[BCMA] Call for EOI - Travelling Exhibits Marketplace

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

   BC's Travelling Exhibits Marketplace - EOI

   Greetings!  The BC Museums Association invites museums, art galleries,
   sports halls of fame, and all other BC history and heritage
   institutions with new or existing travelling or portable exhibits, to
   respond ASAP by direct email (see below) to this call for Expressions
   of Interest (EOI).

   Backgrounder:

   The BCMA has a new funding opportunity to subsidize and publicly
   showcase BC's travelling exhibits, (or representative portable
   components of these), altogether in conjunction with BCMA's 2009
   Provincial Workshop Survivor Osoyoos: ReThink, ReTool, ReWork!  the
   week of October 13- 17, 2009 in Osoyoos, BC.

   Exhibit transportation or shipping, travel, accommodation and workshop
   registration for institutional personnel required to install, staff
   and strike exhibits will constitute the funding package for
   participating exhibits. The final funding package will be based on
   institutions' response to this EOI.

   Goals:

   The goals of the "BC's Travelling Exhibits Marketplace" project are
   to:



     * Promote to peer BC museum & art gallery reps the availability and
       booking (earned revenue) opportunities as temproary exhibits in
       different BC communities and institutions;



     * Add a public involvement opportunity to BCMA's annual provincial
       event;



     * Publicly exhibit the diverse scope of BC's rich history and visual
       arts represented by these temporary exhibits and in turn, promote
       and reinforce the importance of BC's museums and art galleries;



     * Compile a central, online reference resource of BC's available
       Travelling Exhibits and contacts as a member service to promote
       increased booking opportunities for temporary exhibits and public
       programming.

   Public & Event Participant Access:

   The principle display venue will be the event host institution, the
   Osoyoos Museum. Exhibits may be static or staffed, with public and
   Survivor Osoyoos participant access each day. Participating
   institutions will be able to promote their museums and galleries and
   their collections, as well as bookings of their travelling exhibit.

   How to Respond to this EOI:

   A.  Click "Reply" above;

   B.  Enter [1]JHarding at museumsassn.bc.ca  in your email "To" field;

   C.  Scroll down to the following brief survey (below);

   D.  Insert your specific response after each numbered question;

   E.  Complete this survey & Click "Send" ASAP to be included in the
   funding prospectus as a potential exhibitor.

   (Additional responses preferred by Friday, September 18)




   1.  Name of Your Institution:

   2.  City (from where your exhibit would travel):

   3.  Contact Person & Title:

   4.  Contact's Telephone:

   5.  Contact's Email:

   6.  Exhibit Title & 1-line Description:

   7.  Would you display the entire exhibit?  Or a representative
   component only? (Floor space required in square feet?)

   8.  Would your exhibit be staffed or static?

   9.  How much time do you require to prepare the exhibit for shipping
   or accompanied transportation? For installation & striking?

   10. How many people are required to install & strike your exhibit?

   11. In principle, providing the logistics and funding package
   (described above) are satisfactory, is your institution interested &
   able to publicly exhibiting during BCMA's "Survivor Osoyoos" in
   October?

   12. Even if your Travelling Exhibit(s) are unavailable to exhibit in
   Osoyoos, is your institution interested in registering your travelling
   exhibits in a central online "directory" of BC's Travelling Exhibits?

   (Please Note: In the event there is a limit to the number of
   Travelling Exhibits possible, due to available funding, exhibit space,
   etc, the order of response to this EOI will be a major determining
   factor in selecting exhibits to participate).

   Thank you in advance for your time, interest and response to this EOI.

   Please watch the BCMA listserv and BCMA website for further
   announcements and developments.

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References

   1. file://localhost/tmp/JHarding@museumsassn.bc.ca