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REMINDER: early bird discount deadline is March 31st!
Register now for the Association of College and University Museums and
Galleries Annual Conference in New Orleans on May 8th. Do not miss
speakers from across the US including Robert Martin, Director of the
IMLS, Wanda Chin, President of the WMA, Kristine Morrissey, Jean Allman
Gilmore, Bonnie Speed, Jenni Martin, Dan Mills, Mark Meadow, Marla
Berns, and Angela Spinazzč.
Conference Brochure and Registration form:
http://www.acumg.org/conference04.html
See you in New Orleans!
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"BUILDING NETWORKS / SHARING RESOURCES: Models For Innovation."
Association of College and University Museums and Galleries
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2004
May 8th, 2004
New Orleans, Louisiana
Join Robert Martin, Director of IMLS and a diversity of practitioners
from across the United States as we
explore new models for successful museum collaboration. Join this expert
panel as they share their own work
in developing successful educational, exhibit & collections sharing,
community, evaluation research, political,
spiritual, and e-collaborations.
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"BUILDING NETWORKS / SHARING RESOURCES: models for innovation."
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Saturday, May 8th
Hosted by
The Newcomb Art Gallery
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
8:00 a.m. Get on Bus at Convention Center Hall H loading area
8:15 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast at the Newcomb Art
Gallery
8:45 a.m. Welcoming presentations
Lisa Hanover President, ACUMG
Scott Cowen President, Tulane University
Erik Neil Director, The Newcomb Art
Gallery
Stefan Sommer Vice President, ACUMG
9:00 a.m. From Collaboration to Convergence: Building Value for
Communities of Learners
Robert Martin - Director, Institute of Museum and
Library Services
9:40 a.m. Unicorn at the Table: Collaboration as Learning
Kristine Morrissey - Chair, Museum Studies,
Michigan State University
10:20 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. E-collaboration: Building Communities without Walls
Angela Spinazzč - Consultant and Independent
Researcher, ATSPIN Consulting, Chicago, IL
11:20 a.m. Community Curation: Objects to Flavor a Sense of Place
Wanda Chin - Director of Exhibition and Design,
University of Alaska Museum and
President, Western Museums
Association
12:00 p.m. Lunch by "Tasteful Events"
Session I
1:15 p.m. Ramesses I - Collaborating on the Search for the Lost Pharaoh
Bonnie Speed - Director, Michael C. Carlos
Museum, Emory University
2:00 p.m. The University as MICROCOSM: the material economy of knowledge
Mark Meadow - Professor, History of Art &
Architecture, UC Santa Barbara and
Research Fellow,
Getty Research Institute
2:45 p.m. Alice's Wonderland: A Museum-University Research Collaboration
Jenni Martin - Director of Education, Children's
Discovery Museum of San Jose
Session II
1:15 p.m. Why Travel an Exhibit? - Thoughts on the Benefits (and
Challenges)
Dan Mills - Director, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell
University
2:00 p.m. Seven Secrets to Successful Exhibition Sharing
Jean Allman Gilmore - Registrar, Brandywine
Museum and co-author,
"On the Road
Again: Developing & Managing Traveling Exhibitions"
2:45 p.m. A Case for Being "AWAKE": Buddhism, Collaboration, & Museum
Practice
Marla Berns - Director, UCLA Fowler Museum of
Cultural History
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Working Together to Get Ahead - a Panel and Community
Discussion: Jean Allman Gilmore,
Marla Berns, Wanda Chin, Jenni Martin, Robert
Martin, Dan Mills, Kristine Morrissey,
Mark Meadow, Bonnie Speed, and Angela Spinazzč.
4:30 p.m. Reception at the Newcomb Art Gallery
6:00 p.m. Buses return to Conference Center - Farewell 'till next year!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Stefan Sommer, Vice President and Conference Chair
Association of College and University Museums and Galleries
<http://www.acumg.org>
Director of Education
Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research <http://www.mpcer.nau.edu>
Associate Curator
Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity <http://bugs.bio.nau.edu>
Department of Biological Sciences
Northern Arizona University
Campus Box 5640
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 523-4463 office
(928) 523-7500 fax
e-mail [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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