Rhonda Gawthrop grew up in Southern California, among Disneyland,
movie studios and surfers. She began her career in the world of
beach fashion, as an advertising art director at Catalina Swimwear.
Later, she became creative director at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising;
building brands for clients at Mattel, Disney, and Fisher
Price.
While earning an MA in Exhibition Design, Rhonda is concentrating
her creative experience in communicating to the public through the
visual language of art, media and culture in the context of
museums, galleries and education. Chrystal McCluney, a Southern
California native, grew up in the sunset glow of the surf and music
culture of Los Angeles. After earning a BA in Communications and a
MA in Audio Production, she blended her training into a career as a
music supervisor and event planner for a production company in
Orange County. This invaluable experience eventually seasoned into
a transition to museum work.
Chrystal is currently working on an MA in Exhibition Design at
California State University Fullerton. Her love of history and
music emerge in her curating and design style. Costa Mesa-based Jim
Washburn has written about music and popular culture for the Los
Angeles Times, the OC Register, the OC Weekly and other
publications, as well as the MSN and fourstory.org websites. He
co-authored the books Martin Guitars, an Illustrated Celebration
and John Crean: The Wheel and I. He has curated four exhibits at
the Fullerton Museum Center, including: The Orange Groove, Orange
County's Rock Music History and Lay Down the Boogie: OC in the
Disco Era. In 2012, he was a guest lecturer at the Segerstrom
Center for the Performing Arts Chautauqua! engagement.
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