11:00 am – 12:15 pm

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.