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
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