Shurtleff showed her work April 15-17 in the "Colonnade of Curiosities" at Coney Island, part of the
Congress of Curious Peoples held April 8-17, 2011.
The
Congress of Curious Peoples featured a two-day symposium, described as an intellectual investigation of "immersive amusements, human anatomy on display from fairground to museum, science for public amusement, dime museums and their place in the 21st Century imagination, and schlarship as artistic medium, featuring a variety of inspiring scholars, collectors, authors, artists and practitioners." Shurtleff's work was cited in the April 4 edition of the New York Times magazine
Time Out as one of "Five Things to See at the Congress of Curious Peoples."