California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 5/14/08


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Getty Trust cuts 114 positions to boost budget for core arts programs: Most positions were eliminated through attrition and other means, with only 40 losing jobs. Other expenses also were trimmed
By: Anne-Marie O'Connor, Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-getty14-2008may14,0,384165.story

Some Solano teachers head back to school: $1M Department of Education grant allows history professors to strengthen their skills
By: Tony Burchyns, Vallejo Times-Herald, May 13, 2008
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_9243308

Asian museum director indicted in federal investigation
By: Greg Risling, San Jose Mercury News, May 12, 2008
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9234570

Who will perform for the arts? L.A. County's cultural life may depend on who fills Yvonne Burke's board seat
By: Michael Alexander, Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-alexander11-2008may11,0,2968852.story

Oakland Museum gets a makeover
By: Timothy Buckwalter, San Francisco Chronicle, May 9, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/09/PKII10DRAP.DTL

Group sues over order to stop feeding the homeless at Doheny State Beach: Members of the faith-based nonprofit Welcome INN were threatened with arrest under a law that regulates assembling in California state parks
By: Susannah Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times, May 9, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeless9-2008may09,0,6109821.story

Museum will call attention to aerospace pollution
By: Dana Bartholomew, Los Angeles Daily News, May 8, 2008
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_9200056

In Battle of Aquariums, Big Gets Bigger [Georgia Aquarium announces $110 million expansion and keeps claim as the “world’s largest aquarium”]
By: Brenda Goodman, New York Times, May 7, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/us/07aquarium.html

FBI withdraws digital library's national security letter
By: Paul Elias, San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/07/state/n103710D71.DTL

Donors keep kids’ museum in SLO on time: $55,000 grant and matching funds will help complete the facility and its centerpiece clock by June opening
By: Melanie Cleveland, San Luis Obispo Tribune, May 6, 2008
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/102/story/352083.html

San Diego Zoo teams up with Abu Dhabi for wildlife park
By: Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2008
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2008/05/the-san-diego-z.html

Panel to review U.S. historic preservation
United Press International, May 5, 2008
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/05/panel_to_review_us_historic_preservation/4002/

State museums group honors Mike Villines
Fresno Bee, May 2, 2008
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/572632.html

Explorit joins bank's 'museums' program
Daily Democrat, May 2, 2008
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/business/ci_9132070

Artist Kent Twitchell settles suit over mural: The U.S. government is among 11 defendants who will pay $1.1 million after painting over the six-story 'Ed Ruscha Monument.'
By: Diane Haithman, Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-twitchell1-2008may01,0,765959.story

Copper Caper: Thieves Nab Art To Sell for Scrap
By: Sarah McBride, Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120959221333557457.html?mod=at_leisure_main_reviews_days_only

Arts Council Cuts, Fears ’09 Budget
By: Harry Saltzgaver, Long Beach Downtown Gazette, May 1, 2008
http://www.gazettes.com/artbudget05012008.html

Meeting on the Right Side of the Brain [business meetings taking advice from creativity and creative economy experts]
By: Elaine Glusac, New York Times, April 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/business/businessspecial/30right.html

Museums join limited free admission program
By: Mark de la Viña, San Jose Mercury News, April 30, 2008
http://origin.mercurynews.com/entertainmentheadlines/ci_9103954

Conservators face issues in preserving video and modern material artworks
By: Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-et-conserve30apr30,0,4079687.story

Saving the jewels: At libraries and museums across the country, neglect and a lack of money threaten relics of American history
By: Lisa Gray, Houston Chronicle, April 2, 2008
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5666513.html

A friend to the arts: Carlos Martinez leaves his mark on the Fresno Art Museum
By: Felicia Cousart Matlosz, Fresno Bee, March 24, 2008
http://www.fresnobee.com/entertainment/story/482137.html

Killer Statue — Psyched About the Site!
By: Dan Fost, New York Times, March 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/arts/artsspecial/12social.html

Ten Things to Know About Arts Education in California
By: Stephanie Angelini, Ventura County Star, February 26, 2008
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/26/ten-things-to-know-about-arts-education-in/

Opinion: Down With the Newseum!: We don't need a gilded home for 6,214 journalism artifacts.
By: Jack Shafer, Slate.com, February 7, 2008
http://www.slate.com/id/2183936/nav/tap3/