#WandaChinScholarship

Written by Dahlia Theriault, Membership & Annual Fund Associate at the Oakland Museum of California and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Written by Lindsie Bruns, Director of Creative Experience at The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Written by Aaron Eagles, Tarra Lazos Creative Consultant and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Written by Emily Wunderlich, Education Director at The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Written by Russell Nauman, Exhibitions Curator for the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient.

Written by Star Crop Eared Wolf (Kainai Nation, Blackfoot Confederacy), The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland and WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Written by 2022 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient Jessica Hougen

This was the first conference I’ve been to since before the pandemic. The last one I went to was the California Association of Museums (CAM) in March 2020. That one was great, but weird. We all knew something was happening but we didn’t yet know the severity of the situation. It was business as usual, with plenty of hand sanitizer to go around.

Written by 2022 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient Ali Smurawa

I was near the tail-end of my first year as a full-time museum educator when I applied for the Wanda Chin scholarship. I knew that I wanted to (and needed to) attend a museum conference, but which one, and how? WMA’s theme Forward spoke to me, and as I sent off my application, I waited in anticipation for a reply. If awarded, then this was the conference that would set the bar for all future conferences because I had never attended one before.

Written by 2022 Wanda Chin Scholarship recipient Billie Jean Guerrero

Written by 2022 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient Hayley Noble