Inside SEMC Fall 2014: Southeastern Museums Conference

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The Knoxville Museum of Art weclomes the SEMC 2014 Annual Meeting, October 20–22.

Executive Director’s Notes Susan Perry

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highlights of the 2014 semc annual meeting, including monday and Tuesday evenings out jimi 2015 APPLICATIONS DUE BY OCTOBER 31, 2014

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the challenge is on! SEMC Past President George Bassi

announces SEMC’s first Matching Gift Challenge to grow the endowment

southeastern museums win AASLH Awards and Museum Connect Grants

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SEMc Welcomes jill malool Manager of Communications and Member Services semc nominations Officers and Directors

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semc and mississippi museums partner Taking the “Ech” out of Tech

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Inside SEMC is published four times a year

Patrick Daily Treasurer

by the Southeastern Museums Conference.

828.322.4731 | pdaily@hickorylandmarks.org

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Annual subscription is included in

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George Bassi Past President Design: Nathan W. Moehlmann,

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Lauren Rogers Museum of Art,

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officers Mike Hudson President

directors

Susan S. Perry Executive Director

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Priscilla Cooper

Jill N. Malool Manager of

Museum of the American Printing

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Communications and Members Services

House of the Blind, Louisville, KY

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL

contact semc

David Butler Vice President

SEMC | P.O. Box 550746

865.524.1260 | dbutler@knoxart.org

Julie Harris

Atlanta, GA 30355-3246

Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

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jharris@riverdiscoverycenter.org

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Brian Hicks

Kathryn A. Lang

Deitrah J. Taylor

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Desoto County Museum, Hernando, MS

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park

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and Preserve, New Orleans, LA

The Cultural Center, Georgia College

Kathleen Hutton

and State University, Milledgeville, GA

336.758.5394 | khutton@wfu.edu

Darcie MacMahon

Reynolda House Museum of American Art,

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Heather Marie Wells

Winston-Salem, NC

Florida Museum of Natural History,

479.418.5700

Gainesville, FL

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Mary Lague

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,

540.342.5760

James Quint

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Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

jquint@historiccolumbia.org

The deadline for the Winter 2014

Historic Columbia Foundation,

newsletter is November 4, 2014.

Columbia, SC

To submit information for the newsletter,

Jenny Lamb

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616.356.0501

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Allison Reid

Belle Meade Plantation,

504.658.4159 | areid@noma.org

Nashville, TN

New Orleans Museum of Art,

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executive director’s notes Susan Perry

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ho are we? Last month SEMC conducted a member survey to understand “who our members are.” The survey demonstrated the critical need for SEMC and the entire museum community to work on our diversity and inclusion.

At the recent conference for the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) in Birmingham, there was a refrain of concern for succession of leadership and sustainability of museums.

Founding directors asked “Who

will carry on our work?” SEMC’s member survey showed a majority of members in two age brackets, 25–34 years old and 55–64 years old.

At SEMC 2014 Annual Meeting, the session “Is This It? Managing Mid-Career Crisis” has resonated with members. Is the museum field losing professionals who jump to the for-profit sector at the “midcareer” stage? How can SEMC contribute to the professional development and mentor support for our future museum leaders?

The 15th annual Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI 2015) is specifically designed for museum professionals with subject area expertise desiring knowledge of general museum administration and operations. Apply now for JIMI 2015.

SEMC 2014 Annual Meeting in Knoxville offers opportunities

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Susan Perry, SEMC Executive Director

to meet museum professionals at all levels and find a professional mentor whether you are an emerging or seasoned museum professional. SEMC wants to grow a more diverse membership and offer leadership development.

See you soon in Knoxville!

— Susan Perry, SEMC Executive Director

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SEMC 2014 annual meeting register may 1! october 20–22, 2014 | Knoxville, tennessee Experience an intoxicating mix of authentic Appalachian culture, a wealth of historic properties, rich Civil War heritage, and edgy new art in a bustling urban setting with easy access to the great outdoors — all at the SEMC 2014 Annual Meeting in Knoxville! ¶ Nestled in the foothills of the Smokies, Knoxville’s lively and historic downtown is dense with great restaurants, shopping, and entertainment. SEMC evening events will center around Gay Street, one of America’s great main streets and the home of the East Tennessee History Center and the historic Tennessee Theatre, and World’s Fair Park, site of the 1982 exposition and its iconic Sunsphere and the Knoxville Museum of Art. ¶ SEMC is known for great off-site tours, and 2014 will be no exception. Explore the vast collections of the University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 18th- and 19th-century historic house museums, and institutions and sites dedicated to African-American heritage. Walk quiet residential streets in search of traces of a bloody Civil War battle. Discover longabandoned marble quarries and learn about Knoxville’s history as “The Marble City.”

Experience the natural delights of the rugged urban wilderness within walking distance of downtown, and the cutting edge technology of nearby Oak Ridge. ¶ We promise you’ll be energized, enlightened, and entertained. ¶ Join us to discover Appalachian Renaissance: Renewing Traditions, Rethinking Approaches at the SEMC 2014 Annual Meeting October 20–22 in Knoxville!

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Participants in the SEMC 2014 Annual Meeting will experience • Over 60 sessions and workshops on engaging young audiences from babies to middle school students, exploring new technology, tagging #SEMC2014, breaking barriers in historic homes, engaging trustees as advocates, preserving film and audio, restoring historic windows, training young volunteers, creating exhibition graphics, building community partnerships, interpreting African American history, fundraising strategies, emerging museum professionals, and surviving a mid-career crisis.

• Space for over 62 exhibitors in the Resource Expo.

• Evening events at Knoxville Museum of Art, The Sunsphere, Historic Westwood, East Tennessee History Center, and the historic Tennessee Theatre.

• Private walking tours of Knoxville’s historic areas and immersion in its compelling history.

• K eynote speaker Michael Edson.

• Off-site tours of the McClung’s archaeology and malacology labs, 18th century historic homes, “The Marble City,” “Learning Expeditions,” and urban landscape.

• A Silent Auction to raise funds for scholarships to SEMC’s 2015 Annual Meeting.

• Extensive networking with your southeastern museum colleagues.

The theme of this year’s annual meeting is “Appalachian Renaissance: Renewing Traditions, Rethinking Approaches.” Experience Appalachian traditions in Knoxville and renew your vision for the future of museums.

Discover new horizons in museum technologies, interpretation, evaluation, and collections. Get energized with innovative creativity and connect with our communities. Build new partnerships, integrate STEM curriculum, engage new audiences, and transform fundraising into philanthropy. SEMC’s Program Committee invites you to meet us in Knoxville to share creative ideas and success stories, explore new directions and emerging trends in museums, and network with the most congenial and supportive group of museum professionals in the nation.

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Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Call toll free 1.800.264.1579 or 1.865.522.2800 for group reservations. Mention the Southeastern Museums Conference and request Group Code: SMC. room rates : $135/Single & Double Room + 17.25% applicable taxes room block cutoff date : Sunday, September 28, 2014

Register online at www.SEMCdirect.net Late (10/1 – 10/12). . . . . . . . . $325 Onsite (10/20 – 10/22) . . . . $375 TAM (5/1 – 10/12) . . . . . . . . . $250 Student (5/1 – 10/12). . . . . . $125; single day $75; late $200; onsite $225 Single Day for Knoxville Volunteers, Trustees & Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . regular $75; onsite $100

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register now! SEMC 2014 annual meeting october 20–22, 2014 | Knoxville, tennessee | #SE M C 2 014 Keynote Speaker: Michael Edson

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“Museums accomplish wonderful things in society, but a billion learners — that’s the kind of dream we need to have.”

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in Knoxville for a keynote talk about “Museums in the Age of Scale” by Michael Edson. Museums forged their dreams in the 20th century when being successful meant having impressive buildings full of experts, big collections, and visitors through the doors. But now, in a world in which 2.7 billion people are online and another 5 billion are soon to follow, museums have new ways to execute their missions at enormous scale, with deep, lasting impact on individuals and communities. Edson will discuss the importance and the implications of involving the public through user-generated content and creating a “commons” to grant open access to the wealth of information available in museums’ collections.

The keynote address by Michael Edson will be during the General Session on Wednesday morning, October 22. oin your colleagues

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PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT Join us at Historic Westwood, the new home of Knox Heritage, Inc. Knox Heritage, a non-profit promoting the preservation of historic buildings in the 16 county region, will host a reception and mini-tours of their new headquarters, Historic Westwood.

EVENING EVENTS Meander down Knoxville’s Historic Gay Street and through the Market Square District as the city offers an intoxicating mix of Appalachian culture, a wealth of historic properties, rich Civil War heritage, and edgy new art in a bustling urban setting. Visit the Historic Tennessee Theatre and the East Tennessee History Center for keys to Knoxville’s past. Prepare yourself for an exciting evening of progressive entertainment at the iconic Sunsphere, the Knoxville Convention Center, and the Knoxville Museum of Art where you will experience a taste of Knoxville’s artwork and architecture!

NETWORKING GATHERINGS Connect with museum colleagues, directors, registrars, educators, exhibit designers, academic museums, historic house museums, and emerging museum professionals (EMPs).

DIRECTORS’ LUNCHEON The annual Directors’ Luncheon on Tuesday, October 21, will feature an encore presentation by William R. Mott, author of the new book, Super Boards: How Inspired Governance Transforms Your Organization.

OFF-SITE TOURS Experience Knoxville on off-site tours of historic downtown, Civil War Knoxville, “urban wilderness,” McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Beaumont Museum Magnet School program, historic house museums, and “The Marble City.”

SEMC 2014 Resource Expo: An Explosion of exciting, rewarding, and innovative ideas!

Don’t miss the SEMC 2014 Resource Expo Explosion with over 60 exhibitors! Learn about new products, technology, and services for museums. The SEMC Grand Opening Reception in the Expo will feature a Taste of Tennessee, food, and music by a New Orleans artist “Ironing Board Sam” with Music Maker Relief Foundation.

This year there will be an exciting Expo Passport and door prizes. For the first time, SEMC will offer demos of innovative products during the coffee and snack breaks in the Expo. Innovation explodes in the SEMC 2014 Resource Expo so check out this opportunity to learn and network.

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Knoxville’s Historic Gay Street and through the Market Square District as the city showcases southern charm, diverse culture, and rich history at its finest. ¶ Start with a visit to the Historic Tennessee Theatre, the Official State Theater of Tennessee. Built in 1928 as a movie palace, in 2005 the Tennessee Theatre was completely restored and transformed into a performing arts venue at a cost of $30 million. Its beauty rivals any theater of its kind in the nation, and the Tennessee now hosts symphony and opera, touring Broadway, and musicians and performers of all musical genres. Enjoy a cocktail and appetizers in the Grand Lobby. Wander through the lobby and foyers into the magnificent auditorium, where countless movies were screened and hundreds of entertainers have graced the stage. We’ve arranged a special treat — house organist Bill Snyder will perform at the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ while you enjoy the lavish surroundings. Guided tours of the backstage area will be held at 6:30, 7:00, and 7:30.

As you leave the theatre, look up to see the restored marquee and vertical sign, one of the most photographed sights in Knoxville. (Sponsored by Historic Tennessee Theatre) ¶ head across the street and take another step back in time. The doors of the East Tennessee History Center (ETHC) open to you with light hors d’oeuvres and a live string band. As you delve further into the ETHC you will find that this museum holds the key to Knoxville’s past. Complete with ever changing exhibits and pieces – all telling the history of the people that shaped this land – the ETHC is the historical hub of the city. At the core of this historic building is the beautiful and stately Old Custom House (1874) where you will experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the Great Hall with its beautiful staircases and marble floor. Beginning in the library’s beautifully restored federal court room with historic artwork and artifacts, Steve Cotham will offer tours of the McClung Historical Collection, a premier collection for the Southeast. Experience Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee, ETHC’s award-winning signature exhibition. Recently added to the center is the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. (Co-sponsored by East Tennessee Historical Society and the Tennessee Association of Museums) eander down

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¶ once you are ready for dinner , take a short walk past Krutch Park and the Art in Public Places. Just past the park is Historic Market Square where you can enjoy a meal at one of the many restaurants featuring a variety of fare: gourmet pizza, award-winning burgers, down-home Southern cooking, high-energy Mexican, unique Asian dishes, classic American, and more. Market Square, dating back to the 1800’s, got its name from the farmers and vendors who came to the Market House to sell their wares to generations of East Tennesseans.

Though the Market House has been gone since 1960, the square is once again a popular meeting place, and the eateries and retail shops fill up at all times of the year. Offering outdoor concerts, a weekly Farmers’ Market, and free movies, Market Square is the perfect family-friendly destination for any history enthusiast.

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for an exciting evening of progressive entertainment where you will experience a taste of Knoxville’s artwork and architecture! ¶ kicking off the evening at the Knoxville Convention Center, the staff will gladly escort you around this exquisite facility that not only hosts events throughout the year, but also houses a multi-million dollar collection of artwork. ¶ once the tour wraps up , be sure to make your way up into the iconic and historic Sunsphere where you will enjoy cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres while gazing at view unlike any other. The Sunsphere was the landmark of the 1982 World’s Fair whose theme was “Energy Turns the World.” The 360° view from the Sunsphere is a perfect way to set the mood for the evening as you mingle with your fellow art and history buffs while watching the sun set and soaking up all the energy that East Tennessee creates! ¶ the last stop for the evening will be the Knoxville Museum repare yourself

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of Art (KMA). As you enter the newly renovated KMA you will be greeted by gorgeous artwork and the smell of delicious food. Feel free to explore and mingle your way through all the KMA has to offer. The museum has just unveiled the largest glass installation in the world by Richard Jolley. You will hear live entertainment as you explore the KMA. Higher Ground is the first ongoing exhibition devoted to the history of art in East Tennessee.

It features a selection of more than 60 objects from the Knoxville Museum of Art’s holdings, and the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Thorne Rooms are among America’s most well-known miniature diorama groups.

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he Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) proudly announces the 15th annual Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI 2015). Scheduled for January 20–27, 2015, JIMI is specifically designed for administrators from new and emerging museums and for museum professionals with subject area expertise desiring knowledge of general museum administration and

operations. The deadline for JIMI 2015 applications is October 31, 2014.

Located on historic Jekyll Island, GA, this highly successful training program provides a unique eight-day immersion for museum professionals seeking the opportunity to learn management, personnel and interpretive skills from leading experts. Sessions include leadership

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and management styles, administration and trusteeship, strategic planning, fundraising and marketing, financial management, developing exhibits, public relations, collections management, disaster preparedness, interpretation, volunteer management, and museum ethics.

Through the generosity of friends and colleagues of the late Peter S. LaPaglia, the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) and the Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI) are pleased to offer the Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship to cover the cost of tuition. In past years, several state associations, including the Arkansas Museums Association, North Carolina Museums Council, Mississippi Museums Association, and South Carolina Federation of Museums, offered scholarship and travel assistance to its members. In addition, John and Cynthia Lancaster offer scholarship assistance to a member of the Tennessee Association of Museums.

Thanks to the generosity of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is pleased to offer the John Kinard Scholarship Fund for two staff members of AAAM institutional museums or individual AAAM members to attend SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI). The two annual scholarships of $1,500 each will cover the tuition for JIMI and travel expenses. The John Kinard Scholarship Fund is established in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Created by an Act of Congress in 2003, the Museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in 2015. For information on the Museum’s current programs and exhibitions visit www.nmaahc.si.edu or call 202.633.4751. Please note AAAM membership on your JIMI application.

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Applications for JIMI and the Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship are currently available at the website address shown below, with a October 31, 2014 deadline for submitting applications. JIMI is a SEMC program sponsored by Goosepen Studio & Press, Inc., Jekyll Island Museum and Historic Preservation, LaPaglia Companies, and North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties. We gratefully acknowledge support from Gaylord Brothers and Goosepen Studio & Press for JIMI 2014 scholarships. Some state museum associations offer scholarships as well.

For additional information, contact Martha Battle Jackson, JIMI Administrator, 919. 733.7862, ext.

236, martha.jackson@ncdcr.gov; John Lancaster, 615.791.4826, jsl2d@me.com; or, Susan Perry, Executive Director, SEMC, 404.814.2048, sperry@semcdirect.net or, download an application at www.semcdirect.net.

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he challenge is on to make our Endowment grow. I hope you will join us for our Annual Meeting in Knoxville as we launch our first Matching Gift Challenge for the SEMC Endowment. Thanks to the generosity of a special donor, all gifts to the SEMC Endowment, up to a total of $10,000, will be matched dollar for dollar for the next three years!

As any museum professional will tell you, endowment funds are necessary to stabilize and secure the future for any organization or institution. Some of the strongest museums in our region are the ones who benefit from a healthy endowment.

Likewise, our professional network in the region, SEMC, is stronger because of the William T. and Sylvia F. Alderson Endowment Fund. For over twenty years, professional members and friends of SEMC have made commitments of distinction to the Endowment. Cumulative gifts of at least $1000 to the SEMC Endowment earn the donor the title of Alderson

Fellow and reflect a personal commitment to the professional association that means so much to each of us.

Funds from the SEMC Endowment benefit professional development activities of the association and ensure future growth of the our profession in our region.

Some of our strongest supporters of the Endowment are those who have held leadership positions within SEMC. Council members support the fund each year and our Past President’s Circle has provided donations to the Endowment the previous three years as part of a campaign.

Come learn more in Knoxville, or, if you’d like to accept the challenge now, please make your check payable to SEMC and send to: SEMC Endowment, P. O. Box 550746, Atlanta, GA 30355-3246. If you would prefer to use a charge card you can donate from the “Support SEMC” page of our website, www.semcdirect.net. Thank you!

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— George Bassi, SEMC Past President

Studioammons has just completed the restoration of the historic r. r. Moton high School, the National historic Landmark site of the 1951 student strike for equal educational facilities led by 15 year old barbara Johns in Farmville, Virginia. the ensuing court case became the only one of the five brown v. board cases where all of the plaintiffs were students. Studioammons worked closely with the Museum staff and community to design, fabricate and install the museum’s permanent exhibit “the Moton school story: Children of Courage,” transforming the historic school into the robert russa Moton Museum, a center for the study of civil rights in education.

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Southeastern Museums Win AASLH Awards and Museums Connect Grants AASLH The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces the winners of the 69th Annual Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. This year, AASLH is proudly conferred 77 awards nationally.

Southeastern award winners Include:

Florida • Jan H. Johannes, Sr., for his dedication to preserving and sharing the history of Nassau County, FL • Ann Schierhorn, David LaBelle, Althemese Barnes, and the John G. Riley Museum for the exhibit They Led the Way Georgia • Atlanta History Center for the Party with the Past program

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• Telfair Museums for the Slavery and Freedom in Savannah project, the recipient of a HIP (History in Progress) Award.

Kentucky • Sisters of Loretto for the Sisters of Loretto Heritage Center • Tracy E. K’Meyer for the publication From Brown to Meredith: The Long Struggle for School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954–2007 • Kentucky Historical Society for the History Mobile exhibit Torn Within and Threatened Without: Kentuckians in the Civil War Era Mississippi • Museum of the Mississippi Delta for the exhibit War Comes to the Mississippi Delta North Carolina • North Carolina Museum of History for the exhibit Watergate: Political Scandal and the Presidency Tennessee • Tennessee State Museum for the Freedom’s Call essay contest

Virginia • William L. Lawrence for his dedication to preserving the history of Gloucester County, VA • Christopher M. Calkins for his dedication to preserving the Civil War Battlefield landscape 0f Virginia • Robert Russa Moton Museum for the exhibit The Morton School Story: Children of Courage West Virginia • The Traveling 219 Project for the website Traveling 219: The Seneca Trail

MUSEUMS CONNECT PROGRAM The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the American Alliance of Museums announce the selection of nine new projects as part of the Museums Connect program. Now in its seventh year, Museums Connect links U.S. communities with communities around the world through innovative, museum-based exchanges that foster mutual

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understanding while focusing on important topics such as climate change, women’s empowerment, disability awareness, and civic engagement, among others.

Since its inception, Museums Connect has linked American museums in 26 states and the District of Columbia with partners abroad in 45 countries, including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Mexico, Kenya and Morocco, among others. The program is excited to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2015 cycle to further extend the program’s reach.

This year’s grantees embrace the discipline and geographic diversity that is the signature of Museums Connect. Locations in 2014 that are new to the program include Cambodia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mongolia, and Romania. Below are brief summaries of 2014 projects in the Southeast: Common Notes: Connecting Folk Traditions Through Technology • “Alexandru Ştefulescu” Gorj County Museum, Târgu Jiu, Romania • Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia, Charleston, WV

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semc welcomes jill malool

EMC welcomes Jill Nash Malool as the new Manager of Communications and Member Services.

Jill has served at art, history, and science museums in Kansas, Texas, and Florida. Previously she served for seven years as the Director of Education for the Art & History Museums – Maitland, in the Orlando, Florida area. Jill served on the board of the Florida Association of Museums Foundation; has presented at American Alliance of Museum and Florida Association of Museum conferences; and evaluated grants for the state of Florida. Jill studied history at Kansas State University and went on to receive an MA in Museum Science from Texas Tech University in 2003.

Jill is working to bring in new SEMC members, develop relationships with current SEMC members, and improve communications between SEMC and its audience. If you need assistance with your membership, have a question, or would just like to touch base, please email Jill at jmalool@semcdirect.net or call her directly at 404.824.2047.

semc nominations Officers (2014–16) President: David Butler, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN Vice President: Darcie Mac Mahon, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL Secretary: Robin Person, Historic Jefferson College, Washington, MS Treasurer: Robin Reed, Casemate Museum, Fort Monroe, VA Past President: Mike Hudson, Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY

Directors Class of 2015 (Unexpired Term) Elise LeCompte, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL Class of 2017 Kathleen Hutton, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC (2nd Term) Catherine Pears, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA (1st Term) Zinnia Willits, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC (1st Term)

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Taking the “Ech” out of Tech

n August 18, Heather Marie Wells, Digital Media Specialist for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, presented Taking the “Ech” out of Tech. Held at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson, the workshop focused on planning and executing technology based projects.

Many museums often struggle with where to start when it comes to technology. It is hard to determine which technologies to use and which might quickly become passé. Many museum professionals become frustrated, throw up their hands yelling “Ech!” and their projects never get started.

Attendees learned how to research emerging technologies, evaluate their potential for institutional projects,

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and how to create plans to implement technology.

Particular focus was given to learning how to sustain projects as well as simply creating them.

Heather Marie Wells is a forward-thinking museum professional with fourteen years of experience in the field, who has managed and launched numerous educational technology projects that have reached tens of thousands of people across multiple countries and all age groups.

She is the recipient of numerous awards from museum associations at the state, regional, and national levels, the most recent being the GOLD MUSE award for Audio Tours and Podcasting. Wells is a passionate believer in the ability of technology to educate, excite, and engage people by forming personal connections between museums and the public. She is serving her second term on the Arkansas Museum Association’s board and her first term as a Board Director for SEMC. Heather Marie earned her MA in anthropology from the University of Arkansas.

Thank you to Mississippi Museums Association, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Heather Marie Wells, Robin Seage Person, and the SEMC Council for making this program possible. If your organization would be interested in collaborating with SEMC for regional programming, please contact us at membersservices@semcdirect.net.

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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.

Tamra Sindler Carboni Susan Perry Micheal A. Hudson Priscilla Hancock Cooper Patrick Daily

The Past Presidents Circle Members of the Past Presidents Circle contribute $150 annually for at least two years to the endowment fund: George Bassi Sharon Bennett Tom Butler Tamra Sindler Carboni Douglas Noble Robert Rathburn Graig D. Shaak Robert Sullivan Kristin Miller Zohn

THE WILLIAM T. AND SYLVIA F. ALDERSON ENDOWMENT FELLOWS Twenty 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.

Platinum Alderson Fellows (minimum $5,000) Sylvia F. Alderson Bob Rathburn Graig D. Shaak Nancy & Robert Sullivan Medallion Alderson Fellows (minimum $2,500) George Bassi Sharon Bennett Tamra Sindler Carboni Martha Battle Jackson Pamela Meister Richard Waterhouse Our Current Alderson Fellows (minimum $1,000) T. Patrick Brennan Michael Brothers W. James Burns Horace Harmon Pamela Hisey

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Micheal Hudson Rick Jackson Andrew Ladis Michael Anne Lynn R. Andrew Maass Robin Seage Person Steve Rucker

The PETER S. LaPAGLIA JIMI SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 2008 to honor Pete LaPaglia’s dedication to the museum field and recognize his inspirational leadership of SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute, this fund helps endow an annual JIMI scholarship.

2014 marks JIMI’s 14th anniversary, and SEMC has achieved the goal to bring the fund’s total over $13,885.

Martha Battle Jackson, in memory of Steve Temple, JIMI class of 2004

OTHER SEMC CONTRIBUTIONS These funds contribute to the annual meeting or to the general operating funds for SEMC: Darlene Copp Robin Seage Person

New or Renewal Memberships Received

Student ($25)

SEMC thanks those who have renewed or joined our organization for the first time between May and July 2014.

Without your support and participation we could not provide region wide services such as our Mentor, Awards, and Scholarship programs, as well as our outstanding Annual Meetings and nationally acclaimed Jekyll Island Management Institute. If you are an individual member and your museum is not an institutional member, please encourage them to join.

For information on memberships and benefits contact Manager of Communications and Member Services, Jill Malool at jmalool@semcdirect.net or 404.814.2047.

For your convenience, the last page of this newsletter is a membership application For your convenience, the last page of this newsletter is a membership application.

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georgiA The Atlanta History Center announced in July plans to bring Atlanta’s Cyclorama to the History Center.

Pending approval of the City Council, the Center plans to begin the initial conservation of the painting in its current Grant Park building before moving it to a custom-built, 23,000 square foot addition located adjacent to the Olympic Wing of the Atlanta History Museum building. Once installed in the new building, the History Center intends to restore the painting to its full size and to re-create the 128-year-old painting’s original visual perspective — both aspects of the painting which have

been lost for at least 100 years. In total, they will restore 3,268 square feet of the painting that has been missing since 1921 when it was cut to fit into the current building.

When restoration is complete, the Atlanta History Center can hang the Cyclorama painting in its originally designed hyperbolic, hourglass shape and restore the original 3-D illusion that has been lost at the current location.

As part of Booth Western Art Museum’s Birthday Party and Member Appreciation Day, Saturday, August 23 the Museum unveiled the newest addition to the War is Hell Civil War Gallery, a circa 1863 Napoleon twelvepound cannon. Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D. of

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Photograph by Gordon Parks from the High Museum of Art’s exhibtion Gordon Parks: Segregation Story.

Georgia’s 11th District presented the 2,300 pound cannon to Museum Members, guests, and media partners and share some information on the piece. The Museum acquired the cannon by way of loan from the U.S. Army Center for Military History and it will be prominently displayed near the entrance of the gallery.

The High Museum of Art will present rarely seen photographs by trailblazing African American artist and filmmaker Gordon Parks in this exhibition, presented in collaboration with The Gordon Parks Foundation. The exhibition features more than 40 of Parks’ color prints

— most on view for the first time in over half a century — created for a powerful and influential 1950s Life magazine article documenting the lives of an extended African-American family in segregated Alabama. The series represents one of Parks’ earliest social documentary studies on color film. Coinciding with Gordon Parks: Segregation Story, the High will acquire 12 color prints featured in the exhibition, supplementing the two Parks works already owned by the High. These works will augment the Museum’s extensive collection of Civil Rights era photography, one of the most significant in the nation. November 15 – June 7, 2015.

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Maquette of the Bienville Monument recently donated to the Old State Capitol.

LOUISIANA The Old State Capitol recently acquired a donation from the Angela Gregory estate of a maquette of the famed Bienville Monument that stands near the French Quarter in New Orleans. The maquette or model was designed and hand-sculpted in plaster by Angela Gregory, who was an artist and graduate of Newcomb College in New Orleans. She was best known for her architectural sculptures. In the 1950s, she devoted five years to the creation and casting of the bronze Bienville Monument, dedicated in 1955. The statue was commissioned by the Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial Commission to memorialize Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, who served as Governor of the French Louisiana colony for four terms in the 18th century and is the founder of New Orleans. Situated on pedestals with Bienville are a Bayou Goula Indian and a Catholic priest, both of which represent groups of people who played an integral role in shaping early Louisiana.

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Photoprint of the USS Hartford acquired byThe Historic New Orleans Collection.

The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) recently acquired its first photoprint of one of the most storied vessels in American naval history, the USS Hartford. Launched in 1858 from the Boston Navy Yard, the Hartford engaged in diplomatic missions overseas prior to the start of the Civil War. As flagship of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, it carried David Glasgow

Farragut (1801–1870) as he stormed past Forts Jackson and St. Philip in late April 1862, their fall foretelling the federal occupation of New Orleans. This silver-gelatin photoprint, taken around the turn of the 20th century, captures the vessel in middle age. Though THNOC has images of the Hartford in other media, this acquisition is THNOC’s first photograph of the vessel.

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Doug Harvey, director of The Lynchburg Museum, and Carolyn Brown (center) with collection of AfricanAmerican documents related to Lynchburg education that she donated to the museum.

VIRGINIA A large collection on early African-American education was recently donated to The Lynchburg Museum. Public education for African Americans in Lynchburg, Virginia began with a Freedmen’s School in 1866. From 1923 until 1970, Dunbar High School functioned as a segregated public school for black students. The school was central to black life in the city and graduated many who achieved success in a broad range of professions. As Dunbar transitioned from a black high school to an integrated school in 1970–71, Carolyn Brown was there as school secretary.

During the transition, many items were being thrown away but Carolyn saved boxes of materials from the school’s long history. Museum Director Doug Harvey noted: “Collections like this are rare, as African American history was not often saved in the early to mid 20th century. This large collection includes student newspapers, commencement programs, annuals, photographs, accreditation reports, and similar items.…” The Museum plans to put portions of the collection on its website in the coming months and make the collection available for scholarly research.

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Dunbar High School band and class photographs from the Carolyn Brown collection at The Lynchburg Museum.

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For the past four years, UA’s Office of Archaeological Research has worked with Auburn resident Charles Weissinger to investigate his ancestral home site and cemetery. About 50 years ago, Weissinger was given the tombstone of his great-great-grandfather, who had died in 1837. “I wanted to put it back in the ground, in its original location,” Weissinger said. “I wanted to find the cemetery. But to do that, I needed to find the house.”

Organizers decided the project would be a great fit for the 36th Expedition of UA’s Alabama Museum of Natural History. The annual museum expedition involved 36 participants over the course of three June weeks. The research goals for this year’s expedition were to confirm the location and investigate the house site; determine

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The Georgia Museum of Art has received two national awards for publications, one from Foreword Reviews and one from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM).

The museum’s exhibition catalogue for Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762– 1792) earned an honorable mention in the category of Art (Adult Nonfiction) at Foreword Reviews’ 2013 IndieFab Book Awards. Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art earned an honorable mention in the Exhibition Catalogue category of AAM’s 2014 Publications Design Competition. It accompanied the first major exhibition dedicated to the art and activities of the artistic group Cercle and Carré (Circle and Square) and focuses primarily on the works displayed in the group’s 1930 exhibition in Paris or those featured in the group’s self-titled periodical. Featuring a dynamic assembly of works not seen as a group or discussed together for more than 80 years, the exhibition made an important contribution to understanding international abstract art.

Thanks to a grant provided by the Monroe-West Monroe Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum unveiled the Museum’s new website in early August. The website offers visitors more user friendly options and acts as a hub for all things about and dealing with the Museum. The website features easy access to all social media, a blog filled with book reviews, essays, and news stories, mobile responsiveness, and an online gift shop will soon be added. View the new website at www.chennaultmuseum.org.

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The South Carolina State Museum is brighter than ever as it recently opened a new facility in the state’s capital offering the only observatory of its kind in the nation, one of the largest planetariums in the Southeast and the only permanent 4D theater in the state. The long awaited 75,000 square foot renovation and expansion project will position the State Museum on the cutting edge of education, particularly in the critical areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and will create a large boost in the local and state wide economy.

The new museum will have a profound impact on the students, residents and visitors of South Carolina. During the first year of operation, the museum expects to increase attendance by 75,000 visitors, a 50 percent increase. It also anticipates that more than 100,000 South Carolina school children will visit in the first year and many more will be impacted through the observatory’s cutting edge distance learning capabilities.

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innovations arkansas In 2013, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s curatorial team hit the road to investigate what’s happening in American art today. Over the course of a year, the team logged more than 100,000 miles, crisscrossing the United States to visit nearly 1,000 artists. Traveling to communities large and small, the Museum sought to discover artists whose work has not yet been fully recognized on a national level. On their travels, museum curators conducted hundreds of hours of one-on-one conversations with artists in their studios. The result of this unprecedented journey is a one-of-a-kind exhibition that draws from every region of the US, offering an unusually diverse look at American art. State of the Art

brings together the artwork of more than 100 artists, ranging from works on canvas and paper to photography and video to installation and performance art, and more.

The exhibition examines the ways in which today’s artists are informed by the past, innovating with materials old and new, and engaging deeply with issues relevant to our times. This exhibition runs through January 19, 2015.

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From the Lightner Museum’s exhibition Undisclosed: Photographs from the Hidden Lightner, by artist/photographer Theresa Segal.

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A selection of 20 photographs will be shown in an exhibition in a newly renovated gallery of the Lightner Museum. Through January 2, 2015, artist/photographer Theresa Segal will exhibit her photographs of the museum’s stored collections, titled Undisclosed: Photographs from the Hidden Lightner. “For the last two years I have been taking photographs in the storage areas of Saint Augustine’s Lightner Museum. The museum exhibits relics from America’s Gilded Age and is housed in the grand Flagler-era building of the former Alcazar Hotel.

Combining digital with the shift to working in color and the incorporation of studio lighting has made the Lightner Museum project a new artistic experience for me in many ways,” reveals Segal. Barry Myers, curator, says the museum is “thrilled to have contemporary art for the first time at Lightner Museum, and who better to usher in this unprecedented event than a Saint Augustine native and Flagler College graduate.”

Visit the High Museum of Art this fall to experience an outstanding selection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern art, assembled by the collector Henry Pearlman. More than 50 masterworks from Manet and Pissarro, Degas, Gauguin, and van Gogh, Lipchitz, Soutine, and Modigliani offer a distinctive and extraordinary visual survey of the groundbreaking beginnings to the great flowering of European modernism as seen through the eyes of an exceptional collector. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a group of 24 oils and watercolors by Paul Cézanne, an artist whose work bridged the two worlds of the Impressionists and modernists, and continues to be celebrated and admired for its innovation, rigor, and beauty.

The Smithsonian is coming back to Georgia! The newest Smithsonian Institution/Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition, Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape

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America, will begin its Georgia tour March 2016. The Georgia Humanities Council requests applications to host the exhibition be submitted by October 15. To apply go to the GHC website, www.georgiahumanities.org.

If you have questions, contact Arden Williams, Senior Program Officer at 404.523.6220 ext. 117. Good luck to all organizations who apply. Let the games begin!

louisiana The Historic New Orleans Collection’s (THNOC) next exhibition, Andrew Jackson: Hero of New Orleans, will commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans by examining Jackson’s central role in the Creek War and the battle, as well as the sudden national fame that followed the general’s successful defense of the city. Early paintings and prints, sculptures, medals, and material culture artifacts will illustrate the evolving public concept of Jackson as a military and political leader. Rare, one-of-a-kind objects — some belonging

to Jackson himself — will be on loan from The Hermitage, the Library of Congress, and other institutions.

Highlights from THNOC’s own holdings will include a selection of the infamous “coffin broadsides” printed by supporters of John Quincy Adams in the 1828 presidential election and rare funeral ribbons memorializing Jackson after his 1845 death. Subsequent uses of Jackson’s image in artworks and vintage advertisements will demonstrate his lasting impact on New Orleans and the South. ¶ The Historic New Orleans Collection recently released a free mobile web app that takes visitors on an in-depth tour of its Louisiana History Galleries. Described by major guidebooks as “the best introduction to the city that a visitor can get,” the rooms are on the second floor of the 1792 Merieult House at 533 Royal Street and comprise thirteen galleries filled with manuscripts, maps, visual and decorative arts, ephemera, and more from THNOC’s permanent collection. The app takes visitors through more than 300 years of Louisiana history via fourteen videos with THNOC curators and

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historians that delve deeper into the stories behind individual objects. Additional objects not on display in the galleries are included on the app to further illustrate the state’s history.

the resulting spread of democracy and nationalism. The exhibit will feature approximately an international collection of nearly 100 WWI posters, which served as effective vehicles of government and political propaganda to support the war, as well as WWI era artifacts. ¶ Sugar Mill Sessions is an exhibition of photographs by New Orleans photographer David Armentor focusing on the sugar production in South Louisiana. It gives a localized, contemporary view of the industry by documenting the sugar harvest season through sometimes haunting images. Sugar Mill Sessions is on view at the West Baton Rouge Museum through November 9.

West Baton Rouge Museum presents 100 Years after the War to End All Wars. In the summer of 2014 the world marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, which at the time was the war that was thought to be the War to End All Wars. This was a total war and the first modern war to affect the world, not simply by the astounding number of deaths, but by

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The Meadows Museum of Art Centenary College in Shreveport announces upcoming exhibitions. Imaginary Botanicals: Sculptures in Glass by Kathleen Elliot will be on view November 8 – December 19, 2014. This exhibit features two-dozen organic sculptures made of glass.

Leaves, fruit, pods, and flowers are reimagined into new species. Natural forms appear in unexpected colors and combinations. Elliot employs flame working for her sculptures, namely treating glass directly with the flame of a torch. This technique allows the artist to create threedimensional forms, add color and texture, and then assemble complex structures. Each piece takes weeks or months to finish. Poet of the Ordinary: Photographs by Keith Carter will be shown November 8, 2014 – January 31, 2015. Keith Carter is internationally known for creating lyrical, magical representations of the people and cultures of East Texas and the South. Carter will meet with classes, conduct public workshops, and give gallery talks while in residence. Images of Excellence: The O. Winston Link Centennial runs November 8 – January 31, 2015. This retrospective, curated by the Meadows and Conway Link, celebrates the centennial of Link’s birth.

From the Meadows Museum of Art Centenary College’s exhibtions Imaginary Botanicals: Sculptures in Glass, by Kathleen Elliot, and Poet of the Ordinary: Photographs by Keith Carter.

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From August 2, 2014 to January 17, 2015, the LSU Museum of Art presents LeRoy Neiman: Action!, an exhibition that showcases the work of singular American artist and sports illustrator LeRoy Neiman. LeRoy Neiman: Action! presents over eighty of Neiman’s most electrifying drawings, paintings and prints of iconic American sports stars and entertainers, showcasing many of Neiman’s most dynamic and rarely seen drawings for the first time in decades. These energetic portrayals of bodiesin-motion illustrate the physical prowess of America’s greatest athletes and performers, ranging from LSU basketball star Pete Maravich to New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath and boxer Muhammad Ali. Highlighting Neiman’s astonishing technical skill, the exhibition also speaks to sports’ influential role in shaping American culture and society. LeRoy Neiman: Action! is organized and curated by the staff of the LSU Museum of Art. The works in the exhibition are being lent by the LeRoy Neiman Foundation.

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From the Charleston Museum’s Civil War exhibtion You’ll Regret the Day You Ever Done It.

south carolina You’ll Regret the Day You Ever Done It is the final installation in Charleston Museum’s commemoration for the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. This exhibit, which will be featured in the Lobby Gallery from September 5, 2014 to February 1, 2015, is a collection of illustrated newspapers, copy books, diaries, and letters encompassing the time period 1860-1865. These materials will allow visitors to experience the emotions and opinions expressed by the people of Charleston during the War from varying perspectives. In reading the original words, one is able to feel the energy of the City as it goes from excited and eager to deflated and defeated. You’ll Regret the Day You Ever Done It (titled from a quotation in one the displayed articles) provides an interesting and personal look at the Civil War’s impact on Charleston.

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people and places GEORGIA The Georgia Museum of Art welcomes Michele Turner as new director of membership. Michele Turner, previously special events coordinator at the Georgia Museum of

Art, started July 1 as its new director of membership. Turner came to the Georgia Museum of Art in 2000 as special events coordinator and stayed for eight years before taking a position at UGA’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education,

where she designed events for formal functions and fundraisers.

While at the Georgia Center, she maintained involvement with the museum, becoming president of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. On July 1, Turner

became director of membership at the Georgia Museum of Art and becamethe direct liaison to the Friends’ board of directors. ¶ The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has hired Sarah Kate Gillespie as its curator

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Michele Turner, GMOA Director of Membership

Sarah Kate Gillespie, GMOA Curator of American Art.

Lauren Davis, Curator at the Old State Capitol.

Angélique Bergeron, West Baton Rouge Museum Curator of Collections.

of American art. Gillespie most recently served as assistant professor of art history at York College, City University of New York (CUNY), where she taught classes on 19th- and 20th-century American art, African American art and the history of photography. She received her doctorate in art history from The Graduate Center, CUNY, in 2006, a master’s degree in art history from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in art history from Mount Holyoke College. She also attended the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy. In addition to her academic experience, she has served as Luce Curator of Fine Arts at the Brooklyn Historical Society, where she reinstalled the permanent collection, organized

an exhibition on family portraits, conducted research, published on 19th-century drawings by William Moore Davis that focused on African American life in Dutch Colonial Brooklyn and worked with high school students to help them organize an exhibition for which they served as curators.

Studies and Historical Archaeology. She most recently worked as the Curator of Collections and Exhibits at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen for the last eight and a half years.

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Dr. Bergeron received her Master of Arts degree and doctorate from Louisiana State University in French Studies in 2006 and 2011 respectively. Her undergraduate work was completed at the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a B.A. in African and African American Studies. Prior to joining the professional staff at the West Baton Rouge Museum, Dr. Beregeron was the executive director at the Pointe Coupée Historical Society.

louisiana Louisiana’s Old State Capitol is very pleased to welcome our new curator, Lauren Davis.

Lauren is a native of Baton Rouge and graduated from Louisiana State University with degrees in Anthropology and History before attending the University of South Carolina to receive a Master’s degree in Anthropology with a specialization in Museum

The West Baton Rouge Museum announces that Dr. Angélique Bergeron is the museum’s new Curator of Collections. Dr. Bergeron began her duties at the West Baton Rouge Museum in July where she is responsible for collections management and

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what’s happening Send information for What’s Happening to Susan Perry at sperry@semcdirect.net.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMC’s 15th annual Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI) will be January 20–27, 2015.

Application deadline is October 31, 2014.

state museum meetings Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries Date: January 21-23, 2015 Location: Statesboro, GA Alabama Association of Museums Date: February 23-24, 2015 Location: Gadsden, AL

West Virginia Association of Museums Date: March 20-22, 2015 Location: Beckley, WV North Carolina Museums Council Date: March 28–30, 2015 Location: Durham, NC Arkansas Association of Museums Date: April 9-11, 2015 Location: West Memphis, AR Florida Association of Museums Date: TBA Location: TBA

Virginia Association of Museums Date: March 7-10, 2015 Location: Richmond, VA

Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance Date: TBA Location: Covington, KY

South Carolina Federation of Museums Date: March 12-14, 2015 Location: Camden, SC

Louisiana Association of Museums Date: TBA Location: TBA

Tennessee Association of Museums Date: March 18-20, 2015 Location: Jackson, Tennessee

Mississippi Museums Association Date: TBA Location: TBA

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