They began by brainstorming potential events ideas and possible sponsors for both the Official Opening for Maskerad/Masked and supplementary events thereafter.
First checking with our Deputy Project Manager and Events staff at the Museum of World Culture to ensure that their ideas were acceptable by all they then reached out to specific local communities they felt would have an interest in our project.
Speaking with representatives of various Associations such as the Nigerian Family Association, and its subsidiary African cultural organizations, Events was able to tie a socio-cultural link between the masks and their source communities who now live in Gothenburg.
Engaging local artists, local politicians and other faculty and students at Gothenburg University for their key events, they achieved a larger role for their group by offering to aid the Interpretation group in the development of educational activities that also entertain.
By pushing the envelope, and being bold but realistic with their requests to sponsors, for time, attention and financial assistance, they gave the rest of the class the feeling that what we do in this exhibit matters to the local community.