Kevin Abbott's Portfolio and Exhibit Work
Bellefonte Museum for Centre County
100 Years of Fantastic Plastic opened April 9 with a colorful collection of celluloid, baklite, and pop culture items from the turn of the century through the 60's. This exhibit was produced by an all volunteer team. Kevin designed and fabricated the interactives shown here. The tiping bottle demonstrates how cellulose nitrate, the precursor to synthetic plastic, was accidentally discovered when a cotton rag was used to clean up a nitric acid spill. The 2nd interactive demonstrats some touchable examples of early celluloid. In the third you can discover how celluloid billard balls and other plastic products reduced the demand for ivory.
Hands On Science Center
Kevin was the Exhibit Coordinator and Education Specialist for the Hands On Science Center at the National Museum of American History from 2000 to 2004. In addition to keeping the center in working order he contributed to new and redeveloped exhibits such as "Radioactivity Around Us", "Buckyball Hands-on Workshop", "Exploring the Frontier" and "Electricity Past and Present."
Electricity table in the HOSC
Other Exhibits
Tales of the Blue Crab, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 1999
Script, graphics, prototypes, and life like blue crab models for this interactive exhibit for primary students.
Tales of the Blue Crab debut in 1999.
Darwin and Other Visitors to Las Enchantatas, National Museum of Natural History, 1999. For this instillation I did the script, graphics, and models of the islands. It was featured at the opening night for the Galapagos Imax film.
Recent Scientific Collaborations between Cuba and the Smithsonian Institution,
National Museum of Natural History, 2000. I gathered Information and photos
from scientists as well as graphics and layout for this poster displayed at
a scientific conference in Havana, Cuba.
Several museum quality all synthetic blue crab models are with exhibits at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the National Zoo, and the Baltimore Science Center.
See more pictures of crab models.
Other Artwork
The Following series in plaster and tinted plastic resin is based on salt extraction pools, or salterns, from the ancient salt mines of Teguidda-n-Tessoumt, Niger. The use of these pools date back to ancient times when salt was highly valuable. Salt is extacted from animal manure and dessert soil in a several stage process accounting for for the variety of colors and dimensions of the pools.
Salterns III and Salterns II
Salterns I is a large piece that can
be seen at Stone Soup Community
Marketplace on E. College Ave.
in State College, PA.
Setting for Four is a 4' by 3' mosaic constructed from cardboard
shaped like puzzle pieces. The individual pieces are identical and interlocking.
They were cut out using the Same process us make Jabebo Earrings with. Click
here or on the knife and spoon to the right to see more closely.
Cardboard and colored cardstock, 2004
Pet's Revenge is a flea infested with miniature dogs
and a cat. See the pets in a fun interactive by clicking
here or on the image.
Gouache, 2004
Form, Weather, and Time, one of my first attempts to
be a real artist, was exhibited in the 2004 Art Alliance of Central PA Juried
Show.
Gouache, 2001
Talking Buttes,
Gouache, 2006
View from 15th Street is a birds-eye view of the capitol from
where we once live on 15th St. SW.
Gouache, 2002
Sun with Sun Spots and Moon with Rocket
Gouache, 2002
Cliff Dwellings
Gouache, 2003
Delicate Arch
Gouache, 2003
Ammonite Art on-going series, #1, #3, #5, #7
Gouache, 2004-
