Jenna Rinalducci, MA, MLIS, Art & Art History Librarian

Jamie W. Coniglio, MLS, Head, Fenwick Library Research Services

Take Risks, Embrace Change:

The 2014 Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians

October 17, 2014

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: FENWICK HALLWAY GALLERY

THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY

Fenwick Library Exterior 1967 - 2016

Fenwick Library Hallway Interior 1983 - 2013

• Connects original Fenwick

space to two towers/wings

(stacks, SC&A, UDTS, other

library offices, study rooms,

study spaces, DWR, etc.)

• Hallway used for

• Card Catalog space

• Public OPAC space

• Public PC space

Fenwick Library Exterior 1967 - 2016

Fenwick Library New Addition (scheduled completion January 2016)

• November 2012 – January 2013

• Existing first floor, all wings, moved, rearranged

• AUL and Head, Fenwick Research Services chatting in hallway

• Discussing next phase of construction preparation

• Hallway = new fireproofing / new fire doors, wall

• Re-routing traffic during Fall Semester 2013

• The BIG idea

THE VISION THING

Head, Fenwick Research Services:

“Wouldn’t it be really

neat if we could stick

up some sort of art

or stuff to jazz up

this hallway?”

Head, Fenwick Research Services:

“HEY, JENNA!

GUESS WHAT!!”

AUL, Research & Ed Services:

“Great idea!

Go for it!”

Illusions of Grandeur

Grounded in Reality

Available Space

Available Space:

74” wide 62’ 3” long

Entrance/Exit:

92” wide 65’ long

WATER AND SKY

Grounded in Reality

Problems: Tech Services Door

Area Temperature Control

New Fire Doors & Wall

Two windows covered

Available Space:

74” wide 62’ 3” longGallery Display Zone

Entrance/Exit:

92” wide 65’ longFire Marshal Zone

• Facilities

• Painters

• Electricians

• Carpenters

• Pedestals

• Bookcase, Pillar

• Networking

• ADA needs

• In the background

• Gallery Name

• Gallery Tagline

WATER / Physical Structure: Fun with Facilities

WATER / Gallery Stuff

Storage

Tools

Equipment

WATER / Fun with Facilities

West windows covered

Tech Services doorThe thing that can’t be moved or blocked

WATER / Facilities: What they don’t teach in Library School

SKY / Internal Infrastructure

First Things First

• Write GRA position description

• Advertise and hire GRA

Research

• GRA = other library galleries

• GRA = space needs (lights, etc)

Gallery Mission and Goals

• Set the vision

• Set the parameters

• Basis for policies, procedures

Fenwick Gallery is a hybrid,

walk-through exhibit space

contributing to an atmosphere

of scholarship & inquiry.

Rooted in the libraries’ mission,

the purpose of the gallery is to

enrich the intellectual, educational

and cultural life of the University.

SKY / Internal Infrastructure: Mission Statement

• Promote the Libraries’ collections

to encourage scholarly and cultural

inquiry at George Mason

University

• Highlight research and scholarship

at/of George Mason University

• Stimulate intellectual and creative

reflection through visual and multi-

media exhibitions, discussions, etc.

• Promote the Libraries’ academic

and cultural mission

• Support the Libraries’ development

program and goals

SKY / Internal Infrastructure: Goals

SKY / Internal Infrastructure

• Meetings with School of Art administrators

• Formed partnership (MOU)

• We hire MFA student / They provide 6 credits in-state tuition

• Meetings with legal counsel

• Adapted artist release form to comply with University

• Meeting with faculty curator

• Discussed policies & release form to confirm on right track

• Meeting with University Records Manager

• Developed plan to retain admin documents

• Meeting with Head, Metadata & Cataloging

• Workflow for location change/Gallery location in catalog

• Meeting with DPS

• Set up Gallery website (Word Press)

• Omeka

SKY / Internal Infrastructure: Sample Form

GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS

Women’s Visions / Women’s Voices April - June 2014

Selected Works July – August 2014

Call + Response 2014 September 6 – October 3, 2014

Current Exhibit Up October 13, 2014

Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Germany, 1989/90

• In collaboration with Libraries’ Special Collections and History faculty

• Existing SC&A image collection

• University-wide recognition of 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin

Wall

• Exhibits, lectures, film screenings, musical performances

I AND THE VILLAGE

Gallery Website

Class Visits

“It was also great

to have the exhibit

up for a month,

which allowed

faculty to fold

Call + Response

into their syllabi

and assignments.”

– Susan Tichy, Professor

English Department

• library.gmu.edu• Library News

• FB, twitter, myMason

• Flyers

• LCDs

• Library

• Student Centers

• Working on link from SoA site

Advertising / PR

Gallery Talk September 17, 2014

“It was so rewarding for the

exhibition participants to have a

large audience attend the panel

this year and follow-up comments

have been glowing in praise of the

show and panel.”

- Helen Frederick, Professor, Art

Gallery Talk September 17, 2014

http://bit.ly/callresponseexhibt1

Archiving

University Archives

• Artist Release Forms

• Permissions to film in gallery

OMEKA Website

• Administrative documents

• Exhibit materials

• Images, Interviews, etc.

MASTERPIECE(S)

Masterpiece(s)

Engagement Activity & Buzz Staff Development Creative Art & Inquiry

“I think the library has offered

a very different context…

and that more students and

visitors to the library are noticing

and reflecting on the work,

perhaps in a more serious way.

Certainly the exhibition is

accessible to many more and

diverse audiences who are not

distracted by other activities

as they were when entering

Gallery 123 from the food court.

More students and visitors

to the library are noticing

and reflecting on the work,

perhaps in a more serious way.”

– Helen Frederick, Professor School of Art

Exhibit Receptions

Artist Interview

Acquisitions Two Ways

Aleatory II: Aviary

Realized Vision

http://bit.ly/fenwickgalleryplaylist

“It exposes people to art during their regular day-to-day

activity, instead of being set apart and separate.

It's thrilling that everyone from construction workers

to professors to students to campus visitors

got to enjoy the work.” – Ariel Hamilton, artist

Realized Vision

"I get so excited every time

something new goes up in here."– Mason Undergraduate Student

So do we.

It’s a piece of cake!

#score

Questions? Comments?

For more information, please contact

• Jenna Rinalducci, MA, MLIS jrinaldu @ gmu.edu

• Jamie Coniglio, MLS jconigli @ gmu.edu

• fenwickgallery.gmu.edu