SEMC ANNUAL REPORT 2016 from the Presidents

SEMC ANNUAL REPORT 2016 From the Presidents

t has been a tremendous honor to serve as president of the Southeastern Museums Conference for the past two years, and to be part of such an effective, respected, and growing professional organization. Once again for me the highlight of Ithe past year was the SEMC annual meeting in October. The museums and cultural organizations of Charlotte embraced us gener- ously and enthusiastically and created an exceptional and unforget- table experience for everyone who attended. The annual meeting is the most visible way SEMC benefits its members, by providing the opportunity for an intense few days of networking, fellowship, and professional growth. It was also the occasion for the rollout of SEMC’s new strategic plan, the culmination of many months of hard work and intense conversations about the direction we want to take as an organization.

As I have noted in past years, only a financially viable organization can operate effectively on behalf of its membership. Thanks to careful planning and budgeting, strict fiscal controls, and close oversight, SEMC remains in excellent financial shape, and is one of

2 SEMC Council at NASCAR Hall of Fame. 3 the few museum organizations in the country to be aving accepted the President’s baton blessed with an endowment fund, which at the end from David at the recent SEMC con- of 2016 had a value of $359,899. The interest revenue ference, I’d like to echo his enthusi- generated by this fund directly benefits our members, asm over SEMC’s accomplishments in the form of scholarships to the annual meeting and Hthis year and his pride overall for SEMC’s role in our the Jekyll Island Museum Management Institute. The professional community. When I hear from peers all growth of the endowment says a lot about the qual- over the country that SEMC is amazingly strong and ity and vision of the leaders who first established the vibrant, it only strengthens my admiration for the fund years ago, and the prospects for our future as an efforts of all those who contribute to what we do. organization and as a profession. In the coming year, I look forward to diving into our new Impact Plan and working on some exciting I was sorry to see my two-year term as SEMC presi- new initiatives, especially those that promote diver- dent come to an end in October but grateful to hand sity and inclusion in our professional community off to Darcie MacMahon. Under her capable leader- and our institutions. It is a true delight to serve with SEMC N A ship, supported by an SEMC Council packed with tal- the dedicated colleagues who volunteer their time as ent and the formidable skills and energy of Executive officers and directors of the SEMC Council, and to Director Susan Perry, Southeastern museum profes- work with such a capable Executive Director as Susan sionals can look forward to a bright future! Perry. SEMC is in good shape! As I humbly step into the Presidency, I thank each and every one of you H I David Butler as members and supporters of what I believe is the Executive Director, Knoxville Museum of Art greatest regional museum network in the country.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the not-to-be- missed 2017 conference in New Orleans, September 163% S 2011 11–13. And stay tuned — more good things ahead!

Darcie MacMahon Director of Exhibits & Public Programs, Florida Museum of Natural History

4 5 of Office and Membership Services had been hired. 2010: SEMC established a partnership with Atlanta Shortly after that, SEMC’s endowment was established History Center where the SEMC office relocated. to promote financial stability. OUR MISSION 2013: SEMC, the five other regional museum associa- The Southeastern Museums Conference is a networking organization that serves to foster professionalism, mutual 1996: the JumpStart Program began. This program tions, and the American Alliance of Museums com- support, and communication. A non-profit membership association, SEMC strives to increase educational and pro- flourished during the first decade of the 21st century pleted the first National Museum Salary Survey, the fessional development opportunities and improve the interchange of ideas, information, and cooperation. and is now known as the Jekyll Island Management only comprehensive study of its kind for our diverse Institute (JIMI), offering an eight-day intensive field. museum training to museum professionals with two years’ experience or more. Today, SEMC continues to create programs like JIMI and the National Museum Salary Survey to support its 2003: Moved the central offices of SEMC to Atlanta. ongoing mission to foster professionalism and sup- OUR HISTORY port for museum professionals. 1951: SEMC was established at a meeting in Norfolk. 1960s: Hired first SEMC staff with $25,000 foun- 2005: SEMC established a Hurricane Katrina grant It was agreed that the organization should include dation grant to carry out further training work- fund and awarded over $500,000 to museums the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, shops; SEMC urged the American Alliance (formerly and museum employees affected by the storm in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Association) of Museums to formulate a museum Mississippi and Louisiana. Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. accreditation program. SEMC’s first task was to appoint a committee to get the Southeast included in a Congressional bill to 1969: SEMC established a three-day annual meeting. appropriate money to provide places of safe-keeping for museum objects in case of war. 1970s: Local arrangements and program committees were established for the annual meeting; SEMC pub- 1956: Maryland, Delaware, and the District of lished a directory of educational resources. Columbia petitioned to join SEMC. The Council sug- gested they form their own organization, today 1977: SEMC was officially incorporated; and exhibitors known as the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. were added to the annual meeting.

1959: First five-year plan. Added Arkansas to SEMC. 1982: Moved the central offices of SEMC to Memphis.

1960: Hosted two professional development work- 1986: Moved SEMC offices to Baton Rouge. shops in North Carolina on museum training and historic house restoration. 1992: a full-time Executive Director and a Director

6 SEMC Council’s Legacy Reception at NASCAR Hall of Fame. 7 IMPACT PLAN In 2016, SEMC Council collaborated with Randi Organizational Focus: Advance racial/ethnic Korn Associates to develop our first Impact Plan, diversity of its membership, including individuals, for 2017–2019. museums, and the council.

Impact: SEMC members, at all stages of their career, Action Plan Focus: find professional support and camaraderie from the • Technology SEMC leadership and members as they deepen their • Annual Gatherings knowledge of museums, strengthen their practice • Honing Our Craft and skills, promote diversity, and serve SEMC fellow • Marketing/Communication A M members in need. • Inclusion A H OUR PAST YEAR D S 2011 HIGHLIGHTS The year 2016 has been exciting for SEMC. This fall SEMC had a successful annual conference in SEMC launched our Endowment Gift Campaign with Charlotte with a recent record of 604 attendees. In initial contributions of $2,790. SEMC continued its 2016 the SEMC Technology Competition, in its sec- goal of financial stability and sustainability in fis- ond year, had 27 entries representing 15 museums and cal year 2016 with a net of $48,599, and added $32,674 16 award winners. The SEMC Scholarship program to the SEMC Reserve Fund and $15,925 to the SEMC offered 12 travel awards scholarships, 4 more than Endowment. Thank you to those who contributed in the previous year, including the Presidential scholar- the past year; the SEMC endowment now stands at ship, sponsored by David Butler, the African American $359,899. Museum Professional scholarship, and a scholarship,

8 9 sponsored by John A. Woods Appraisers for a his- museum professionals. SEMC realizes the potential toric house museum professional. Sixty program ses- to grow our membership, and wants to provide more sions, thirteen off-site tours/workshops, and seventy membership benefits and resources. Resource Expo exhibitors provided new ideas, professional expertise and best practices. Two exciting ses- The Jekyll Island Management Institute 2016 (JIMI) sions, “Ignite SEMC: Thoughts to Spark Your Passion was a milestone in that we had our first participant for Museums” and “Museums Stand Up,” inspired from West Virginia (Danielle M. Petrak, The Royce J. change for SEMC members. In the keynote address & Caroline B. Watts Museum, Morganton). For the “A Glimpse of the Future,” Elizabeth Merritt, director first time ever, we had a representative from all of of the American Alliance of Museums’ Center for the the 12 SEMC states! Thanks to the generosity of the Future of Museums, explored the social, technologi- Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American cal, and economic forces shaping labor, virtual and History and Culture (NMAAHC), SEMC was pleased augmented reality, happiness as a measure of success, to offer for theJohn Kinard Scholarship for two SEMC R $44,501 and the struggle over identity and representation. staff members of Association of African American The Council discussed our impact and joint vision for Museums (AAAM) institutional or individual members SEMC’s future. to attend SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI). JIMI 2016 provided leadership training for the C SEMC wants to serve members’ diverse needs and most diverse class in the past sixteen years. improve communications. SEMC has expanded social media coverage and digital communications. During In 2016 SEMC leadership focused on the organiza- ( ) the month of March, we offered 10% off all new tion’s impact on museum professionals. We are pas- memberships to drive membership and start pro- sionate about the professional support, camaraderie, moting SEMC2016 in Charlotte. We restructured the and network of SEMC, and in the past year provided Corporate Membership program so that Corporate more opportunities for professional learning for F Y 2016 Memberships renewed by June 30, 2016. We had 181 Southeast museum professionals. new members in FY 2016, for a total membership of 1053. SEMC surveyed our members and focused on Susan Perry programs that serve the diverse needs of Southeast Executive Director, SEMC

10 11 Riggs Ward Design (Grand Opening Reception) Platinum Sponsor/Evening Event Sponsor Native Ground Books & Music Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg (Grand Opening Reception) A SPECIAL Host Museums Lanyard Sponsor Bechtler Museum of Modern Art HealyKohler Design Charlotte Museum of History Discovery Place THANKS Hospitality Suite Sponsor Harvey B. Gantt Center Cinebar Productions, Inc. for African-American Arts + Culture Levine Museum of the New South Mobile Guide Sponsor McColl Center for Art + Innovation TO OUR CultureConnect (Charlotte) The Mint Museum OnCell–TourSphere (Conference Guide) NASCAR Hall of Fame

Transportation Sponsor Off-Site Tour/Program/Workshop Sponsors CONFERENCE Visit Charlotte Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bechtler Museum of Modern Art SEMC Scholarship Sponsors Bank of America SEMC 2015 Silent Auction Carolina Raptor Center SPONSORS (SEMC Traveling Scholarships) Discovery Place David Butler (President’s Scholarship) Historic Rosedale John A. Woods Appraisers (Historic House Latta Plantation Gold Sponsor Smart Solutions, as division of Bruce Gendelman Museum Professional Scholarship) Levine Museum of the New South Travelers (Director/Trustee Reception) Insurance Services (Director/Trustee Luncheon) The Mint Museum L. Carole Wharton, LLC SERA Sponsors NASCAR Hall of Fame Silver Sponsors (SEMC Council’s Legacy Reception) Transportation Consultants International (Registrars President James K. Polk State Historic Site Perkins + Will (Annual Awards Luncheon) Respite co-sponsor) Solid Light, Inc. (General Session/Keynote Speaker) Dietl International Services (Morning Break) Willis Towers Watson (Registrars Respite co-sponsor) JIMI 2016 Sponsors Studio Displays, Inc. (Evening Event) SunTrust (Registration Table) Past Perfect (Dan Silosky Award for Excellence in Cynthia and John Lancaster, JIMI 2016 scholarship Collections Management and Registration) Gaylord Brothers, Inc., JIMI 2016 scholarship Bronze Conference Sponsors Resource Expo Sponsors Dietl International (two SERA travel scholarships) John Kinard Scholarship Fund, in collaboration with Alexander Haas (Director/Trustee Luncheon) Malone Design/Fabrication (Grand Opening Reception) Gaylord Brothers, Inc. (SERA member discount) the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African

12 13 American History and Culture (NMAAHC). North Carolina Museums Council (NCMC), Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals K Design Signs & Exhibits Two JIMI 2016 scholarships JIMI 2016 scholarship Caswell Partners Leland Little Auctions Goosepen Studio & Press South Carolina Federation of Museums (SCFM), Charlotte Van and Storage Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture Keith Post, Satilla Computer Solutions, JIMI 2016 scholarship for tuition/travel Charlton Hall Auctions Mallory Alexander International Logistics JIMI 2016 breakfast sponsor South Carolina Military Museum 2016 scholarship Chicago Scenic Studios, Inc. Malone Design/ Fabrication Arkansas Museum Association (AMA), Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship, JIMI 2016 Cinebar Productions, Inc. Manask & Associates JIMI 2016 scholarship for tuition Cuberis MasterPak Mississippi Museums Association (MMA), CultureConnect Mathes Brierre Architects JIMI 2016 scholarship for travel Delta Designs Ltd. MBA Design & Display Products Corporation Design & Production Inc. Middle Tennessee State University Dietl International MSTSD, Inc. dmdg2 MuseumRails Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. MuseumTrek by TrekSolver, Inc. ECS Conservation/HF Group Music Maker Relief Foundation Fabrication Specialists, Inc. Native Ground Books & Music THANK YOU Fessel International Olympus Group Foos for Thought OnCell Frina Design OU College of Liberal Studies Gallagher & Associates Our Fundraising Search SEMC MEMBERS Gaylord Brothers, Inc. Patron Technology We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our member museums, corporations, and benefactors during 2016. Glavé and Holmes Architecture Patterson Pope Goosepen Studio & Press Print File, Inc Gretel Printology Signs & Graphics CORPORATE MEMBERS Artemis Fine Art Services Haizlip Studio Prism Technologies, Inc. 10-31 Inc. Aurora Storage Products, Inc. Hasselblad Bron, Inc. Q Media Productions, Inc. 1220 Exhibits, Inc. Available Light HealyKohler Design Quatrefoil Associates 3DPtree Blackbaud Hecht Burdeshaw Architects, Inc. R&L Consulting, LLC ADM2 Exhibits & Displays, Inc Blair, Inc Hillmann & Carr Inc. Randi Korn & Associates Alexander Haas Bonsai Fine Arts Inc Hollinger Metal Edge Riggs Ward Design ANR Transport LLC Brad Larson Media Impact Communications Shibui Design, LLC Aon/Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency Bruce Gendelman Insurance Services Interactive Knowledge Skinner, Inc. Arcadia Publishing Capital Development Services Intermark Group SmithGroup JJR Art Conservation Capitol Exhibit Services, Inc. J.M. Kelley Ltd. Solid Light, Inc

14 15 Studio Displays, Inc. Apopka Historical Society, Inc StudioAmmons Inc. Appleton Museum of Art The Charleston Mint Archaeology Museum, University of South Alabama The Crowley Company Arkansas National Guard Museum The Design Minds, Inc Art Center Sarasota The History Workshop Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) The Nassal Company Asheville Art Museum Thrive Payments Atlanta History Center Travelers Insurance Augusta Museum of History Universal Fiber Optic Lighting LLC. B.B. King Museum USArt Company, Inc. Bailey-Matthews Shell Foundation Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery/AAMG Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia William Hinman Consulting Barrington Hall/City of Roswell Georgia M H Wingin’ It Works Bartow History Museum WOLF Consulting Bass Museum of Art Beaches Museum & History Park Beaufort History Museum INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Bechtler Museum of Modern Art I 151% Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum Beck Cultural Exchange Center African American Military History Museum Belle Meade Plantation Aiken County Historical Museum Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum Alabama Department of Archives and History Birmingham Civil Rights Institute S 2011 Albany Museum of Art Birmingham Museum of Art Aldie Mill & Mt. Zion Historic Parks Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Alexandria Museum of Art Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Amelia Island Museum of History Blue Ridge Institute & Museum American Civil War Museum Bob Campbell Geology Museum Amory Regional Museum Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery Anderson County Museum Booth Western Art Museum Andrew Low House Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University Anniston Museum of Natural History Burritt on the Mountain Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory C.H. Nash Museum

16 17 Cameron Art Museum Deerfield Beach Historical Society, Inc. Camp Gordon Johnston Association Delta Cultural Center Camp Van Dorn WWII Museum DeSoto County Museum Cape Fear Museum of History & Science Discovery Park of America, Inc. Carolinas Aviation Museum Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, Catawba Science Center NCDCR Center for Puppetry Arts Downing Museum at Baker Arboretum Charlotte Museum of History Drayton Hall Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Dunedin Fine Art Center Children’s Hands on Museum Earl Scruggs Center Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge East Tennessee Historical Society Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home Edison & Ford Winter Estates City of Miami Black Police Precinct Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University and Courthouse Museum, Inc. Elliott Museum and The House of Refuge Clinton Museum at Gilbert’s Bar Coastal Georgia Historical Society Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum, Coastal Heritage Society Hampden-Sydney College Colburn Earth Science Museum Farragut Folklife Museum Collier County Museums Flagler Museum Columbia Museum of Art Flannery O’Connor-Andalusia Foundation Computer Museum of America Florence County Museum Coral Gables Museum Florida CraftArt Cornell Fine Arts Museum Florida Holocaust Museum Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Florida Museum of Natural History Cross County Museum & Archives Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Fort Lauderdale History Center Culture & Heritage Museums Fort Wayne Museum of Art Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Frist Center for the Visual Arts Customs House Museum & Cultural Center Gadsden Museum of Art Dade Heritage Trust Galleries & Exhibitions/Ringling College Daura Gallery – Lynchburg College of Art and Design David J. Sencer CDC Museum Gaston County Museum of Art & History Davies Manor Association Museum Georgia College & State University

18 Martha Battle Jackson and Kyle Bryner outside Discovery Place. 19 Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia Horry County Museum Georgia’s Old Capital Museum Society, Inc Hunter Museum of American Art Greensboro Historical Museum Huntington Museum of Art Greenville County Museum of Art Huntsville Museum of Art Greenville Museum of Art Institute for Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Greenwood Museum Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami Gregg Museum of Art & Design International Museum of the Horse Guilford College Art Gallery Iredell Museum Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center Iron & Steel Museum of AL Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Jacksonville Fire Museum Hampton Roads Naval Museum James K. Polk Home Hampton University Museum James Monroe Museum Harvey B. Gantt Center Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve SEMC W Henry B. Plant Museum Jekyll Island Museum Heritage Village Joel Lane Museum House Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses John G. Riley Center/Museum Hickory Museum of Art Johns Hopkins University Advanced High Museum of Art Academic Programs 181 N M High Point Museum Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Hills & Dales Estate at Auburn University Historic Arkansas Museum Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Historic Bethania Kennesaw State University – Museums, F Y 2016 Historic Columbia Foundation Archives & Rare Books Historic New Orleans Collection Kentucky Derby Museum Historic Oakland Foundation Kentucky Historical Society Historic Resources and Museum Program, Kings Mountain Historical Museum City of Raleigh Knoxville Museum of Art Historic Westville LaGrange Art Museum History Museum of Mobile Lauren Rogers Museum of Art HistoryMiami Leepa-Rattner Museum Holocaust Memorial Resource Levine Museum of the New South and Education Center of Florida Liberty Hall Historic Site Hopewell Museum Lighthouse Art Center Museum & School of Art

20 21 Lightner Museum Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Louisiana State Museum Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc. Louisiana State University Museum of Art Mississippi Museum of Art Louisiana’s Old State Capitol Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Mobile Museum of Art Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History MOCA Jacksonville Lunney House Museum Modernism Museum Mount Dora Lynchburg Museum System Monroe County Heritage Museums M.W. Warner Transportation Museum Monticello/Thomas Jefferson Foundation Madison Morgan Cultural Center Mooresville Public Library Magnolia Mound Plantation Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Maier Museum of Art Morris Museum of Art Man in the Sea Museum Morse Museum of American Art Mandarin Museum & Historical Society Mosaic Templars Cultural Maria V. Howard Arts Center Mountain Heritage Center Marietta Museum of History Muscarelle Museum of Art Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Museum Center at 5ive Points Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts Museum Division State of Mississippi Masur Museum of Art Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University Matheson History Museum Museum of Art DeLand Florida McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture Museum of Arts and Sciences McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina Museum of Design Atlanta Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College Museum of Fine Arts of Louisiana Museum of Florida History Memorial Hall Museum Museum of Science & History Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Museum of the American Printing House Mennello Museum of American Art for the Blind Menokin Foundation Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Middleton Place Foundation Museums of Tusculum Midway Museum, Inc. M.W. Warner Transportation Museum Mint Museum National Civil Rights Museum

22 Heather Guy Nowak, James Quint, Michelle Schulte, and Matthew Davis at SEMC Council’s Legacy Reception. 23 National Museum of the Marine Corps Portsmouth Museums National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force President James K. Polk State Historic Site/ National Sporting Library & Museum NC Dept. of Cultural Resources National World War II Museum Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Newcomb Art Museum Reynolda House Museum of American Art NC Museum of History Library Ringling College of Art and Design North Carolina National Guard River Discovery Center North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking Northeast Georgia History Center Rocky Mount Museum Oak Alley Foundation Rowan Museum, Inc. Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum Sautee Nacoochee Community Association Oberg Research, Inc. SC Confederate Relic Room & Museum Office of Historic Alexandria SCAD Museum of Art Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) Schiele Museum Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Old State House Museum Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center South Carolina Military Museum Orange County Regional History Center South Carolina State Museum Orlando Museum of Art St. Mary’s Submarine Museum Osceola County Historical Society Steeplechase Museum Page-Walker Arts & History Center Sumter County Museum Patricia & Philip Frost Museum Swope Art Museum Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Tampa Bay History Center Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Tampa Museum of Art Inc. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Taubman Museum of Art Paul W. Bryant Museum Telfair Museums Pendleton District Commission Tellus Science Museum Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum Tennessee State Museum Pickens County Museum of Art & History Tennessee Valley Museum of Art Pigs-In-Flight The Arkansas Arts Center Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky Pioneer Museum of Alabama The Bascom Polk Museum of Art The Charleston Museum

24 Zena Howard with Perkins + Will and Christine Miller Betts at SEMC Annual Awards Luncheon. 25 The Children’s Museum of The Upstate University of Alabama Museums The Chrysler Museum of Art University of Louisville The Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum UNC Charlotte, Department of History The Columbus Museum (Public History Program) The Crossroads Museum University of Mississippi Museum The Dixon Gallery & Gardens & Historic Houses The Fralin Museum of Art UNO Arts Administration Program at the University of Virginia University of Richmond Museums The Guntersville Museum University of West Alabama The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Upcountry History Museum – Furman University The Mitchell Young Anderson Museum US Army Women’s Museum The Museum at Mountain Home UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia UWF Historic Trust The Natchez Institute – Historic Natchez Foundation Vero Beach Museum of Art The Oaks House Museum Virginia Beach History Museums The Old Governor’s Mansion/Georgia College Virginia Historical Society The Ralph Foster Museum Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Royce J. & Caroline B. Watts Museum, Washington and Lee University West Virginia University Walter Anderson Museum of Art The Speed Art Museum Waterworks Visual Arts Center The Wolfsonian – FIU Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. Thomas County Historical Society WCU Fine Art Museum Thronateeska Heritage Center Weatherspoon Art Museum Tryon Palace West Baton Rouge Museum Tubman Museum West Virginia Division of Culture and History Tuscaloosa Museum of Art: Wetzel County Museum Home of the Westervelt Collection Whalehead in Historic Corolla Tuskegee University William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum U.S. Marshals Museum, Inc. Winter Garden Heritage Foundation U.S. Army Chaplain Corps Museum Wiregrass Museum of Art Union County Heritage Museum Wofford College University Museum & Historic Houses Yeiser Art Center

26 Priscilla Cooper with keynote speaker Elizabeth Merritt at SEMC Annual Awards Luncheon. 27 The Past Presidents Circle Platinum Alderson Fellows Elise LeCompte (minimum $5,000) Members of the Past Presidents Allyn Lord Circle have contributed $150 Sylvia F. Alderson Michael Anne Lynn THANK YOU annually for at least two years Bob Rathburn R. Andrew Maass to the endowment fund. Graig D. Shaak Darcie MacMahon Nancy & Robert Sullivan Robin Seage Person George Bassi Steve Rucker TO OUR 2016 Sharon Bennett Kristin Miller Zohn Medallion Alderson Fellows David Butler (minimum $2,500) Tom Butler The Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Tamra Sindler Carboni George Bassi Scholarship Fund ENDOWMENT Micheal A. Hudson Sharon Bennett Douglas Noble David Butler Established in 2009 to honor Robert Rathburn Tamra Sindler Carboni Pete LaPaglia’s dedication to Graig D. Shaak Martha Battle Jackson the museum field and recog- CONTRIBUTORS Robert Sullivan Pamela Meister nize his inspirational leader- Many thanks to our endowment contributors in 2016 for investing in the future of SEMC! The growth of SEMC’s Kristin Miller Zohn Richard Waterhouse ship of SEMC’s Jekyll Island endowment is essential to ensure that our organization will be able to provide opportunities for learning and Management Institute, this fund networking for museum professionals in the Southeast. helps endow an annual JIMI The William T. and Sylvia F. Current Alderson Fellow scholarship. 2016 marked JIMI’s Alderson Endowment Fellows (minimum $1,000) 16th anniversary, and the fund George Bassi Mary D. LaGue Keith F. Post Thirty members of SEMC have T. Patrick Brennan has reached over $22,409. Linda Bitley Jennifer Lamb Robin Reed made commitments of distinction as Michael Brothers David Butler Elise V. LeCompte Graig D. Shaak Alderson Fellows. Their investment W. James Burns Laura Anderson Priscilla Hancock Cooper Dana-Marie Lemmer James G. Shepp of at least $1,000 each is a signifi- William U. Eiland Brenda Baratto Jamie Credle R. Andrew Maass Robert Sullivan cant leadership gift, reflective of a Horace Harmon Brian Hicks Matthew S. Davis Deborah Lynn Mack Deitrah Taylor personal commitment to the profes- Brian Hicks Kathleen F. G. Hutton Dawn Deano Hammatt Darcie MacMahon Michael Scott Warren sional association that has meant Pamela Hisey Martha Battle Jackson Julie Harris Nathan Moehlmann Heather Marie Wells so much to each of them. Micheal Hudson Elise LeCompte Brian Hicks Heather Nowak Zinnia Willits Rick Jackson Catherine Pears Micheal Hudson Catherine McCrory Pears Andrew Ladis Kathleen F.G. Hutton Robin Seage Person

28 29 Other SEMC Contributions Emily Epley (JIMI) National Museum of African These funds contributed to the Will Guzman (JIMI) American History annual meeting, JIMI, membership, Dawn Deano Hammatt and Culture (JIMI) or general operating funds for Martha Battle Jackson (JIMI) North Carolina Museums Council SEMC. Steven Jeffcoat (JIMI) (JIMI) Julie Kowalski (JIMI) Laura Orr (JIMI) Brenda Baratto (JIMI) John S. Lancaster (JIMI) Catherine McCrory Pears (JIMI) Sharon Bennett (JIMI) Elise LeCompte (JIMI) Keith Post (JIMI) Aaron Berger (JIMI) Deborah Lynn Mack Ellen Strojan (JIMI) Thrive Payments/Odyssey Danyelle McNeill (JIMI) Julie Thomas (JIMI) Merchant Services Carol Messer (JIMI) Michael Scott Warren (JIMI) (AAM/SEMC sponsor) Pam Meister (Annual Meeting) Renee Walker-Tuttle (JIMI) Mary Durusau (JIMI) Anne Elizabeth Miller (JIMI) Josh White (JIMI) SEMC L Christian Edwards(JIMI) Nathan Moehlmann (JIMI) Cathy Wright (JIMI) T-Y E THANK YOU G C VOLUNTEERS $2,790 SEMC wants to express our deepest gratitude to our volunteers who contributed countless hours in 2016. A special thanks goes to SEMC leadership – Officers, Council Directors, and committees. Annual conference, JIMI, and other SEMC programming would not be possible without your help. Thanks to all for your time!

30 31 Treasurer Deborah Mack Robin Reed Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American A SNAPSHOT OF Fort Monroe Casemate, Fort Monroe, VA History and Culture, Washington, D.C. Past President (through October 2016) Elise LeCompte Micheal Hudson Florida Museum of Natural History, Museum of the American Printing Gainesville, FL SEMC’S REACH House of the Blind, Louisville, KY Conference 2016 Attendees: 604 Twitter Followers: 1,628 Catherine Pears JIMI 2016 Participants: 20 Linked In Members: 1,220 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA DIRECTORS Southeast Museums Advocacy Day Participants: 55 SEMC Website Page Views: 157,427 Facebook Followers: 1,054 Kyle Bryner (beginning October 2016) Deitrah Taylor Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA The Cultural Center, Milledgeville, GA

Priscilla Cooper Heather Marie Wells Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, STAFF 2016 OFFICERS Birmingham, AL Bentonville, AR Susan S. Perry President (through October 2016) Executive Director David Butler Julie Harris Zinnia Willits Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN River Discovery Center, Paducah, KY Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC Mary Miller Manager of Communications President (beginning October 2016) Brian Hicks and Member Services Darcie MacMahon Desoto County Museum, Hernando, MS Check out the new resources at Florida Museum of Natural History, www.SEMCdirect.net. SEMC Gainesville, FL Kathleen Hutton For a complete copy of the P.O. Box 550746 Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Gift Acceptance Policy, see Atlanta, GA 30355-3246 Vice President Winston-Salem, NC SEMC’s website. For more Phone: 404.814.2048 Dawn Hammatt information, please refer to Website: www.SEMCdirect.net New Orleans, LA Jenny Lamb the Legacy Society brochure. Email: [email protected] Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Secretary Murfreesboro, TN Design: Nathan Moehlmann, Robin Seage Person Goosepen Studio & Press Historic Jefferson College, Washington, MS

32 33 SEMC Membership

STATEMENT Institutions Individuals OF FINANCIAL Corporations Students POSITION Benefactors Retired FY2016* FY2015 Assets Academic Members Cash & cash equivalents $225,578 $223,137 Investments $339,390 $273,188 Receivables/Prepaid $9,337 $9,722

Total Assets $574,304 $506,047

Liabilities & Fund Equity Liabilities $66,990 $56,196 Fund Equity $507,315 $449,851

Total Liabilities & Fund Equity $574,304 $506,047 Program How Does SEMC Expenditures Spend Your *Note FY2016 is July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. Management Money? Operational Expenditures

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