Nominating Leadership for AASLH
Mary Kay Ingenthron is the new chairman of the leadership nominating committee of AASLH. She serves on the committee with Laura Roberts and former TMGer Deborah Schwartz.
The Museum Life 2-Year Anniversary
Carol Bossert is celebrating two years hosting The Museum Life, a weekly radio program hosted by VoiceAmerica Radio. Museum Life showcases leaders in the museum field who provide perspective on current issues as well as creative thinkers who are impacting the future of museums. All shows are available as podcasts. Download at http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2245/museum-life
Appointments
Marsha Semmel has been appointed Adviser for the Bank Street College of Education’s graduate program in Leadership in Museum Education. The two-year program prepares museum educators for leadership roles in museums and related cultural institutions across the United States. One year is focused on museum education theories and practice. One year is focused on […]
Leadership in History Awards
Jean Svadlenak received two Leadership in History Awards from AASLH. AASLH bestows Leadership in History Awards to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful to all Americans. By publicly recognizing superior and innovative […]
The Museum Life
On Friday, September 11, Carol Bossert interviewed fellow TMGer Leslie Bedford on her weekly podcast “The Museum Life.” Bedford shared her thoughts and experiences after attending the Reimagining the Museum-Conference of the Americas held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2-4, 2015. The conference, co-sponsored by Teoría y Práctica de las Artes […]
O’Keeffe Fellowship
Elaine Heumann Gurian will begin a one-month fellowship at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center in September 2015. The museum invites a distinguished individual in museum studies for one month each year to explore museum issues and practices. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities to the professional museum […]
Beneath the Surface
Christine Lockett, working together with Alusiv Inc., wrote the interpretive plan and most of the exhibit text for Beneath the Surface, an exhibition at the Penn Museum. Spectacular finds at the Precolumbian cemetery of Sitio Conte in central Panama shed light on a mysterious and complex society that thrived there more than 1,000 […]
Rethinking Museum Leadership
Marsha Semmel was the introductory speaker and a member of the faculty for the second George Washington University/Smithsonian Affiliations 2015 Museum Leadership Skills Seminar.She spoke on “Rethinking Museum Leadership for Today’s World.”
Co-Creating with Communities
Barbara Henry was the featured speaker for the public lecture, Museums Co-Creating with Communities, at MALBA, The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires on May 16. The lecture was targeted to museum professionals from diverse institutions in Buenos Aires. Barbara also conducted a series of workshops, entitled Education Department: Becoming a […]
Three-Part Webcast
Marsha Semmel will be a faculty member for a 3-part Webcast Series, “Perspectives on Museum Leadership at All Levels,” presented by the American Alliance of Museums and supported by The Getty Foundation. The webcasts will occur from 2-3:30 p.m. on May 6, 13, and 20, 2015 and cover “21st Century Skills and […]
TMG Welcomes Three New Members!
(from left to right: Barbara Henry, Margaret Kadoyama, and Beverly Sheppard)
TMG is pleased to welcome three new members!
Barbara Henry
Barbara Henry is principal of Barbara Henry & Associates, a consulting practice devoted to transforming museums through dynamic public engagement. Before BH&A, Barbara held executive positions as Lab Center Director and Chief Curator of Education at the Oakland […]
The Informal Learning Review
The Informal Learning Review is a bimonthly publication that contains original articles on various aspects of the museum world – programming, exhibitions, planning, how to approach controversies and/or current events, trends, unique accomplishments, etc. With subscribers on five continents, it has a worldwide reach. […]
The Teachings of a Getty Scholar
During her time as a Getty Scholar Leslie Bedford has continued to talk with museum professionals about exhibition as art form: on February 25 she addressed the Getty’s education department, on March 3 the Autrey Museum and on March 11 the Balboa Park Learning Institute.
Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority
Myriam Springuel recently taught a week-long museum education and interpretation course for mid-level professionals for the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority. The program included formal lectures, workshops and the development of education projects to put the learning into practice
The Art of Museum Exhibits
Leslie Bedford spoke to a group of students, faculty and area museum professionals on February 5 at the JFK Museum Studies Program in Berkeley. The subject was her recent book, The Art of Museums Exhibitions.
In celebration of its fortieth year, JFK Museum Studies invited back its many alumnae and faculty including former […]
An Icefjord Visitor Center
Robert “Mac” West is participating in a workshop from January 12-14 in Ilulissat, Greenland. The element he is involved in is to plan a visitor center for the Icefjord, are area at the base of a massive, rapidly-moving glacier, that calves off numerous huge icebergs every year. It is the focus of a UNESCO […]
Money Talks
Laura B. Roberts and Stacy Klingler are presenting a webinar for AASLH on February 5, 2015 at 2 p.m.: Money Talks: How to discussion financial information with your board.
People say that money talks. Too often, however, people don’t want to talk about money. Board members and directors often shy away from talking […]
The SENCER-ISE project
Marsha Semmel is now serving as Senior Advisor to the SENCER-ISE project of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement. This NSF and Noyce Foundation-funded project supports ten cross-sector partnerships between higher education and informal science education institutions.
Museums R+D
Susie Wilkening, Senior Consultant at Reach Advisors, announced the launching of Reach Advisors | Museums R+D. This new initiative is a membership program consisting of museums that have pooled resources in order to field national research and development to understand the impact they are capable of having on visitors, communities, and society. […]
In Collaboration with Bill T. Jones
Vince Beggs has directed and produced a documentary film featuring Macarthur Award and two time Tony Award winning dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones. Beggs’ film, “In Collaboration with Bill T. Jones, Reading Mercy and the Artificial Nigger”, was accepted this year as an official entry in the Capital City Black Film […]