WMA2014

By Danielle Kelly
Las Vegas and the visual arts are for more sympatico than convention might suggest. By design, much of the city is acutely conscious of why and how it chooses to stimulate the senses, full of noises that keep you perky and patterns to dazzle and disorient. It is a supremely visual place whose art making and exhibiting often mirrors the town’s Wild West spirit. The scarcity of...
By Catie Webb
Everything has an acronym these days; it seems that we feel we’re running so short on time, we cannot find a few additional seconds say whole phrases, or even truly consider what our shorthand means. In my experience, speaking acronyms aloud tends to point in the direction of a stale topic of conversation, and regularly downplays the importance what those few short letters actually...
By Randy C. Roberts, Ph.D.
Several months ago I was invited to be part of a Western Museums Association (WMA) 2014 Annual Meeting panel about 21st century museum leadership. I immediately accepted the invitation feeling grateful for the opportunity to join colleagues in dialogue about a topic that I believe to be critical to the essential work of museums in our communities and in society. As the...
The Marjorie Barrick Museum is the anchor of the Galleries of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Other campus galleries include the Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, Jessie Metcalf Gallery in the Richard Tam Alumni Center, the lobbies of the Artemus Ham Concert Hall, the Judy Bayley Theatre, and the Doc Rando Recital Hall located inside Beam Music Center. The Barrick Museum has seen several...
By Nathan Harper
In previous communications on this blog my Las Vegas colleagues have highlighted the significant changes in the cultural life of the city. Food and culture are so intertwined, is it surprising that a dizzying number and diversity of restaurants have popped up in Las Vegas? In the past decade this city of sunburned tourists, five-dollar blackjack and shrimp cocktail has...
By Anne Rowe
Professional conferences are peculiar gatherings. It took me two conferences to figure out that it’s not important whether your next session is in the Tango or Tierra room. What’s really important is this: once you find the right conference room, whom are you sitting next to? Nobody prepared me for this reality so I will try to save you some time with one tip as you prepare for the...
By Adrienne McGraw
What skills and attributes do museum professionals need to possess to successfully
work in the 21st Century museum?
A question like this is always on the minds of museum studies university faculty. We want provide the best education for students so that they contribute to relevant, adaptive, and sustainable museums, which in turn best serve and collaborate with communities. To...
By Lorie Millward
The Western Museums Association (WMA) 2014 Annual Meeting Poster Session is the second edition of, in what we hope, will be an ongoing program opportunity for years to come. I love me some poster session, and here’s why:
10. Posters are a great way to introduce a project or case study that may not be ready for a for a full-fledged conference session.
9. If you’re looking for...
By: Suzanne Hilser-Wiles
So many museums suffer what some might consider a “happy problem”—generous support from board members and a robust membership program, but very little philanthropic activity between the two. While board support and a broad-based membership effort are important for the current financial stability of your organization, success in these areas might, in fact, be masking a...
By Marjorie Schwarzer
A first glance at the Western Museums Association 2014 Annual Meeting Program
My husband and I put it off as long as we could. But after our beloved house’s gutters leaked a greenish slime that was seeping into the wooden supporting beams, we bit the bullet, canceled plans, tightened our belts and ponied up for a new roof. Although the sudden financial bite was large; the...

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