In mid-April, the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ public history program hosted the , giving 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty and graduate students an opportunity to organize events and showcase their work:
- Costume curator and the director of public history at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ organized a pop-up fashion exhibition where four teams of four competed to curate and install a Vegas-themed costume exhibition. The clothing used for this mad-cap, collaborative two-hour project is part of the public history program’s study collection and was donated by local collector David Porcello.
- Professor and public historian Andy Kirk won the best book award at the National Council on Public History for his graphic history, .
- Public historian Miriam Melton Villanueva organized an ofrenda, a Mexican altar commonly used on Day of the Dead. Working with students, Melton Villanueva created the altar to offer visitors to Las Vegas a place to honor the many lives lost in our city on October 1. This work is an extension of a project that began in collaboration with the Barrick Museum.
- Michael Green, associate director of public history, and graduate students Billy Marino, Shae Cox and Anthony Graham worked with conference organizers on a local program that shared locals’ secrets on where to get the best tacos () and the city’s historical must-sees, including The Mob Museum.
The conference also gave 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ graduate students a number of opportunities to make important career connections as they move into their professional lives.
