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Hello Colleagues, I¡¯m hoping some of you might be willing to share your university¡¯s campus mural policy. Our Public Art Committee is exploring the possibility of launching a mural program, and we¡¯re eager to learn how other institutions are approaching this¡ªwhat¡¯s working well, and what to watch out for. If you have documents, insights, advice, or even cautionary tales, I¡¯d be truly grateful for anything you¡¯re willing to share. With thanks in advance, Anna Anna Conlan Neil C. Trager Director, (she/her/hers) Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art | SUNY New Paltz 845-257-3847
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Free webinar through NEMA: Fundraising and Finance in Academic Museums
Thursday, April 10, 2025 Fundraising and Finance in Academic Museums 12pm-1pm ET (virtual & free for everyone) Do you work at a campus museum and are dealing with budgets, grants, or donors? Then this is the event for you! Two professional affinity groups (PAGs) join forces to bring you a casual conversation with fundraising and finance experts who can help answer all your burning questions. Join the New England Museum Association's College & University Museum PAG and the Membership, Development, Public Relations & Marketing (MDPRM) PAG as we chat about all things finance! Register today! Ask your questions early in our 2-minute survey so our experts can prepare responses and resources: https://bit.ly/NEMA-April10 -- Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, PhD Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art https://museum.housatonic.edu/
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Tomorrow¡¯s the day! Join us for Navigating Donations: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Donations and ensure your institution is making informed, responsible decisions when accepting gifts. Don¡¯t miss it! Register Here: https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/navigating-donations-legal-and-ethical-aspects-of-donations-with-the-appraisers-association/
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Content Policy for Public Spaces
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Hi AAMG! I would be interested in seeing any examples of policies on content limitations for artwork that are exhibited in public spaces. One of our three galleries is a shared space. It also serves as a lobby for our theaters. As curators we are mindful of selecting pieces that are resilient to potential touch, light and friendly to the space. But recently, with our political climate, we have had content concerns, specifically related to children (so plays are meant for young audiences). Nothing major, just questions we are wrestling with internally so far, but we want to be responsive rather than reactive with forming a policy to guide us. Do you have such policies specifically for public art installations or public exhibitions. I want to be clear, we¡¯re not discussing inside the museum, but installation in the lobby. And maybe the answer is just a parental advisory warning (this is what we did when we welcomed holocaust posters from the holocaust memorial museum which had violent content for example). I have a draft and AAM guidelines, but the advisory board wants to see comparables. Bonus point if you are in Florida. Thank you for any material you may be able to send for this research! Best, V¨¦ronique C?t¨¦ Galleries Director University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431 Office: 561-297-2661 mobile: 215-779-4371 vcote@...
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Be a Part of the 2025 DLF Forum: Submit Your Proposal Today
Hello AAMG Community, The Council on Library and Information Resources is pleased to announce that we have opened the Call for Proposals for the in-person Digital Library Federation¡¯s (DLF) Forum and Learn@DLF, happening in Denver, Colorado, November 16-19, 2025. We encourage proposals from members and non-members; regulars and newcomers; digital library practitioners from all sectors (higher education, museums and cultural heritage, public libraries, archives, etc.) and those in adjacent fields such as institutional research and educational technology; and students, early- and mid-career professionals and senior staff alike. We especially welcome proposals from individuals who bring diverse professional and life experiences to the conference, including those from underrepresented or historically excluded racial, ethnic, or religious backgrounds, immigrants, veterans, those with disabilities, and people of all sexual orientations or gender identities. Learn more about our event and session formats, view the Call for Proposals, and submit. The submission deadline for all proposals is Monday, April 14, at 11:59pm Mountain Time. If you have any questions, please write to us at forum@.... We¡¯re looking forward to seeing you in Denver this fall. All best, Team DLF P.S. Want to stay updated on all things #DLFforum? Subscribe to our Forum newsletter. ----------- Aliya Reich | she/her/hers Program Manager for Conferences and Events ? Based in Baltimore, MD Digital Library Federation (DLF) Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) 1800 Diagonal Rd, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314 My weekly schedule is Monday-Thursday.
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Minimize emergencies with Artwork Archive's webinar on emergency preparedness - April 17th
Disasters don¡¯t wait for a convenient time to strike¡ªis your collection prepared? Join Artwork Archive¡¯s free webinar on April 17th to learn proactive strategies for safeguarding your collection from emergencies. Conservation expert Rebecca Kennedy will share practical insights on preventative care, helping you mitigate risks before disaster strikes. What You'll Learn: ? Implement Preventative Care ¨C Identify risks and strengthen collection security. ? Enhance Daily Practices ¨C Improve storage, staff training, and routine monitoring. ? Invest in Long-Term Protection ¨C Reduce future emergency costs with proactive conservation. Disaster season is year-round¡ªdon¡¯t wait until it¡¯s too late. Register for expert guidance on strengthening your collection's resilience. Save the Date: Thursday, April 17 11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET Can't make the scheduled time? No problem! Register and we'll make sure you receive a recording of the event. I apologize for the duplicate post you may have seen across multiple listservs. I wanted to ensure this information reached relevant audiences, but I understand that some of you may be on multiple lists and received it more than once. -- Elysian McNiff Koglmeier (she/her) Head of Partnerships Artwork Archive https://www.artworkarchive.com Part Time Hours Online: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) Board Treasurer
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Come have a blast with us in Albuquerque! ? Register for AAMG¡¯s 2025 Annual Conference before May 1 to lock in early bird pricing! Plus, don¡¯t forget to sign up for our Professional Development Excursions - spots are limited and filling fast! Registration and conference details here: aamg-us.org/aamg-2025/
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New open access book: Reframing the Ethnographic Museum: Histories, politics and futures (UCL Press)
*** We apologise for any cross-posting*** UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers: Reframing the Ethnographic Museum: Histories, politics and futures edited by Michael Rowlands, Nick Stanley, Graeme Were. Download it free: https://bit.ly/4iCTtHl *** Reframing the Ethnographic Museum Histories, politics and futures Edited by Michael Rowlands, Nick Stanley, Graeme Were Free download: https://bit.ly/4iCTtHl *** Since the later part of the twentieth century, ethnographic museums have come under increasing scrutiny, and many have reflected on and changed their presentation as they questioned collections so often made by colonial officials and explorers. Now is a good time to explore whether new developments in display and cultural politics provide a viable future for ethnographic museums. In particular, policies for restitution by colonial era institutions create a changed landscape for ethnographic display both in the countries from which they originate and in former colonising states. Reframing the Ethnographic Museum presents a wide range of cultural settings across the world where ethnographic displays have appeared in their local circumstances. Non-European museum strategies raise new problems but also new solutions. Nationalism has been especially significant in museology in Asia, and in Africa new museum objectives have emerged. They share a problematic future in a digital age when the aura of artefacts is challenged by digital repositories and a public less willing to travel to visit original objects. Authors in this book grapple with the new complexities facing them as curators in the contemporary world. Free download: https://bit.ly/4iCTtHl ---------------------- uclpress.co.uk | @uclpress
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Sustainability Plans for Small and Mid-Sized Cultural Heritage Institutions
Early Bird Pricing Ends March 20! C2C Care Course Sustainability Plans for Small and Mid-Sized Cultural Heritage Institutions March 27 - April 17, 2025 The learning objectives for this course include: -become familiar with the tools and resources available to implement sustainable practices specifically in the cultural heritage field -understand sustainability terms and practices, and how they can apply to collecting institutions -begin assessing current institutional practices through a sustainability lens and realize how to develop this practice into an actionable plan Webinar 1: Thursday March 27, 2025 1-230pm ET Green Terms and Tools Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP Webinar 2: Tuesday April 1, 2025 1-230pm ET Examining current operations Presenter: Christopher Dunbrack, Associate Building Manager for The Metropolitan Museum of Art- Cloisters Webinar 3: Thursday April 10, 2025 1-230pm ET Developing a Green Vision Presenter: Patrick Hamilton, Manager, Climate & Sustainability Initiatives, Division of Mission Infrastructure, Science Museum of Minnesota Webinar 4: Thursday April 17, 2025 1-230pm ET Creating a Plan Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP Course Coordinator: Kelly McCauley Krish, Preventive Conservator Registration Fee $99 Early Bird through March 20, 2025 $149 Regular Fee Connecting to Collections Care courses are made possible in part by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. https://connectingtocollections.org/sustainability_plans/ Tiffani Emig Deputy Director (she/her/hers) american institute for conservation Preserving Cultural Heritage foundation for advancement in conservation Protecting Cultural Heritage temig@... (t) 202.750.3346 727 15th St NW | Suite 500 | Washington, DC | 20005 culturalheritage.org | @conservators.bsky.social | Facebook
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We¡¯re thrilled to introduce the AAMG Awards for 2025 - a brand-new way to celebrate what makes our community so special: YOU! ? Applications due April 8 - more info on how to apply on our website: https://www.aamg-us.org/aamg-awards/
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Call for papers: Unveiling Hidden Histories, Creating New Narratives: The Collections of Teaching Institutes
Dear AAMG members, The following Call for Papers for an online seminar sponsored by The Society for the History of Collecting (https://societyhistorycollecting.org/) should be of interest. Please feel free to circulate. The seminar will take place online on June 10. The deadline for submissions is April 7. Any questions should be addressed to SHC.seminar.2025@... Thank you, Elizabeth Pergam, Co-Chair
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Question: Rush Tickets to Arts Events on Campus
Hi All, Do any of your institutions offer a rush ticketing system to arts related events on campus for faculty/staff? As in, a last minute ticketing options when tickets are available? We are looking to encourage greater engagement with the arts, and someone mentioned that this kind of system might exist on other campuses. If so, I would love to know more about iterations that exist. Thank you! Jan Hebbard
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Still time to apply! Paid summer internships at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Do you know a talented, driven undergraduate who¡¯s curious about the museum field and looking for full-time professional experience? The Cleveland Museum of Art is pleased to offer an array of full-time, paid summer internship opportunities for current college and university students in areas such as Publications, Digital Innovations and Technology Services, Conservation, Docent Programs, and Youth and Family Programs. No letters of recommendation are required! The deadline for our Studio Institute Arts Intern in Public and Academic Engagement, Studio Institute Arts Intern in the Education Art Collection and Pre-program Summer Internship in Objects Conservation is fast approaching; applications for these opportunities close on Monday, March 17. The deadline for our four Nord Family Network Director¡¯s Fellowships will close in just over two weeks, on Friday, March 28. *Please note that these fellowships also come with a generous housing and travel stipend.* Send your students to Cleveland this summer! Questions may be directed to Elizabeth Spear, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Art History Leadership or Travis Deal, Manager of Academic Affairs.
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Join us for the AAMG Mid-Atlantic & New England Meetup! ??? Connect with colleagues at the Mechanical Hall Gallery, University of Delaware, on Wednesday, March 26th, at 10:00 AM. Space is limited¡ªonly 20 spots available! RSVP by March 21st at aamgalexandra[at]gmail[dot]com to secure your spot. See you there!
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Less than one week until Museums Today: New Approaches to Stewardship of Global Cultural Heritage in Academic Collections! ??? Join us at online for a thought-provoking discussion on innovative ways to care for and engage with cultural heritage. Secure your spot now here: https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/museums-today-new-approaches-to-stewardship-of-global-cultural-heritage-in-academic-collections/
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Get ready to craft some stories! This month, Museum Minds is welcoming a special guest: stage director, public speaking coach, and author championing strategic storytelling for success, Carrie Klewin Lawrence, MFA. Wed. March 12 2p ET/12p MT Register here: https://bit.ly/4i6bAFM Author of "Origin Story," Carrie will help you discover the essence of who you (and your museum!) are and what you've always known, as well as discuss strategic storytelling as a secret weapon for success. Whether it's your personal journey into museums or your institution's legacy, our next Museum Meetup will explore how these powerful narratives can build confidence and strengthen connections! YES! SIGN ME UP! https://bit.ly/4i6bAFM Rani ------- Rani Robison Principal & Founder Neptune Sugar Marketing for the Arts RR@... Keeping the Arts VISIBLE.
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As photography developed in tandem with the Industrial Revolution, the camera became a tool to document the cogs of machinery and the resulting changes in landscapes, the economy and the lives of workers. Photographers were able to expose the realities of labor and to even denounce certain dangerous practices. art2art offers several exhibitions focused on industrialization, urbanization, immigration, economic depression and workers. Our Lewis Hine show creates a visual landscape of factories and production lines, documenting steelworkers as well as underage labor. We offer Dorothea Lange's portraits capturing those desperate to find work during the Great Depression. Our Bill Owens exhibition juxtaposes work with leisure, adding insights from his subjects. On the other side of the Atlantic, Bill Brandt photographed industrial workers and their families in 1930s Northern England. We also feature workers and industry around the world with our East Meets West show and Mark Chester's vision of 1980s Shanghai. Our Strength Is Our People: The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine In 1907 Lewis Hine joined the Pittsburgh Survey, a sociologic study that documented the lives of steelworkers. Hine¡¯s focus on the dignity of the American worker would last a quarter century and culminate in his magnificent photographs of the construction of the Empire State Building in 1931 and in the classic book Men at Work. In 1908 Hine began working for the National Child Labor Committee, sneaking his camera into cotton mills, canning companies and glassworks to document the exploitation of children, often at great personal risk. Hine¡¯s heart-rending images of underage workers were the principal tool used by the NCLC to lobby state-by-state for child labor laws, until Congress finally outlawed the practice in 1938. Dorothea Lange: Life Work This comprehensive exhibit includes Dorothea Lange's seminal portraits from the Great Depression. She captures migrant farm workers living in labor camps in California, as well as those fleeing from the Dust Bowl in search of a better life. Her immortal photographs seared the faces of this devastating era into America¡¯s consciousness. Shanghai 1986: Historic Cultural Exchange Between the US and China This exhibition by photographer Mark Chester captures life in Shanghai after a sister-city agreement with San Francisco was signed in the 1980s. The images explore a cross-section of Shanghai life ¡ª the arts, education, sports, leisure, medicine, street life, portraiture and industry. Bill Brandt: Shadows and Substance British photographer Bill Brandt captured the stark industrial landscape and the lives of the working class people in Northern England in the 1930s. His images of coal miners and their families remain one of the finest examples of social documentary photography. East Meets West: Hand-Tinted Vintage Photographs from Meiji Japan, 1880-1900 This exhibition offers spectacular images of Meiji-era Japan, including portraits of workers, from jinrikisha (¡®rickshaw¡¯) drivers to rice farmers, flower peddlers to child acrobats. Bill Owens: Working/Leisure The photographs in Bill Owens: Working/Leisure capture Americans hard at work and equally hard at play. The photographs of people on the job are narrated in the subjects¡¯ own words. Their quotes are at times humorous or insightful and other times heartbreaking. Email lindsay@... to learn more. Visit art2art.org to see the complete offering of art2art's exhibitions.
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Director - Educational Partnerships job posting
The College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (FAHSS) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is home to a variety of unique initiatives and programs that engage PK-12 schools/districts and community colleges, including those offered through The Tsongas Industrial History Center (TIHC), Jumpstart, and the college¡¯s Early College and Career Pathways with particular emphasis on the School of Education¡¯s educator pathways. The College seeks a Director to oversee the TIHC and this growing portfolio in its emerging Center for Educational Partnerships. In collaboration with the FAHSS Dean¡¯s Office, TIHC staff, and other school and community-based partners, the Director coordinates Center initiatives that serve PK-14 students & educators and provide a pipeline to UML degree programs. The position offers the unique opportunity to work across a range of educational contexts including the Tsongas Industrial History Center, whereby the Director works in and with Lowell National Historical to offer place-based, hands-on informal, humanities and STEM education programs. View the full job description and application process at: https://explorejobs.uml.edu/en-us/job/526537/director-educational-partnerships Thank you, Ellen Ellen Anstey Manager for Administration & Engagement TSONGAS INDUSTRIAL HISTORY CTR Boott Mills 3rd Floor E: Ellen_Anstey@... T: 978-934-5101 @TsongasIHC uml.edu/tsongas A partnership of the UMass Lowell School of Education and Lowell National Historical Park
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Invitation to submit Manuscripts
Please excuse cross postings The Performance Measurement and Metrics journal is part of Emerald Publishing¡¯s international academic journals. It publishes double-anonymous, peer reviewed articles on assessment and evaluation methods used by museums, libraries, and archives to help describe their value to the communities they serve and to assist in improvement decision-making. Potential submission topics may include but are not limited to: New methods, tools and techniques used to measure and assess museums, libraries, and archives operations (spaces, resources, services, interactions with patrons) Frameworks for conducting assessments to describe value, impact, or performance measures. Developments in analytics, data visualization, or usability testing. Developments in communicating measurement and assessment activities and outcomes. Ethical issues in measurement and assessment in museums, libraries, and archives. The role measurement and assessment play in effecting organizational and culture change. User experience (UX) research. Accreditation, Standards and benchmarking for libraries, museums and archives. Case studies describing management use of assessment in museums, libraries, and archives. Case studies illustrating the use of measurement in service improvement. Case studies demonstrating the museum, library, or archive¡¯s contribution to their organization¡¯s goals. Case studies where measurement or assessment illuminated social justice issues. Case studies about evidence-based advocacy. We seek to increase the participation of museum and archive submissions and invite you to submit new articles to our journal that focus on assessment and evaluation. We welcome submissions from all levels of museums, libraries, and archives. Submissions from conference paper and poster presentations are welcome, but require significant addition from the conference presentation (e.g., additional data, reexamination of data for a different perspective). We also welcome assessment and evaluation submissions that are cross-disciplinary. Please consider publishing with us. We are also looking for peer reviewers. If you are interested in becoming a peer reviewer please submit a 100 word bio and your CV. If you have questions about submissions or becoming a peer reviewer please contact our editor, Holt Zaugg at holt_zaugg@.... Holt Zaugg, PhD Assessment Librarian, BYU Library HBLL 5720 Provo, UT 84602 holt_zaugg@... 801-422-4178
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Join Us Tomorrow - AAMG Website Walkthrough!
Just a reminder that our informal walkthrough session for the new AAMG website is happening tomorrow! Drop in to explore the site, ask questions, and ensure you¡¯re making the most of its features. ? Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 ? Time: 12:30pm EST ? Join Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88265139999?pwd=AVY6Yn480bb5RqTLByILCZGBtB8wLO.1 We¡¯ll walk you through where to find key resources, how to access member benefits, and answer any questions you may have. Whether you¡¯re curious about conference details, job postings, or member-exclusive content, this is the perfect time to learn more! See you there! Katie :) --
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