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A Snapshot of Jun Fujita’s Vision Jun Fujita: American Visionary (Newberry Library, 24 Jan 2020 – 31 Mar 2020) Jun Fujita: American Visionary at the Newberry Library presented a tour of the early 20th century Chicago in which Jun Fujita lived that inspired and served as subject for his work. Fujita published poetry and photographyContinue reading “EXHIBIT REVIEW”

Recipe for Engaging the Public Engaging the public is the most important yet unpredictable aspect of Public History, far beyond research, artifact acquisition, and label writing.  For Historians, exhibits are infinitely interesting simply for their historical content. However, much of the public is not interested in history for history’s sake, and finds it rather boring.Continue reading “WEEK IV”

Art History Artistic styling is an undeservingly overlooked aspect of Public History. A good Public Historian must have an eye for design as much as a head for history.  As an artist, I rarely consider this struggle consciously, as I feel I have internalized good design practices. I was initially drawn to the Exhibit DesignContinue reading “WEEK III”

History: Just Do It. College is a transitory yet important time in the life of a budding public historian. I am new enough to the study that I still view exhibits through the eyes of the general public, but I have enough experience in the industry to glean insight from facing history with that perspective.Continue reading “WEEK II”

Is Facebook Public History? Sure it is. Facebook is almost a historical mode of communication and connection in itself at this point (I had to look up a picture just to draw the logo accurately), but when the textbook mentioned Yu’pik teen sensation Byron Nicholai’s videos, I began thinking about Public History not just asContinue reading “WEEK I”