One of the goals of the Microbestiary is to reach out into the broader community outside the University of Wyoming. One way that we can do this is by attending and presenting at science festivals and meetings.
MAX 2019 Space Festival
Erin Bentley and Sara Griffith attended the MAX 2019 Space Festival in May of 2019 with the goals of figuring out how to put together a festival (so that in the future the Microbestiary could put together their own) and seeing how to integrate Native American populations into outreach projects through examining how MAX had done it with their "Star Stories" exhibition with Lakota youth.
Abroad Festivals
There are several large science festivals that are held throughout the world. Taking the bestiary to one of these conventions could draw international attention to the bestiary and it's associated grants. There are two so far that are large scale and could potentially be a good fit for our bestiary work. The festivals at Edinburgh and Abu Dhabi would be good festivals to look into presenting at.
- Emily Armitage (Unlicensed) look into how we get a vendor application for the Edinburgh festival
- Look into the Abu Dhabi festival to see if it's a good match for the bestiary and how we apply to present