COMPT-Sponsored Sessions and Events
HOUSTON, TEXAS 2011
Sunday May 22, 2011
Single Session
2:45 PM-4:00 PM
From the Chalkboard to the Drawing Board: Museum Studies Students Practice Convergence
Chaired by:
Holly Witchey, Professor, Museum Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Cleveland Heights, OH
Presenters:
Ryan Dodge, Library Technician, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON
John Ffrench, Director, Visual Resources, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Trudie Grace, Putnam County Historical Society and Foundry School Museum, Cold Spring, NY
Michael Wallace, CDR
Description:
Learn about four museum studies graduate research projects that identified a shared challenge among museums, archives, and libraries and proposed solutions in areas to include orphan works in collections, technology and policy development, and new structures for collaboration.
Endorsed by:
Committee on Archives, Libraries and Museums
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
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Single Session
4:15 PM-5:30 PM
Museum Internships: Today and Tomorrow
Chaired by:
Petra Chu, Director, MA Program of Museum Professions, Seton Hall University Department of Art and Music, South Orange, NJ
Presenters:
Zahava Doering, Senior Social Scientist, Policy & Analysis, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Lydia Johnson, Faculty, Museum Studies at JFK University, Cupertino, CA
Judith Landau, Internship Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs, Washington, DC
Tracie Spinale, Program Manager, Smithsonian Center for Educationand Museum Studies, Washington, DC
Miriam Roberts, Director for Media Projects, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Santa Fe, NM
Description:
Five roundtables will address key aspects of the internship: standards and structure; academic credit and stipends; legal and ethical issues; supervision and mentoring; and evaluation. Each table is chaired by a museum professional or academic and has at least one student participant, as well as a #reporter# who will record the conversation.
Endorsed by:
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Museum Management Committee (MMC)
AAM Committee for Diversity in Museums (DIVCOM)
AAM Public Relations and Marketing Committee (PRAM)
AAM Small Museum Administrators Committee (SMAC)
AAM Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE)
AAM Registrars Committee (RC-AAM)
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Business Reception
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT), Curators Committee (CurCom), and Small Museums Administrators Committee (SMAC), Joint Reception ($40.00)
Join your colleagues from CurCom, SMAC, and COMPT at Rienzi, the house museum for European decorative arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Buses depart the Convention Center (Hall C) from 5:45-6 P.M. and return to host hotels at 8:00 P.M. Sponsored by Delta Designs, Ltd.
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Monday May 23, 2011
Single Session
9:00 AM-10:15 AM
Online Fever: Ramped Up for Distance Learning Environments?
Chaired by:
Peter Tirrell, Associate Director, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK
Presenters:
Phyllis Hecht, Director, Museum Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
Jacqueline Langholtz, Youth Manager of School and Family Programs, Seaport Museum New York, New York, NY
Martha Morris, Associate Professor of Museum Studies, Museum Studies Program George Washington University, Washington, DC
Brenda Weatherston, Acting Program Director, Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Description:
This session examines the movement toward online distance education for museum professionals. Faculty members from four museum studies programs and a graduate of an online program will compare online and traditional programs and discuss evaluation, the definition of success, Web tools and applications, and meeting students# needs and expectations.
Endorsed by:
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Media and Technology Committee
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Varied Paths to the Top
Chaired by:
Marilyn Hoffman, Principal, Museum Search & Reference, Londonderry, NH
Presenters:
Jack Bunning, Executive Director, Dallas Historical Society, Dallas, TX
Dennis Kois, Director, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Sunnee O'Rork, Executive Director, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ
Description:
Engage with three successful directors who came up uncommon paths: from exhibit designer, arts administrator and educator. Take away practical information to apply to your own goals and situation, and change your thinking about who should lead museums.
Endorsed by:
AAM Museum Management Committee (MMC)
AAM Committee for Diversity in Museums (DIVCOM)
AAM National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Public Relations and Marketing Committee (PRAM)
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
AAM Small Museum Administrators Committee (SMAC)
AAM Committee on Education (EdCom)
AAM Registrars Committee (RC-AAM)
AAM Development and Membership Committee (DAM)
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Single Session
2:15 PM-3:30 PM
Established and Emerging Educational Leaders: A Roundtable Building on Lessons Learned
Chaired by:
Mary Kay Cunningham, Interpretive Specialist, Dialogue Interpretive Consulting, Portland, OR
Tina Nolan, Associate Director of Partnerships, National-Louis University, Chicago, IL
Presenters:
Sarah Alvarez, Assistant Director, Department of Museum Education, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Ken Bubp, Fishers, IN
Lynn Dierking, Sea Grant Professor in Free-Choice Learning, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Susan Spero, Associate Professor, Museum Studies, John F Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA
Ben Garcia, Head of Interpretation and Education, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA
Erik Holland, Curator of Education, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
Mary Ellen Munley, Principal, Oak Park, IL
Janet Rassweiler, Acting Director, Leadership in Museum Education, Bank Street College, New York, NY
Description:
Established and emerging leaders will discuss qualities, skills, knowledge and practice necessary to navigate an uncertain future for the field of museum education. Brief presentations followed by smaller roundtable discussions address how strong leadership can ensure the future of our field and define the next steps for developing and supporting tomorrow#s leaders.
Endorsed by:
AAM Committee on Education (EdCom)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE)
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Museums + Museum Studies: Collaborations as Incubators for Social Change
Chaired by:
Polly McKenna-Cress, Chair, Museum Studies, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Presenters:
Janet Marstine, Programme Director, Art Museum and Gallery Studies, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Sarah Lee, Senior Associate, Slover Linett Strategies, Inc., Chicago, IL
Amy Vlastelica,
Kathleen Quinn, Director of Exhibitions, Museum of Archeology and Anthropology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Description:
How can museum studies programs support the recent push for museums to become catalysts for social change? Museum professionals, professors and students will present innovative projects/thinking positioned to make a difference in the broader social realm.
Endorsed by:
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Public Relations and Marketing Committee (PRAM)
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
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Objects That Change the World: Social Conscience and Museum Collections
Chaired by:
Elizabeth Higgins, History Curator, Columbus, OH
Presenters:
Marian Carpenter, Collections Manager, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
Kristine Navarro, Director of the Institute of Oral History, University Of Texas At El Paso, El Paso, TX
Lisa Yun Lee, Director, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum University Of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago, IL
Description:
Social conscience museums discuss some of the more painful aspects of human history in innovative ways while inspiring community action. This session aims to show that the topics and methods employed by social conscience are applicable to all museums.
Endorsed by:
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
AAM Native American and Museum Collaboration Professional Interest Committee
AAM National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Committee for Diversity in Museums (DIVCOM)
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Volunteer Interns in Museums: Perils, Pitfalls and Pearls
Chaired by:
Deirdre Araujo, Manager, Volunteer Services, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
Presenters:
Jen Hernandez
Mary Anne Schierman, Director of Volunteers and Interns, McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington, IL
Glenn Willumson, Director Of Museum Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Debbie Young, Director of Volunteer Services, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Description:
This session will help participants develop strategies to best engage undergraduate and graduate students seeking to complement their theoretical training with practical experience. We will also discuss the legal guidelines for unpaid internships.
Endorsed by:
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
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Tuesday May 24, 2011
Single Session
9:00 AM-10:15 AM
Exhibition Critique and Discussion 2011: BIG Texan Style
Chaired by:
Wayne LaBar, Vice President, Exhibitions; Principal-in-Charge, LSC Experience Serivces, Liberty Science Center-Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ
Presenters:
Donna Braden, Experience Developer/Curator, The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI
Cathryn Ferree, Project Manager, Master Plan, Conner Prairie, Fishers, IN
Jenny Sayre Ramberg, Senior Exhibit Developer, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
Description:
The 2011 critique will focus on how the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum balances the issues of the oil spill in the gulf, energy and regional relevance. Conference attendees are encouraged to visit the experience beforehand and sign up for the subsequent NAME SPC lunch, where museum staff will respond to the critique.
Endorsed by:
AAM National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
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Business Luncheon
12:15 PM-1:45 PM
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT) Annual Business Luncheon ($35.00)
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Single Session
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
Content-Heavy Exhibitions: A Collaborative Approach to Balancing the Need to Inform and the Visitor#s Capacity to Absorb Information
Chaired by:
Victoria Ramirez, W.T. and Louise J. Moran Education Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Presenters:
Marianna Adams, Principle Evaluator, Audience Focus Inc, Annapolis, MD
Kathleen Nusbaum, Assistant Director of Education and Public Programs, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Description:
Working together, curators and educators must balance conceptual complexity with audience knowledge, interest and capacity to quickly make sense of new knowledge. This session uses two content-heavy exhibitions-in-planning in art museums to discuss creatively balancing curatorial responsibility and the leisure-learner#s interest in visual pleasure.
Endorsed by:
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
AAM Public Relations and Marketing Committee (PRAM)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
AAM Media and Technology Committee
AAM Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE)
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Single Session
3:45 PM-5:00 PM
Pushing the Envelope: Challenges for the First Collections Professional in a Small Museum
Chaired by:
Rochelle Oakley, Collections Manager and Registrar, Saint Joseph College Art Gallery, West Hartford, CT
Presenters:
Lynn Deal, Site Manager, Texas Historical Commission History Programs Division, Austin, TX
Kristine Dobbins, Curator, Toy and Miniature Museum, Kansas City, MO
Alison Wright, Curator/Collections Manager, Montgomery County Historical Society, Crawfordsville, IN
Description:
Many museums are hiring their first formally trained collections manager/curator/registrar. This session will look at the challenges and practical solutions these professionals are encountering, including creating written policies and procedures; upgrading physical collections facilities; cataloguing and inventory; and educating others on appropriate standards of collections management.
Endorsed by:
AAM Small Museum Administrators Committee (SMAC)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
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Revitalizing Historic Sites Through Contemporary Art: Interpretation and Inspiration
Chaired by:
Kate Laurel MacIntosh, Curator and Researcher, Revitalizing Historic Sites, Lowell, MA
Presenters:
Sean Kelley, Program Director, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA
Carole Meehan, Director, Art at Main, Boston, MA
Kenneth Turino, Manager of Community Engagement & Exhibitions, Historic New England, Boston, MA
Description:
Learn how to revitalize historic sites through contemporary art, plan for potential obstacles throughout the process and apply best practices. A panel of experts will share their experiences, and attendees will discover how contemporary art at historic sites can improve visitation, expand audiences and bring the past into the present.
Endorsed by:
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
AAM Historic House Museums Professional Interest Committee
AAM National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
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The Role of Art Museums in Improving Observation in Medical Education
Chaired by:
George Ramirez, Manager of Technology Projects, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Presenters:
Lauren Fretz, Student Program Coordinator,, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Alexa Miller, Wellesley, MA
Hope Torrents, School Programs Coordinator, Lowe Art Museum University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Description:
This session presents three models focused on improving clinical diagnosis and communication as they connect with the practice of looking at art. The session will also look at program development, research findings and partnerships between medical schools and clinical education.
Endorsed by:
AAM Committee on Education (EdCom)
AAM National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
AAM Curators Committee (CurCom)
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Wednesday May 25, 2011
Single Session
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
Engaged and Connected: Creating Communities of Museum Learning Professionals
Chaired by:
Sonnet Takahisa, New York, NY
Presenters:
David Bowles, Manager, School Programs, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
Alexa Fairchild, School Programs Manager, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Deputy Director of Education, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Jennifer Josef, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Lauren Brandt Schloss, Director of Education, Queens Museum of Art New York City Building, Queens, NY
Barbara Palley, Education Manager, Cool Culture, Brooklyn, NY
Lois Olshan, Teacher, Arts Coordinator, Public School #144Q, Forest Hills, NY
Sheri Levinsky Raskin, Assistant Vice President, Education, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY
Description:
With money and time at a premium, four groups of educators created opportunities that support professional growth. Presenters will introduce the genesis and logistics of their learning community; then facilitators will lead small-group #mini-experiences# based on the Brooklyn Museum#s Teaching Lab, NYCMER museum educator interdisciplinary program, Museum School Partnership Learning Network and Community of Thinkers think tank.
Endorsed by:
AAM Committee on Education (EdCom)
AAM Small Museum Administrators Committee (SMAC)
AAM Development and Membership Committee (DAM)
AAM Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE)
AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
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