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Maraya Cornell

  • What I do, where I work

  • I’m an independent content developer based in Los Angeles. I contribute to exhibition development at all stages of the process, from research and concept development to exhibit planning and interpretive writing. My favorite areas of focus are nature, science, and environmental issues. I love history too.

Website(s)

  • More about me

  • This summer (2010), I’ve challenged myself to visit all the museums and interpretive sites in Los Angeles — “all” being a subjective term in this case. While I’m at it, I’ll be publishing my reviews of these sites on Exhibit Files.

  • Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

    Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art

    Review

    by Maraya Cornell Published July 12 2010

    My friend Emily and I caught the exhibition "Divine Demons: Wrathful Deities of Buddhist Art" at the Norton Simon on a Saturday, just before it closed. For its dramatic title and its prominence on the Museum's website, the exhibition of paintings and...

  • Inside White Space: Portraits of Black and Brown Power in the Institution

    Inside White Space: Portraits of Black and Brown Power in the Institution

    Review

    by Maraya Cornell Published June 29 2010

    You probably wouldn't expect the Museum of African American Art (MAAA) in Los Angeles to be housed in a shopping mall. And I don't mean the kind of alternative "Anti-Mall"

  • Water: Our Thirsty World

    Water: Our Thirsty World

    Review

    by Maraya Cornell Published June 22 2010

    The salient impression I had when I visited the Annenberg Space for Photography for the first time was that it doesn't provide a lot of space for photography. By photography, I mean still images captured on film and rendered on some static medium, such...

  • Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture

    Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture

    Review

    by Maraya Cornell Published May 31 2010

    Yesterday, I saw the da Vinci exhibition at the Getty. As the full title of the show, "Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention," suggests, it's an exhibition about process rather than product. The show is introduced...

Latest Posts from The Nature of Story

  • Interpreting Oil Spills

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    Published on July 18, 2010

    The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa has gotten a lot of press lately for their exhibit on the oil spill. Rather than filling a new tank with marine life from the Gulf of Mexico, as originally planned, the aquarium inste...