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0[Presentation Slides] Strategies for engagement on a budget

Posted on: 10-12-2011

During the last few years, cultural institutions have been required to do more with less—cutting back seems to be the order of the day. However, there are creative and collaborative strategies that may allow museums to create spaces of inspiration for individuals and communities—while on a budget. Adapting resources such as new media, creating traveling displays, and forming new alliances with organizations that share common values, in order to reach audiences help organizations survive and expand during difficult economic times. …

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0Mind-blowing Monday at the MAAM Annual Meeting

Posted on: 10-11-2011

First, Nina Simon’s radical, post-Post Modern, Weil lecture challenged MAAM 2011 attendees to re-think everything they thought they already re-thought. Just when you thought it was safe to start a blog and social media-ify your museum, Simon advocated putting all those Web 2.0 concepts into practice not on the web, but in real life. Thus Simon’s museum embraces a new identity of art-museum-as-community-center, attracting locals to such radical partcipatory activities as sitting on sofas and doing jigsaw puzzles. For the …

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0[Presentation Slides] Pictures, pictures, pictures!

Posted on: 10-11-2011

Monday, October 11, 2011 Take them, save them, and (most importantly) use them. Documenting not only your big events but the day-to-day workings of the museum provides valuable visual resources for everything from creating a deep institutional memory to providing a wealth of resources for enhancing everything from marketing to education to fundraising to outreach. This session not only covers why being glued to the camera is a good thing but how your institutional photographs can work for you. It …

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1Nina Simon on Making Museums Matter: 2011 Weil Lecture

Posted on: 10-11-2011

Stephen E. Weil (1925-2005) was one of the museum community’s most insightful commentators. Weil was an art law expert, foremost scholar on the philosophy and ethics of museums, mentor, and “guru” of museum management who left his mark on the field. Weil’s published works are staples in museum studies curricula.  The annual Weil memorial lecture was established at MAAM’s 2005 Annual Meeting in Baltimore to honor Stephen’s contribution to the museum field. This year’s invited lecturer was Nina Simon, Executive Director of The Museum of Art …

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1Urbanite@Case[werks] Gallery Reception

Posted on: 10-10-2011

Annual Meeting attendees, Emerging Museum Professionals, and local area colleagues joined together on October 10, 2011, for a lively reception and exhibition featuring artists Ruth Trevarrow and Bob Creamer. The event, held at Urbanite@Case[werks] Gallery, was sponsored by a Host Committee made up of Baltimore area museum professionals and colleagues. A big thanks to: Bill Beitel / Case[werks] Lania D’Agostino / D’Agostino Studios Abby Shaw / Hollinger Metal Edge Linda Gottfried / Sentinel Museum Storage Matt Malaquias / Case[werks] Lynn Marcin …

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02011 Katherine Coffey Award to go to Founder of American Visionary Art Museum

Posted on: 10-6-2011

We’re pleased to announce that Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, Founder & Director, American Visionary Art Museum, will be the 2011 Katherine Coffey Award recipient. Rebecca Hoffberger was inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame and awarded the President’s Award of the Maryland YWCA in 2006. In 1998, Hoffberger won The Urban Land Institute’s coveted National Award for Excellence. In addition to Honorary Doctorates from The Maryland Institute College of Art, Villa Julie College and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Hoffberger …

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0Silent Auction to benefit Greater Baltimore History Alliance and MAAM Fellowships

Posted on: 10-5-2011

On Sunday, MAAM will kick off our 2011 Annual Meeting, “A Meeting of the Muses: Inspiration, Strategy and Sustainability,” at Baltimore’s Sheraton City Center. As part of the three day conference there will be a silent auction consisting of unique items from local museums and attractions as well as MAAM partner museums. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Greater Baltimore History Alliance and MAAM’s Bruce Craig Fellowships, a program designed to make attendance at the Annual Meeting affordable to …

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