Inside SEMC Summer 2019

INSIDE S E MC The Newsletter of the Southeastern Museums Conference

summer 2019 | www.semcdirecnet

ON THE COVER Detail of Beauford Delaney (b. Knoxville, 1901, d. Paris, 1979), Portrait of James Baldwin, 1944. Pastel on paper, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2017, purchase with funds provided by the Rachael Patterson Young Art Acquisition Reserve.

9 Executive Director’s Notes Susan Perry 7 Register Now: SEMC 2019 CHARLESTON 9 Get Ready for Charleston! Zinnia Willits 11 SEMC 2019 CHARLESTON: Events, Hotel, Keynote Speaker (Walter Hood), Awards, Leadership Forum, and Special Session Tracks 17 The Sound of Charleston 25 JIMI 2020: Applications Open July 1 29 SEMC’s National Leadership Institute 33

41 SEMC’s Code of Conduct 37 TRANSFORMING THE NARRATIVE: A Workshop for Interpreting African American History in the 21st Century Jennifer Zazo-Brown 41 A Special Thanks: Endowment and Membership Contributions 49

Exhibitions 70 People and Places 76 What’s Happening 78 Important Dates 80 SEMC Job Forum 80 Get Social with SEMC 80 Membership Form 81 Congratulations 64

semc Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi

North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico

staff Susan S. Perry Executive Director John Witek Manager of Communications and Member Services

semc officers Zinnia Willits President zwillits@gibbesmuseum.org Dir. of Collections & Operations, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC

Heather Marie Wells Vice President heathermarie.wells@crystalbridges.org Digital Media Project Manager, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

contact semc SEMC | P.O. Box 550746 Atlanta, GA 30355-3246 T: 404.814.2048 or 404.814.2047 F: 404.814.2031 W: www.SEMCdirect.net E: membershipservices@SEMCdirect.net

Deitrah J. Taylor Secretary dtaylorhistorian@gmail.com Milledgeville, GA

Robin Reed Treasurer

Inside SEMC is published three times a year by SEMC. Annual subscription is included in membership dues.

Design: Nathan Moehlmann, Goosepen Studio & Press

rreed@fmauthority.com Director, Casemate Museum, Fort Monroe, VA

Darcie MacMahon Past President dmacmahon@flmnh.ufl.edu Director of Exhibits & Public Programs, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL

The deadline for the Fall 2019 newsletter is Oct. 15, 2019. To submit information for the newsletter, please contact the Council Director in your state or John Witek, SEMC Manager of Communications and Museum Services: jwitek@semcdirect.net.

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semc directors Glenna Barlow

Elise LeCompte

gbarlow@columbiamuseum.org

lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu

Manager of Education,

Registrar & Asst. Dept. Chair,

Columbia Museum, Columbia, SC

Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL

Alexander Benitez

Calinda Lee

avbenitez@ua.edu

clee2@atlantahistorycenter.com

Director, Moundville Archaeological Park,

Vice President of Historical Interpretation

The University of Alabama,

and Community Partnerships,

Moundville, AL

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA

Pody Gay

Deborah Mack

pgay@museumofdiscovery.org

mackdlynn@si.edu

Director, Discovery Network

Assoc. Dir. Office of Strategic Partnerships

Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, AR

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Wash., D.C.

Julie Harris

Rosalind Martin

jharris@riverdiscoverycenter.org

rmartin@knoxart.org

Executive Director, River Discovery

Director of Education, Knoxville Museum

Center, Paducah, KY

of Art, Knoxville, TN

Brian Hicks

Catherine M. Pears

Hernando, MS

cpears@lsua.edu Executive Director, Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria, LA

Michael Scott Scott.Michael@gmail.com Park Manager, Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site, Beech, SC

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executive director’s notes Transforming Myths at SEMC 2019 Charleston Annual Meeting!

Learn about Transforming Myths at Charleston museums through art and history. Walk through the streets, historic houses and gardens of Charleston to understand the past history and its present impact. Enjoy Lowcountry waterfront views and Southern food. Explore 17 museums, historic houses and sites in Charleston at SEMC off-site workshops, tours and evening events. Transform as museum leaders and confront challenging social and political issues to encourage new audiences.

Ignite innovative creativity, confront climate change, and renew your vision for museums of tomorrow. Join the equity and inclusion action team. Impact diverse audiences, foster equity, and encourage accessibility. Hold space to explore race and racism, engage community, and reimagine play. Escape the session room on off-site workshops. Connect at mentor networking and professional meet-ups. Gain new ideas on STEAM/STEM programming, maker movement, conservation, and 3D printing. Explore affordable interactives, inclusive interpretation, digital strategy, and transformative experiences. Connect with museum colleagues networking at SEMC 2019. Tag your social media post with #SEMC2019!

The Charleston Local Arrangements Committee has worked hard to plan three fun evening events, off-site tours, and programs. Join your colleagues for a keynote talk by Walter Hood, the Creative Director and Founder of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, CA, who is working on the landscape design for the new International African American Museum in Charleston.

Museum leaders will gather for SEMC Leadership Forum in Charleston. In partnership with Museum Trustee Association, share ideas for Board recruitment, fundraising, and financial strategies.

Get connected, transformed, and ignited. Transforming Myths at SEMC 2019 Annual Meeting October 21–23 in Charleston!

— Susan Perry, SEMC Executive Director

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REGISTER NOW!

#SEMC2019

Zinnia Willits, SEMC President and Dir. of Collections & Operations at the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC

GET READY FOR CHARLESTON! Conference planning is hard work, and fun, and sometimes frustrating, and rewarding, and filled with spirited conversations, hundreds of decisions, humbling asks for sponsorships and support, occasional disappointments and big rewards! Because of (and sometimes despite) all these reasons, planning a regional gathering for SEMC has been a wonderfully fulfilling professional experience.

For many years Charleston has consistently been high on the list of cities attendees suggest for future Annual Meetings on the conference evaluation. We (SEMC Council and Program Committee) read all these evaluations, take suggestions under consideration and truly appreciate the effort of those who take the time to fill them out. To begin the process, the SEMC Site Selection Committee visited Charleston in August 2016 to see if our City was amenable and logistically desirable to hosting the Annual Meeting. Past comments that Charleston might be a difficult place to gather due to an expensive historic district, museum sites that are geographically spread out, meaning a heavy reliance on transportation (a possible budgetary liability) were top of mind as SEMC Executive Director, Susan Perry, and her site selection cohorts toured the Holy City.

However, once here and in the care of representatives from the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau, concerns faded away. The group visited the Gibbes

Museum (and me) and I could sense their excitement about the multitude of possibilities Charleston could offer SEMC. Yes, there will be buses to events and tours, but aren’t there always? I joined the group for dinner at the end of their first day and was thrilled to hear about the wonderful experiences they had touring potential conference hotels and cultural sites including Middleton Place, the Charleston Museum and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. Staff at each venue greeted the group with enthusiasm for an SEMC 2019 gathering and the mood was positive. YES, Charleston could work. At dinner discussion turned to the local arrangements aspect of planning a conference in Charleston. I planned an Annual Meeting for the South Carolina Federation of Museums several years back, have been involved for many years with SEMC Program Committee, Scholarship and Evaluations Committees and was also a current Council Member.

It’s all a blur what happened next, but I assume I volunteered to head local arrangements for a Charleston conference if approved by Council. Perhaps I was “voluntold” (a word we use lots at my children’s school) that I would be local arrangements chair but it doesn’t really matter how it happened. From the moment the site selection crew arrived in Charleston I knew I wanted to lead the charge for SEMC 2019. Saying “yes” can be scary but it opens so many doors; remember that. I figured I had at least a few years to think about 11

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the conference before I had to do anything. Let me tell you, those few years went FAST, like in the blink of an eye. Before I knew it, Susan Perry was emailing me in December 2017 asking if we could get going with the first local arrangements meeting for SEMC 2019 in Charleston. Louisville (SEMC 2020), I know you are feeling this pressure now! It gets easier.

The rest is history. Our local arrangements group, comprised of leaders and staff from many Charleston cultural organizations, had our first planning meeting in January 2018. We have met as a group 5 additional times (with countless emails in between) to work together and plan tours, evening events, meeting space, walking tours, brainstorm themes and possible keynote speakers, consider what local companies could be approached for sponsorships, organize volunteers (many, many volunteers), consider and plan for

design, logos and signage needs and so much more!

The group that attends these meetings changes each time and we always have a few new faces. It has been a true pleasure to meet (some for the first time ) and work with my Charleston colleagues from sites all over the City, see their spaces (because I rarely have time to be a tourist in my own town) and work together in a congenial, inclusive planning environment. A great deal of hard work has gone into planning SEMC 2019 and I am exceedingly grateful to everyone who has participated and for support from the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau (ExploreCharleston. org) and local business community. You will hear me thanking these groups over and over during the conference. They deserve the appreciation; SEMC annual meetings would not be possible without generous corporate support! We are excited to provide you with a spectacular experience full of uniquely Charleston 12

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tours and events in addition to the amazing lineup of sessions and workshops. Below are a few highlights of what SEMC 2019 attendees can look forward to!

OFF-SITE TOURS Come to Charleston early and stay late! We have a wide variety of tours and excursions to fill your down time including buses going to Patriots Point and The Warren Lasch Conservation Center (home of the Hunley submarine) as well as to Drayton Hall, the Charleston Historic District (Colonial History tour), the South Carolina Aquarium and a unique tour of African American cultural sites on James Island. We know your choices about what to attend will be difficult, so you’ll just have to come back for a return trip to see MORE.

EVENING EVENTS Huge appreciation to all the Charleston museums, galleries and cultural sites who committed to hosting fabulous receptions for 300+ SEMC members! These events are totally funded by the Museums and we are SO grateful to all the sponsors (businesses, foundations, other museums!) who have made monetary contributions to help us execute these fabulous events!

Sponsorships provide a strong foundation for successful SEMC meetings! I know I wrote that already, but you’ll hear it from me 100 more times. The support of our corporate members and the value they bring to each SEMC Annual Meeting is immeasurable. PLEASE stop and see them in the 2019 Expo Hall (which sold out quickly) and thank them for their support. As for evening events, local arrangements had fun planning these. SEMC 2019 attendees can look forward to a welcome reception complete with a garden wine stroll 13

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at Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark, home to the oldest landscaped gardens in America and an essential part of the Charleston and American experience. You’ll want to be in Charleston by early afternoon on Sunday October 20 as buses will depart at 3:30pm for this event. The fun continues on Monday evening with a reception for Museum directors and trustees at the newly renovated South Carolina Historical Society. The main evening events will kick off with music, dinner and spectacular artwork at the Gibbes Museum of Art. Take a moment to admire the Beaux Arts style architecture of the 1905 building as you enter. The galleries (and bars) will be open and the atmosphere will be festive. The evening will continue a short distance away at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, uniquely situated on the historic College of Charleston campus, with sweet treats and cutting-edge contemporary exhibitions.

On Tuesday evening, guests can wind down after another productive day of networking and sessions with cocktails and light bites at Historic Charleston Foundation’s Aiken-Rhett House. Built in 1820, the Aiken-Rhett House is one of the best-preserved townhouse complexes in the nation and its outbuildings include a kitchen, the original slave quarters, carriage block and back lot. The house and its surviving furnishings offer a compelling portrait of urban life in antebellum Charleston. Next SEMC guests will make their way to the Charleston Museum, which was founded in 1773 and commonly regarded as America’s first museum. Once again galleries will be open, food, drinks and entertainment will be plentiful, and the history and natural history of Charleston will surround you!

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take my word for it ... you must see Charleston through your own lens. Join us this fall and help Transform Myths related to our city, our sites, our history. Register today! Make your hotel reservations today! Plan visits to Charleston museums and historic sites. The Charleston local arrangements team can’t wait to share two years

of planning with y’all! This is not the year to take a break from SEMC; you don’t want to miss this one and we can’t wait to see you in October! Oh yeah ... say it with me ... NO HURRICANES! — Zinnia Willits, SEMC President

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oin the Southeastern Museums Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, for the SEMC 2019 Annual Meeting. Experience the lure and untold stories of the Lowcountry. The Holy City has come through a history that includes war, earthquake and hurricanes. Walk the streets amidst beautifully preserved architectural treasures and enjoy some of the restaurants and cuisine for which Charleston is famous. Tour the oldest landscaped gardens in America at Middleton Place. Experience the stories of people, black and white, enslaved and free, at the McLeod Plantation Historic Site. Visit the collections held at the Gibbes Museum of Art and the Charleston Museum or take a walking tour of Hampton Park and the Citadel.

The theme of this year’s meeting is “Transforming Myths.” Come together with colleagues across the region to discuss the issues in today’s museums. Learn how to build a plan for your institution to adapt to a changing climate or how to put together a great field trip experience. Discuss the truths and myths of fundraising. This year’s program contains sessions on topics from conserving an outdoor sculpture garden to preparing for institutional transformation, from building an interactive kiosk to the realities of the midcareer professional.

SEMC’s Program Committee invites everyone to meet us in Charleston to compare notes on successful exhibitions or the lessons learned when things didn’t turn out quite as expected. Come visit Charleston with passionate, generous and convivial museum professionals from all over the southeast.

Participants in the SEMC 2019 Annual Meeting will experience • Over 65 sessions and workshops on planning for change, engaging adults in hands-on learning, access and inclusivity for museum design, the importance of ethical consideration in the museum, navigating the challenge of finding work-life balance, collecting difficult history, STEAM based programming for history and art museums, as well as finding and engaging new donors and new audiences.

• Keynote speaker: Walter Hood, visionary landscape architect.

• Resource Expo with 60 vendors.

• Evening Events at the Gibbes Museum of Art, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, the AikenRhett House, and the Charleston Museum.

• Private walking tours of historic downtown Charleston.

• Pre-conference tours of Sea Island resistance sites associated with the 1739 Stono Slave rebellion, the American Civil War and the Gullah Geechee Civil Rights activists.

• Extensive networking with your Southeastern museum colleagues.

The Marriott Charleston is our host hotel in historic Charleston.

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ROOM RATES: $189/Standard Room ROOM BLOCK CUTOFF DATE: Sunday, September 29, 2019, 5:00 pm.

Register now online at www.SEMCdirect.net for early discounts: Early Bird (5/1 - 7/13) $300 Regular (7/13 – 10/04) $350 Onsite (10/21– 10/23) $375 MMA (5/1 – 10/04) $300 Student (5/1 – 10/04) $125 reg.; onsite $225 Single Day (5/1 – 10/04) $200; onsite $250 Trustees (5/1 – 10/04) $100 Important Dates July 19 – Annual Meeting Early Registration deadline July 19 – SEMC Awards Nomination deadline September 29 – Hotel Room Block deadline

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which yields familiar, yet new spaces, forms and elements. They assimilate the past and look forward into the future.”

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

This year’s keynote speaker is Walter Hood, professor of landscape architecture & environmental planning and urban design in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. He will share his vision and plans for the landscape design of the International African American Museum to be built in Charleston. At the University of Virginia, the homestead and cemetery remains of an African American family are marked by walls and ground depressions.

Watch Walter Hood’s TED Talk on how “Urban Spaces can Preserve History and Build Community.”

Walter Hood describes his work as a “[commitment] to the development of environments which reflect their place and time specifically through how people inhabit various geographies. Our interest in the re-construction of urban landscapes seeks to build palimpsest by developing new elements, spatial forms and objects which validate their existing familiar context.

The Studio utilizes ‘research’ in lieu of standardized analytical practices. Project research includes archival and oral histories, physical, environmental and social patterns and practices, to uncover familiar and untold stories. These practices are layered together through an idiosyncratic improvisational design process that builds on architecture and urbanism’s rich tradition

Walter has received numerous awards and recognition for his visionary work, including the Arts and Letters 2017 Award in Architecture New York, NY American Academy of Arts and Letters, the People’s Choice Award for Symbiotic Village Shenzhen, China, Bi-City Biennale of Architecture/Urbanism 2016, The Best Architecture of 2014 – University at Buffalo Solar Strand The Wall Street Journal, 2014 Dean’s Medal University at Buffalo, Nomination to the President’s National Council On the Arts Washington, DC, National Endowment for the Arts in the Fall of 2014, Hilltop Park Competition Winner San Francisco, CA Yerba Buena Island, 2012’s ASLA National Honor Award San Francisco, CA, Powell Street Promenade, a 2012 Goldman Sachs Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and President’s Park South Design Competition - Finalist, National Capital Planning Commission, Washington, DC, as well as many, many others.

SILENT AUCTION Donate to SEMC 2019 Silent Auction and showcase your museum. Create a gift basket from your museum store of books and gift items. Share your creative hobby in art, jewelry and crafts. Bid often and bid high at the SEMC Silent Auction that opens Monday, October 21, and closes Tuesday, October 22. Funds from the Silent Auction contribute to future travel scholarships.

Complete the Silent Auction form online at www.

SEMCdirect.net and send it to melissa@wrensnest. org. Contact Melissa Swindell at 404-281-0166 with questions about SEMC 2019 Silent Auction.

SEMC ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM Creativity, innovation, and leadership proliferate in museum professionals throughout the Southeast.

The SEMC Awards Committee needs your help to identify and honor outstanding colleagues who have helped shape the world of museums. The awards will be presented as part of the Annual Business Meeting/ Awards Luncheon in Charleston. Awards Committee 18

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Coordinator Julie Harris urges all SEMC members to take a few moments to consider those worthy friends, colleagues and mentors who, through their work with museums and their activities in museum associations, have provided exemplary service to the southeastern museum community. It’s easy to submit your entry online at SEMCdirect.net.To nominate someone for an SEMC Award, please include: • • • • • •

Nominee name & contact information Nominator name & contact information Name of the award Summary of the nominee’s accomplishments Two support letters Support materials such as the nominee’s current CV, honors, etc.

JAMES R. SHORT AWARD SEMC’s highest honor. Recognizes individuals who have given a lifetime (20+ years) of distinguished service to the museum profession.

MUSEUM LEADERSHIP AWARD Recognizes mid-career museum professionals (10+ years) who have shown significant advancement within the profession by leadership in museum activities.

EMERGING MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS AWARD Recognizes emerging professionals (2-10 years) who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in museum activities at his or her institution.

OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE MUSEUM PROFESSION AWARD Recognizes a leader with 10 years or more of service to an allied or affiliated professional organization.

DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTOR AWARD Recognizes a non-museum professional who has contributed his or her leadership expertise, financial support or collections support over a period of 20 years or more to a museum or the museum field in the SEMC region.

LEADERSHIP FORUM

Join us for Leadership Forum in Charleston, SC. In partnership with the Museum Trustee Association

(MTA), SEMC 2019 Annual Meeting will offer a Trustee-Director track of programs that explore issues that matter to museum leaders. The TrusteeDirector luncheon and Leadership Forum Program will be on Monday, October 21, at the Charleston Marriott Hotel. This will be an excellent opportunity to network and learn from your colleagues and trustees. You’ll also have the opportunity to join discussions on Advancing Board Diversity & Inclusion in Southeast Museums. Share ideas and vision with fellow museum leaders. Single Day registration ($100) for museum trustees includes the Trustee-Director Luncheon, programs, and private reception. SEMC thanks our sponsors, Alexander Haas, DLR Group, Museum Trustee Association, and Travelers Insurance for the Leadership Forum.

SPECIAL SESSION TRACKS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Engaging visitors and providing education and insight are at the heart of most museums’ mission. The resources available to you at sessions like, STEAM programming for Art & History, Anatomy of a Great Field Trip and Engaging Adults in Hands-On Learning will give you new ways to educate your public.

COLLECTION CARE/REGISTRARS SEMC Charleston 2019 will feature informative discussions on how to do everything possible to safeguard collections as well as real life lessons on what to do if things do go wrong. These kinds of details can be found in the following sessions: Climate Change and Southeastern Museums, When the S*** Hits the Land, and Conservation and Maintenance of Outdoor Sculpture Collections.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ACCESSABILITY AND INCLUSION This year’s program offers an outstanding array of presentations and workshops focusing on expanding the idea of whom museums are to serve. EDCOM’s Engaging Descendant Communities in the Interpretation of Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites, and Talking Race: The Power, Influence and Responsibility of Museum Professionals, Access & 21

Inclusivity for Museum Design, are only a few of the many sessions working with providing new ideas and innovative strategies for use in your home institution.

Don’t miss the Equity and Inclusion Meet-up on Monday afternoon, October 21, from 4:00–4:30 pm.

HISTORIC HOUSES HHMAG presents its 2019 annual Hands-On Project with visits to the McLeod Plantation Historic Site.

Sessions this year include Telling Stories in NonTraditional Spaces, Collections Inventories at Historic Houses, and How Do We Draw Out Kernels of Truth? The HHMAG Business Meeting will be October 22 following by a program about Working Together to Solve Problems.

TECHNOLOGY Every day seems to bring innovations in technology and the ways that we use our devices. Come and explore some of the ways that museums are deploying new technologies to enhance and enrich their visitors’ experience. Sessions like Printing the Past: SC in 3D, Demystifying Digitization and Build a PublicFacing Interactive Kiosk will have you thinking about new opportunities technology can make possible in your museum.

GENERAL Attend Escape the Session Room to learn from your colleagues how to build an “escape room”

from your collection and using your site’s history.

Other sessions include A Change is Gonna Come: How to Successfully Prepare for Institutional Transformation, Spiffy Displays in Thrifty Ways, How to Transform a Narrative, Women on the Rise: Truths and Myths Revisited and Working Together: Using Tourism to Attract Visitors. These programs provide the opportunity to hear colleagues’ stories and learn from their experiences.

EMERGING MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS Jump-start your career with SEMC 2019 networking opportunities and sessions like: Ask an Expert: SEMC Mentor Networking, and the Emerging Museum Professionals Roundtable III: The Reckoning.

There’s a special EMP meet-up at the Marriott Aqua Terrace Roof-Top bar, one of the only roof-top bars in Charleston that boasts a beautiful view of sunset on the Ashley River and where you can network and make new friends.

FUNDRAISING/DEVELOPMENT Identifying and successfully engaging with sources of funding are absolutely essential to the work museums do. Participate in the sessions Debunking Fundraising Myths: the Truths and Falsehoods of Raising Money, and Fundraising: Not My Childhood Dream but Okay! to develop the skills needed to raise the funds to fuel the projects you’d like to see.

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THE SOUND OF CHARLESTON Wrap up your visit to The Holy City with a performance of The Sound of Charleston. This live concert features music of the City’s rich heritage from gospel spirituals to Civil War songs, music of George Gershwin as well as light classics. Frommer’s travel guide calls this concert “the best night out in the city ... a must see performance.”

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at 7:oo pm at Circular Congregational Church (across the street from the Gibbes Museum of Art).

Special SEMC rate of $22 at the door.

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The 20th Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI) will be held January 21-28, 2020. JIMI is an 8-day, immersive program to allow museum professionals to learn more about general administration and operations from seasoned specialists. Participants learn management skills through presentations, small group discussions, projects, and participatory exercises.

Tuition will be $750 for SEMC members and members of other regional associations, and $825 for non-members. Tuition includes all materials, refreshment breaks, two receptions, one pizza lunch, and the awards banquet. Scholarships will be available.

The host hotel is the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. Single rooms will be approximately $142 (includes taxes and fees), and suites are approximately $280 (including taxes and fees).

The application period will open July 1, and 16 candidates will be selected.

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SEMC’S N AT I O N AL LE A D ER S H I P IN ST I T U T E SEMC will launch a National Leadership Institute, clearly focused on leadership training for staff of small- and mid-sized institutions, in April 2020. We are partnering with the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) to plan and pilot a professional development program that supports diversity and inclusion. This program will serve people with demonstrated management experience who are moving into or currently in a leadership role in a museum.

In 2020 SEMC will celebrate 20 successful years of offering the museum management program titled Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI).

JIMI concentrates on training to improve internal management skills within the museum setting. The Leadership Institute will be outward-looking, responding to its members and JIMI alumni who cited the need to know more about strategic thinking, external relationship-building (board, community), project management, capital fundraising and management, and how to be a catalyst for change. The project aim is to equip a new generation of museum leaders with outward-looking skills and strategies that increase their effectiveness as leaders and ability to create a productive and inclusive environment within the museum and among the museum’s board.

Save the dates for the Leadership Institute: Sunday, April 19, to Friday, April 24, 2020, at Duke Mansion, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Applications and more details will be online in the fall at www.SEMCdirect.net.

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S E M C ’ S CO D E O F CO N D U C T The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming conference experience for everyone. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form.

Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of others based on human difference.

Harassment includes, but is not limited to: • Comments or actions that minimize a person’s lived experiences, identity, or safety • Deliberate misgendering or use of “dead” or rejected names • Deliberate “outing” of any person’s lived experiences or identity without their consent • Sustained disruption of talks or other events • Physical contact without consent or after a request to stop • Unwelcome sexual attention • Deliberate intimidation or stalking of any kind — in person or online • Collection or distribution of harassing photography or recordings • Threats or acts of violence • Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior Discrimination/Harassment is not: • Feeling persecuted for your social privilege • ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’

• Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,” or “I’m not discussing this with you.”

• Refusal to explain or debate social justice issues when the person being asked is put in a defensive position based on their lived experience, personal identity, or safety • Communication in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial • Discussion of sensitive topics • Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or assumptions This Code of Conduct applies to all SEMC events, including all conference venues and conferencerelated social activities at the SEMC Annual Meeting.

Consequences This Code of Conduct is in place to protect the safety of all attendees. Attendees asked to stop any harassing or discriminatory behavior are expected to comply immediately. SEMC Council and staff may take action to redress anything disrupting the event or making the environment unsafe for participants. Anyone engaging in any of the behaviors outlined above may be subject to expulsion with no refund from meeting and related events, or future events.

Attribution: This Code of Conduct is based on the policy from American Alliance of Museums, which was based on the Geek Feminism wiki and uses language with permission from the Nonprofit Technology Conference’s Code of Conduct.

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Christine Mitchell, Historic Interpreter at the Old Slave Mart Museum, engaged in conversation with cohort members regarding the interpretation of slavery and its legacy in the 21st century.

he National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Smithsonian Institution, completed another offering of its Interpretation Workshop in Charleston, South Carolina, earlier this year (January 27 – February 2, 2019), with great success for its fourth year running. This professional development opportunity began in January 2016 as one of the early initiatives of NMAAHC’s Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP) prior to the Museum’s official opening in September 2016. OSP developed and piloted the program in collaboration with Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) with the intent to provide a professional standard and benchmark for the field for ethical interpretation. It was 41

The 2019 Interpreting African American History and Culture cohort is part of an expanding community of practice.

initially offered exclusively to individual and organizational members of the Association of African American Museums (AAAM), but eligibility was extended last year to include Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC) members. Nine out of fourteen participants selected from a competitive pool of applicants for the 2019 cohort were SEMC members, marking the greatest participation of SEMC member sites to date. The diversity of participating institutions this year ranged from the National Civil Rights Museum and Belle Meade Plantation Museum and Winery, to the Knoxville Museum of Art and three distinct sites within the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites, among others.

EQUIPPING INTERPRETERS WITH TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT MEANINGFUL CHANGE One of the consistent motivations that applicants state concerning their interest in attending the NMAAHC Interpretation Workshop is the need for advanced interpretive training, tools, and techniques they can utilize to tell more inclusive stories at their respective sites, particularly the previously untold contributions of African Americans. In her application to participate in this year’s workshop, Kara Deadmon, Museum Curator of the North Carolina State Capitol shared,

“The Capitol is ‘The People’s House,’ ” but historically the interpretation has not been inclusive of all of North Carolina’s people. The building was restored in the 1970s to its antebellum appearance, and the interpretation centered on architecture and glorified a pre-Civil War narrative, with little mention of the institution of slavery.” In contrast, Vera Cecelski, who serves as the Site Manager at Stagville State Historic Site, also in Durham, North Carolina, explained that, “Unlike so many sites of slavery, the site’s [Stagville] interpretation has acknowledged the enslavement of African Americans on the land since its public opening in the late 1970s. Yet the interpretation of slavery has been imperfect and inconsistent.” Cecelski continued, “Stagville cleared the low bar of acknowledging and describing enslaved labor and lives at a historic plantation site. Recognizing the insufficiency of this, I have pushed the site to make the work and culture of enslaved people the primary interpretive narrative.

With this goal in mind, my current project is to develop a robust training program to ensure that all interpreters have a detailed, nuanced, and consistent interpretation of enslaved lives at Stagville.”

Across the state in Weaverville, North Carolina, Kimberly Floyd, Site Manager at Vance Birthplace State Historic Site, opened up about her struggles connecting with the local community. “After ten years in the field, 42

seven of those years at former North Carolina plantations, I thought I was prepared for a site that interprets slavery in the mountains; but as it turns out, I am not sure the community was ready for an all-encompassing and broad interpretation. I have witnessed and been part of many contentious encounters. However, at Vance Birthplace I met something new. I have discovered many members of the community that could not understand why we would tell the story of the enslaved.

And others that assumed the opposite; that we did not tell an all-encompassing narrative, and refuse to visit all together.”

ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN INTERPRETATION Recognizing that museums and historic sites across the country are grappling with challenges similar to those faced by colleagues in the North Carolina State Historic Sites, NMAAHC Interpretation Workshop organizers shifted the focus of the fieldtrip day to engaging communities in the interpretation process. Brenda Tindal, the Director of Education and Community Engagement with Charleston’s soon-to-open International African American Museum (IAAM), was invited to present this year as a guest speaker. Tindal shared her experience engaging the Charlotte community at the Levine

Museum of the New South in the rapid-response exhibit K(NO)W JUSTICE K(NO)W PEACE and related programming co-created with community members in the aftermath of the police-involved shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. She concluded by discussing some of the successes and challenges that IAAM has encountered engaging the Charleston community in the museum’s ongoing development. Following her presentation, the cohort traveled to the Old Slave Mart Museum in downtown Charleston where Historic Interpreter, Christine Mitchell, shared her work engaging and educating the Mayor of Charleston about how the city of Charleston benefited from slavery. In June 2018, the Charleston City Council issued a formal apology and denounced the city’s role in the slave trade.

On the frontlines of implementing meaningful change are interpreters. In an attempt to effectively prepare participants for the challenging work that transformation requires, workshop facilitators from CCPRC– Shawn Halifax, Cultural History Interpretation Coordinator; Mark Madden, Assistant Director of Recreation; and Beth Burkett, Interpretation and Stewardship Manager, lead cohort members through an immersive weeklong training that skillfully layers thirty-two hours of established curriculum from the National Association for Interpretation’s (NAI) Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) course with an 43

Guest speaker Brenda Tindal, Director of Education and Community Engagement with Charleston’s International African American Museum (IAAM) speak with cohort members during a visit to the future site of the museum.

additional eighteen hours of curated content in the ethical interpretation of history. The NAI portion of the workshop focuses on the underlying theory and practice of thematic interpretation while the content-specific sessions concentrates on the theoretical framework of Commemorative Museum Pedagogy.

Workshop discussions, hands-on activities and field trips to McLeod Plantation Historic Site, the Old Slave Mart Museum and the future site of the International African American Museum (IAAM) prompt participants to delve deeper into the impact of individual identities including race, gender, and age on interpretation; corrective narratives and audience responses; racism and community engagement; and how to define and interpret difficult history.

workshop, I was provided with a sense of value; in the work that I do and the things that I, as an individual, can provide. I am very grateful for that opportunity.”

In another reflection from Ryan Jones, a Museum Educator from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, Jones concluded that, “I arrived nervous and somewhat optimistic as to what I would receive during the week. However, on the first day within the first 5 minutes, I was asked to ‘bend, not break’. I now have those words in my office to live by each and every single day.”

In a post workshop evaluation, Jasmine Waters Page, Director of Interpretation at the Atlanta History Center, shared, “As someone in a new position at an institution that is undergoing large shifts, I was beginning to feel like I did not have a purpose. However, going to this workshop put me in the middle of amazing conversations with people from various backgrounds that have had pivotal experiences in this field. After the

Perhaps the most serendipitous part of the experience, for cohort members, facilitators and sponsoring institutions alike, are the strong bonds established by fellow workshop participants and the network of support that inevitably develops through the sharing of personal experiences, challenges, frustrations and the collective desire to initiate large-scale social change across the field. Reflecting on his dual experiences as both an

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interpreter and trainer, Shawn Halifax shared that “It has become evident to me that preparing interpreters for this work includes providing opportunities for them to explore and process their own beliefs and emotions around the history of race and current headlines of race relations. Additionally, this means providing opportunities to become aware of how audiences may respond to more ethical interpretation; providing tools to help establish a culture of institutional and peer support; and stressing the importance of developing strategies for self-care.”

The experience does not simply end after the workshop concludes but continues through informational networking of cohort members to prepare for a culminating experience, which includes participant presentations at the AAAM and SEMC annual conferences; occurring in Jackson, Mississippi (AAAM: August 8-10, 2019) and Charleston, South Carolina (SEMC: October 21-23, 2019) respectively this year. But as with any effective program evaluation, OSP staff in conjunction with CCPRC workshop facilitators are committed to documenting success and areas for potential growth to ensure this training remains relevant and accomplishes the intended goals of all partners. The feedback received from cohort members is invaluable to measuring impact, informing the planning process and making programmatic decisions for the benefit of future participants. A priority for the organizers of the NMAAHC Interpretation Workshop is to develop the next level of engagement for the growing cohort who have graduated from the program and build an effective platform that will allow these communities of practice to interact on a regular basis to share their concerns and passion for the work they do and learn collaboratively how to do it better. As Justin Bates, Manager of Public Programs at Historic Jamestowne (Preservation Virginia) concluded in his final evaluation, “This workshop provided a wonderful opportunity to interact with other professionals involved in interpreting African-American history and culture. The relationships developed were the most valuable aspect of the workshop and provided a community of people with whom I can share ideas and concerns as we all go about the challenging work of raising the voices of those that history has overlooked.”

Please stay tuned for the program announcement and additional information on the Office of Strategic Partnerships website at www.nmaahc.si.edu/connect/ osp.

2019 COHORT MEMBERS/ INSTITUTIONS • Kathy Alcaine: Senior Manager of Programs and Interpretation, Maymount Foundation, Richmond, VA • Justin Bates: Manager of Public Programs, Historic Jamestowne (Preservation Virginia), Jamestowne, VA • Emily Beck: Manager of Interpretation, Coastal Heritage Society, Savannah, GA • Vera Cecelski: Site Manager, Stagville State Historic Site, NC Historic Sites, North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Durham, NC • Kara Deadmon: Museum Curator, NC State Capitol, Durham, NC • DeLena Feliciano: Assistant Director of Education, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN • Kimberly Floyd: Site Manager, Vance Birthplace State Historic Site, NC Historic Sites, Weaverville, NC • Shelby D. Henderson: Museum Director, Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum, Seneca, SC • Brigette Jones: Director of African American Research, Belle Meade Plantation Museum and Winery, Antioch, TN • Ryan Jones: Museum Educator, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN • Alissa Keller: Executive Director, Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, Hopkinsville, KY • Christopher Miller: Director of Community Engagement, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH • Jasmine Waters Page: Director of Interpretation, Atlanta History Center, Smyrna, GA • Alex Unthank: Education Associate, Lewis Latimer House Museum, New York, NY

The application process for the 2020 NMAAHC Interpretation Workshop will open in early summer.

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A SPECIAL THANKS SEMC Endowment Contributions Many thanks to our endowment contributors for investing in the future of SEMC! When you are thinking of honoring or remembering someone, please consider a contribution to the SEMC endowment. For more information, contact Executive Director Susan Perry at 404.814.2048 or sperry@semcdirect.net.

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THE WILLIAM T. AND SYLVIA F. ALDERSON ENDOWMENT FELLOWS Thirty members of SEMC have made commitments of distinction as Alderson Fellows. Their investment of at least $1,000 each is a significant leadership gift, reflective of a personal commitment to the professional association that has meant so much to each of them.

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TENNESSEE The Knoxville Museum of Art recently received a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the exhibition Beauford Delaney: Through the Unusual Door, on display February 7 to May 10, 2020, with an accompanying catalogue. ¶ National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants

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Pastel on paper, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2017, purchase with funds provided by the Rachael Patterson Young Art Acquisition Reserve.

documentary photographs, and letters in Through the Unusual Door examine the 35-year relationship between Knoxville-born painter Beauford Delaney (b. Knoxville, 1901, d. Paris, 1979) and writer James Baldwin (b. New York, 1924, d. Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1987) and the ways their ongoing intellectual exchange shaped one another’s creative output and worldview. ¶ According to KMA Executive Director David Butler, “Beauford Delaney: Through the Unusual Door is one of the most important and ambitious exhibitions the museum has ever organized. It repre-

sents a first opportunity to showcase our rich Delaney holdings—the KMA owns more Delaney works than any public institution in the world—in the context of significant works on loan from collections across the country and through the lens of Delaney’s long relationship with writer and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin. As an institution that celebrates the rich and diverse visual legacy of East Tennessee, we are immensely proud and honored to focus the world’s attention on the most important artist Knoxville ever produced.”

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Gardens of Dark and Light at the Halsey Institute. Courtesy of Jennifer Wen Ma.

SOUTH CAROLINA At the Halsey Institute, College of Charleston, Cry Joy Park: Gardens of Dark and Light investigates the history and social landscape of Charleston, a cultural capital of the American South, and an exemplar of its complex opulence and beauty. The exhibition creates an immersive, multi-sensory experience that explores the juxtaposition of utopia and dystopia. Cry Joy Park is part of a larger body of work that deals with the difficulty of reconciling opposing forces in our society. It follows the explorations that began with Paradise Interrupted, an

installation opera conceived, designed, and directed by Ma, which made its world premiere at Spoleto Festival 2015, performed at Lincoln Center Festival, New York and continues to travel worldwide. ¶ Two landscape paintings of ink-on-glass stand as walls to separate the gardens. The pictorial planes further the illusory landscape created by the gardens, while the paintings’ mirrored finish reflect the built environment, and places the viewer’s reflection within this constructed paradise. ¶ Crafted by the same means yet yielding contrasting tones and qualities, the gardens of dark and light illuminate the opposing forces that exist within a whole, 70

Gardens of Dark and Light at the Halsey Institute. Courtesy of Jennifer Wen Ma.

and the inseparable union between utopian ideals and dystopic reality. Human societies often systematically exclude some of their members from sharing in the full benefits of the paradises they build. This is evident in the racial history and dynamics of Charleston, whose accomplishments were achieved largely by an enslaved workforce that was barred from full citizenship rights.

A vital component of this exhibition is a series of community dinners celebrating some of those who have contributed to the making of the paradise that is Charleston but might not have been invited to the harvest table in times past. Taking place in the galleries,

these culinary feasts are created by local chefs and will feature performances and guided conversations on specific environmental justice themes related to the exhibition such as spirituality, food security, land politics, re-entry into society following incarceration, and education. Key members of the Charleston community are invited to recognize their contributions in elevating the disfranchised and engaging in dialogues that can be translated into action.

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TENNESSEE The Knoxville Museum of Art (KMA) presents Design

by Time until August 4, 2019. This groundbreaking design exhibition bring together works from the U.S. and abroad that express the notion of the dynamic passage of time in textiles, carpets, ceramics, lighting fixtures, vessels, clocks, and furniture. ¶ The twentytwo studios and designers represented in the exhibition all incorporate markers of time’s passage: seasons and growth cycles, the orbiting sun, chemistry, and physical forces (magnetism, crystallization, and tides).

Where the shape and form of most designed objects is intended to communicate their physical presence, the creation of objects that express the dynamic passage of time offers a counterpoint, a visual expression of life itself. ¶ Design by Time is organized by the Department of Exhibitions, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, and is curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2 curatorsquared. ¶ Presenting sponsor is the Rogers Foundation. Additional sponsorship includes The Guild of the KMA, Ann & Steve Bailey, Annie & David Colquitt, Lexus of Knoxville, Crissy & Bill Haslam, June & Rob Heller, and The Trust Company of Tennessee.

At the Knoxville Museum of Art, Sebastian Brajkovic, Lathe V Chair, 2008. Bronze, embroidered upholstery, 39 3/8 × 38 3/16 × 23 1/4 inches, collection Museum of Arts and Design, New York.

Courtesy Sebastian Brajkovic Studio.

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He earned a BBA in Marketing from Texas Lutheran University, and an MBA in Marketing Management from The University of Texas at San Antonio. ¶ Jeremy stated: “I am excited to join the team at The Mennello and look forward to telling this museum’s unique story throughout the Orlando community. Everyone here has made me feel at home and we hope to continue the tremendous growth and development the museum has experienced over that last several years.” ¶ Executive Director of The Mennello Museum of American Art, Shannon Fitzgerald, said this about adding Jeremy to the team: “I am delighted to welcome Jeremy to the museum’s team; he brings talent, enthusiasm and a creative entrepreneurship that we were seeking especially at this time in our history. I look forward to the many ways he will contribute to our advancement and keen visibility.”

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MARYLAND FLORIDA The Mennello Museum has announced that Jeremy Kemp has been added to the museum’s team as the new marketing and design coordinator. ¶ In his role, Kemp will oversee all of the Menello’s creative content and collaborate with all departments to ensure a cohesive vision and representation of The Mennello’s brand that is compelling to a wide range of visitors. His focus will be audience growth, engagement with the Orlando community, as well as the creation and design of museum content focused on improving visitor’s experience, understanding, and emotional connection.

He will also be providing design work for many of the City of Orlando’s Public Arts projects around the city. ¶ Prior to moving to Orlando and joining the Mennello team, Jeremy was a marketing manager for a winery and vineyard in the Texas Hill Country where he led the creative design and branding, managed all special

The Board of Directors of the Museum Trustee Association (MTA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne M. Lampe as CEO of the Association. Lampe will succeed Mary Baily Wieler, who for the last decade served as a board member, chair and more recently as President of MTA. Under Wieler’s leadership MTA has grown substantially. Wieler also oversaw the launch of MTA’s popular template series utilizing cloud-based software, making best practices accessible and affordable to the museum field. ¶ MTA Board Chairman Leland Peterson notes, “Ms. Lampe’s appointment was the culmination of a national search spearheaded by Management Consultants for the Arts, Inc. Lampe’s experience as a museum director as well as her service as a Trustee in other organizations gave her a comprehensive understanding of the Trustee/Director/Museum relationship. Additionally, Ms. Lampe’s curatorial experience in museums such as the Whitney and the Museum of Modern Art and 76

her thirteen years as Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Demuth Foundation, where she transformed it from a small organization into a strong collecting, exhibiting and operational institution brought us confidence. She understands the various challenges museums of all sizes face today: “We look forward to working with the first museum professional to lead our Association.” ¶ Ms. Lampe noted, “Trustees are the core of museums. Currently museums are facing a period of great transformation and are grappling with issues such as: integration of digital innovations, program integration of social issues and collection issues ranging from questions of the focus of the collection, storage, to deaccessioning. While every museum will address issues that are pertinent to their community, a strong group of Trustees, who are well educated in their role, governance and are engaged in the mission of their home museum, is necessary for its success. Trustees who are well versed on current museum issues from a variety of perspectives, are best suited to engage and contribute to their institution. I look forward to building

on the momentum that Mary Wieler generated for the MTA and equipping the next generation of Trustees for the important work of sustaining and growing our cultural institutions for the future.” ¶ For the last thirteen years, Lampe served as Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Demuth Foundation, which includes the Demuth Museum and Lancaster Museum of Art. During her tenure she quadrupled the budget, doubled the exhibition space, and increased the permanent collection by 50%, making it the largest repository of Charles Demuth’s artwork anywhere in the world. Additionally, she initiated the first publications program and a touring exhibitions program. Lampe’s prior roles include Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum and Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art. Lampe has lectured widely on early modernism and most recently published Charles Demuth: The Demuth Museum Collection, 2018; Robert E. Locher: A Modern Classic, 2017; and Warren Rohrer: Painter of the Fields, 2017.

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The American Association of State and Local History present its 2019 annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, August 28–31, 2019. For more information, visit www. aaslh.org.

Florida Association of Museums Date: September 15–18 Location: Orlando, FL

Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) will hold its next annual conference June 27–30, 2019, at the University of Minnesota. For more information visit www.aamg-us.org.

Association of African American Museums (AAAM) will hold its next annual meeting August 7–10, 2019, in Jackson, MS. For more information, visit www. blackmuseums.org.

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