The EHFOP's Traveling Exhibit, Picturing Hemingway: A Writer In His Time, has gone around the state of Illinois this year, bringing the story of Hemingway and Oak Park to colleges and municipal libraries hundreds of miles away. The exhibit is part of the Foundation's mission of outreach, bringing the visual impact of Hemingway’s life to as wide an audience as possible.
Picturing Hemingway: A Writer In His Time is a traveling exhibit produced by The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. The traveling exhibit is a modified version of an original exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. It consists of approximately 70 historic photos from public and private collections accompanied by insightful labels. These pictures and text appear against backgrounds of halftone color photos evocative of their place and time in Hemingway's life. The exhibit has been touring throughout the U.S. and abroad since its opening in Oak Park in 1999. The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park is the site manager for the exhibit and is responsible for all scheduling, promotion, maintenance and coordinating transportation to each Sponsor and Host site.
This exhibit may be used for educational purposes only and, except for reasonable admission fees charged for access to a facility in the normal course of its operation, no admission fee may be charged to view the exhibit without prior written approval. In addition, no photography of the exhibit is allowed except for educational or publicity uses.
Display and Assembly Specifications
The exhibit consists of sixteen easy to assemble lightweight flat panels that are free standing, portable and easy to set up. The exhibit is packed into two cartons for shipping and should be repacked into these same cartons at the end of the display duration.
Space requirements: Minimum space 21’ x 20’ — Oval Plan
Maximum space 39’ x 14’ — Arch Plan
7’ in height
250 lb. estimated weight
Assembly time: 5 hours set-up, 4 hours tear-down
Insurance Requirements
The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park will provide insurance coverage for the transportation and display of the Exhibit. Each Sponsor and Host site is required to obtain liability insurance covering slip-and-fall while the exhibit is on display at its location.
Publicity Requirements
The following credit line must be used in the exhibit and in all publicity: Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time was organized by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, in collaboration with The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park.
Supporting Print Materials
Brochure: A 700-word pamphlet about the exhibit like the one accompanying this information can be purchased from the Smithsonian through its printer, Schneidereith & Sons, 1-800-525-0400.
Book: Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time, by Frederick Voss, Exhibit Curator, a 128-page catalog, can be purchased through Yale University Press.
