By: Carol Gil
Through Labor Day 2012, the Petterson Museum of Intercultural Art is Celebrating the Traditional and Modern Arts of Japan with over 150 objects on display. The museum has almost 1300 Japanese artifacts from which we have selected a small sampling to represent various aspects of life in Japan in the last two centuries. Clothing and accessories, textiles, prints, musical instruments,...
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May 23, 2012
By: Whitney Suzanne Klotz
“It’s About Using the Arts to Make a Place Better”: Creative Placemaking in Southern Arizona
The above was spoken by National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman during a panel discussion on the topic of creative placemaking. The discussion was held in February of this year in my city of residence, Tucson, Arizona. Joining Landesman were three local arts...
“It’s About Using the Arts to Make a Place Better”: Creative Placemaking in Southern Arizona
The above was spoken by National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman during a panel discussion on the topic of creative placemaking. The discussion was held in February of this year in my city of residence, Tucson, Arizona. Joining Landesman were three local arts...
May 22, 2012
By: Rachael Faust and Katie Williams
How is your museum making, or aspiring to make, collections accessible and relevant beyond exhibitions?
Within most museums, the primary way for the public to access collection objects is through thoughtfully curated exhibitions. But on average, only three to five percent of any museum’s permanent collection can be displayed in public gallery spaces at any...
How is your museum making, or aspiring to make, collections accessible and relevant beyond exhibitions?
Within most museums, the primary way for the public to access collection objects is through thoughtfully curated exhibitions. But on average, only three to five percent of any museum’s permanent collection can be displayed in public gallery spaces at any...
May 18, 2012
Wanda Chin Professional Development Fund
June 1st deadline is rapidly approaching!
The Wanda Chin Scholarship program helps fund participation and travel to the WMA Annual Meeting by professionals who might otherwise not be able to attend. Scholarships are available to members of the field at the student, incoming professional and mid-career professional levels. The Scholarship program is a vital...
June 1st deadline is rapidly approaching!
The Wanda Chin Scholarship program helps fund participation and travel to the WMA Annual Meeting by professionals who might otherwise not be able to attend. Scholarships are available to members of the field at the student, incoming professional and mid-career professional levels. The Scholarship program is a vital...
May 17, 2012
By: Adam Mikos
Living in Portland, where the sun started shining through the rain only a few days ago, it seems defective to be already looking forward to October. Looking forward I am though, to the Western Museums Association Annual Meeting in Palm Springs.
As museum people, we frequently look at the same situations and see very different things. This holds true for educators, students,...
Living in Portland, where the sun started shining through the rain only a few days ago, it seems defective to be already looking forward to October. Looking forward I am though, to the Western Museums Association Annual Meeting in Palm Springs.
As museum people, we frequently look at the same situations and see very different things. This holds true for educators, students,...
May 15, 2012
Call for Proposals
“Knowing your Public(s)—The Significance of Audiences in Public History”
2013 Annual Meeting, National Council on Public History
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 17-20, 2013
In 2013 the National Council on Public History will meet at the Delta Ottawa City Centre, in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada, with Canada’s Parliament buildings, historic ByWard market, national museums...
May 15, 2012
Western Museums Association Annual Meeting-2012
Palm Springs, California
SILENT/LIVE AUCTION IS COMING!
How do you like to help your colleagues? What is a fun way to support learning for professionals? How do you or your museums like to participate at our annual meetings and know you are making a worthy donation? What is way to help support your travel and get to the annual meetings?
One way is...
Palm Springs, California
SILENT/LIVE AUCTION IS COMING!
How do you like to help your colleagues? What is a fun way to support learning for professionals? How do you or your museums like to participate at our annual meetings and know you are making a worthy donation? What is way to help support your travel and get to the annual meetings?
One way is...
May 11, 2012
Since 1997, our Annual Meeting has featured a Silent Auction in the Exhibit Hall. Proceeds from the auction benefit the Wanda Chin Scholarship program, which helps fund participation and travel to the Annual Meeting by professionals who might otherwise not be able to attend. Scholarships are available to members of the field at the student, incoming professional and mid-career professional...
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