie Ayers D’Orlando
In-House Designers: NHS Book Committee: Bonnie D’Orlando, Daniel de Stefano and Suzanne Hamill
Outside Designer: Donning Company Publishers

Third Place
Strawbery Banke Museum
Strawbery Banke: A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making
Project Director: J. Dennis Robinson
Outside Designers: J. Dennis Robinson, IdeaWorks and Grace Pierce, Peter Randall Publisher

Honorable Mention
Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Making Dead Birds: Chronicle of a Film
Project Director: Joan K. O’Donnell
Outside Designer: Jeannet Leendertse
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Books, Under $10
First Place
Stonehurst, The Robert Treat Paine Estate
Stonehurst, The Robert Treat Paine Estate: An American Masterwork
Project Director: Ann Clifford
Outside Designer: Gilbert Design Associates, Inc.
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Calendar of Events & Programs
First Place
Norman Rockwell Museum
Program & Events Winter 2007/2008
Project Director: Kimberly Rawson
In-House Designer: Toni Kenny

Second Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Concerts in the Courtyard Calendar
Project Director: Janet O’Donoghue
In-House Designer: Julie Shulman

Third Place
Museum of Science
Adult Workshops Flyer
Project Directors: Andrea Stein and Christopher Delconte
In-House Designer: Andrea Stein

Honorable Mention
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Fall 2007 poster-calendar
Project Director: Tiffany Sprague
In-House Designer: Chris Sleboda

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Educational Publications, Materials and Kits

First Place
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
To Catch a Thief
Project Director: Ann McCrea
Outside Designer: Walter Wick Studio

Second Place
Museum of Science
A Birds World: Watching Wildlife Brochure
Project Directors: Andrea Stein and Chris Volonte
In-House Designer: Andrea Stein

Third Place
The Children’s Museum in Easton
The Wild Place!
Project Director: Paula Peterson
In-House Designer: Pamela Borbély

Honorable Mention
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Teacher’s Guide to School Programs
Project Director: Elisabeth Werby
In-House Designer: Kristen Patterson
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Exhibition Catalogues, over $10

First Place
Norman Rockwell Museum
American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell
Project Directors: Kimberly Rawson, Stephanie Plunkett and Linda Szekely Pero
Outside Designer: Rita Marshall

Second Place
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment
Project Director: Nils Nadeau
Outside Designer: Joanna Bodenweber

Third Place
Boston University Art Gallery
To Fly: Contemporary Aerial Photography
Project Director: Marc Mitchell
Outside Designer: Paul Hoffman, Stinehour Press
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Exhibition Catalogues, under $10

First Place
Museum L-A
Portraits & Voices: Millworkers of Seven Mills
Project Director: Rachel Desgrosseilliers
Outside Designer: Encompass Marketing & Design

Second Place
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Alan Magee: From the Underground River
Project Director: Britta Konau

Third Place
Farnsworth Art Museum
Alex Katz: Early Paintings
Project Director: Helen Ashton Fisher
In-House Designer: Mary Sesak
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Invitations - Exhibitions

Joint First Place
Museum of Science
CSI: The Experience Press Preview Invitation
Project Directors: Lianne Stoddard and Donna White
In-House Designer: Lianne Stoddard

Joint First Place
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Light Up Your Night
Project Director and In-House Designer: Ann McCrea

Honorable Mention
University Gallery, UMass, Amherst
The Experience of Color
Project Director: Loretta Yarlow
In-House Designer: Paola Di Stefano

Honorable Mention
Wilson Museum
Members’ Reception Invitation
Project Director and In-House Designer: Patricia Hutchins

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Invitations - Fundraisers

First Place
Norman Rockwell Museum
Glam Gala: Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women’s Magazine, 1940-1960
Project Director: Kimberly Rawson
In-House Designer: Toni Kenny

Joint Third Place
Farnsworth Art Museum
The Maine Event
Project Director: David P. Stucky
In-House Designer: Mary Sesak

Joint Third Place
Museum of Science
Women in Science
Project Director: Lori Sartre and Donna White
In-House Designer: Lori Sartre

Honorable Mention
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Sneak Peek Invitation
Project Director: Carol Brennan-Smith
In-House Designer: Kathy Labieniec
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Membership Brochure

First Place
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
CMCA - Come Closer
Project Director: Elaine Ng
Outside Designer: Lapchick Creative

Second Place
Fuller Craft Museum
Member Brochure
Project Director: Gretchen Keyworth
In-House Designer: Kristin Villiotte

Third Place
Historic New England
Garden and Landscape Membership Brochure
Project Director: Nancy Curtis
Outside Designer: DeFrancis Carbone
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Newsletters and Magazines, Full Color, Budget over $750,000
First Place
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Fall 2007 Magazine
Project Director: Tiffany Sprague
In-House Designer: Chris Sleboda

Joint Second
Fuller Craft Museum
“be in touch” Members Newsletter
Project Director: Gretchen Keyworth
Outside Designer: Sametz Blackstone Associates

Joint Second
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Programs, Lectures and Events Guide
Project Director: Elisabeth Werby
In-House Designer: Kristen Patterson

Third Place
New Bedford Whaling Museum
The Bulletin from Johnny Cake Hill
Project Directors: Maureen O’Brien and Eric Wagner
Outside Designer: Medium Studio
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Newsletter - One or Two Colors, Budget under $750.000

First Place
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Quarterly Newsletter and Calendar
Project Director: Carol Brennan-Smith
In-House Designer: Kathy Labieniec

Second Place
New London County Historical Society
New London County Historical Society
Project Director: Edward Baker
Outside Designer: Trish LaPointe, LaPointe Design

Third Place
University Gallery, UMass, Amherst
University Gallery Newsletter
Project Director: Loretta Yarlow
In-House Designer: Paola Di Stefano
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Posters
First Place
Museum of Russian Icons
Poster
Project Director: Kent dur Russell
Outside Designer: Atomic Design, Rob Zeleniak
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Press Kit
Joint First Place
Norman Rockwell Museum
American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell
Project Director: Kimberly Rawson
Outside Designer: Rita Marshall

Joint First Place
Norman Rockwell Museum
Lit Graphic: The World of the Graphic Novel
Project Director: Kimberly Rawson
In-House Designer: Toni Kenny  
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Supplementary Materials

First Place
Middlebury College Museum of Art
Art in Public Places: Middlebury College
Project Director: Douglas Perkins
Outside Designer: Kate Siepmann, K8 Design

Second Place
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Archival Replicas Brochure
Project Director: Janet O’Donoghue
In-House Designer: Jill Bendonis

Third Place
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Clark After Dark Coasters
Project Directors: Curtis Scott and Molly Coogan
In-House Designer: David Edge

Honorable Mention
Museum of Science
Event and Conference Services Brochure
Project Directors: Fanny Lau and Chris Volonte
In-House Designer: Fanny Lau

Honorable Mention
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Table Tents (for University Dining Halls)
Project Director: Tiffany Sprague
In-House Designer: Chris Sleboda
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Websites, Budget over $750,000

First Place
Norman Rockwell Museum
www.nrm.org/page209
Project Directors: Kimberly Rawson and Jeremy Clowe
In-House Designers: Toni Kenny and Dan Heck

Second Place
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
The Unknown Monet Exhibition Microsite
Project Directors: David Keiser-Clark with Katherine Frisina, Molly Coogan and Curtis Scott
Outside Designers: Erin Keiser-Clark (microsite); Insomnia Graphics (Sketchbook interactive)

Third Place
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Harvard Museum of Natural History Website
Project Director: Liz Werby
Outside Designer: Sametz Blackstone Associates

Honorable Mention
Florence Griswold Museum
“The Foxchase: A Race into History,” “In Situ: The Painted Panels,” and Resources for Educators
Project Director: David DJ Rau
Outside Designer: Barry Costa, Fresh Concept
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Websites, Budget under $750,000

First Place
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum
webb-deane-stevens.org
Project Director: Charles Lyle
Outside Designer: Cgwebhelp, Carolyn Griswold

Second Place
Museum of Russian Icons
Museum of Russian Icons Website
Project Director: Kent dur Russell
Outside Designer: Mike Volmar, Volmar Designs

Third Place
The Brick Store Museum
www.brickstoremuseum.org
Project Director and In-House Designer: Tracy Baetz

Honorable Mention
Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy
Redhouse: Architecture for Art
Project Director: Karen Burgess Smith
In-House Designer: Connie Nardi



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