NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION

Programs: Exhibitions:during 2014, the newark museum designed and installed 12 projects that encompassed approximately 21,900 square feet of interior gallery space (not including object rotations in permanent galleries). While some of this increase was the result of returning to three major exhibitions being mounted per year in the museum's main changing galleries (as opposed to last year's two) the increase was also due to two of the exhibitions (rockwell & ready or not) filling not just the two main changing galleries but addition auxiliary spaces to compliment these exhibitions. Continued on schedule o. That the installation of this increased area-the largest since 2010 when the department last had a full staff of 3 additional designers (and more regular part-time assistance)-was achieved is an impressive testament to the hard work put in by the exhibitions department as well as by our colleagues in curatorial, registrars and facilities. Programmatic details:the museum staff collaborated extensively interdepartmentally (curatorial, registrars, education, facilities, it, etc. ) and apply its diverse skills creativity in support the museum's mission by designing and installing exhibitions that:-addressed the depth of american folk art and challenged perceptions of the term (folk art? Recent acquisitions)-cast new light on america's favorite illustrator and his picturing of americana but also his work illustrating the fight for civil rights (american chronicles: the work of norman rockwell)-highlighted the breadth and depth of new jersey contemporary artists, showcasing dark, quirky and ambitious works (ready or not: new jersey arts annual)-showcased the brilliance and beauty of korea (korea: land of the diamond mountains)-boldly exhibited comets, asteroids and meteors in a timely on space (great balls of fire: comets, asteroids & meteors)

education, science, art and humanities programs: the newark museum, known for the family and school programs with gravity and depth provided a multitude of programs covering art, humanities, science, technology and engineering; all serving as a vital link between the museum, exhibits and the public, ensuring a welcoming accessible learning environment for all. Utilizing its unique position as a leader in arts and sciences, the museum provided a number of successful programs for school children and their teachers, families and adults in 2014. Continued on schedule o. The museum maintains district contracts with both newark public schools (3rd & 5th grades) and jersey city public schools (5th & 8th grades) which include professional development for teachers and gallery and studio activities at the museum for students. As a result of the museum's robust learning programs and steam education initiatives over 80,000 school children came to the newark museum or had a museum educator in their classroom in 2014. Programs ranged extensively in scope and size ranging from science labs and galleries (including but not limited to: forensic science, chemistry, dynamic earth and geology rocks! ), art and humanities programs (including: who done it in the ballantine house and express yourself - exploring the world through art, which includes three modules for american art, african art and asian art - all using the museum's own teaching collection) and planetarium shows. In addition to school programs, the museum operates weekend drop-in programming for families and the summer camp newark. In 2014 regular weekend art and gallery tours were accompanied by the museum's new initiative to provide programming for 3 - 5 year olds and their families. With generous support of the nicholson foundation, the museum launched 'creative play' a weekly drop-in program for preschoolers and their adults. The program is meant to serve all museum families, but focused specifically on children from newark's south ward. Additionally, drop-in programming was offered in the afternoons in dynamic earth and generation fit. Camp newark, serving over 500 campers between ages 3 and 13. In 2014, camp newark served again offered maker corps, with three local college students working as specialists offering technology based activities, adding a new, positive dynamic to the camp. Explorers program:the explorers program at the newark museum, in its 20th year in 2014, is designed to provide selected students with as many academic experiences as possible and is a highly successful college and job preparedness program that provides at-risk urban high school students with education, employment and mentoring opportunities. The explores program follows an extraordinarily extensive curriculum implemented through workshops field trips and internship at the museum. Some of the workshops during the past year include - material science, entrepreneurship workshop, financial literacy and maker space-driven workshops. Major trips in 2014 included several college trips, the infamous word series of birding competition in cape may and a highly educative graduation trip to boston, ma. A cadre of explorers is trained as ambassadors the museum's science exhibits - empowered, generation fit. Explorers program recently extended the ambassadorship component to arts exhibits at the museum including the norman rockwell exhibit and began training for the 2015 exhibition royals & regalia. Ambassadors are trained to become experts of these exhibits, provide tours and facilitate hand-on learning experience to museum visitors and general public. Ambassadors work closely with science staff and curators during their training process. Trained and supervised by science education staff, the graduating explorers also taught at the maker-driven summer camp, along with education staff. During the six weeks of camp, campers designed wearable tech, art with a tech edge, ways to deal with weird weather, space rovers and the city of the future. These project-based activities combined science and design to capture the campers' imaginations. Family programs:dinosaur day was the biggest festival of the year, serving approximately 5,000 visitors. Kids made fossil rubbings, created pterodactyl puppets, panned for minerals and gems in the mineral sluice and ran from a life-sized animatronic baby tyrannosaurus rex. Dinosaur day only represents a small portion of the family programs here at the museum. In 2014, the museum launched the inaugural newark mini maker faire, further supporting the museum's maker programming. This was in addition to the annual festival of lights, a program that invites families in to celebrate all traditions of the holiday season. Martin luther king, jr. Day:the martin luther king jr. Day celebration is an event that draws 1,000 to 1,500 people per year. This year the museum celebrated with the reading of king's iconic 'i have a dream' speech. Jazz in the garden, in its 49th year, is the longest continuously running cultural program in newark and in 2014 the following jazz greats performed: the shirazette experiment jazztet, dave stryker quartet, claudio roditi brazilian jazz quartet, tessa souter and buster williams quartet. Adult programs:in 2014, the museum hosted over 10,000 adults in special gallery and exhibition tours. This was in addition to the museum's annual tibet lecture, renamed for pass board director kevin shanley, and entitled dunhuang, a buddhist oasis & gateway to tibet and was given by the museum's own dr. Katherine a. Paul. Marketing and public outreach:the newark museum's marketing strategy is deeply rooted in community engagement and the building of relationships. Relationships with our existing and potential audiences and collaborative partners in an effort to move them all through a progressive process of involvement as a first step in this process, the basic understanding is that before people can enjoy the museum they must first get to know the museum. Once they get to know the museum we want to build trust that the museum will deliver on its brand promise which is to provide consistent, high quality museum experiences that are appropriate for people of all ages and all backgrounds to provide intellectual stimulation, opportunities for socialization, informal learning and fun. By delivering on our brand promise the newark museum will increase repeat visitation and generate positive word of mouth, the most credible and effective method of achieving audience development. Collaborative partners are usually eager to form relationships with organizations subscribing to these core beliefs.

registrar & curatorial: these highlighted projects are in addition to the ongoing care and conservation of the museum's permanent collections. In 2014, 52 objects underwent conservation efforts, 2,016 objects were added to the museum's online searchable database and 96 objects were accessioned into the permanent collection. In 2014, the registrar and curatorial staff jointly worked toward photographing, documenting and clearing copyrights for various future publications including objects from the museum's american, chinese, korean and african collections. Rights & reproduction requests totaled 140 images. Continued on schedule o. 2014 marked a year of focusing on rehousing efforts, particularly of the african textile collection. A total of 1,563 objects were re-housed in 2014. Also in 2014, the newark museum was awarded a grant that added a full-time conservator to the staff. While focusing on re-housing of the asian collection, the conservator will be available to assist in conservation for collection based special exhibitions.