Friday, October 6, 2023

Learning Format: Active Learning

In this interactive writing workshop, you will practice writing about your projects through an active writing session. All museum professionals are welcome to learn the basics of grant proposal writing and receive practical instruction on how to approach funders. Everyone can benefit from writing practice, whether you are in a curatorial, programmatic, collections, executive or development position. No preparation is required, just bring something to write with and be ready for some creative thinking.

Learning Format: Active Learning

Explore the delicate balance between programming and preservation in museum galleries. Discover new approaches to activate your galleries for events and education programs, all while keeping your objects on display safe. Our panel of museum professionals will share their stories of innovation and creativity, challenging traditional collection/gallery rules to enhance visitor experience. From breaking outdated norms to making new ones, learn which rules are worth breaking and which are worth keeping.

Learning Format: Active Learning

In this session, learn how four different museums build and deliver their yearly programs. Join us for stories and tips from four different organizations, ranging from small to large, and learn the different ways we create and manage our programs. Hear ideas on building strategy, identifying audiences, balancing the offerings, assessment, and more. We’ll share our experiences, favorite tools, processes, and plenty of real talk.

Learning Format: Active Learning

Artists Myisha Arellano and Michelle Glass will share the community engagement process of Interwoven Stories, a "quilted" mural created in collaboration with over 200 Pasadena-area community members over the past year. The 150-square-foot mural was created during public workshops in partnership with Armory Center for the Arts, NAACP Pasadena, Pasadena Community Job Center, Day One, Rose City High School, Community Arms, and the Hastings Branch Library. This project was initiated as part of the Artist at Work national program modeled after the WPA.

Learning Format: Conversation

Learning Format: Conversation

What are best practices for advancing equitable practices in museums? This interactive session introduces new tools and resources focused on fostering dialogue within museum teams about DEAI (diversity, equity, access and inclusion) practices and action.  Currently in development by CCLI (Cultural Competence Learning Institute) and featuring data from a recent museum-wide study, the tools include Actionable Insights for museums to leverage institutional strengths and take action toward inclusive practice for their institutions.

Get to know colleagues working in collections from around the region over drinks! This Collections Happy Hour would focus on the odd artifacts in a museum’s collection. Every museum has something a bit bizarre that they care for, so this meet-up would celebrate all those oddities.

Do you sometimes feel like you don’t quite fit in? Does everyone else seem to have more “museum cred” than you? You are not alone. So many of us who are drawn to museums come from a variety of experiences and fields.

Get to know fellow emerging museum professionals (EMPs) from around the region over drinks. This informal talking session will help to facilitate conversations between two veteran museum professionals and younger, emerging museum workers - about how to navigate and advance their careers in a constantly changing museum environment.  Practical advice, story sharing and answers to regularly asked questions would all feature in these conversations.

Get to know colleagues working on exhibitions from around the region over drinks!