Wow! If you missed Anne Rowe's recent blog post, Don’t Hesitate, Speed Date!, go back and check it out. She is a cheerleader for networking at the Western Museums Association (WMA), or any meeting filled with like-minded people. Anne gives loads of examples of how to make connections with your colleagues in different conference situations. She completely makes the case for attending conferences where we can meet with each other face-to-face. Thanks, Anne!
The Western Museums Association (WMA) proudly announces the second installment of WestMusings | 10 Minute Museum Talks featuring innovative museum topics. Modeled after TED Talks, WestMusings is an unconference program of short, engaging presentations by forward-thinking museum leaders.
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.
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 transformed into something that many did not think possible, a once-in-a-lifetime mecca for dining.
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