Digital and virtual media, performance, aesthetics

Nicola Levell has won the American Anthropological Association’s Council of Museum Anthropology’s 2021 Michael Ames Prize

Nicola Levell has won the American Anthropological Association’s Council of Museum Anthropology’s 2021 Michael Ames Prize

Nicola Levell has won the American Anthropological Association’s Council of Museum Anthropology’s 2021 Michael Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology for her project Shadows, Strings & Other Things (the physical and the digital exhibitions) and her edited volume Bodies of Enchantment: Puppets of Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas (2021). This award is the most prestigious award for museum anthropology in the […]

Puppetry Exhibition Wins National Award and Officially Launches Virtual Exhibit!

Puppetry Exhibition Wins National Award and Officially Launches Virtual Exhibit!

Shadows Strings & Other Things: The Enchanting Theatre of Puppets is the winner of the Canadian Museum Association’s 2020 award for an outstanding exhibition of cultural heritage. The jury recognized, “In the context of this year’s competition, this project was nationally significant and exceeded the current standard of practice by going beyond the conventional approach.” This […]