Résumé

my Experience

Interpretive Programs Manager, Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
April 2006 – Present

Manage all operations of the Luce Foundation Center: supervise a staffed information desk, implement a weekly schedule of public programs, update interpretative information, maintain audiovisual installations, and coordinate the selection and installation of collection objects. The Luce Foundation Center for American Art is an innovative visible storage/study facility that displays around 3,300 objects from the collections of the American Art Museum.

Achievements:

  • Received the Innovative Spirit Award in the First Annual Smithsonian Institution Secretary’s Awards for Excellence, October 2009.
  • Managed the development and implementation of the world’s first museum-based Alternate Reality Game (ARG), “Ghosts of a Chance,” in 2008. The game was a 2009 Official Webby Honoree in the Environmental and Experience Marketing category
  • Implemented citizen-curator project “Fill the Gap” on Flickr in 2009
  • Luce Foundation Center kiosks and Web site won a Gold MUSE award for “Extended Experience” from the American Association of Museums in 2007
  • Participated in 2009 Smithsonian 2.0 Conference
  • Contributor to the Museum’s blog, Eye Level

Project Manager/Research Assistant, April 2004 – April 2006
Advanced Level Intern, September 2003 – April 2004
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Worked extensively on the design and installation of the Luce Foundation Center during the Museum’s renovation. Created interpretive multimedia content (including over 3,000 didactic labels) and oversaw the development of an award-winning kiosk system and companion Web site.

English Teacher, Foreign Language Middle School Affiliated to Shanghai Normal University, Songjiang, China
August 2002 – June 2003

Taught twenty English lessons per week of students 11 – 18 years, organized and ran 2 English Corners per week, took lessons in conversational Chinese.

my Education

Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Graduated 2001 with high honors in BA (Hons) in Design: Visual Communication/Illustration

Blackpool and the Fylde College of Art and Design, Blackpool, Lancashire
Graduated 1998 with BTEC National Diploma in Foundation Art and Design

Papers, Presentations, and Additional Materials

Upcoming

“Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) and 21st Century Literacies,” Library Research Seminar-V, October 6-9, 2010 at the University of Maryland.

Past

Goodlander, G., “Jump Start Digital Work in Your Institution: An Interactive Planning Session,” ”Getting Your Content To Go: Content Design For Mobility” unconference, and “Learning from the Media: Encouraging Wonder and Discovery Among Children and Families” (Presentation slides, notes embedded) at the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. May 23-26, 2010.

Goodlander, G., “Connect, Interact, and Play!” Presentation on participatory projects in the Luce Foundation Center at the MuseumNext Conference in London. April 30, 2010. (Presentation slides, notes embedded).

Goodlander, G., “PHEON” a new Alternate Reality Game, presented as part of the Smithsonian 2.0 Forum, March 24, 2010 (Presentation slides, notes embedded. Web cast available on YouTube).

Goodlander, G. and Melissinos, C., “A Day at the Museum: How the Smithsonian is Embracing Games.” Presentation on museum gaming and The Art of Video Games exhibition at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. March 9-13, 2010 (Presentation slides, notes embedded).

Goodlander, G., Overview of the Luce Foundation Center. Presented as part of the Museum Studies MA program at George Washington University, November 2009 (Presentation slides, notes embedded).

Similar Presentations:

Goodlander, G., Alternate Realities: The Art Museum as a Game Platform. Presented at “Museum Narratives,” the 20th Annual Salzburg Conference in English Literature and Culture, Salzburg, Austria, November 2009 (Presentation slides, notes).

Goodlander, G., Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts: How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is Letting Game Players Redefine the Rules. In J. Trant and D. Bearman (eds). Museums and the Web 2009: Proceedings. Toronto: Archives and Museum Informatics. Published March 31, 2009.

Melissinos, C., Episode 29: Smithsonian American Art Museum, SHIFT Radio interview with Georgina Goodlander, February 6, 2009.

Blair, E., Interactive Games Make Museums and Place to Play interview with Georgina Goodlander, All Things Considered, January 12, 2009, National Public Radio (NPR).

Goodlander, G., Guest Post: An ARG at the Smithsonian – A Success? Museum 2.0 Blog, December 11, 2008.

Goodlander (Bath), G., “Open Storage: Development and Public Relations,” Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections, conference presented by the Center for Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts, September 23 and 24, 2008.