Hilton Pasadena, Pasadena Ballroom
Living Cultures, Living Collections: Bishop Museum’s Pacific Pipeline
Learning Format: Passive Learning
Museums as Neighbors
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.
Making Diversity Internships Work
Learning Format: Active Learning
Diversity internships emerged as museums sought to address historic and systematic underrepresentation of BIPOC staff members. Learn about three models of diversity internship programs at three different museums—what has made them successful, where could they improve—and take away your own ideas for starting or strengthening similar programs at your own institution.
See Beyond the Art: Obtaining Mindfulness of Safety
Learning Format: Active Learning
Creating meaningful experiences through exhibition and visual display is one of our major goals for our communities, but what happens in between that? How do we maintain a safe and enjoyable experience for our guests, docents, and volunteers? This session will address the health and safety considerations of staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes and the front lines. Participants will learn to identify safety issues including hazards of common substances used in art handling.
Centering Native Voices in Exhibitions
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.
Collections Conundrums: A Therapy Session
Learning Format: Conversation
Are you a collections manager or registrar that has said, “WTF?” more times than you can count? Join us for a moderated conversation between yourselves and a panel of people like you who have seen it all and want to share their wisdom. Here’s our chance to be honest about things that have gone wrong, share stories that sound too weird to be true, and support each other as we work to make things right.
Museums in Militarized/Colonized Spaces: The Case of the Mariana Islands
Learning Format: Passive Learning
The Mariana Islands, comprised of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands exist on the edge of the United States in multiple ways. These islands are modern-day colonies of the US and are of significant strategic value to its US. This panel will focus on the challenges that are faced by the indigenous people of the islands in terms of managing museums and other similar educational institutions in heavily militarized, colonial spaces.
Shifting Power Dynamics: Dismantling Colonial Practices
Learning Format: Conversation
This facilitated conversation will focus on how museum professionals are relinquishing authority to Indigenous communities to be more inclusive, equitable, and accessible institutions. Panelists will bring different perspectives and experiences, where we share how we are shifting ideas of authority and power to source communities. Attendees are encouraged to share and participate in this open conversation.
Reclaiming Land - In and Out of the Museum
Learning Format: Conversation