Special Services: Public Education and Interpretation

Our creative professionals and researchers collaborate to produce outstanding educational and interpretive products, including the following:

• Interior and exterior interpretive panels
• Educational pamphlets and booklets
• Broadcast-quality educational films and web spots
• Educational websites
• Training and reference materials for agency and construction personnel

UC Davis Project to Honor Native Americans

Art Director and Graphic Designer Tammara Ekness Norton has been with Far Western for over 21 years and heads our design team. Ms. Norton has designed and overseen fabrication and installation of high quality exterior interpretive panels for the City of Vacaville, the Town of Truckee, the University of California at Davis, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the US military; and interior exhibits for California State Parks.  Ms. Norton has designed numerous educational web sites and booklets for clients including the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFIRE), Caltrans, the Bureau of Land Management, and California State Parks. On each project, Ms. Norton works in tandem with Far Western researchers and other specialists to produce beautiful and informative products.

 Contact Art Director Tammara Ekness Norton for additional Information.

Here are a few recent examples of our public education work…

"People of the Tules:  Archaeology and Prehistory of California's Great Central Valley" was produced for Caltrans in 2009.

"Written on the Land:  10,000 Years of Human History along Marsh Creek" was produced for California State Parks in 2009.

 "Mountain Harvest:  The Use of Pinyon Nuts by the Paiute and Their Ancestors Near Sherwin Summit, California" was produced for Caltrans in 2009.

"The History and Archaeology of Yerba Buena Island for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span Project" was produced for Caltrans in 2007.
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/yerbabuena

"Step Back in Time" was produced for Caltrans in 2007.
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist2/pdf/stepback.pdf

"Stealing the Sun" was produced for Caltrans in 2004 http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist10/media/docs/stealingthesun_brochure.pdf