︎DIGITAL CONTENT
︎PLATFORMS
︎PUBLICATIONS
︎ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
︎STORYTELLING
Museums as Climate Policy
Climate Policy Action Network Co-Creator
Reimagining the role of museums for Museums for Climate Action at COP26 in Glasgow
Museums have long served as gatekeepers to collective knowledge, with a tension between institutional narratives and limited visitor participation in curatorial frameworks. The Climate Policy Action Network (CPAN) redefines museums as a public resource, where the nature of content is reassigned to citizens.
This was a collaboration with Gabriel Fries-Briggs, Libby Ellwood, and additional support provided by Cheyenne Gurule and Jason Rebillot.
Climate Policy Action Network Co-Creator
Reimagining the role of museums for Museums for Climate Action at COP26 in Glasgow
Museums have long served as gatekeepers to collective knowledge, with a tension between institutional narratives and limited visitor participation in curatorial frameworks. The Climate Policy Action Network (CPAN) redefines museums as a public resource, where the nature of content is reassigned to citizens.
This was a collaboration with Gabriel Fries-Briggs, Libby Ellwood, and additional support provided by Cheyenne Gurule and Jason Rebillot.
California Lichen Society + iNaturalist
Vice President, Outreach Director
25+ year old organization that promotes, educates, and conserves lichens
Vice President, Outreach Director
25+ year old organization that promotes, educates, and conserves lichens
Digitally networked publics engaged in capturing lichen observations and ecological data, shared across general non-specialist participants, culminating monthly digital meet-ups that linked the curious with experts.
McSweeney's + BYLINER
Co-editor + Content Curator
A publishing company challenging conventions while encouraging originality
Co-editor + Content Curator
A publishing company challenging conventions while encouraging originality
Archived one of the largest collections of mixed media on the Libyan Revolution. Collaborated and assisted Libyan citizen journalists in translation and content editing to preserve their voice to help tell their story. Curated digital media for global distribution which supported mapping, relief, and medical efforts, as well as a this primary source book on the Arab Spring.
California Lichen Society
Co-producer + Bulletin Committee Chair
25+ year old organization that promotes, educates, and conserves lichens
Co-producer + Bulletin Committee Chair
25+ year old organization that promotes, educates, and conserves lichens
Researched and interviewed experts on their lichen research and wrote, edited and produced CALS content and media across digital, print, and a podcast creating accessible science and exposing the hidden world of lichenology. Launched social media campaigns and designed digital engagement strategies.
Museum Educators of Southern California
Vice President, Strategic Engagement + Co-editor / producer
40+ year old organization that cultivates and empowers museum professionals around informal public learning
Vice President, Strategic Engagement + Co-editor / producer
40+ year old organization that cultivates and empowers museum professionals around informal public learning
Collaboratively instigated a brand refresh for a more accurate look and feel to reflect the evolving organization. Navigated alongside designer and key stakeholders to ensure clarity of brand, excited board, and a finished product that could connect to membership. Strategized across board to produce active, engaging digital content. Mission success.
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UC Jepson Herbaria California Moss eFlora Database
Data Manager / Cryptogamic Plant Assistant Curator
12th largest botany archive in the world
Curated, edited, and archived world famous bryological collection for open-access public use via online tools to integrate specimen data across California.
Data Manager / Cryptogamic Plant Assistant Curator
12th largest botany archive in the world
Curated, edited, and archived world famous bryological collection for open-access public use via online tools to integrate specimen data across California.
Curiosity Labs + Domestic Lab
Founder
Curiously engaging the publics with science
Conceptually designed a stop-motion animation, visually articulating the realities of entrapment using simple kitchen items and engagement frameworks to engage target audience effectively. Collaborated with engineers to design a multimedia lichen musical synthesis where image pixels controlled audible sounds via a Max MSP. The more visually interesting the lichen, the more space like the sounds!
Founder
Curiously engaging the publics with science
Conceptually designed a stop-motion animation, visually articulating the realities of entrapment using simple kitchen items and engagement frameworks to engage target audience effectively. Collaborated with engineers to design a multimedia lichen musical synthesis where image pixels controlled audible sounds via a Max MSP. The more visually interesting the lichen, the more space like the sounds!
︎CONTACT
HANNA.MESRATY@GMAIL.COM
HANNA.MESRATY@GMAIL.COM