Monday, December 9, 2013 - Melissa Mohr, PechaKucha Nights

Melissa Mohr, Director of Education at the Figge, will be our guest speaker on Monday.  She will present on PechaKucha Nights (PKN), a worldwide event hosted at the Figge every month.

PKN began as a fun, informal way to share creative projects and ideas in Tokyo over 10 years ago and has spread to over 700 cities.  Organized by the Figge, PKN reaches the entire Quad City Community and has experienced great success in its first year. 

How it works!  Each PKN features 8-10 presenters from the community that speak on a topic of their interest - not necessarily something about visual art, just something they love.  Topics range from recent travels to scholarly research, from funny pet stories to newly composed songs. Accompanying each presentation are 20 images.  The catch is that each image is only projected for 20 seconds, making an entire presentation less than 7 minutes. Members will have an opportunity to experience two PKN presentations on Monday.

Melissa Mohr has been the Director of Education at the Figge since June, 2012. Prior to her role as Director of Education, she served as the Outreach Coordinator, providing educational arts-integration lessons to over 50,000 students and residents in the Quad City Area. Mohr received her BA in Classics from Knox College and her MA in Art History from the University of Iowa. In addition to working for the Figge, Mohr volunteers on numerous community committees and teachers a graduate level course on museum education through Western Illinois University’s Museum Studies program.