Saturday, October 7, 2023

Learning Format: Passive Learning

What is a cultural institution’s obligation and opportunity to understand the complexities of the people and places that surround it? By employing a variety of methods, including traditional data compilation and research as well as community organizing approaches such as reciprocal relationships building and old-fashioned door knocking, learn how we are understanding our neighborhood and our neighborhood is understanding us. Come for an engaged discussion where we ask tough questions and share examples of works-in-progress.  

Learning Format: Conversation

How should California’s public institutions and leaders address controversial monuments as we reckon with a legacy of injustice in public art? This panel will discuss the inherent vice of monuments, creative approaches to dealing with existing installations, and public engagement as a critical component in finding a sustainable path forward.

Learning Format: Active Learning

What is governance and what role does it play in the success of a museum and its staff?   Attendees will participate in a role-playing exercise, learn about museum governance essentials and best practices, and understand why implementing good governance practices is vital to the wellbeing of the museum and communities it serves.

Learning Format: Passive Lerning

Learning Format: Active Learning

Looking for new tools to add to your post-pandemic toolkit? Visit this resource area to pick up tools for strategic planning, collections, and more! Leave with some new practical solutions and possibly even share some of your own!

Learning Format: Active Learning

Is that torpedo safe to be on display? Do you have extra requirements in place for storing or displaying firearms? Has anyone ever walked into your lobby with a donation offer, only to pull a grenade out of their pocket? Museums of all types collect and display ordnance (small arms, edged weapons, missiles, grenades, cannons, ammunition and more), join us as we discuss collections safety in collecting objects that were meant to destroy.

Learning Format: Active Learning

The Empathetic Museum specializes in increasing organizational and individual capacity for empathetic practice. After many years of consulting, the Empathetic Museum team has co-designed a workbook

This session will run until 12:30pm

Learning Format: Passive Learning

This session will explore different methods and processes for not only the inclusion of indigenous peoples in the exhibit design process, but how to elevate and center their voices in the heart of exhibition storytelling. Through a series of in-progress case studies, we will discuss strategies for authentic, deep partnerships and outreach, dialog, and goal setting for exhibitions that bring forward native stories.

Learning Format: Active Learning

Historically, museum people have determined content, objects, interpretation, and intended visitor experience. It’s formulaic, which is why ‘creation for’ instead of ‘with’ has been employed for so long. The fear that loosening grip on the controls allowing our “end users” to drive us off a cliff is real and mired in colonial control strategies. We’ll challenge attendees to ponder, “Why continue using these models?”, “what if we didn’t?”, “how might our community become integral to our success?”

Learning Format: Conversation

Aligning with the global shift toward healing and creating well and empathic futures, the session centers on case studies of arts and well-being programs at the Wing Luke Museum and Path with Art on developing art and wellness hybrid methodologies, evaluation, and partnerships with public health, mental health, primary care, economic development, local government.