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From: Mary Mannix [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 06 March, 2002 2:59 PM
To: Brent Tarter
Subject: MARAC Workshop : First Class Exhibits on a Fourth Class Budget


The following workshop is being offered as part of the Spring 2002 meeting
of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), which will be
held in Towson, Maryland, April 18-20, 2002. Registration information for
this workshop, and for the meeting as a whole, including the hotel
deadline, can be found at http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/spring2002a.htm.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Mary Mannix at
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First Class Exhibits on a Fourth Class Budget: Producing Professional
Displays with Limited Resources

April 18, 2002
9:00 am-4:00 pm

Fee: $70.00, plus $10.00 registration fee for non-members attending the
workshop only or $5.00 fee for members attending the workshop only

In this full-day workshop, participants will practice simple yet effective
techniques for designing, creating and implementing professional-looking
exhibits on a limited budget.  Participants will learn many skills for
mounting effective exhibits including: how to write, create, and mount
effective exhibit labels; how to create easy, inexpensive exhibit
components; how to create facsimiles; and other skills.  Attendees will
also become familiar with basic exhibition materials and supplies, and
they will learn how to use standard office supplies and resources to
manufacture creative, attractive displays.   The workshop leader will be
Laura Baxley, Assistant Keeper, North Carolina Collection Gallery,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  This workshop features
hands-on activities in which participants not only get to apply what is
being taught, but have fun in the process.

Instructor: Laura Baxley, Assistant Keeper, North Carolina Collection
Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Location: Baltimore Sheraton North Hotel, 903 Dulaney Valley Road,
Towson, Maryland

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