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Museums Support Democracy
The Museum Association of New York (MANY) is pleased to announce Museums Support Democracy, a series of 7 virtual workshops created in partnership with Museum Hue and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Programs will explore Museums and Civil Rights, Visual and Performative Protest, Environmental Justice, Healing Historical Legacies, Ethical Collections, and Multiplying Interpretive Lenses. Each topic will be presented and discussed by museum professionals from a broad range of locations and disciplines featuring the work of culturally responsive museums.
Virtual webinars are free; advance registration required.
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ASL interpretation provided by Interpretek.
Virtual Series
| Ethical Collecting and Deaccessioning Friday, June 24 12 - 1:30 PM EST Christopher Bedford, Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Lisa Sasaki, Director, Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, Smithsonian Institution |
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| Expanding Interpretive Lenses Friday, July 29 12 - 1:30 PM EST Dr. Haitham Eid, Professor and Director of the Masters of Arts in Museum Studies Program, Southern University at New Orleans Alexa Griffith, Manager of Content + Curriculum, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Citizenship Friday, August 26 12 - 13:30 PM EST Samantha Rijkers, Senior Manager of the Citizenship Project, New-York Historical Society Alisa Martin, Vice President of Educational Operations and Engagement, Tenement Museum |
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Previous programs |
| Museums and Civil Rights Friday, February 25 Cordell Reaves, Historic Preservation Programs Analyst, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Sean Kelley, Senior Vice President & Director of Interpretation, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Jerome Loach, Supervisor for Education and Partnerships, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Click here to view the recording MANY Members only Learn more about the speakers |
| Protest Through Visual and Performance Art Friday, March 25 Libertad O. Guerra, Executive Director, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center Dayton Schroeter, Vice President and National Design Director, SmithGroup Click here to view the recording MANY Members only |
| Environmental Justice Friday, April 29 12 - 1:30 PM EST Nicole Lim, Director, California Indian Museum and Cultural Center Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Curator, Arts of the Americas, Brooklyn Museum Click here to view the recording MANY Members only |
| Healing Historical Legacies Friday, May 27 12 - 1:30 PM EST Dr. Joe Stahlman, Executive Director, Seneca Iroquois National Museum Vedet Coleman-Robinson, Executive Director, Association of African American Museums Click here to view the recording MANY Members only Learn more about the speakers |
| About Museum Hue Museum Hue is a nationally recognized organization that works to paint a larger portrait of the arts and culture field by providing greater support and recognition for Black, Indigenous, and people of color throughout museums and other cultural entities across the United States. Founded in 2015, Museum Hue has partnered and collaborated with arts and culture entities throughout the nation. Visit: www.museumhue.com |
| About the National Endowment for the Humanities Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov |
| About Humanities New York Using dialogue, reflection, and critical thinking, Humanities New York applies the humanities to strengthen democratic society. Established in 1975 as the state aliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities New York is a private 501(c)(3) organization that may receive federal, state, and private funding. www.humanitiesny.org |
