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The museum offers everyone to be a volunteer of the communtity, given you the oppotunity to develop your creativity. Once you enter, you will participate in many of the activities for kids and adults that the museum leads, assist speaker series programs and special events. |
The museum offers everyone to be a volunteer of the communtity, given you the oppotunity to develop your creativity. Once you enter, you will participate in many of the activities for kids and adults that the museum leads, assist speaker series programs and special events. |
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= Job requirements = |
= Job requirements = |
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In the physical requirements, ypu need to be able to stand and walk for longer periods of time and skilled with hand-work and the strange to carry objects up to 25 lbs. |
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The employee must be skilled costumer service, relations with other people, expericen with the POS System(SFMCD). |
The employee must be skilled costumer service, relations with other people, expericen with the POS System(SFMCD). |
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Corporate Support |
Corporate Support |
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The corporate gifts support many initiatives such as especial exhibition sponsorships , aducatinal programs for children and adults and the develop of new technologies. |
The corporate gifts support many initiatives such as especial exhibition sponsorships , aducatinal programs for children and adults and the develop of new technologies. |
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In the return of the gifst, the corporations receive opportunities for employees, clinets and community partners (ssolutions). |
In the return of the gifst, the corporations receive opportunities for employees, clinets and community partners (ssolutions). |
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= Museum Store = |
= Museum Store = |
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The store features many objects that reflect the focus on art and design, wood, fiber, glass, clay or metal. Ypu can also purchase personal accesories such as handmade as well as special material from the local and international artista that came to the museum. All the earnings cupport the development of the exhibitions. The schedules are from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 to 5 pm, Thurday from 10 to 7 pm and Sunday from 12 to 5 pm(usquare). |
The store features many objects that reflect the focus on art and design, wood, fiber, glass, clay or metal. Ypu can also purchase personal accesories such as handmade as well as special material from the local and international artista that came to the museum. All the earnings cupport the development of the exhibitions. The schedules are from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 to 5 pm, Thurday from 10 to 7 pm and Sunday from 12 to 5 pm(usquare). |
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Revision as of 19:44, 21 April 2017
This museum is located on Sutter Street, San Francisco Union Squeare Distritc, USA and its porpouse is to expose modern and contemporary craft and design . It opended its doors on October 23, 2004(SFMCD).
Story
Founded in 2004, The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) allows artists, designers and makers to show their work and their art through series of craft exhibitions and public programs. In the fall of 2010 the museum showed its firts pop-up museums, galleries, exhibitions, educational programs. In 2012 the museum moved to the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Fracisco. (galegrup) (nhostels).This allowed them to expand the exhibitions and built the first program dedicated topublic program, designing their famous MaeArt workshops(nhostels). The museums is constantly collaborating with artists, designers, other museums and universities, all of this to have an impact in the people who visit the place. The inaugural exhibition of the Museum showed an collection of art and design from the studio forniture Garry Knox Bennett and his wife, Sylvia. This exhibition was wearing the name “Dovelaiting Art and Life: The Bennett Collection” (proquest). The museum offers montly programs where anyone can experience hands-on projects, 3D designs and printing. The offereing is for both kids and adults. The programs leaded to kids offers them the oportunity to learn different techniques. This has the porpouse of motivate and increase kids creativity and let them have a good time in a healthy supervised environment. The museum offers to adults the opportunity of participate in workshops, interating with artists and other people, working with leading artists and thinkers related to the contempporary craft and design. Constant menmers have the opportunity of hang out to special tours that the museum organizes, both of the are reginally and international.
= Special events =
Hong Kong Winterfest This festival scheduled in 2004 from November 26 until January 2 includes live entertainment, decorations, a Santa Town, Jingle Bell Boulevard amd cooking demostrations(proquest II). Chocolate Festival Scheduled in Nomvember 26 and 27, 2004 during the Thanksgiving weekend in the City of Crede, Colorado. People could taste many chocolate variations while the visit this historic business city (proquest II). Black women artists Scheduled in February, 2004. Parsons School of Design in New York carried out and exhibition with the name “Craeting their Own Image”. They offered an examination of the plight of black women in the world, covered by many african women artista, such as Elizabeth Cattlet, Emma Amos, Chakai Booker, Pamela Jennings and Carrie Mae Weems. People could enjoy about 50 paintings, sculpture, photography and mixed media work (proquest II). Wendy Maruyama: The Wildlife Project. Scheduled form February 11 to June 4, 2017, this exhibition ilustrates the strife of the elephants against the illegal hunting and the ivory trade.Many objects are showed, such as life-sized objects from exotic woods,focusing on the preservation of the animals. Wendy Mayurama is a japanese artista and educarotr whose work is to design forniture pieces with references to her japanese folklore(SFMCD). Mixed Messages Its an exhibition leaded by Chris Eckert and John Green, it will be opened in Fall of this year, 2017. It consist on an installation of 24 telegraph machines fabricated in the artists studio. The machines has a Morse Code for some specific news organization; The Associated Press, Fox News, BBC. The museum offers everyone to be a volunteer of the communtity, given you the oppotunity to develop your creativity. Once you enter, you will participate in many of the activities for kids and adults that the museum leads, assist speaker series programs and special events.
Job requirements
In the physical requirements, ypu need to be able to stand and walk for longer periods of time and skilled with hand-work and the strange to carry objects up to 25 lbs. The employee must be skilled costumer service, relations with other people, expericen with the POS System(SFMCD). Corporate Support The corporate gifts support many initiatives such as especial exhibition sponsorships , aducatinal programs for children and adults and the develop of new technologies. In the return of the gifst, the corporations receive opportunities for employees, clinets and community partners (ssolutions).
Museum Store
The store features many objects that reflect the focus on art and design, wood, fiber, glass, clay or metal. Ypu can also purchase personal accesories such as handmade as well as special material from the local and international artista that came to the museum. All the earnings cupport the development of the exhibitions. The schedules are from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 to 5 pm, Thurday from 10 to 7 pm and Sunday from 12 to 5 pm(usquare). The museum can be rented to hold small parties or meetings. This support the museum main objective of funfing ore exhibitions and public programs. The MakeArt Laboratory rental fees are $250 per hourwith two hour mínimum. The entire museum is in $3500 for five hours. The capacity is for 225 people(SFMCD).
Bibliography
Museum of Craft and Design. (2016). About the Museum. 2017, from Museum of Craft and Design. Web site: http://sfmcd.org/aboutmcd/(SFMCD)
Experian Commercian Risk Database. (2017). MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND DESIGN. 2017, from ITESM CCM Digital Library.Web site: http://0-search.proquest.com.millenium.itesm.mx/docview/1582255010?pq-origsite=summon (proquest)
Galegroup. (Feb 16, 2012). The Museum of Craft and Design Announces New Home. 2017, de General OneFile. Web Site: http://0go.galegroup.com.millenium.itesm.mx/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=itesm01&id=GALE%7CA280201477&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon&authCount=1 (galegrup)
Wharton,T. (Nov, 2004). Inaugural exhibit at San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design. 2017, from ITESM CCM Digital Library. Web site: http://0-search.proquest.com.millenium.itesm.mx/docview/281947895?pq-origsite=summon (proquest II) World Travel Shop Union Square. (2017). San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design. Museum Store. 2017, from World Travel Shop Union Square .Web site: http://unionsquareshop.com/pages/sfMuseumCraftStore.html (usquare)
Serialsolutions. (2017). San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design. Museum Store. 2017, from ITESM CCM Digital Library. Web site: http://0-itesm.summon.serialssolutions.com.millenium.itesm.mx/2.0.0/link?t=1492496668674 (ssolutions) San Francisco Travel. (2016). Museum of Craft and Design. 2017, from San Francisco Travel. Web site: http://www.sftravel.com/explore/arts-culture/museum-craft-and-design (sftravel)
Nicky. (April 22, 2013). Museum of Craft and Design now open in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood. 2017, from HI Northern California Hostels. Web site: http://www.norcalhostels.org//news/museum-craft-and-design-now-open-san-franciscos-dogpatch-neighborhood (nhostels)