[2] Meaning Maker has been exhibited in galleries,[3][4][5] published in journals,[6] is included in the RISD artists' book collection,[7] and has been unofficially distributed and placed at numerous art events.
The Meaning Makers are: Academic Conference, American Citizenship, Art Viewing Experience, Control, Family Gathering, Food, Higher Education, Periodic Personal Evaluation, Relationship to Nature, and U.S. Presidential Elections.
A closer look would reveal Meaning Maker to be a subversive tool for conceptual intervention.”[12] Discussing Meaning Maker, Carolyn Guertin writes, "The point of such a conceptual art project is that since it is infinitely renewable, it functions as a social critique of the expected norms of particular kinds of experiences.” [13] Aimee Le Duc claims, "Participants were encouraged to download copies, reuse the questionnaires and become the type of person most palatable in each of the pamphlets.
"[14] Stephanie Ellis reviews Meaning Maker for Stretcher, "Meaning Maker offered free low-tech transparent envelopes stuffed with a set of questionnaires, a nifty blue pencil, and a small pin with a plump “!” shadowed by a “?.” (Packets were discreetly labeled “this is art.”) The questionnaires (sans agenda) cover a series of occasions that often trigger zombie behavior such as an academic conference or a family reunion.
"[15] Meaning Maker has been included in the follow print publications, FLAT (published by Karol Shumaker, Chicago [16]) and Visual Communication Quarterly (CSU Fullerton),[6] and Join + Cast Guide to Contemporary Art (Phoenix, Arizona, 2011).