BAFM SOUTH EAST - SOUTHERN AREA
On 22nd September 2009 the South East Southern BAFM group had their Area day together at the very fine award-winning museum, the Lightbox in Woking. The theme of the day was ‘The A to Z of Mounting an Exhibition’.
The Director, Marilyn Scott, warmly welcomed us after coffee. Following an initial introduction to the wonderfully innovative Lightbox Museum building, Marilyn, together with Michael Regan, Lightbox’s Exhibition Manager and Jamie Sharpley, a Trustee and Lightbox Volunteer, talked us through the various aspects of mounting an exhibition and the role volunteers had to play.
The information which they imparted was excellent, because the main example they used to explain the step-by-step process of bringing a display for the general public to fruition was their current exhibition, ‘Leonardo da Vinci: the Man and his Machines’, and it was stunning! The most wonderful models of Leonardo’s work, of which many were working, had been made in Italy, while codices of drawings and other material had been sourced from the Victoria & Albert Museum.
After the exhibition visit which was really a triumph and over afternoon tea, the attendees discussed BAFM and Friends’ issues. An extremely informative and socially very pleasant day ended with the participants’ thanks to the Friends of the Lightbox who had organised such a wonderful event. |