February 2021
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Anne Bergeron Named Interim Director
Anne Bergeron was recently named the interim deputy director of the Institute and Museum of California Art at University of California, Irvine. She joins inaugural museum director Kim Kanatani in guiding the development of a new art museum and research institute for the benefit of the campus and regional community. The museum […]
DATA STORIES: Covid Audience Research
During Spring 2020, Susie Wilkening ran qualitative panels to assess audience attitudes towards museums during the pandemic. Research included virtual content, feeling safe at a reopened museum, and financial challenges. PDFs of the Data Story Infographics are available here.
Assessing Museum Impact: From Theory to Practice
Laura Roberts and David Ellis worked with three colleagues and the New England Museum Association to pilot an approach to assessing museum impact using structured articulation of institutional purposes, intended impacts, indicators and metrics. The report is available on the NEMA website.
Design With
Salvador Acevedo has started Design With, a new initiative aimed at finding novel solutions to diversity, inclusion, and equity in arts organizations. Acevedo brings over 10 years of experience working with museums and arts organizations to attract a more diverse audience and become more culturally inclusive and welcoming. Design […]
Curiosity, Empathy, and Social Justice
Susie Wilkening has published her first long-form Data Story Infographic entitled Curiosity, Empathy, and Social Justice.
Download a free PDF here.
Social Emotional Learning
Since having the opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama last year, Andrea Jones has been excited to use what she learned and to work with more and more museums to integrate Social Emotional Learning into programs, exhibitions, and staff culture. Social Emotional Learning is a term used most often in […]
Fulbright Specialist
Paul Orselli recently completed Fulbright Specialist work in Bulgaria in partnership with the children’s science museum, Muzeiko. Paul conducted two weeks of workshops focused on exhibit development and prototyping for museum professionals in and around Sofia.
Amparo Leyman Pino to Deliver Keynote at Tanween
In mid-October, Amparo Leyman Pino will be one of the keynote speakers of Tanween at the King Abdul Aziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra), in Saudi Arabia. Tanween is Ithra’s annual Creativity Season. It is an event filled with inspirational talks, seminars, workshops, exhibitions, installations and activities for all ages, covering science, art and innovation.
Tanween […]
Data Story Release
Susie Wilkening has begun releasing her Data Story infographics from the 2019 […]
Excellence in Label Writing
Congratulations to Judy Rand, winner of the 2019 American Alliance of […]
Exhibition Strategies Interview
Darcie Fohrman was interviewed by Emily Saich, Monterey Bay Aquarium Senior Manager of Exhibition Projects, for her Exhibition Strategies class at John Hopkins University, Master of Arts in Museum Studies.
This course introduces the diverse strategies and approaches used in exhibition planning, development and implementation. It asks students to think critically about exhibitions […]
Montgomery Reflections, Part 3
Truth Must Come First
Nearly two months after my trip to Montgomery, I still find myself thinking about the experiences I had there many times every day. The mental images and emotions are just as vivid as if it were yesterday. But with time I’ve gained enough distance to analyze the elements that made such an […]
Montgomery Reflections, Part 2
Inspired by Charmaine Jefferson, who led us in planning, TMG members spent three days in Montgomery to learn from-and reflect on-three important sites: the Civil Rights Memorial Center, the Legacy Museum, and National Memorial for Peace & Justice.
Weeks later, we still think about the […]
Montgomery Reflections, Part 1
GO TO MONTGOMERY.
Now. This year.
Don’t put it off. Don’t put it on a list.
Make your plans. Find a way.
Sixteen members of The Museum Group chose to go to Montgomery for our winter meeting, so we could experience the new Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace & Justice together.
Visiting and thinking deeply about museums is […]
Interim Director Spotlight
David Ellis has been named Interim Executive Director of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA, upon the retirement of their Director, Van Shields, and as the museum undertakes a national search for a successor. About his new assignment, David says:
I look forward to working with the Berkshire Museum at a difficult time and […]
Researching Inclusive History Practices
As part of a national project on racial discrimination throughout the country, Susie […]
Get the Facts: Download Museums & Public Opinion 2017
Museums & Public Opinion 2017 examines the responses of more than 2,000 Americans to the following four questions:
- Are museums educational for children and adults in their communities?
- Do you think that museums contribute to their community’s economy?
- If an elected official took legislative action to support museums in your community, how […]
Gurian to Sit on Architectural Panel for New Museum in Ukraine
In February, Elaine Heumann Gurian will sit on the Jury Colloquium to judge the winners of the Design Competition for the National Memorial for the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and Revolution of Dignity Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine. She received a Fulbright to work with this museum, which will display documentation of the revolution, […]
Assessing Museum Impact Initiative
David Ellis and Laura Roberts, along with colleagues John Jacobsen and George Hein, are the project team for Assessing Museum Impact (AMI), a year-long initiative with the New England Museum Association. They are working with eight museums in eastern New England to sharpen their thinking about goals and intended impacts, identify metrics that might demonstrate […]
Beth Tuttle Selected as next President and CEO of the American Horticultural Society
After an extensive national search, the American Horticultural Society (AHS) announced the selection of Beth Tuttle as its next President and CEO. Tuttle, who officially joined the AHS on October 30, brings to the role more than 25 years of experience as a nonprofit leader, organizational consultant, and brand strategist.
“Beth has exceptional leadership experience from […]
TMG Achieves 501(c)(3) Status
The Internal Revenue Service has made it official. After 20 years serving the field as a nonprofit organization, The Museum Group applied for and received 501(c/)(3) status as a tax-exempt organization.
The formal recognition of TMG as tax-exempt reflects TMG’s ongoing role as a collective resource for the advancement of the museum field and its commitment […]
Paul Orselli at ICOM Beijing
At the beginning of November, Paul Orselli will be presenting a series of exhibition design and development workshops for ICOM China in Beijing entitled “Designing Engaging Museum Exhibitions.”
Getting Started with Working Across Generations
Join Marsha Semmel for a Professional Development Live Webinar on Wednesday September 27 from 2-3:30 pm Eastern time.
“Getting Started with Working Across Generations”
Greg Stevens, Director AAM Professional Development; Elizabeth Isele, founder and CEO, GIEE (Global Institute for Experienced Entrepreneurship), SavvySeniorsWork and CyberSeniors.org; Samuel Moore, online communications coordinator, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis; and Semmel.
This […]
EdComversation Online Discussion
Elaine Heumann Gurian and Ellen Hirzy participated in an online discussion sponsored by AAM EdCom on the diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion, continuing the field’s reflection on the 25th anniversary of the publication of Excellence and Equity.
To listen to a recording of the conversation, follow this link. You will be […]
Major Research on Museum-Goers Released
Susie Wilkening has begun a major research release from her 2017 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers. She’s been sharing insightful work on intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations, including her own head-slapping moment. This month, she’ll begin releasing what museum-goers say the value museums have contributed to their lives. […]
Vincent Beggs On Augmented Reality
For the last 3+ years, Vincent Beggs has been doing business development for a “new media” start up, Magnopus, in downtown LA. Magnopus is a Visual Effects, Dome Film, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality content developer and producer. As a result of their relationship with Beggs, they have created work for the […]
Anne Butterfield Returns to Private Practice
Anne Butterfield has returned to private practice providing museum and cultural organizations with management, planning and development expertise.
TMG Welcomes Two New Members
The Museum Group is thrilled that two experienced, dynamic professionals are joining us this year.
Janeen Bryant of Charlotte NC is a community engagement advocate and catalyst for building organizational capacity. Formerly vice president of education at the Levine Museum of the New South, she developed and implemented a community focused Listening Sessions model used in […]
Emerging Leaders of Color Summit
Salvador Acevedo is part of the faculty designing the first Emerging Leaders of Color summit organized by WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation). Alumni from the past 5 cohorts of leadership trainings will gather along WESTAF’s Board and Multicultural Committee in Seattle in October 2016.
¡NUEVOlution! Receives Top Honors
Congrats to the Levine Museum of the New South and lead exhibition developer Darcie Fohrman (in collaboration with the in-house team and consultants from Morris Design, Melloweb Productions, AC&M, and Brad Larson Media)! The Southeastern Museum Conference named their ¡NUEVOlution: Latinos and the New South! exhibition as the winner of three awards in […]
Mary Kay Ingenthron Elected as Vice President!
Mary Kay Ingenthron was elected vice president of the Johnson County Museum Foundation, the not-for-profit organization that supports and promotes the museum. Currently the Foundation is in the midst of a capital campaign to raise $1.2M for exhibitions and programs as the museum prepares to open in its new facility in 2017.
Room to Rise
Mary Ellen Munley was the Lead Research Advisor for Room to Rise, the result of a multi-year collaboration between the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, with support from a National Leadership Grant from the federal Institute […]
Joining the Board
Marsha Semmel has joined the Board of Directors of the Institute for Learning Innovation, an independent not-for-profit organization working at the intersection of research, practice, and policy.
Outstanding Achievement in Exhibition–Science
Christine Lockett was honored to be part of the team with Reich + Petch Design International and The Design Foundation recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Exhibits–Science by the Canadian Museums Association for the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Christine created the interpretive plan and edited or wrote the […]
TMG Welcomes Four New Members
The Museum Group welcomes four new members! We are thrilled to have these talented professionals joining our ranks.
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Salvador Acevedo is vice president of strategy at Scansion, where he focuses on museums and communities, helping them develop strategies for truly intercultural futures. Prior to joining Scansion, Salvador founded and led Contemporanea, where […]
¡NUEVOlution! Latinos and the New South Wins the 2016 MUSE Award
Darcie Fohrman‘s project ¡NUEVOlution! Latinos and the New South has been selected by the American Alliance of Museums Media and Technology Professional Network for a 2016 MUSE Award. The awards will be celebrated on Thursday, May 26th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis conference hotel in Washington, D.C. At this event, they learn which […]
Barbara Henry at the Museo Popol Vuh
Barbara Henry will be advising staff at the Museo Popol Vuh, Guatemala City, on undergoing a museum transformation (May 17 – 20). She will deliver a talk on “21st Century Museum Practices” on May 23rd as part of a weeklong museum studies public program organized by the museum with the Universidad Francisco Marroquin and […]
Elaine Heumann Gurian Honors Ayala Gordon
Ayala Gordon was the founding director of the Ruth Youth Wing at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem when Elaine Heumann Gurian met her in the early 1970’s. She had begun work giving art classes to traumatized children in a combination of art and therapy beginning in the 1960’s Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, the […]
Gathering For Transformation and Justice
Museums & Race 2016 GATHERING FOR TRANSFORMATION AND JUSTICE
at the AAM Annual Meeting
FRIDAY, MAY 27
OPEN TO ALL
MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL | 901 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NW
RSVP HERE
12:00 pm:
Talking Race: The Power, Influence, and Responsibility of Museum Professionals
Led by Janeen Bryant, Leadership for Educational Equity, and Lisa Junkin Lopez, Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
1:30 pm
Constructing Spaces for Honest Conversations About Race
Led […]
International Assignments
Elaine Heumann Gurian has two Spring 2016 international assignments. She will serve as the external reviewer at a two-day staff and scholar workshop to draft content to replace the permanent exhibition at The Jewish Museum, Berlin, which has been in place for 15 years. She has also been chosen to be on the faculty of […]
¡NUEVOlution! Sparking National Conversation
Exhibit developer Darcie Fohrman partnered with Latino filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman and the Levine Museum of the New South, in collaboration with the Atlanta History Center and Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, to create ¡NUEVOlution!. This 3500 square foot, bilingual, interactive exhibit explores the way Latinos are shaping the South and the South is shaping Latinos and serves […]
Henry Appointed Interim Director of diRosa
Barbara Henry has been appointed Interim director of Education and Public Engagement at diRosa Art. di Rosa is noted for its significant collection of Northern California contemporary art located on 217 acres in the Napa Valley. Barbara is working with staff in enhancing the visitor experience and pursuing a renewed commitment to deepening public […]
Museum on Greenwich Island
David W. Ellis spent Oct. 14-20 in Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile where he conducted workshops and gave a general talk on a proposed Antarctica wing, and proposed satellite museum on Greenwich Island in Antarctica, for the Chilean National Maritime Museum and worked with staff at the MIM museum.
Barbara Meyerson Outstanding Youth Award
The Chandler Center for the Arts and Vision Gallery in Chandler, Arizona recently created the Barbara Meyerson Outstanding Youth Award. The award, named after TMG member Barbara Meyerson, recognizes a youth who has gone above and beyond what was expected in providing service and leadership for the Chandler Center for the […]