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| name = Anne Maureen McKeating | | name = Anne Maureen McKeating | ||
| alt = Anne Maureen McKeating | | alt = Anne Maureen McKeating | ||
| nationality = Canadian | |||
| residence = Toronto, ON, Canada | | residence = Toronto, ON, Canada | ||
| fields = Curatorial practice, art history, museum studies | |||
| workplaces = [[Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics]], OCAD University | |||
| alma_mater = University of Toronto, OCAD University, York University | |||
| known_for = [[Anything outside of the mainstream]], [[Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics]] | | known_for = [[Anything outside of the mainstream]], [[Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics]] | ||
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'''Anne Maureen McKeating''' is a Canadian curator, educator, and arts administrator based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the executive director and curator of the [[Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics]] in Fort Bragg, California, which preserves the collection and self-taught electromagnetic experiments of the folk physicist Larry Spring. | |||
==Biography== | |||
McKeating studied film, cinema and video studies at the University of Toronto and later completed a program in critical theory and curatorial practice at OCAD University in Toronto. She earned a Master in Environmental Studies (MES) from York University in 2016. She has worked as an educator at OCAD University, teaching in the areas of art production and curatorial practice. | |||
==Work== | |||
McKeating became involved with the estate of Larry Spring (1915–2009), a Fort Bragg television-repair man and self-taught experimenter who developed an idiosyncratic, non-mathematical account of electromagnetic energy that he taught at his "Larry Spring School of Common Sense Physics." After Spring's death his collection and building passed to the artist Heather Brown, and McKeating volunteered to help sort and organize the material. When Brown died, McKeating inherited the collection and took on the role of executive director, working to sustain the museum through community engagement, program development, public relations, and fundraising. | |||
Her curatorial and academic work has centered on framing Spring's collection as an example of vernacular, outsider, or amateur cultural production. Her 2016 master's thesis, ''Positioning the Collection: Perspectives on Larry Spring's Vernacular Museum'', used research-creation methods—including print works, video, curated performances, and a redesign of the museum website—drawing on theories of outsider art and "situated knowledge production" to position the museum's artifacts and demonstration models. | |||
==External links== | |||
* [http://larryspringmuseum.org/ Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics] | |||
* [https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/items/04e23341-0395-4e92-a8ea-c7752d984bd0 ''Positioning the Collection: Perspectives on Larry Spring's Vernacular Museum'' (York University, 2016)] | |||
[[Category:Scientist|McKeating Anne Maureen]] | [[Category:Scientist|McKeating Anne Maureen]] | ||
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Anne Maureen McKeating | |
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| Residence | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto, OCAD University, York University |
| Known for | Anything outside of the mainstream, Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Curatorial practice, art history, museum studies |
| Institutions | Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics, OCAD University |
Anne Maureen McKeating is a Canadian curator, educator, and arts administrator based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the executive director and curator of the Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics in Fort Bragg, California, which preserves the collection and self-taught electromagnetic experiments of the folk physicist Larry Spring.
Biography
McKeating studied film, cinema and video studies at the University of Toronto and later completed a program in critical theory and curatorial practice at OCAD University in Toronto. She earned a Master in Environmental Studies (MES) from York University in 2016. She has worked as an educator at OCAD University, teaching in the areas of art production and curatorial practice.
Work
McKeating became involved with the estate of Larry Spring (1915–2009), a Fort Bragg television-repair man and self-taught experimenter who developed an idiosyncratic, non-mathematical account of electromagnetic energy that he taught at his "Larry Spring School of Common Sense Physics." After Spring's death his collection and building passed to the artist Heather Brown, and McKeating volunteered to help sort and organize the material. When Brown died, McKeating inherited the collection and took on the role of executive director, working to sustain the museum through community engagement, program development, public relations, and fundraising.
Her curatorial and academic work has centered on framing Spring's collection as an example of vernacular, outsider, or amateur cultural production. Her 2016 master's thesis, Positioning the Collection: Perspectives on Larry Spring's Vernacular Museum, used research-creation methods—including print works, video, curated performances, and a redesign of the museum website—drawing on theories of outsider art and "situated knowledge production" to position the museum's artifacts and demonstration models.