Installation Exhibit Design

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This hands-on workshop practicum will design and install static, interactive, and multimedia exhibit displays. Working in collaboration with The Center for Social Justice and Lauinger Library, students will mount, publicize, and organize an exhibit celebrating 15 years of Georgetown's "Teach the Speech" initiative. Each year, "Teach the Speech" asks Georgetown faculty, staff, and students across campuses and schools to read and reflect on one of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s speeches. This course will review and curate memories, documents, and Georgetown holdings related to the first fifteen years of the initiative. Working across a shared archive of exhibition material, we will uncover novel connections and plan narratives that guide visitor interaction. Students will also edit video footage and design interactive experiences for the library's visualization wall. Exhibition materials include archival documents, video recordings, and creative responses to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches. Students will explore and analyze these materials, with the aim of guiding visitors to appreciate how "Teach the Speech" has elevated and celebrated Dr. King's legacy on the Georgetown campus. The course develops academic and profession skills in archival research, curatorial analysis, film editing, creative digital making, event publicity, and visitor experience.