Author: Museum Studies Program
Kudos to… Jennifer Amadeaus Scott (MSP08) who in May 2016 presented a webinar in collaboration with Ben Secunda from the University of Michigan Office of Research and William Johnson, Curator of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways. The webinar was hosted by...
Kudos to… Rachel Chamberlain (MSP14) recently started as Education Outreach Specialist at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Rachel manages docents, develops programs, writes labels, creates lesson plans for local public schools and the university, acts as a database administrator, manages memberships,...
Not An Alternative is a NY-based collective that works at the intersection of art, activism, and critical theory. The group has a mission to affect popular understandings of histories, symbols, and institutions through the occupation and redeployment of popular vernacular, semiotics and memes. Not...
FAILURE:LAB is an event where storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the performances between stories. Storytellers include: – Amy Emberling, Partner at Zingerman’s Bakehouse –...
“What If? Demand the Impossible. On Museums and the Struggle for Social Justice.” Presentation by Lisa Yun Lee (Director, School of Art and Art History and Visiting Curator, Hull House Museum University of Illinois, at Chicago) November 1 at 6:3o pm, at UM Museum...
Kudos to… Diana Sierra-Becerra (MSP12) has a forthcoming publication, titled “The Spirit of the Mountain Inside the Museum: Historical Memory at the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, El Salvador” in the academic journal, Latin American Perspectives. She also presented at an event titled: “Beyond...