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EDX is excited to share that our new exhibit at Women's Rights National Historical Park is open! The historic Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY is the site of the first Women's Rights Convention in the U.S. The Park's vision was to preserve the character of the space, while integrating interpretive elements that suggest the missing features of the building and provide context for the Convention itself. With a full visitor center and museum next door, our new design for the Chapel provides an enhanced visitor experience that connects visitors to the legacy of the Convention, which launched the Women's Suffrage movement in the U.S. Congratulations to our friends at the Park on the opening of the Chapel. And thank you to Southern Custom Exhibits for your excellent production craftsmanship.

It is important to note that while women eventually gained the right to vote in 1920, many states passed laws that discriminated against African American men and women, limiting their right to vote. To learn more about their story, please refer to the linked article from the National Park Service:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/black-women-and-the-fight-for-voting-rights.htm

EDX has been fortunate to have our offices in Gene Zema's architecturally important office and studio building, highlighted in this article about his life and work. The building is wonderful to work in and has held up well through the years. It is a small gem in the midst of ever-taller Eastlake buildings. His contributions to Northwest Regional Architecture as one of the founding members of the Northwest School movement will be remembered.

In Memoriam: Gene Zema Born on September 2, 1926, Gene grew up on a farm in California in the Sacramento Valley. He came to the University of Washington as an engineering student in 1944. He then served in the Navy during World War II, and upon returning to the University of Washington, changed programs and joined the Dep...

One of the great things about exhibit design is that we interact with a variety of professions over the lifetime of a project, and we always learn something new from these collaborations. Our recent call for artists for the Bellevue Japanese American Legacy Project put us in touch with our three finalists: Shogo Ota, Mari Shibuya and Erin Shigaki! They were all amazing to work with and we encourage you to check out their work (see links below).

https://www.tiremanstudio.com/mural

https://www.marishibuya.com/murals

https://www.purplegatedesign.com/projects/

EDX team members went on a site visit to the Everglades National Park earlier this summer! We are very grateful to the onsite team at the Park, who were not deterred by the varying weather conditions and showed our staff around their park for three days. Our team came back with tons of content ideas, reference pictures, and only a few mosquito bites 🦟

We are so excited to announce that Moran State Park visitor center is now open, with brand new exhibits! Big thank you to CREO Industrial Arts , Larry Eifert and the Washington State Parks team for being amazing collaborators on this project, and for working so hard to create a great exhibit.