Tag: learning opportunities

Making Use of the Tools We Have

Making Use of the Tools We Have

This week the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced that they will be closing their doors for four months later this year to complete their ongoing renovation and completely rehang their collection. When the museum reopens in the fall, they will rotate their collection more 

Thinking about museum workplace communities

Thinking about museum workplace communities

When we think about the people that comprise a museum’s community, sometimes we overlook the very core of that group: the staff. Like all non-profits and cultural organizations, museums often have a small but dedicated crew of people giving 110% toward accomplishing the museum’s mission. And they 

Symposium on the Rosa Parks House Project this Friday, May 18

Symposium on the Rosa Parks House Project this Friday, May 18

Please join RISD and Waterfire Providence for a symposium on the controversial artist intervention on the Rosa Parks House. The day begins with a tour of the project followed by panel discussions about art, preservation, and memory. This project brings up questions of race, artistic appropriation and preservation and should be an important discussion for all. Free. For more information about the symposium, please visit their website.

Announcing a Summer Session Course: Black and Native New England (open to non-Tufts students as well!)

Announcing a Summer Session Course: Black and Native New England (open to non-Tufts students as well!)

AMER 180C/ HIST 173/ AFR 147B: Black and Native New England 2015 Summer Session 2 (Mon/ Wed 9:00-12:30 PM) Kendra Field, Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies   “You have to know your history. Then you’ll have a purposeful presence in the world.” – August 

Conference Announcement: Changing the Narrative: American Indians and American Cultural Myth

Conference Announcement: Changing the Narrative: American Indians and American Cultural Myth

In just a couple weeks, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology will be hosting Kevin Gover, the Director of the National Museum of the American Indian. You’re invited to a free talk and reception on Wednesday, October 9, beginning at 6p.m. Here’s the invitation 

Free Nonprofit Webinars for September

Free Nonprofit Webinars for September

Every month, Wild Apricot (a membership management system) posts a roundup of free upcoming webinars. Some of them are a bit run-of-the-mill, but some of them are useful and interesting. Did I mention they’re also free? You can’t ask for better bang for your buck.

Check out the list here.