Subject: Workshop and Public Talk with Dr. Rex Ellis on "The Inclusive
 Museum", Oct. 30, & 31, Nov.1


  Please join us for one or both of these events with Dr. Rex Ellis from the
  Smithsonian Institution or post a notice for your museum colleagues.
  ____________________________________________


            "Journeying Towards the Inclusive Museum"

                  A Two-Day Workshop With  Dr. Rex Ellis

                 Sat. Oct. 30 & Sunday Oct. 31
                Multicultural History Society of Ontario,
                43 Queen's Park Crescent East
                               Toronto
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  Workshop Description:
As museums in Canada and the United States continue to push the envelope
of cultural pluralism, the realities of changing demographics, expectations
and dwindling resources challenge museums to make crucial decisions about
who
their audiences are. Internally, the struggle continues in determining how
we successfully accommodate these new audiences and stakeholders given
finite --and often conflicting-- missions, ideologies, methods of producing
work, systems of governance, collections, exhibitions, programs and staff.

This two-day workshop will be led by Dr. Rex Ellis, Chair/Curator
  Division of Cultural History at the National Museum of American History,
  Smithsonian Institution.

  Using methods of presentation, case studies, group work and discussion,
  the  workshop will focus on issues of:
  Museums and Cultural Inclusion
  Museums and their changing publics
  Perspective, ownership and politics of correctness
  Governance and power
  Museum diversity
  Collections and Curating
  Programs and Exhibitions
  Managing conflict and controversy

  Cost:
  Two- Day Workshop-  $90 or $75 for OMA or MERT members.

  Registration:
  To register, please  phone the Ontario Museums Association,
  416-348-8672                             Fax:  416-979-7947
  If you have any questions, please phone the OMA or Prof. Teather at
 978-6274
  or 487-8667
 Maximum Registration for the Workshop is 25.

  Dr. Ellis' visit is provided through a professional development
  collaboration of the Arts in a Plural Society at Scarborough Campus,
  University of Toronto, the Ontario Science Centre, the Ontario Museums
  Association, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, the Multicultural History
  Society of Ontario, and the Museum Studies Program, University of Toronto.

  ________________________________________
  Public Talk

   "The Tree is as Good as its Roots: Building Firm Foundations for the New
  Milennium"

                                             Dr. Rex Ellis,

  Chair/Curator Division of Cultural History at the National Museum of
  American History, Smithsonian Institution


                             7:00-8:30       Nov.1, 1999
                             Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

                                  Reception to Follow
                             Multicultural History Society of Ontario,
                                    Queen's Park Crescent
                                  43 Queen's Park Cres.E,
                                            Toronto.

  Cost: $8.00  or    $5.00 students

  Registration at the Door.

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  Bio for Dr. Ellis:

  Dr. Rex M. Ellis is presently Curator and Chairman of the Division of
  Cultural History at the National Museum of American History. The Division
  educates its audiences about America's cultural heritage by collecting,
  preserving, studying, and presenting the history of individuals and their
  communities through their expressive forms.

  The division carries out its mission through collections, research,
  exhibitions, publications, public awareness, educational outreach,
  performances, broadcasts, and other presentations. Areas of focus include
  music, performing and traditional arts, sports, popular culture, the
  histories of African American, Native American, and Latino peoples, as
  well  as those of other ethnic and religious communities.

  Prior to this position, Dr. Ellis was the Director of the Center For
Museum   Studies in the Division of Arts and Humanities at the Smithsonian
Institution. The mission of the center is to strengthen museums' services
to  their publics by offering training, information and professional support
to museums and individuals in museum theory and operations.

  Before coming to the Smithsonian, Ellis directed the Department of African
American Interpretation and Presentations at the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation in Williamsburg Virginia. The department was responsible for
the content, training and implementation of programs focusing on Colonial
black history. His primary responsibility was to mainstream the experience
of
Colonial blacks into Williamsburg's fundamental teaching of American
history.

He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth
University,  a Masters in Fine Arts from Wayne State University and an Ed.D
from the
College of William and Mary. He was also an instructor in the Department
of  Speech Communications and Theater Arts at Hampton University.

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