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Razing Awareness: The Bethlehem Steel Administration Building, Steve Bukowski
Razing Awareness: The Bethlehem Steel Administration Building, Steve Bukowski
Museum Studies Projects
Razing Awareness: The Bethlehem Steel Administration Building is a practice in the process of coordinating and opening a professional-grade museum exhibit. Hosted by the Steel Plant Museum of Western New York, "Razing Awareness" explored the history and controversial demolition of the Bethlehem Steel Administration Building in Lackawanna, New York. The exhibit featured artwork, photography, and artifacts from the building itself, weaving art and history together to construct a narrative about historic preservation and the establishment of a sense of place.
The Art Of Steel: As Seen Through The Eyes Of Norman Rockwell, Megan S. Hahin
The Art Of Steel: As Seen Through The Eyes Of Norman Rockwell, Megan S. Hahin
Museum Studies Projects
For this project the author partnered with the Steel Plant Museum of Western New York (SPM) in South Buffalo to create a special exhibition focused on their 14 prints of Norman Rockwell paintings in the museum’s collection. The exhibition used supplementary artifacts to add personal narratives to Rockwell’s paintings. The exhibit diversified the audience of the SPM and created a potential new audience the museum could target, while still appealing to their current audience through the use of personal narrative. The museum had not curated an art exhibition before and this project proved to be beneficial by exploring new themes …