Evolution of a Thematic Exhibit – Blood a Modern Medicine – Jean Wang
 
How does an 1879 Paris pneumatic post lettercard fit into a thematic exhibit about blood donation and transfusion? Tune in to find out

 
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Jean Wang is a hematologist and leukemia researcher in Toronto, Canada. Her thematic exhibit Blood: A Modern Medicine has evolved from a three-frame National Silver in 2015 to a five-frame National Large Gold. It won the Grand Award at CANPEX 2019, becoming the first thematic exhibit to win the top award at a National level show in Canada, and repeated that feat at ORAPEX 2022. Jean will use examples from her exhibit to demonstrate how thematic exhibitors can use innovative approaches and draw upon all branches of philately to illustrate a non-philatelic story.
 
Philatelic CV Jean Wang
Member: NTSC, PSSC, PHSC, RPSC, BNAPS (Postal Stationery Study Group, Elizabethan II Study Group), ATA (Medical Subjects Unit), APS, AAPE
2014 – present Volunteer Moderator, www.Stampboards.com
2017 – 2019 PSSC Membership Secretary
2018 – 2019 Co-Chair, NTSC Exhibits
2018 – present Editor, NTSC Newsletter
2018 – present Member, Canada Post Stamp Advisory Committee
2019 – present RPSC delegate to the FIP Thematic Commission
2020 – present PSSC Membership Director
2020 – present Editor, PSSC Journal
2021 – present Member, Board of Directors, Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation
Awards
2021 Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, Long Time Contribution Award (for consistent contributions in recent years to The Canadian Philatelist)
2021 Royal Philatelic Society of Canada Volunteer Award, North Toronto Stamp Club
2021 APS Star Route Awards, Gold (NTSC Newsletter)
2022 ATA Outstanding Volunteer Award
2022 APS Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Award for National Service

Presentations
2016 January NTSC, The Story of Blood – Building a Thematic Exhibit
2017 June PSSC, The Story of Blood – Evolution of a Thematic Exhibit
2018 February West Toronto Stamp Club, The Story of Blood – Evolution of a Thematic Exhibit
2019 June ROYAL 2019, Building a Thematic Exhibit
2020 June NTSC, COVID-19-Related Philately https://youtu.be/JxybLIrNwfc
2020 September SEAPEX 2020, COVID-19-Related Philately https://youtu.be/sGjgx63tXKM
2020 October ATA Fall For Topicals, COVID-19-Related Philately https://youtu.be/OuMe1gE-bA
2020 November Oxford Philatelic Society, COVID-19-Related Philately
2021 April RPSC Stamp Panel, Thematic Collecting (first speaker) rpsc.org/zoom/zoom_20210419-PanelsPart1-Presentation.mp4
2021 May ATA Thematic Exhibiting Course, How to Choose a Wide Variety of Philatelic Items for Your Exhibit
2021 June ATA Presentation to Collectors Club, Pandemic Philately (third speaker, introduced at 29:41) vimeo.com/561329294
2021 August RPSC Stamp Talk, Canadian Medical Groundbreakers: Concept to Design rpsc.org/zoom/Zoom_StampTalk_Aug2021_Wang.mp4
2021 September BNAPEX 2021 VIRTUAL, Postal Stationery Cards of the Hospital for Sick Children’s Christmas Appeals https://bnaps.org/ore/DocAccess.php?Doc=61
2021 November NTSC, The Hospital for Sick Children’s Early Christmas Appeals https://youtu.be/19oe9AHSXpQ
2021 November RPSC Stamp Panel, Introduction to Exhibiting (second speaker 37:26) rpsc.org/zoom/zoom_20211115-Panels-Presentation.mp4
2022 January ATA Warm up to Topicals, Canadian Medical Groundbreakers: Concept to Design https://youtu.be/XjBRMw5W5PU
2022 February RPSC Stamp Talk, Pandemic Philately: Beyond COVID-19 Stamps rpsc.org/zoom/Zoom_StampTalk_2022Feb14_Wang.mp4
2022 June CAPEX’22, BNAPS Session, Introduction to Thematic Collecting and Exhibiting
2022 August NOVAPEX 2022, Thematic Collecting and Exhibiting
2022 November Collectors Club of New York, Evolution of a Thematic Exhibit – Blood: A Modern Medicine

Online Presence
1. Stampboards.com thread Fun with Thematic Exhibiting, where I have ‘blogged’ the evolution of my thematic exhibit about blood from the first 2-frame version in 2014 to present: https://bit.ly/BloodThematicExhibit
2. stampandstories.blogspot.com What do toilet paper and facemasks have in common? (guest article) 10 October 2021: https://stampandstories.blogspot.com/2021/10/Toilet-Paper.html
3. Talking about Blood: Perspectives from a medical philatelist. Podcast for The Blood Project, 3 Feb 2022: https://www.thebloodproject.com/talking-about-blood-perspectives-from-a-medical-philatelist

 
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