Thinking Visually: Creating Integrated Label Graphics
The best session I attended at AAM this year was “Thinking Visually: Creating Integrated Label Graphics,” presented by Emily O’Hara, Senior Exhibit Content …
“Writer and reader, side by side, scanning the landscape…”
I don’t think Oliver Burkeman was referring to museum labels when he wrote this column, but he could have been. The whole column …
A Belated Valentine to the Curator of Prints and Drawings at the MFA
February 15, 2014—the day after Valentine’s Day. I had arranged to meet someone at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Our plan …
Vandalism or Community Engagement?
Part of the reason I write my blog is that I can’t resist editing labels. But there is clearly at least one …
Sins and Synonymity (Writing for English Language Learners, Technique #2)
When I was in high school, preparing for the AP English test, students and teachers often referred to “twenty-five-cent words.” Twenty-five-cent words …
An Unconventional Image
Another rewrite of a label from Flickr. The original version of this label takes a long time to get around to explaining …
David and Goliath
My editing brain never turns off, so one of the things I plan to do frequently on this blog is share my …