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HISTORY, ART & CULTURE

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL
» eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art

Aztalan State Park; Lake Mills, WI
» Archaeological site master planning

Biltmore Company; Asheville, NC
» George Vanderbilt: the Man and His Treasures
» Dairy Complex Exhibit at the Winery
» Halloween Room Exhibit
» Women of Biltmore

Canal Corridor Association, Chicago, IL
» I&M Canal outdoor interpretive signage

Chicago Academy of Sciences (now the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum); Chicago, IL
» Reflections on the Past, Visions for the Future

Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL
» Put the City Up: A History of Commercial Architecture in Chicago 1830-1990 at the Harold Washington Library, Chicago. Part of the exhibit is now on permanent display at O’Hare International Airport.

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
» Maxwell Street
» That's Good News! Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music (design of audio component on Thomas A. Dorsey)

Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL
» Conceptual planning and design for an exhibit on Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable and interpretive displays for a contemporary sculpture by African-American artist Martin Puryear

Chicago Tribune, Chjcago, IL
» The Dream of Chicago: 150 Years of the Chicago Tribune at the Chicago Cultural Center

Claude Pepper Center; Tallahassee, FL
» Eyewitness to a Century
» Faith in Action: Claude Pepper and Florida’s Jewish Community
» Claude Pepper Biography, traveling exhibition
» Labor’s Advocate
» Design and production of audio tour for Eyewitness to a Century
» Directing and production of biographical film on Senator Pepper

Conner Prairie, Fishers, IN
» Conceptual planning

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, CO
» Conceptual planning

Detroit Historical Museum; Detroit, MI
» Motor City: The Industry and the Workers

The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL
» Senator Everett Dirksen exhibit
» Senator Robert Michel exhibit
» Senator Scott Lucas exhibit

Divine Word Mission, Techny, IL
» Conceptual planning for special exhibits on the history of the mission

Facing History and Ourselves, Boston, MA
» Anne Frank in the World, Chicago Cultural Center
» Choosing to Participate, at the Chicago Cultural Center

Field Museum, Chicago, IL
» Exhibit on the history and culture of Bread, for the Corner Bakery restaurant at the museum.

Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
» Exhibit conceptual planning for the Old Capitol

Geneva Historical Museum, Geneva, IL
» Conceptual planning and design

Grosse Point Lighthouse, Evanston, IL
» Eyes on the Sea, Re-installation of a portion of TM’s Shedd Aquarium exhibit

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum; West Branch, IA
» An Uncommon Man

Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, IL
» Lincoln in Metamora, Metamora Courthouse, Metamora, IL
» Conceptual planning and design for The Jarrot Mansion; Cahokia, IL
» Conceptual planning and design for Fort Massac, Metropolis, IL

Illinois Juvenile Justice Department, Cook County Juvenile Court; Chicago, IL
» 100 Years of the Juvenile Court

Illinois State Museum; Springfield, IL
» At Home in the Heartland

Lake County Forest Preserve District,
Libertyville, IL
» Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home
Permanent indoor/outdoor exhibit.
» The Lake County Mall of History / Bringing the World Home at The Lake County Discovery Museum; Wauconda, IL
» Independence Grove Visitor Center

Mark Twain Museum, Hannibal, MO
» The Huck Finn Experience, exhibit and multi-media installation

McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Chicago, IL
» Your Faith, My Freedom

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum; Chicago, IL
» Day of the Dead exhibit

The McLean County Museum of History; Bloomington, IL
» Encounter on the Prairie
» Conceptual planning and design for exhibits on Adlai Stevenson
» Research and Conceptual planning for Adlai Today website

Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
» St. Louis in the Gilded Age

The Newberry Library; Chicago, IL
» The Frontier in American Culture
» With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial and Honest Abe in the West Exhibitions

Nike Corporation and The DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, IL
» Hoop History (reinstalled at Navy Pier and at the Illinois High School Basketball Assn.’s March Madness)

The Northern Indiana Center for History; South Bend, IN
» Voyages: Exploring the History of the St. Joseph Valley
» Kidsfirst Children’s Museum

Special Children’s Charities, Chicago, IL
» Born in Chicago, 40 Years of Special Olympics at Soldier Field, Chicago

Spertus Museum of Jewish Studies; Chicago, IL
» Zell Holocaust Memorial
» What is Judaism?

Wisconsin State Historical Museum; Madison, WI
» On Common Ground

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