Trinity College’s Science Gallery has won a Shorty Award for Cultural Institution at an award ceremony that took place last night (28 March) at New York’s Times Centre.
The ceremony, hosted by The Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi, boasted a number of celebrity presenters, including Keifer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller and award-winners Conan O’Brien and Sesame Street.
The Annual Shorty Awards and are decided by a combination of popular vote and by the members of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences, whose members include MC Hammer, Craig Newmark and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
Science Gallery accepted the award with the following speech “140 chars? A googolplexian characters couldn’t convey our gratitude. Thanks 4 making @ScienceGallery the place where art & science collide.”
Commenting on the win Science Gallery’s Events and Community Manager Ian Brunswick said: “With over 5,000 followers on Twitter, Science Gallery reaches out well beyond the walls of the gallery – it allows us to continue the conversation about what is happening in Science Gallery, in the world of science and art, and it helps us draw inspiration and ideas from our community on Twitter. A big thank you goes to everyone who took the time to nominate us for this award. And Kanye West – if you’re watching – this is one award that shouldn’t have gone to Beyonce.”
Science Gallery director Michael John Gorman added: “Cultural institutions now use new tools for listening to their communities. We have been blown away by the power of Twitter to allow us to respond to ideas and the suggestions from our followers. In fact one of Science Gallery’s most popular events – TEDxDUBLIN – came about following a comment on Twitter. Within two weeks the speaker line up was finalised and all the tickets were snapped up in just over 10 minutes showing just how nimble we can be when we are using social media.”
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