CAM 2020 Fellows: Museums as Second Responders

This webinar was recorded LIVE on July 23, 2020. Watch the recording. Read the transcript. 

2020 CAM Fellow Makayla Bailey's case study explores the role Puerto Rican museum and university spaces played in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and discusses institutional strategies for disaster preparedness and cultural community-building before, during, and after crisis.

The CAM Fellowship program offers alumni of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program the opportunity to attend the annual conference and develop case studies based on sessions that inspired them. These case studies offer expanded understanding of California museum programs that were presented during the conference and provide suggestions to apply lessons learned in your own institution.

Read Makayla's case study article.

Presenter:

Makayla Bailey, Curatorial Fellow, Studio Museum in Harlem; CAM 2020 Fellow

Lunch & Learn: Using a Standardized Tool to Understand the Visitor Experience

This webinar was recorded LIVE on July 16, 2020. Watch the recording. The transcript will be available soon.

An evaluator and a program developer will present their use of The Dimensions of the Visitor Experience (DoVE) instrument (Packer et al., 2016) to compare various public programs. This tool was designed to help practitioners better understand the sensory, emotional, introspective and cognitive ways visitors experience programs and exhibits.

This was originally presented as a case study at the CAM conference in Los Angeles in March 2020 and has been adapted for a webinar format.

Presenters from the Monterey Bay Aquarium:

Jennifer Rigney, Manager of Social Science Research & Evaluation
Vicki Wawerchak, Director of Guest Experience Programs

CAM 2020 Fellows: How Museum Education Supports the Classroom Experience

This webinar was recorded LIVE on July 9, 2020. Watch the recording. Read the transcript. 

2020 CAM Fellow Aida Lugo's case study of the Museum of African Diaspora’s education program, MoAD in the Classroom, analyzes how museum education programs can assist in a student’s traditional learning. The program received the Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Museum Education in 2020. MoAD in the Classroom works with third graders at the museum and in schools educating students on the art and artists of African descent. The program also offers professional development for teachers and partners with the community.

The CAM Fellowship program offers alumni of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program the opportunity to attend the annual conference and develop case studies based on sessions that inspired them. These case studies offer expanded understanding of California museum programs that were presented during the conference and provide suggestions to apply lessons learned in your own institution.

Read Aida's case study article.

Presenter:

Aida Lugo, Studio Education Instructor, American Museum of Ceramic Art; CAM 2020 Fellow

Lunch & Learn: Swipe Up! Bringing Instagram Stories to Life

This webinar was recorded LIVE on July 7, 2020. Watch the recording. Read the transcript.

Show the fun side of your institution while driving traffic to your website. Learn tricks that any size staff can use to create Instagram Stories that are interesting, visually compelling, and purpose-driven. Topics to be covered include storyboarding, animated gifs, and storytelling in just a sentence or two. Leave with simple and no-cost resources for elevating your social media presence through Instagram Stories. Learn lessons that will increase Instagram Story views, clicks, and inspire ways to be more creative on the platform.

This was originally presented as a workshop at the CAM conference in Los Angeles in March 2020 and has been adapted for a webinar format.

Presenter:

Joyce Alcantara, Digital Engagement Coordinator, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

CAM 2020 Fellows: Authentic and Informed Native American and Museum Partnerships

This webinar was recorded LIVE on June 25, 2020. Watch the recording. Read the transcript. 

2020 CAM Fellow Sara Smallhouse's case study will help those who wish to form partnerships with their local tribes, who currently represent native cultures in their exhibitions, or who seek to improve their relationships with these communities. This webinar outlines the challenges museums may face when reaching out to native groups, why these challenges exist, and some resources to help develop reciprocal relationships between museum and native peoples.

The CAM Fellowship program offers alumni of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program the opportunity to attend the annual conference and develop case studies based on sessions that inspired them. These case studies offer expanded understanding of California museum programs that were presented during the conference and provide suggestions to apply lessons learned in your own institution.

Read Sara's case study article.

Presenter:

Sara Smallhouse, Board Member, Museum of Northern California Art; CAM 2020 Fellow

Lunch & Learn: Stories of Transformation and Failure

This webinar was recorded LIVE on June 18, 2020. Watch the recording. View the transcript.

This webinar features the perspectives of three very different museums that each confronted an institutional crisis: one failed, one persevered, and one was transformed. Learn about the warning signs that could indicate your institution is in trouble, and hear about strategies for transformation and sustainability working with boards, staff, and the community. 

This panel session was originally presented at the CAM 2020 conference in Los Angeles and was adapted for a live webinar format. 

Presenters:
Elena Brokaw, Executive Director, Museum of Ventura County
Susana Smith Bautista, PhD., Museum Adviser (formerly of the Pasadena Museum of California Art)
Jeanette Kihs, Executive Director, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Juan Govea, Director of Community Engagement, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (Moderator)

If you have any questions for the presenters or would like to be in touch, please email CAM at admin@calmuseums.org

CAM 2020 Fellows: A Community-Based Archive at the Heart of Local Artistic Identity

This webinar was recorded LIVE on June 11, 2020. Watch the recording. Read the transcript.

2020 CAM Fellow Jed Surio's case study of Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) explores how an arts organization can help shape the cultural and artistic identities of a community. It will examine SHG's history and current work as well as how it relates to another Los Angeles institution.

The CAM Fellowship program offers alumni of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program the opportunity to attend the annual conference and develop case studies based on sessions that inspired them. These case studies offer expanded understanding of California museum programs that were presented during the conference and provide suggestions to apply lessons learned in your own institution.

Read Jed's case study article.

Presenter:

Jed Surio, Collections Assistant, Wende Museum of the Cold War; CAM 2020 Fellow

Creating Spaces that are Responsive to Hot Topics

This webinar was recorded LIVE on September 12, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

What does it mean to be a responsive institution? Museums today are looking for new ways to stay relevant and connect with visitors. Current issues can be magnets for engagement. This webinar explored exhibitions and programs about food justice, taking Native lands, foster care, and the Ghostship fire.

Presenters:

Christine Lashaw, Experience Developer, Oakland Museum of California

Evelyn Orantes, Independent Curator and Community Inclusion Strategist, Evelyn Orantes Consulting

Elizabeth Gessel, Director of Public Programs, Museum of the African Diaspora

Whitney Ford-Terry, Exhibitions Catalyst, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

This panel session was originally presented at the CAM 2019 conference in San Francisco and was adapted for a live webinar format.

"Off the Shelf" and Scrappy Technology Solutions

This webinar was recorded LIVE on August 15, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

Led by CAM's 2019–2020 Technology Fellow David Canfield, this webinar demonstrates how museums can utilize inexpensive, commercially available products in both traditional and non-traditional ways to address technology needs such as ambient audio, video displays, wayfinding, digital signage and more. Canfield presents options such as the Raspberry Pi platform, off the shelf video solutions, and how to repurpose “obsolete” tech. Additionally, he addresses some of the concerns, pitfalls, and experiences of building and deploying these solutions. Canfield will also lead a session at CAM 2020 in Los Angeles about successes and failures in the use of technology and how to find solutions that actually work.

Presenter: David Canfield has been the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the Pacific Battleship Center since 2012, where he gets to "tinker" and apply his deep-seated experience in technology. David left a 20+ year career in Silicon Valley to serve on the ship that he grew up on. His passion and dogged leadership have attracted a robust crew of volunteer IT specialists from all over the country to put the Battleship IOWA at the forefront of technology innovation.

To view the PowerPoint presentation and resources affiliated with this presentation, please click here.

This program is supported in part by Associated Foundations, Inc. in memory of Barry Herlihy.

Decolonizing the Narrative of Native American Museum Interpretations

This webinar was recorded LIVE on June 12, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

This webinar builds awareness and understanding for interpreting Native American history and cultures in museums. Examine the impacts of colonization on existing narratives and strategies for integrating native perspectives into civic discourse. Explore multimedia, curricular, and professional development resources, as well as collaborative partnerships for expanding your knowledge of Native American interpretations to foster diversity and cultural intelligence in your exhibitions, collections, and programming.

Presenters:

Nicole Lim, Executive Director, California Indian Museum & Cultural Center; Moderator

Joely Proudfit, Executive Director, The California Culture and Sovereignty Center; Speaker

Kouslaa Kessler-Mata, Professor, University of San Francisco; Speaker

Alexis Bunten, Co-Director, Bioneers Indigeneity Program; Speaker

To view the PowerPoint presentation and resources affiliated with this presentation, please click here.

This panel session was originally presented at the CAM 2019 conference in San Francisco and was adapted for a live webinar format.

CAM 2019 Fellows Part 2, Public Programs

This webinar was recorded LIVE on May 23, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

Part 2 of our 2019 CAM Fellowship program webinar series includes case studies with a Public Programs discipline, focusing on creating responsive spaces through exhibitions and incorporating native voice through museum education programs.

Presenters:

Sara Smallhouse, Board Member, Museum of Northern California Art; 2019 CAM Fellow
The Santa Cruz MAH's Community Issue Exhibitions as a Model for the Inclusive Museum: At the core of changing museum narratives is inviting underrepresented communities and letting them tell their own stories. This case study explores this idea through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History community issue exhibitions. These issue-driven exhibitions not only give underrepresented communities a voice and welcome them into the museum space, they also promote advocacy.

Jamie Nord, Anthropology Curator Intern, San Bernardino County Museum; 2019 CAM Fellow
Incorporating Native Voice in Museum Education: This case study of the Barona Cultural Center & Museum presents a discussion of how tribal museums are developing hands-on educational programming that can be incorporated into other museum institutions for alternative methods of educating youth about Native culture. Tribal museums can influence education within the public school system by retelling the history of California through Native voice.

To read the complete case study articles written by Sara and Jamie, please visit calmuseums.org/2019casestudies.

The CAM Fellowship program is funded by The Getty Foundation.

CAM 2019 Fellows Part 1, External Affairs

This webinar was recorded LIVE on May 22, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

Part 1 of our 2019 CAM Fellowship program webinar series includes case studies with an External Affairs discipline, focusing on equitable practices in public relations and creating cultural memory through ethnic-specific institutions.

Presenters:

Emily Butts, MA Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin; 2019 CAM Fellow 
The Role of Ethnic-Specific Museums in Creating Cultural Memory: Who is included, who is excluded, and why? This question is pertinent to all museums—especially when it comes to collecting and exhibition practices—but it is especially relevant when the museum is a restored immigration station. This article explores the history of Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and how the island’s history as the “Ellis Island of the Pacific” relates to other gatekeeping practices in the United States, specifically along the United States-Mexico border.

Angela Medrano, Communications Assistant, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; 2019 CAM Fellow 
in conversation with Nancy Lee, Senior Manager of Public Relations, Hammer Museum 
Communicating the Hammer Museum's Made In L.A. 2018: This case study delves in to the Hammer Museum’s PR strategy for the Made in L.A. 2018 exhibition as a model for incorporating equity into one’s everyday work life.

To read the complete case study articles written by Emily and Angela, please visit calmuseums.org/2019casestudies.

The CAM Fellowship program is funded by The Getty Foundation.

Change is Inevitable: The Essentials of Succession Planning

This webinar was recorded LIVE on May 2, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

Succession planning keeps your organization moving forward during the inevitable changes that come with running a nonprofit. Not only do they help navigate leadership transitions, they can also serve as an excellent tool for retaining your strongest performers, who often tend to be the type of employees who need to know where their career is headed. CAM and presenter Anne W. Ackerson explore succession planning essentials and why it might be better to call it talent planning.

Presenter: Anne W. Ackerson has written and promoted dialogue about many of the challenging issues facing museums, including succession planning. As Director of the Museums Association of New York, Ackerson initiated Report to the Field: The Status of Succession Planning in New York State Museums, which addresses the unique challenges around succession planning in museums. Ackerson is the former executive director of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) and currently serves as their Communications Coordinator. Her work on these and related issues resulted in the books, Leadership Matters and Women in the Museum: Lessons from the Workplace, which she co-authored with Joan Baldwin. She is also an independent museum consultant specializing in organizational development.

This program is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency.

Cybersecurity for All

This webinar was recorded LIVE on August 16, 2018.  CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

Whatever your technical comfort or responsibility, there are some easy things you can do to keep your museum safe from cyber threats. This Lunch and Learn program offered a range of resources and focused on practical tips for users from all skill levels.

Presenters:

Julia Falkowski, Project and Production Specialist, Balboa Park Online Collaborative and CAM Technology Fellow 2018-9

Ryan Prindiville, Leader of Strategy & Practice Transformation, Armanino LLP

This program is supported in part by Associated Foundations, Inc. in memory of Barry Herlihy

Empathy as a New Lens for Learning

This webinar was recorded LIVE on November 7, 2017. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.

There has been a recent groundswell of interest in empathy; international leaders identify empathy as one of the most important leadership skills of the 21st century. This Lunch and Learn webinar demonstrated how museums are purposefully designing education programs and exhibits to explore and teach empathy in an effort to promote civic engagement.

Presenters:

Ami Davis, Principal, Ami Davis Consulting

Wendy Abelmann, Director of Education and Public Programs, Oceanside Museum of Art

Katherine Herman, Education Outreach Manager, Autry Museum of the American West

This panel session was originally presented at the CAM 2017 conference in Sacramento and was adapted for a live webinar format.