Soft Monuments Event & Run of Show
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iLRN Events · Run of Show Run of Show: Soft Monuments A hybrid art installation with Amanda Browder: a live textile wrap in Missoula, Montana, streamed into a virtual Brunswick in FrameVR. Back to Events Management. |
What and when
Event brief
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Exhibition · Hybrid opening Soft Monuments Amanda Browder wraps the Brunswick in Missoula with her textile work while virtual guests watch the live stream inside a recreated Brunswick in FrameVR. The virtual building is wrapped in the quilt at the same time, with audience participation and Q&A. Two workshops in November invite the community to make the fabric strips for the virtual wrap. |
Session times
Pacific plus Mountain (Missoula). Confirm against the Community Calendar before posting.
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Session |
Date |
Pacific |
Mountain |
Where |
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Workshop 1: Canva strip-making |
Nov 10, 2026 |
3 pm |
4 pm |
Canva + Zoom |
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Workshop 2: FrameVR placement |
Nov 21, 2026 |
9 am |
10 am |
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Rehearsal (crew only) |
Dec 2 or 3, 2026 |
TBD |
TBD |
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Opening |
Dec 4, 2026 |
3 pm |
4 pm |
Immersive Futures + live stream |
Key facts
Event at a glance
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Event |
Soft Monuments: hybrid opening |
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Artist |
Amanda Browder |
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Type |
Exhibition (hybrid art installation) |
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Opening |
December 4, 2026, time TBD. Confirm on the Community Calendar. |
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In person |
The Brunswick, Missoula, Montana |
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Virtual venue |
Immersive Futures (framevr.io/immersive-futures) |
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Capacity |
300-person Frame |
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Format |
Live stream inside the virtual Brunswick, quilt wrap reveal, ambient audio, audience participation, Q&A |
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Event lead |
Charlene Hardin |
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Status tracking |
Jira board (see Planning stack) |
Spreadsheets, Jira and Drive
Planning stack
The project spreadsheet is the planning source; its tasks and Gantt dates feed the Jira board, and Jira is where status is tracked. Files and assets live in Drive.
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Project spreadsheet Tasks, Questions tab, Gantt |
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Jira board Status and owners |
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Google Drive Images, audio, archive, exports |
Spreadsheets that inform Jira
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Spreadsheet |
What it holds |
Link |
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Soft Monuments project spreadsheet |
Task list, Questions tab (open questions for Amanda and the team), Gantt chart |
Add link |
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Immersive Futures asset spreadsheet |
Inventory of the archived Poster Hall assets, so the Frame can be restored |
Add link |
Jira
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Item |
Link |
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Soft Monuments Jira board |
Add link |
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Jira project key |
Add key |
Google Drive
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Folder or file |
What it holds |
Link |
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Soft Monuments project folder |
Planning files, this event's working documents |
Add link |
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Amanda's source materials |
Images, image template, background info |
Add link |
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Audio |
Sewing-event sound captures (from Aaron), ambient audio |
Add link |
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Immersive Futures archive (.zip) |
Archived Poster Hall build from the Support Center prefab |
Add link |
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Workshop exports |
Fabric strip PNGs exported from Canva |
Add link |
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Marketing assets |
Social cards and event images |
Add link |
Other working spaces
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Space |
Purpose |
Link |
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Shared Canva (workshop) |
Participants upload fabric and make strips; Charlene exports the PNGs |
Add link |
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Canva (marketing) |
Social cards by Shradha |
Add link |
Every public touchpoint
Marketing and links
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Channel or asset |
Audience |
Owner |
Link |
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Community Calendar listing (opening) |
Public |
Charlene |
Add link |
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Community Calendar listings (workshops) |
Public |
Charlene |
Add link |
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RSVP or registration form |
Public |
Charlene |
Add link |
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Social cards (Canva) |
Public |
Shradha |
Add link |
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LinkedIn post(s) |
Public |
TBD |
Add link |
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Discord: volunteer general |
Volunteers |
Charlene |
Add link |
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Discord: community |
Members |
TBD |
Add link |
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Email to members |
Members |
TBD |
Add link |
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Amanda Browder's channels (cross-post) |
Artist audience |
Amanda |
Add link |
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Live stream link |
Attendees |
Tech support |
Add link |
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Virtual venue |
Attendees |
Charlene |
The Frame
Venue and build
The virtual opening runs in the Immersive Futures Frame, cleared of its Poster Hall build (archived to Drive) and rebuilt as a Missoula scene.
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Element |
Detail |
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Frame |
Immersive Futures, 300-person capacity |
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Brunswick building |
Low-poly modular kit; wrapped using Amanda's image as texture; holds the live stream screen |
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Second building |
University of Montana Music Building; standard build with images on or near it |
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Skybox |
Montana skyline |
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Train yard |
Flat transparent-PNG trains placed in the distance (the Brunswick is near a train yard) |
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Audio |
Sewing-event sounds from Aaron, ambient audio |
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Quilt wrap |
Workshop strips placed free-form; final virtual wrap follows Amanda's pattern, and Amanda has final say |
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Optional |
Animated low-poly people |
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Performance targets |
Avg FPS 60 or higher; minimum 40 desktop, 30 iOS Safari. Compress images before upload. |
Who does what
People and roles
Volunteers do all in-platform building; Amanda supplies images, background information and audio.
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Person |
Role on this event |
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Charlene Hardin |
Event lead, environment build, workshop lead, Canva PNG exports |
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Amanda Browder |
Artist; supplies images, image template and background; final say on strip design and placement |
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Jonathon Richter |
iLRN CEO; artist relationship |
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Aaron |
Sewing-event sound capture |
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Nhai |
Tech support (prospective) |
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Shradha |
Social media cards |
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Syd |
Project participant; role TBD |
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Katie |
Project participant; role TBD |
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TBD |
Host / MC |
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TBD |
Documentation |
Gates to event day
Milestones
Detailed tasks and due dates live in Jira. These four dates gate the opening.
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When |
Milestone |
Done when |
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Nov 10, 2026 |
Workshop 1 |
Participants have strips in the shared Canva |
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Nov 21, 2026 |
Workshop 2 |
Strips exported as PNGs and placed in the Frame |
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Dec 2 or 3, 2026 |
Rehearsal |
Stream, audio, wrap reveal and roles run end to end; FPS checked |
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Dec 4, 2026 |
Opening |
Event runs; recording captured |
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By Dec 11, 2026 |
Closed out |
Close-out checklist complete |
December 4
Day-of run sheet
Times are relative to doors opening (T). Add Mountain and Pacific clock times once the start is confirmed with Missoula.
Legend ■ Prep ■ Live ■ After
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Time |
Segment |
Owner |
Notes |
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T − 60 min |
Crew in Frame; tech check |
Tech support |
Stream test, audio levels, FPS check, screen share |
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T − 30 min |
Confirm with Missoula |
Event lead |
Stream live, camera angle, on-site contact |
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T − 10 min |
“Doors open” post |
Marketing |
Discord, LinkedIn, calendar link |
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T |
Doors open; greeters at spawn |
Host |
Welcome, how to move, where the stream is |
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T + 10 min |
Welcome and introductions |
Host |
iLRN welcome, introduce Amanda |
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T + 20 min |
Live stream: wrap in Missoula |
Tech support |
Stream on the Brunswick screen |
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T + [TBD] |
Virtual wrap reveal |
Event lead |
Quilt wrap appears on the virtual Brunswick |
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T + [TBD] |
Audience participation |
Host |
[Format TBD] |
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T + [TBD] |
Q&A with Amanda |
Host |
Collect questions in chat |
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T + [TBD] |
Thanks and close |
Host |
Group selfie, feedback link, next event |
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After close |
Crew debrief (15 min) |
Event lead |
What broke, what to keep |
Contingencies
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Stream drops Switch the screen to a holding image; host narrates; retry the stream. |
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FPS falls under target Hide the optional animated people and particle effects first. |
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Frame at capacity Post the overflow link: [TBD]. |
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Missoula delay Host runs an in-Frame tour of the two buildings and the train yard until the stream is ready. |
Within one week
Close-out
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☐ |
Export the FrameVR performance CSV and attendance count |
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Save the recording and screenshots to the Drive project folder |
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Post the recap (Discord, LinkedIn) and link it on Events Management |
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Log volunteer hours in the time sheet |
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Decide whether the scene stays up as an archived VR experience |
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Close or archive the Jira board |
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Restore or repurpose the Immersive Futures Frame using the asset spreadsheet |
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Move Soft Monuments to Past events on Events Management |
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