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Listening to help integrate values-based equity: Guest curator Stephanie Littlebird in conversation with Five Oaks MuseumTuesday, February 23, 2021 11 am – 12:30 pm
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Five Oaks Museum uses a values-centered and heart-centered approach to their work. They have switched to a guest curator model, allowing curators to decide the exhibition, which, in turn, has implications for how that exhibition affects the structure of the museum. You don’t do equity in bits and pieces. By collaborating with others to explore how art, culture and history shape the past and influence the future, Five Oaks helps visitors connect to a collective local history made up of community voices and the important stories they tell. Join Stephanie, Molly and Nathanael as they talk about the process of curating and exhibiting “This IS Kalapuyan Land.” Bring your own personal value(s) you hold close and discuss how to institutionalize them in your museum and work.
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Disaster Preparedness and Resilience for Collecting Organizations - December 2, 2020, 9 am - 12:30 pmDisaster Preparedness and Resilience for Collecting OrganizationsWednesday, December 2, 2020
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Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
This
workshop focuses on the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) enacted in 1990. The law’s precise impact on
museums will be examined.
Panel members with specialized NAGPRA knowledge will share specific information—compliance requirements, collection evaluation, outreach to Native tribes—and share their tribe's and museum's experience with the repatriation process. Participants will come away with a better understanding of NAGPRA and how you can put these tools to use in your organization.
Talking with your museum community: COVID-19-friendly adaptations and considerations - Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 11 am–12:30 pmPresenter: Taline A. Kuyumjian, Founder and Principal Evaluator, Kuyumjian Consulting, LLC Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11 am–12:30 pm Six months into our new “COVID-19 normal,” many museums have dipped their toes into reopening and welcoming visitors back to their physical locations. Needs and expectations of cultural organizations have changed, as such methods for gathering feedback must change too. This webinar will discuss a range of ways you can safely engage with your community to hear what they’re thinking, feeling, and needing from your organization. Conversation will also include an overview of what kind of information might be most meaningful to your organization as you navigate COVID-19, and how to prioritize lines of inquiry so as not to burden or overwhelm. A discussion on the range of ethics and considerations to take when implementing COVID-19-friendly methodology will help ensure each organization is fully equipped to start talking with their community. This 90-minute, interactive webinar will offer an overview of traditional data collection; show how to adapt methods to be COVID-19-friendly; and identify new ways of talking to our communities across a range of platforms. We will discuss how to prioritize and be mindful in the questions we ask; and look at accessibility and ethical considerations of gathering feedback in the new “COVID-19 normal.” Interpretive planning for a pandemic - Tuesday, August 25, 2020, 12-1:30 pmPresenter: Kyrie Thompson Kellett, Principal and Certified Interpretive Planner, Mason Bee Interpretive Planning Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2020, 12-1:30 pm COVID-19 has changed so many things, especially for museums. How do we reach our audiences when our doors are closed? How do we tell our stories if our events are cancelled? Finding answers requires creativity and a critical, but often underutilized, museum tool––interpretive* planning. The interpretive planning process helps us outline the central story our museum wants to tell and the best ways to share that story with our key audiences. In this interactive workshop, we will go through the basic steps of the interpretive planning process and discuss how they can be adapted for the current coronavirus situation. The discussion will include thinking deeply about who our key audiences should be right now and sharing a variety of creative interpretive tools that we can use to reach them. In particular, we will explore how we can serve teachers and families yearning for engaging, safe learning experiences during the unprecedented school year ahead. *Interpretation here means the mission-based communication that museums use to create emotional and intellectual connections between audiences and the museum’s focus. Reopening webinar June 8, 2020, 12-1 pmThe Oregon Museums Association, Cultural Advocacy Coalition, and Oregon Heritage Commission hosted a webinar on Monday, June 8 to discuss the official statewide reopening guidance for zoos, museums, and outdoor gardens. The webinar provided a general overview of those guidelines and opportunity for questions and discussion.
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Monday, May 13, 2019, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Benton County Museum
1101 Main Street, Philomath, OR
Presenters: Joseph Govednik, Director, Cowlitz County Historical Museum, and Sarah Samson, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Renton History Museum
Read Helen Fedchak's article about the 2019 Spring Workshop in Registrar's Quarterly from the Registrar's Committee Western Region.
2018 Spring Workshop - Albums of Ephemera with Elizabeth Chambers
May 21, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR
2017 Spring Workshop - Basketry with Margaret Mathewson
May 22, 2017, Philomath, OR
2016 Spring Workshop - Basics of Archives
April 18, 2016, Prineville, OR
2015 Spring Workshop - Interpretation and Collections Care at Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center: A Tribal Perspective on Collaborating with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
March 9, 2015, Grand Ronde, OR