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Food on the Move

Introductory Packet

From: The Public Humanities Student Working Group at theJNBC, Brown UniversityTo: Richard Gutman, Director, Culinary Arts Museum,Johnson and Wales UniversityRe: Preliminary Ideas and Questions on CollaboratingDate: 9 November 2009

Food On The Move: Culinary Tradition of Travel

A collaboration with the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson and Wales University

Project DescriptionFrom stagecoaches to jetliners, modes of transportation and methods of travel have unique andvaried culinary traditions. “Food on the Move,” a multifaceted project composed of exhibits atthe Culinary Arts Museum and public programs, seeks to explore the history and relationshipbetween cuisine and travel. Employing both a traditional museum exhibit and programs anddisplays dispersed throughout the community, “Food on the Move” will examine social andcultural trends through the lens of food and the process of getting from one place to another.The project will begin within the Culinary Arts Museum and Archives at Johnson and WalesUniversity, in the form of new interpretive panels and exhibit floor space adjacent to andincluding the Art Deco-style bar and the 1833 Stoddard Tavern Tap Room. The research andobjects for these displays will draw heavily from the museum’s collections, and food-basedprograms hosted here will use the skills and expertise of the Johnson & Wales community.However, this is just one of the project’s curatorial and programmatic elements.“Food on the Move” will break with traditional museum models by bringing interpretation fromthe museum to the actual types of sites being examined. Visitors / participants will be providedwith navigational tools (a travel kit) and encouraged to make their own private explorations of the various intersections of food and travel in the Providence area, perhaps via online games suchas Scvngr (scavenger hunts). We are working to identify partners in the travel venues aroundProvidence. For example, we hope to display an interpretive panel on food in the age of jet travelin the lobby of the TF Green airport, information on trains at the train station, a panel on car foodat a roadside diner, and so forth.Target Audiences

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The southern New England general public

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Johnson and Wales University students

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Brown University studentsProject Goals

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To demonstrate a collaborative model of programming wherein an exhibition and itsconstellation of related programs are mutually dependent and constitutive.

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To work with the

Culinary Arts Museum and Archives at Johnson and Wales Universityin researching and interpreting "Food on the Move" via exhibits in the museum and programs around the Providence metro-area.

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To gain experience in collaboration, exhibit development, public engagement, and publicprogramming.

Public Humanities Student CollaborationWith the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson and Wales2009-2010

Food on the Move

Questions for Richard Gutman / Culinary Arts Museum1 November 2009

In the course of our brainstorming sessions, these are questions the publichumanities students working on the project came up with.Regarding the exhibition / working with the Museum:

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Does the date we chose for the exhibition’s opening work? (More generally, doesthe timeline work?)

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How would installation work at the Museum? What days and times would we beable to install (or does the Museum need to do that?)? Does April 8‐15 work?

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Does the Museum’s staff do actual preparatorial work on objects and hanging of objects and panels or do we?

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Where is the preparatorial space? What kind of access could we have to thespace? When may we begin so as to not interfere with other preparatorial work at the Museum?

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Do you have a designer that you work with? Should we use yours or one of ourchoice? Is the Museum able to pay for exhibit design?

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Does the Museum have a review policy for text? We would like to maintaineditorial control.

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How may we be recognized within the Museum for our work? We’d like to avoidimplying that our views are those of the Museum as well as claim the work wedo on the exhibition.

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How does fabrication of panels, labels, and other printed matter take place?What fabrication is done in‐house? Printing? Exhibit construction? Which of these elements of this project can the Museum support financially?Regarding the programming / working with the students:

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What is the Johnson & Wales University calendar? When should theprogramming committee approach them? How has Richard worked with them inthe past? Are specific suggestions/requests needed? Would a collaboration withthe students likely be a week‐long project/lab? How do collaborations withstudents come about?

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Define a J&W student liaison, who shall we contact to work with their student body? Program committee needs to set up meeting.

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