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2016 AAAM Conference Bookl Historic Emancipation Park / Houston, TX Celebrating 23 years of designing African American Museum and Cultural Centers OPENED OPENING SOON STUDIES 1993 North Carolina State University 2016 Smithsonian Institution Pope House Museum Foundation Study African American Cultural Center National Museum of African American Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC History and Culture* *The Freelon Group remains the Architect of Record The Cultural Heritage Museum Study 2001 Hayti Heritage Center Historic Kinston, NC 2016 St. Joseph’s Performance Hall Historic Emancipation Park Houston, TX The African American Museum in Philadelphia Durham, NC Feasibility Study 2004 UNC Chapel Hill Sonja Haynes Stone 2017 Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Philadelphia, PA Center for Black Culture & History Jackson, MS African American Cultural Complex Study Chapel Hill, NC 2018 Freedom Park Raleigh, NC 2005 Raleigh, NC Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American Cultural Consortium African American History and Culture 2018 Motown Museum Program Analysis and Feasibility Study Baltimore, MD Detroit, MI Raleigh, NC 2005 Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco, CA Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Augusta, GA 2009 Harvey B. Gantt Center for National Center for Rhythm and Blues African-American Arts + Culture Charlotte, NC Philadelphia, PA 2010 International Civil Rights Center and Museum Greensboro, NC 2014 National Center for Civil and Human Rights Atlanta, GA TABLE OF CONTENTS Board of Directors ..............................................4 Historical Overview .............................................5 President’s Welcome Letter .................................. 7 Conference Host Welcome Letter ...........................8 Conference Host Committee ..................................9 Welcome Letters ................................................11 Evening Receptions ........................................... 19 Directors Trustees Luncheon Speaker ................... 21 Keynote Speaker ...............................................22 Awards Luncheon Speaker ..................................23 Award Recipients ..............................................25 Conference-At-A-Glance ..................................... 26 Conference Sessions ......................................... 28 Post Conference Tours .......................................38 Presenters .......................................................40 Supporters & Exhibitors .....................................42 Conference Planning & Program Committee .......... 43 Hotel and Parking Information ............................44 Maps of Riverside .............................................46 www.blackmuseums.org 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Samuel W. Black, President Myrtis Bedolla Dr. Robert E. Luckett Senator John Heinz History Center Galerie Myrtis Jackson State University, 1212 Smallman Street 2224 North Charles Street Margaret Walker Center Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Baltimore, MD 21218 P.O. Box 17008 412 454 6391 410 235 3711 Jackson, MS 39217 [email protected] [email protected] 601 979 3935 [email protected] Auntaneshia Staveloz, Dion Brown Vice President National Blues Museum Mark E. McCormick National Museum of African American 615 Washington Ave. The Kansas African American Museum History & Culture St. Louis, MO 63101 601 N. Water St. 600 Maryland Ave. SW, Suite 550E 662 887 9539 Wichita, KS 67203 Washington, DC 20024 [email protected] 316 262 7651 202 633 1134 [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Rico D. Chapman Jackson State University, Marion McGee Tsitsi (Tee) Jones, Treasurer Department of History and Philosophy National Museum of African American National Civil Rights Museum 338 Dollye M.E. Robinson Building History & Culture 450 Mulberry Street Jackson, MS 39217 600 Maryland Ave. SW, Suite 550E Memphis, TN 38103 601 979 2490 Washington, DC 20024 901 521 9699 [email protected] 202 633 4497 [email protected] [email protected] Brian J. Carter Dina Bailey, Secretary 4Culture Dr. Kheli Willetts 265 Ponce De Leon Avenue NE Heritage Lead Community Folk Art Center, Atlanta, GA 30308 101 Prefontaine Pl. S Syracuse University 513 926 7627 Seattle, WA 98104 215 Sims Hall [email protected] 206 263 1586 Syracuse, NY 13244 [email protected] 315 443 9352 Kathe Hambrick, Immediate Past [email protected] President Dr. Redell Hearn River Road African American Museum 3128 Fortin Street P.O. Box 266 New Orleans, LA 70119-2808 Donaldsonville, LA 70346 504 343 8650 225 474 5553 [email protected] [email protected] 4 AAAM Annual Conference, Riverside 2016 AAAM HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Established as the voice of the African American Museums Movement, the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to serving the interests and needs of Black museums and cultural institutions nationwide. Membership is comprised of museums, museum professionals, institutions, and individuals that share an interest in African American art, culture, and history. Through training opportunities and member services, AAAM supports the goals of African American museums and museum professionals. Our Roots Run Deep The African American Museum Movement emerged during the 1950s and 1960s to preserve the heritage of the Black experience and to ensure its proper interpretation in American history. Black museums instilled a sense of achievement within Black communities, while encouraging collaborations between Black communities and the broader public. Most importantly, the African American Museums Movement inspired new contributions to society and advanced cultural awareness. Laying the Foundation In the late 1960s, Dr. Margaret Burroughs, founder of the DuSable Museum in Chicago, and Dr. Charles H. Wright, founder of the Museum of African American History in Detroit, initiated a series of conferences for Black museums. The National Association of Museums and Cultural Organizations and the Black Museums Conference, the first informal Black museum association, evolved from these conferences. In 1978, a consortium of six Black museums, with funding from the National Museum Act (administered by the Smithsonian Institution), presented a series of conferences at participating institutions. These conferences provided the opportunity for an ad hoc committee to lay the groundwork for yet another organization. Under the chairmanship of E. Barry Gaither, the committee prepared by-laws, which were ratified in Detroit in February of 1978. The new organization adopted the name “African American Museums Association” (AAMA), and elected its first governing council. AAMA’s first office was at the Museum of the National Center for Afro- American Artists in Boston, Massachusetts. During the General Session of the 1997 AAMA Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, the members present voted to legally change the name to “Association of African American Museums,” dissolving the former name of AAMA. A committee was elected to initiate and complete the name change procedures. Members of the committee included: Dr. John Fleming, Committee Chair; Waverly Glover, CPA; William Billingsley, Acting Operations Officer – New Organization, AAAM; and Robert E. Harley, Attorney at Law/Taxation, Ohio. The organization became official in 1998 and Rita Organ was elected president of the Association of African American Museums at the 1998 AAAM Annual Conference in Birmingham, Alabama. www.blackmuseums.org 5 Congratulations To Riverside African American Historical Society for Hosting the 2016 Association of African American Museums Annual Conference August 3 through 6, 2016 ALLEN CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH CELEBRATING 140 YEARS OF SERVICE 4009 Locust Street ʹ Riverside, CA 92501 Office (951) 686-9406 ͲŵĂŝů͗ĂůůĞŶͺĐŚĂƉĞůΛĂƚƚ͘ŶĞƚ = The Rev. Noella Austin Buchanan, Senior Pastor Rev. Charles Langston, (Ret Itinerate Elder) Associate Minister Rev. Monrow A. Mabon, Esq., Christian Education Ministry 0UV/HDWWD)DVVHWW6WHZDUG%RDUG 0U:LOOLH:LOVRQ7UXVWHH%RDUG 6 AAAM Annual Conference, Riverside 2016 Greetings, On behalf of the board of directors, members and our host institution, The Board of Directors, 2015-16 Dora Nelson Museum of African American History, I extend a warm welcome SAMUEL W. BLACK th President to Riverside, California for the 38 annual meeting of the Association of Pennsylvania African American Museums. To our friends around the country and the AUNTANESHIA STAVELOZ world we look forward to an enriching conference experience as we Vice President Washington, DC reestablish old friendships and create new ones that will further our work in museums. TSITSI JONES Treasurer Tennessee The theme for this year’s conference “Looking West: New Audiences and DINA BAILEY New Practices” will focus a great deal on the museum and cultural work of Secretary Washington, DC our friends in the western part of the country. From Hawaii and the Pacific Coast east to the Mississippi River, African American museums have been MYRTIS BEDOLLA Maryland telling stories, celebrating the arts, promoting Black culture, and educating the populace about their region and distinct culture. This occasion presents DION BROWN Missouri the opportunity for African American museums and museum professionals BRIAN CARTER to come together and look at our work in new ways. As we experience Washington Riverside, and the Inland Empire, its museums, and culture, we are th DR. RICO CHAPMAN reminded that the 38 annual
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