Will you be in New Orleans on
May 8th?
ACUMG 2004 BUILDING NETWORKS/SHARING RESOURCES: Models for
Innovation
The Association of College and University Museums and Galleries (ACUMG)
is holding its annual meeting in New Orleans
at the Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University on Saturday, May 8th.
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Join Robert Martin, Director of IMLS and a diversity of
practitioners
from across the country 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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Detailed programs and registration
information can be
viewed at
http://www.acumg.org/conference04.html
Hope to
see you there! : )
Stefan Sommer, Vice President
Association of College and University
Museums and Galleries
Northern Arizona University
Campus Box 5640
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 523-4463 office
(928) 523-7500 fax
e-mail [log in to unmask]
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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 Spinazzè - 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
Spinazzè.
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
Director of Education
Merriam Powell Center for
Environmental Research
Associate Curator
Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity
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]