INSIDE SEMC Spring 2015 |

The Newsletter of the Southeastern Museums Conference INSIDE SEMC spring 2015 | www.semcdirect.net

The 2015 Class of SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S NOTES Susan Perry 4 SEMC EVENING EVENT AT AAM 2015 ATLANTA 5 JOIN US IN JACKSONVILLE FOR SEMC 2015 6 INTRODUCING THE JIMI CLASS OF 2015 12 JIMI LAPAGLIA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT RoAnn M. Bishop 15 JOHN KINARD JIMI SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT 17 DIRECTOR’S DEVELOPMENTS Making History Personal Cherel Henderson 18 SEMC PARTNERS WITH AASLH FOR “REINVENTING THE HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM” WORKSHOP 21 THE CHALLENGE IS ON Endowment Matching Gift Challenge 23 SEMC 2015 OFFICERS AND COUNCIL 24 2015 MUSEUMS ADVOCACY DAY 27

semc Inside SEMC is published four times a year Robin Reed Treasurer Alabama North Carolina by SEMC. Annual subscription is included 757.690.8962 | [email protected] Arkansas South Carolina in membership dues. Casemate Museum, Fort Monroe, VA Florida Tennessee Georgia Virginia Design: Nathan W. Moehlmann, Mike Hudson Past President Kentucky West Virginia Goosepen Studio & Press 502.899.2356 | [email protected] Louisiana U.S. Virgin Islands Museum of the American Printing Mississippi Puerto Rico officers House of the Blind, Louisville, KY David Butler President staff 865.524.1260 | [email protected] directors Susan S. Perry Executive Director Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN Priscilla Cooper 205.328.9696 | [email protected] contact semc Darcie MacMahon Vice President Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, SEMC | P.O. Box 550746 352.273.2053 | [email protected] Birmingham, AL Atlanta, GA 30355-3246 Florida Museum of Natural History, T: 404.814.2048 or 404.814.2047 Gainesville, FL Julie Harris F: 404.814.2031 270.575.9958 W: www.SEMCdirect.net Robin Seage Person Secretary [email protected] E: [email protected] 601.442.2901 | [email protected] River Discovery Center, Paducah, KY Historic Jefferson College, Washington, MS

– 2 – AAM ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO 28 IMLS DIRECTOR NOMINATED 30 AAM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS 31 A SPECIAL THANKS Endowment and Membership Contributions 33

ACQUISITIONS 40 CONGRATULATIONS 44 CONSTRUCTION 49 EXHIBITIONS 51 INNOVATIONS 57 PEOPLE AND PLACES 60 WHAT’S HAPPENING 63 IMPORTANT DATES 65 SEMC JOB FORUM 65 SEMC MEMBERSHIP FORM 66

Brian Hicks Elise LeCompte Deitrah J. Taylor 662.429.8852 | [email protected] 352.273.1925 | [email protected] 478.320.4010 Desoto County Museum, Hernando, MS Florida Museum of Natural History [email protected] Gainsville, FL 32611 The Cultural Center, Georgia College Kathleen Hutton and State University, Milledgeville, GA 336.758.5394 | [email protected] Catherine Pears Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 318.443.0545 | [email protected] Heather Marie Wells Winston-Salem, NC Alexandria Museum of Art 479.418.5700 Alexandria, LA 71301 [email protected] Mary Lague Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 540.342.5760 Zinnia Willits Bentonville, AR [email protected] 843.722.2706 ext. 32 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA [email protected] The deadline for the Summer 2015 Gibbes Museum of Art newsletter is May 16, 2015. Jenny Lamb Charleston, SC 29401 To submit information for the newsletter, 616.356.0501 please contact the Council Director [email protected] Allison Reid in your state. Belle Meade Plantation, 504.658.4159 | [email protected] Nashville, TN New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

– 3 – California at Riverside, to attend JIMI executive 2015. This opportunity exemplifies the collaboration of three organizations director’s (NMAAHC, AAAM, and SEMC) to encourage diversity in the museum field. notes After fifteen years, 246 JIMI graduates from 28 states plus the District of Susan Perry Columbia are a growing community and network of museum professionals. ow do SEMC museums and cultural institutions In Washington, D.C., I had another collaborate to serve the opportunity to witness the collaboration changing needs of our and united voice of the museum Susan Perry, SEMC Executive Director Hcommunities? The theme for SEMC community in action at the 7th annual 2015 Annual Meeting is Cultural Museums Advocacy Day and the Council Collaboration: Creating a Collective of Regional Associations. In a critical In sunny Jacksonville, Florida, SEMC Vision. In 2015 program proposals, year for federal and state funding, Council and Program Committee I have witnessed the reinvention of the Southeast had fifty-five museum met recently at the Hyatt Regency museums from social media tagging to professionals, including three JIMI Jacksonville Riverfront to make plans for new audience engagement to an open graduates, one museum trustee, and our Annual Conference October 12–14, access movement. How can SEMC seven students, to speak with our elected 2015. SEMC 2015 Annual Conference is create a collective vision as museum officials about the economic impact and an opportunity to ignite your passion for professionals to serve the needs of our educational value of museums in our museums, engage leadership, transform rapid changing world? local communities, states and the nation. community in selfie culture,create a collective vision, leverage community The 15th Annual Jekyll Island The American Alliance of Museums collaboration, and renew relationships Management Institute (JIMI) was (AAM) selected the first two Great within our museum community. We the collective vision of dedicated American Museum Advocates from invite you to experience the Cultural museum professionals. They provided nominations submitted by museums of Collaboration: Creating a Collective subject area expertise and practical all types and sizes, all across the country. Vision in Jacksonville! approaches to administrative challenges The winners were Fernando Valles, an from their own experiences. Thanks Iraq war veteran, nominated by the This year my goal is to “create a to the generosity of the Smithsonian’s Chicago Botanic Garden, and Robert collective vision” by growing a National Museum of African American Gray, a retired fire captain and first diverse SEMC membership, improving History and Culture (NMAAHC), SEMC responder at the Pentagon on 9/11 whose our communication, and providing offered the John Kinard Scholarship fire helmets now reside in the National more educational opportunities as Fund for two AAAM members, Chieko September 11 Memorial and Museum membership benefits. Encourage your T. Phillips, Exhibitions Manager, in New York. Next year experience the institution and colleagues to join SEMC. Northwest African American Museum, power of speaking up as a united voice and Ruth M. Jackson, University of at Museums Advocacy Day! — Susan Perry, SEMC Executive Director

– 4 – Fernbank Museum’s Great Hall by Drew Newman

SEMC Evening Event at AAM 2015 Annual Meeting

Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 – 10:00 pm

SEMC would like to thank Solid Light and Malone Design/Fabrication for their sponsorships of the most unique “culture and cocktail” party in Atlanta, at Fernbank Museum of Natural History, during the upcoming American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting. Museum friends and SEMC members will view the special exhibition The Power of Poison and indulge in Southern food, specialty “poison,” music, and dancing. Fernbank offers a world of adventure and hip social scene. We’ll dance the night away with SEMC, colleagues, and friends. (The deadline for AAM ticketed events was March 27).

Silver Sponsors: Malone Design/Fabrication and Solid Light, Inc.

– 5 – Cultural Co abation CREATING A COLLECTIVE VISION SEMC • OCTOBER 12-14, 2015 Jacksonville, Florida

Join us in Jacksonville SEMC 2015 ANNUAL MEETING Cultural Co abation CREATING A COLLECTIVE VISION SEMC • OCTOBER 12-14, 2015 Jacksonville, Florida

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– 7 – Cultural Collaboration CREATING A COLLECTIVE VISION

SEMC 2015 ANNUAL MEETING REGISTER NOW! OCTOBER 12–14, 2015 | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

Escape to sunny Jacksonville, one of the top “Hottest Cities” for cultural experience! Experience “hot happenings” at JAX beach, edgy art museums, a wild animal zoo, and trendy historic neighborhoods and restaurants. Cool off on the banks of the St. Johns River and stroll under the canopy of majestic Cummer oaks and through the larger-than-life mouth at MOSH. Discover Northeast Florida’s cultural and ecological history at the SEMC 2015 Annual Meeting!

Begin to explore Florida’s abundant waterways and cultural collaborations in Jacksonville. SEMC evening events will highlight Jacksonville museums: Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Museum of Science & History (MOSH), Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (MOCA), The Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum, and Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens.

– 8 – The theme of this year’s annual meeting is “Cultural Collaboration: Creating a Collective Vision.” Create cultural collaborations in Jacksonville and renew your vision for the future of museums. Discover new horizons in museum leadership, innovative technologies, community engagement, and transformative experiences. Get energized with innovative creativity and connect with our communities. Build new partnerships, integrate STEM/STEAM curriculum, engage new audiences, and transform fundraising into philanthropy. SEMC’s Program Committee invites you to meet us in Jacksonville 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.

We promise you’ll be energized, enlightened, and entertained. Relax in sunny Florida. You’ll never want to leave! Join us to discover Cultural Collaboration: Creating a Collective Vision at SEMC 2015 Annual Meeting October 12–14 in Jacksonville!

– 9 – PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEMC 2015 ANNUAL MEETING WILL EXPERIENCE • Over 65 sessions and workshops on engaging your leaders, leveraging community collaborations, exploring new technology, discovering museum pop-ups, engaging selfie culture, creating a collective vision, expanding social media, improving inbox overload, planning for leadership change, exploring environmental conservation, facilitating cultural exchange, making inventory matter, recruiting volunteers, connecting to collections, overcoming disaster, creating living history, embracing community engagement, marketing your strengths, creating teacher-museum partnerships, fundraising strategies, growing African-American museums, emerging museum professionals, and surviving a mid-career crisis; • Space for over 64 exhibitors in the Resource Expo; • Evening events at Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, MOSH, MOCA, The Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum, Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens; • Private walking tours of Jacksonville’s historic districts, architecture, parks, and Art in Public Places; • Keynote speaker Nick Gray, founder of Museum Hack; • A pre-conference trip to historic St. Augustine; • Behind-the-Scenes tours of the Cummer Museum of Art, MOCA, MOSH’s Science Theater and Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, Federal Reserve Bank, Jacksonville’s historic districts, Art in Public Places, and running tour along the St. Johns River; • A Silent Auction to raise funds for scholarships to SEMC’s 2016 Annual Meeting; • Extensive networking with your southeastern museum colleagues.

Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront location: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville-Riverfront is our host hotel, located in the heart of Jacksonville’s vibrant downtown with breathtaking views of the St. Johns River: 225 E. Coastline Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32202 Call toll free 1.888.421.1442 or 1.402.592.6464 for group reservations. Mention the Southeastern Museums Conference for conference rate. room rates: $149/Single & Double Room + 14.13% applicable taxes room block cutoff date: Saturday, September 12, 2015

Early Bird (4/20 – 7/3)...... $250 Regular (7/4 – 9/25)...... $300 Onsite (10/12 – 10/14)...... $375 FAM (4/20 – 9/25) ...... $250 Student (4/20 – 9/25)...... $125; single day $75; onsite $200 Single Day (4/20 – 9/25)...... $150; onsite $200 Trustees Single Day (4/20 – 9/25)...... $150; onsite $200

– 10 – Cultural Co abation CREATING A COLLECTIVE VISION SEMC • OCTOBER 12-14, 2015 Jacksonville, Florida

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– 11 – first row: Carol Messer, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi MS; Schelly Corry, Cook”s Natural History Museum, Decatur, AL; Chieko T. Phillips, Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA; Courtney Taylor, Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR;Laura L. Orr, Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, VA; Kym Maddocks, Old Salem Museums & Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC; Kim Roberts Johnson, The National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, TN; Cathy Wright, The American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA; Kari Barley, Pioneer Museum of Alabama, Troy, AL; Anne E. Miller, City of Virginia Beach, Department of Museums, Virginia Beach, VA. second row: Emily Epley, Earl Scruggs Center, Shelby, NC; Ruth M. Jackson, University of California, Riverside and Museums Board Member, Riverside, CA; Sean Daily, North Carolina National Guard Museum, Raleigh, NC; RoAnn M. Bishop, Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage, Old Fort, NC; Stacey Thompson, The Museum and Railroad Historical Center, Greenwood, SC; Alexis A. Rager, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA; Terrance Hunter, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL. JIMI 2015 congratulations to the JIMI Class of 2015, consisting of participants from Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (1), Florida (1), Mississippi (1), North Carolina (4), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (1), Virginia (4), and Washington.

This year marks the second of a three-year partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and SEMC to sponsor two scholarships and travel stipends for AAAM members. The

– 12 – two John Kinard scholarship awardees were Ruth M. Jackson, Emeritus University Librarian, University of California, Riverside and Museums Board Member, Riverside, California and Chieko T. Phillips, Exhibitions Manager, Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington.

Scholarships and/or travel stipends were provided by the state associations of Arkansas (Courtney Taylor, Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff), Mississippi (Carol Messer, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Baratto shows Kari Barley chatting with Sean Daily with Chieko Phillips Biloxi), North Carolina (Emily Epley, Earl Scruggs Center, and Terrance Hunter in background; Brenda Baratto (JIMI Class of Shelby), and South Carolina (Stacey Thompson, The 2011) hosted a chili night for the class at her home on St. Simons Island. Museum and Railroad Historical Center, Greenwood). The Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship was awarded to RoAnn M. Bishop, Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage Center, Old Fort, NC.

Gaylord Brothers provided one scholarship which was awarded to Kari Barley, Pioneer Museum of Alabama, Troy, AL. John and Cynthia Lancaster provided a full scholarship to Kim Roberts Johnson, The National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, TN.

Satilla Computer Solutions, St. Marys, GA provided $350 Carol Messer chatting with Jamie Credle while Ruth Jackson (l) and as a breakfast sponsorship. Schelly Corry (r) smile for the camera.

We opened the awards banquet to all JIMI alumni, and four people paid to attend and support the new graduates — Keith Post, CEO of Satilla Computer Solutions (JIMI Class of 2013), Ellen Strojan (JIMI Class of 2011), and Leah Walker and Josh White (JIMI Class of 2012). Susan Perry also attended, gave a warm congratulatory speech to the class and told them of SEMC activities, and participated in the awards ceremony.

Afterwards, the newly minted “JIMI-kins” regrouped at the hotel hot tub and enjoyed adult beverages and snacks purchased with funds provided by JIMI alumni. A couple Kym Maddocks asks a question as Terrance Hunter, Alexis Rager, and of brave souls braved the chilly waters of the Atlantic Chieko Phillips look on. Ocean to keep the JIMI Polar Bear Club alive!

– 13 – – 14 – JIMI LaPaglia Scholarship Recipient

RoAnn M. Bishop Appreicates Her JIMI Experience

ver feel the world spins a little too fast (small though it might be), but a staff and buildings (plu- sometimes? Well, my world seemed to enter ral!) and an artifact collection, and a budget … and sud- warp drive last October when I became director denly I felt like I was aboard the Starship Enterprise! ¶ of the Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage That’s when I remembered a friend having told me about Center in Old Fort, NC. ¶ Born and raised in the Southeastern Museums Conference’s Jekyll Island Ewestern North Carolina, there’s no place on earth I’d Management Institute. He had attended “JIMI” the year rather be. But before arriving in Old Fort (a tiny town before and couldn’t stop talking about what a wonder- nestled at the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains), I ful experience he’d had and how much he had learned. had worked as a curator at the North Carolina Museum of Well, I figured I needed all the help I could get and then History in Raleigh for 14 years. I had largely adjusted to life some, so I applied for JIMI. Then, reality set in. How was in the big city and more or less learned what was expected I ever going to pay for this immersive, eight-day museum of me. Now, here I was, not only in charge of a museum management training program? There are scholarships

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– 15 – available, my wise friend said. So I applied for the Peter S. right? So bring it on! ¶ And they did! The JIMI faculty LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship. Named for a man who had en- concisely and delightfully presented more information joyed 35 years in museums and the public history field, the about how to market your museum, recruit volunteers, scholarship would entirely cover my tuition. And miracle manage staff, handle boards, be a leader, raise money, get of miracles, I not only got accepted into the JIMI program. accredited, plan exhibits, interpret history, care for col- But I received the scholarship! ¶ I arrived on Jekyll Island lections, and prepare for disasters, (among myriad other on January 19, having driven non-stop for nearly 6½ hours, topics), than I could ever have imagined. And it was all paid a $6 entrance toll fee, and managed to maneuver useful, practical information, stuff you could immediately through the marshlands before dark and without hitting put into practice back home — and all based on years of one of the island’s prolific deer. Once I had stretched my personal knowledge and experiences. Until the end of my legs and found a bathroom, things began to look rosier. museum career, my three-inch JIMI notebook will be my The cottage, which I would be sharing with three other professional bible. ¶ As for the 17 museum professionals “JIMI-kins,” was right off the beach! ¶ However, there from across the nation who shared my 2015 JIMI experi- would be little free time over the next eight days to enjoy ence, they will forever be “family,” people on whom I not sunsets over the ocean, go shelling or admire the drift- only can call for museum assistance but also for moral wood forest along Jekyll Island’s shore. No sir! There were support. Thanks to them, the JIMI faculty, SEMC, and sessions! Every day, even Saturday and Sunday, usually the LaPaglia Companies, my work at Mountain Gateway from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and with receptions, “participant Museum now seems much less daunting and much more sessions,” and group dinners afterward almost nightly. But doable. My warp-speed world has at last wound down, and that’s what I was here for: knowledge and networking, life is back on Blue Ridge Mountains time, as it should be.

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– 16 – John Kinard Scholarship Recipients

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Sponsors Two Scholarships to the Jekyll Island Management Institute

Carol Messer, Schelly Corry, Chieko Phillips, Kim Roberts Johnson, and Cathy Wright working on a group project at JIMI 2015.

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) John Kinard Scholarship Fund for two staff members of proudly announces the John Kinard Scholarship recipients AAAM institutional museums or individual AAAM mem- for the 15th annual Jekyll Island Management Institute bers to attend SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI 2015). Chieko T. Phillips, Exhibitions Manager, (JIMI). The John Kinard Scholarship Fund is established Northwest African American Museum, and Ruth M. in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum Jackson, University of California at Riverside, have been of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). selected as recipients for the John Kinard Scholarship Created by an Act of Congress in 2003, the Museum is Fund for JIMI 2015. ¶ Thanks to the generosity of the scheduled to open on the National Mall in Washington, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American D.C. in 2015. For information on the Museum’s current History and Culture (NMAAHC), the Southeastern programs and exhibitions visit www.nmaahc.si.edu or call Museums Conference (SEMC) is pleased to offer the 202.633.4751.

– 17 – I am fortunate to have been drawn into two very large director’s research projects during my time at the East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS). The first was as founding di- developments rector of the First Families of Tennessee (FFT), an ETHS bicentennial heritage project. For membership, applicants must prove descent from a person living in Tennessee by Making History Personal 1796 statehood. The project’s objectives are to recognize the state’s early settlers, create an interest in history and Cherel Henderson, Executive Director, genealogy, build connections across generations, create East Tennessee Historical Society, Knoxville state pride, and establish a legacy for future generations. Directorship of FFT was an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I came to “know” five, six, seven generations of ike most in the museum field, I am drawn by thousands of families. What most researchers see from curiosity, a love of research, and a passion for pre- the scholar’s level, I glimpsed in everyday lives. I watched senting stories and information in ways to connect Tennesseans over time as they confronted war, depres- with the public. Those of us in administrative roles, sion, changing societal mores, slavery, the Cherokee re- however, more often have to turn our backs on moval, the loss of lands to federal projects, the shift from Lour first love and concentrate, instead, on budgets, staff- farms to factories. I came to liken genealogy research to ing, fundraising, and meetings. Yet, the love of research time travel, freeing us from the bonds of earth to move lies just below the surface, tempting us to occasional fluidly across eras and centuries, oceans, continents, and indulgence. human experiences.

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– 18 – FFT is now the largest research collection of material on and silver ring worn by Cherokee Beloved Woman Nancy the state’s early settlers, with 15,500 members represent- Ward, a Virginia road wagon, an original string of Cherokee ing every state and several foreign countries. Applications beads, a blood-stained shirt with bullet holes worn by a and required proofs are housed in the Calvin M. McClung man killed while evading both Union and Confederate Historical Collection located in the East Tennessee His- conscription. tory Center. Interesting, you might say, but what does a genealogy project have to do with a museum? FFT has Experience gained through FFT helped shape the new yielded many unexpected benefits. Energy generated by Museum of East Tennessee History, opened in 2008. Our the project propelled an expansion of the East Tennessee goal from the beginning was a first class signature ex- History Center into a new, first-class museum, library, and hibition, Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee, archival facility. to showcase the fascinating, often colorful story, of our 35-county region. We knew what we wanted the exhibit FFT brought to light spectacular artifacts that are now to be but describing it seemed so amorphous. Concepts in our museum, either as a loan, gift, or purchase, ex- became clearer as our team of scholars, designers, and amples being David Crockett’s first gun, a turkey bone staff discussed the possibilities.

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– 19 – 1. Visitors will understand the history on an intellectual conversation. “My family had to leave their farm to make level, yet experience it at a heart level. room for Cherokee Lake.” “Great granddaddy died in the 2. We will present the authenticity of people telling Civil War,” “I remember Mama telling me how her daddy their own story in their own words, with only enough worked in the mines.” interpretive text to hold and flow the story. This personal connection concept works equally well with Experiences, personalities, stories, artifacts gained visitors from outside the region. Many arrive with precon- through the FFT project were important to our ability to ceived notions of our mountain and valley inhabitants, only implement this concept. Through original quotes, East to find their views changed by the authenticity of the “real” Tennesseans from all walks of life and varied viewpoints, people and “real” stories they encounter in the exhibit. tell their own stories. One of our evaluators described the exhibit thusly, “The Public response has been enthusiastic. A little 96-year-old Voices concept is not just an exhibit title, but an approach lady left the exhibit exclaiming, “I found my life in that ex- that carries through the entire museum. The technique hibit. I walked through my life again!” At the recent SEMC perhaps works to greatest effect when it juxtaposes coun- conference in Knoxville, an East Tennessee native viewed terposing viewpoints, discreetly offered without editorial the exhibit for the first time, commenting, “This exhibit is comment or explanation.” MY story. It’s my family’s story,” meaning that she found her family’s story reflected in the larger history there. Of- This grassroots, personal, approach has now become a ten, walking through the museum, we catch snippets of hallmark for all ETHS programs and exhibitions.

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– 20 – SEMC Partners with the American Association of State and Local History for “Reinventing the Historic House Museum Workshop”

June 12, 2015, 8:30 am | Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta, Georgia

This one-day symposium is designed to offer current thinking, practical information, and solutions to the challenges facing historic sites. The Historic House Museum in America is not dead nor are most historic house museums dying. The field, however, needs to take time to reflect and renew as the world around our historic sites continues to change.

Presentations themselves relevant to their communities. What is very exciting now is that many sites have risen to this challenge What You Ought to Know about using different models and ways of interpreting to look Opportunities and Threats beyond traditional models. The presentation will look at Max van Balgooy, President, Engaging Places, LLC specific ways and examples of how historic houses have Historic house museums face numerous challenges but engaged with their communities, implemented creative figuring out which ones are serious or benign, urgent or forms of interpretation and programming as well as ways important, temporary or long-term, isn’t easy. Max van to earn income all to become more sustainable. Balgooy will present his analysis of the most important opportunities and threats facing historic sites in America Inside the Margaret Mitchell House based on the latest social and economic research, along Michael Rose, Executive Vice President, with a discussion on strategies for responding to these Atlanta History Center external forces at your house museum. Michael Rose will be discussing the lessons that were learned when the Atlanta History Center took over the Reinventing the Historic House Museum management of the Margaret Mitchell House. He’ll Ken Turino, Manager of Community Engagement also discuss items that need to be fixed and the History and Exhibitions, Historic New England Center’s future plans for the Margaret Mitchell House. The purpose of this session is to provide participants The workshop will also include a tour of the house and a with a comprehensive understanding of the rewards and roundtable session regarding the issues addressed at the challenges facing historic house museums today. Historic Margaret Mitchell House. Find registration information at sites are looking for creative and sustainable ways to make learn.aaslh.org. Cost is $95 members/$170 non-members.

– 21 – – 22 – THE CHALLENGE IS

SEMC’sON First Matching Gift Challenge Inspires Endowment Growth

THE CHALLENGE IS ON to make our Endowment so much to each of us. Funds from the SEMC Endowment grow. This past year we launched our firstMatching benefit professional development activities of the asso- Gift Challenge for the SEMC Endowment. Thanks to ciation and ensure future growth of our profession in our the generosity of a special donor, all gifts to the SEMC region. Endowment, up to a total of $10,000, will be matched dollar for dollar for the next two years! Some of our strongest supporters of the Endowment are those who have held leadership positions within SEMC. As any museum professional will tell you, endowment Council members support the fund each year and our funds are necessary to stabilize and secure the future Past President’s Circle has provided donations to the for any organization or institution. Some of the strongest Endowment the previous three years as part of a campaign. museums in our region are the ones who benefit from a healthy endowment. Come learn more in Jacksonville, or, if you’d like to ac- cept the challenge now, please make your check payable Likewise, our professional network in the region, SEMC, to SEMC and send to: SEMC Endowment, P. O. Box is stronger because of the William T. and Sylvia F. 550746, Atlanta, GA 30355-3246. If you would prefer Alderson Endowment Fund. For over twenty years, pro- to use a charge card you can donate from the “Support fessional members and friends of SEMC have made com- SEMC” page of our website, www.semcdirect.net. Thank mitments of distinction to the Endowment. Cumulative you! gifts of at least $1,000 to the SEMC Endowment earn the donor the title of Alderson Fellow and reflect a personal — Micheal Hudson commitment to the professional association that means SEMC Past President

– 23 – SEMC 2015 OFFICERS AND COUNCIL

Officers Treasurer Elise LeCompte (partial term) Robin Reed (1st Term) Registrar and Asst. Dept. Chair President Director Florida Museum of Natural History David Butler (1st Term) Fort Monroe Casemate Gainsville, FL 32611 Executive Director 20 Bernard Road 352.273.1925 Knoxville Museum of Art Fort Monroe , VA 23651 [email protected] 1050 World’s Fair Park 757.690.8962 Knoxville, TN 37916-1653 [email protected] Heather Marie Wells (1st Term) 865.524.1260 Digital Media Specialist 865.617.2117/c Past President Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art [email protected] Mike Hudson 600 Museum Way Director Bentonville, AR 72712 Vice President Museum of the American 479.418.5755 Darcie MacMahon (1st Term) Printing House for the Blind 479.263.0872/c Exhibits Director 1839 Frankfort Avenue [email protected] Florida Museum of Natural History Louisville, KY 40206 Gainsville, FL 32611 502.899.2365 Jenny Lamb (partial term) 352.273.2053 [email protected] Director of Interpretation & Education [email protected] Belle Meade Plantation Terms expire October 2015 5025 Harding Road Secretary Nashville, TN 37205 Robin Seage Person (2nd Term) Allison Reid (2nd Term) 615.921.2528 Branch Director Director of Department of Interpretation 615.483.5401/c Historic Jefferson College and Audience Engagement [email protected] PO Box 700 New Orleans Museum of Art Washington, MS 39190 One Collins C. Diboll Circle City Park 601.442.2901 New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 804.852.1066/c 504.658.4159 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

– 24 – Mary LaGue (2nd Term) Julie Harris (1st Term) Kathleen Hutton (2nd Term) Registrar Executive Director Director of Education Art Museum of Western Virginia River Discovery Center Reynolda House Museum of American Art 110 Salem Ave SE 117 South Water Street Paducah, KY 42001 2250 Reynolda Road Roanoke, VA 24011 270.575.9958 Winston Salem, NC 27106 540.342.5760 [email protected] 336.758.5394 540.798.3989/c 336.782.2404/c [email protected] Priscilla Cooper (1st Term) [email protected] Interim President and CEO Terms expire October 2016 Birmingham Civil rights Institute Zinnia Willits (1st Term) 520 Sixteenth Street North Director of Collections Administration Brian Hicks (1st Term) Birmingham, AL 35203 Gibbes Museum of Art Director 205.328.9696 135 Meeting Street Desoto County Museum [email protected] Charleston, SC 29401 111 East Commerce 843.722.2706 ext 32 Hernando, MS 38632 Terms expire October 2017 843.224.0876/c 662.429.8852 [email protected] [email protected] Catherine Pears (1st Term) Executive Director Deitrah J. Taylor (1st Term) Alexandria Museum of Art Cultural Center Coordinator 933 Second Street Street The Cultural Center Alexandria, LA 71301 Greene St. 318.443.3458 Georgia College and State University 318.623.9011/c Milledgeville, GA [email protected] 478.320.4010 [email protected]

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n Washington, D.C., museum community united for the the Pentagon on 9/11 whose fire helmets now reside in the 7th annual Museums Advocacy Day. In a critical year National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York. for federal and state funding, the Southeast had fifty-five They shared their powerful and emotional stories about how museum professionals, including three JIMI graduates, a museum changed their life. one museum trustee, and seven students, to speak with Iour elected officials about the economic impact and edu- Museums Advocacy Day had 276 registrants, including 218 cational value of museums in our local communities, states who represented all 50 states and visited 350 Congressional and the nation. offices. Forty-five organizations, including SEMC, collabo- rated with AAM to plan and publicize the event. Five federal The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) selected the first agencies (IMLS, NEA, NEH, State Department and NSF) two Great American Museum Advocates from nomi- provided information about their agency’s priorities dur- nations submitted by museums of all types and sizes, all ing our day of issue briefings. We had 1,883 tweets using across the country. The winners were Fernando Valles, an the hashtag #museumsadvocacy, including from several Iraq war veteran, nominated by the Chicago Botanic Garden, members of Congress. Next year experience the power of and Robert Gray, a retired fire captain and first responder at speaking up as a united voice at Museums Advocacy Day!

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– 27 – The American Alliance of Museums Announces New President and CEO

Laura L. Lott Becomes 9th President of AAM

he American Alliance of Museums, representing the nation’s museum community, announced the selection of non-profit leader Laura L. Lott as its next president and chief executive officer. Currently serving as chief operating officer, T Lott will become the ninth president of the 109-year- old organization and the first woman to lead the Alliance since its founding. Lott brings to the position an extensive background in nonprofit management and a passion for museums as places of lifelong learning. Lott’s appointment follows an extensive search and is effective June 1, 2015.

“As chief operating officer since 2010, Laura has led the Alliance through a number of milestone moments, including an organizational re-launch and redesign of the membership and excellence programs,” said Kaywin Feldman, chair of the Alliance Board of Directors and Duncan and Nivin MacMillan director and president of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. “Laura’s vision for the in and launching a complete re-brand, new technology future of the Alliance is aligned with the Board’s strategic infrastructure and website, and a new museum member- priorities to expand the organization internationally and ship paradigm yielding 50% growth in museum members. strengthen its position as a thought leader and advocate for museums.” “Laura has been instrumental to the Alliance’s evolution over the past five years,” said Dr. Ford W. Bell, who retires While serving as chief operating officer, Lott developed as the Alliance president in May. “She has steered and in- and led an aggressive turnaround plan to eliminate seven spired the Alliance staff, serving as an exceptional leader at years of operating deficits within two years, while investing the Alliance and within the greater museum community.”

– 28 – Following Bell’s retirement announcement last summer, of challenging circumstances, setting and achieving ag- the Alliance board appointed a six person search com- gressive programmatic and financial goals. Prior to the mittee. Working with Spencer Stuart, one of the world’s Alliance, Lott served as chief financial officer and chief leading executive search consulting firms, the committee operating officer of The JASON Project, an international reviewed a number of excellent candidates from across nonprofit education program at the National Geographic the country. The Board voted unanimously to appoint Society with a mission to inspire and motivate students to Lott during its February meeting. learn science through great explorers and events.

“My career has focused on educational programming at Prior to National Geographic, Lott helped launch the global organizations, and my deepest passion for museums MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom program is the important role they play in experiential education,” at the former MCI Foundation and managed its state part- said Lott. “I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve accom- nerships as well as MCI’s community relations program. plished at the Alliance over the past five years in service A certified public accountant, Lott began her career at to the museum field. I’m thrilled to work with the Board PricewaterhouseCoopers focusing on nonprofit clients. and our talented staff and volunteers to take the Alliance She graduated from American University’s Kogod School to the next level.” of Business and currently resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and daughter. Lott has guided the evolution and growth of several nonprofit education organizations through a multitude

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– 29 – Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Nominated

President Obama Nomintates Kathryn “Kit” Matthew

resident Obama nomi- valuable as she works to support mu- nated Dr. Kathryn “Kit” seums in their educational and public Matthew to lead the Institute of service roles. Through her work as a peer Museum and Library Services. Ford reviewer for the IMLS-funded and AAM- W. Bell made the following statement “I administered Museum Assessment Program (MAP), Pam thrilled that President Obama has nominated such Kit has helped numerous museums achieve success in an experienced and dedicated museum professional to community engagement, strategic planning, and finan- serve as director of the Institute of Museum of Library cial stability. Kit has also served as a peer reviewer for Services. Throughout her career, Kit has worked for a wide the National Science Foundation and the National Fish variety of museums — including the Children’s Museum and Wildlife Foundation, and was awarded the AAM of Indianapolis, Historic Charleston Foundation, Please Excellence in Peer Review Service award in 2009. These Touch Museum, Science City at Union Station, New experiences—combined with her work for environmental Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Virginia advocacy organizations, foundations, and in the private Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Museum of sector—make her an excellent choice to lead this vital Natural History, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and the agency that supports museums of all types. Kit is also Academy of Natural Sciences — and she has amassed a acutely aware of the business trends in the museum field, great deal of knowledge about the breadth and diversity and her experience in resource acquisition will be a critical of the museum field. Her roles have included director, asset to IMLS as the agency works to serve the entire mu- curator, educator, exhibit developer, fundraiser, volun- seum field while federal funding for the agency currently teer, board member, and in strategic communications and falls far short of the Congressionally-authorized amount.” collections management, all of which will be exceedingly Dr. Matthew waits for confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

– 30 – AAM Seeks Volunteers at 2015 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo April 26–29, Atlanta

The Social Value of Museums: Inspiring Change

Are you Ready to Serve Up Volunteering is a great way to give back to the commu- some Southern hospitality? nity while networking with colleagues and making new friends. Exposure to the Conference educational programs The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) comes to contributes to your knowledge of the best practices in Atlanta April 25–29, 2015. Five thousand visitors from fields such as fund raising, special events management across the U.S. and Canada and international visitors from and organizational leadership. around the world come to Atlanta for education, networking, and fun. We need you! Your experience as a volunteer offers important professional development opportunities and may be used to 150 hospitality volunteers will greet visitors, provide direc- enhance your resume or grow your network. tions and information on local attractions, and staff the hospitality suites at the Georgia World Congress Center Join us to represent the best of Atlanta. The official dead- for guests and volunteers. Most shifts are four hours. line to sign up was March 27, but you may contact AAM about further volunteer needs. For more information Volunteer Incentives Include: visit aam-us.org or contact the Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected]. • A complimentary Conference tee shirt • Collectable commemorative pin • Validated Conference parking at the GWCC • Volunteer orientation training and an invitation to the volunteer-only networking reception • Admission to open houses at participating museums on Saturday • One free day of Conference registration for working a four-hour shift. The Conference registration alone is a $250 value!

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– 32 – a special thanks

SEMC Endowment THE PAST Medallion Alderson Fellows Contributions PRESIDENTS CIRCLE (minimum $2,500) George Bassi Many thanks to our endowment Members of the Past Presidents Circle Sharon Bennett contributors for investing in the future contribute $150 annually for at least Tamra Sindler Carboni of SEMC! When you are thinking of two years to the endowment fund: Martha Battle Jackson honoring or remembering someone, Pamela Meister please consider a contribution to George Bassi Richard Waterhouse the SEMC endowment. For more Sharon Bennett information, contact Executive Tom Butler Our Current Alderson Fellows Director Susan Perry at 404.814.2048 Tamra Sindler Carboni (minimum $1,000) or [email protected]. Douglas Noble T. Patrick Brennan Robert Rathburn Michael Brothers David Butler Graig D. Shaak W. James Burns Patrick Daily Robert Sullivan David Butler Matthew Davis Kristin Miller Zohn Horace Harmon William Eiland Pamela Hisey Brian Hicks THE WILLIAM T. Micheal Hudson Kathleen Hutton AND SYLVIA F. ALDERSON Rick Jackson Jennifer Lamb ENDOWMENT FELLOWS Andrew Ladis Elise LeCompte Allyn Lord Teri Long Twenty-four members of SEMC have Michael Anne Lynn R. Andrew Maass made commitments of distinction as R. Andrew Maass William Marquardt Alderson Fellows. Their investment Robin Seage Person Heather Nowak of at least $1,000 each is a significant Steve Rucker Robin Person leadership gift, reflective of a personal Kristin Miller Zohn Allison Reid commitment to the professional Pattie Smith association that has meant so Heather Marie Wells much to each of them. Zinnia Willits Glenn Willumson Platinum Alderson Fellows (minimum $5,000) Sylvia F. Alderson Bob Rathburn Graig D. Shaak Nancy & Robert Sullivan

– 33 – THE PETER S. LAPAGLIA Malone Design/Fabrication (SEMC Evening Event JIMI SCHOLARSHIP FUND as part of AAM annual meeting) John A. Woods Appraisers (SEMC annual meeting) Established in 2008 to honor Pete LaPaglia’s dedication to Sarah Aubrey (JIMI) the museum field and recognize his inspirational leadership Mark Farnsworth (JIMI) of SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute, this fund Gaylord Brothers, Inc. (JIMI) helps endow an annual JIMI scholarship. 2015 marks JIMI’s John Lancaster (JIMI) 15th anniversary, and SEMC has achieved the goal to bring Teri Long (general operating) the fund’s total over $16,518. National Museum of African American History and Culture (JIMI) Elise LeCompte North Carolina Museums Council (JIMI) Keith Post (JIMI) OTHER SEMC CONTRIBUTIONS Rebecca Rose (JIMI)

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– 34 – organization for the first time between November 2014 to INDIVIDUAL ($45) January 2015. Without your support and participation we could not provide region wide services such as our Mentor, Sarah Aubrey, Fort Wayne, Indiana Awards, and Scholarship programs, as well as our outstanding Heather Beattie, Richmond, Virginia Annual Meetings and nationally acclaimed Jekyll Island Judith Bonner, New Orleans, Louisiana Management Institute. If you are an individual member Staci Catron, Atlanta, Georgia and your museum is not an institutional member, please Schelly Elaine Corry, Decatur, Alabama encourage them to join. For information on memberships Kim Coryat, Little Rock, Arkansas and benefits contact Susan Perry, Executive Director, Lesleyanne Drake, Clearwater, Florida at [email protected] or 404.814.2048. For your Matthew Edwards, Mount Airy, North Carolina convenience, the last page of this newsletter is a membership Debbie Gleason, Statesboro, Georgia application For your convenience, the last page of this David Goist, Asheville, North Carolina newsletter is a membership application. Chris Goodlett, Louisville, Kentucky Sue Ellen Grannis, Maysville, Kentucky STUDENT ($25) Carla Hanzal, Charlotte, North Carolina Mary Hauser, Raleigh, North Carolina Eric Beebe, Allegan, Michigan Michael Hosking, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Caleb Knies, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Robin Bauer Kilgo, Big Pine Key, Florida Annelies Mondi, Athens, Georgia

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– 39 – acquisitions

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Telfair Museums is proud to announce the success of A Collectors’ Evening, which was held on January 15 and led to the museum acquiring seven major pieces for its permanent collection. A Collectors’ Evening was presented by the Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society, which supports and promotes the expansion of the museum’s permanent collection. The first-of-its-kind event allowed patrons to play curator for a night by casting secret ballots to deter- mine Telfair Museums’ next acquisition, which was made possible by the evening’s proceeds. Patrons had the opportunity to vote on a work of art that that was chosen by Telfair’s four curators. The evening turned out to be a rollicking, fun night with cocktails, art- and wine-related live and silent auction items and more. Not only was a winner chosen but to everyone’s amazement, a group of anonymous donors offered to acquire all of the other choices for Telfair Museums. “I am deeply grateful for the generosity of Telfair Museums’ Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society,” said Lisa Grove. “In addition to expanding the museum’s permanent collection, these seven exceptional acquisitions reinforce the interesting variety of objects in our collection. We are excited to share these works of art with the community.” Telfair Museums’ permanent collection consists of more than 7,000 objects including two historic landmark buildings. Telfair is known for its strength in impressionist paintings, and is excited to open ACE Owens Silver & Jug, Telfair. Monet and American Impressionism on October 16.

– 40 – Masons, Gibbes Museum of Art. Cornerstone, Gibbes Museum of Art.

SOUTH CAROLINA and other historic documents describing the grand event. ¶ As was Masonic tradition, a copper box containing memen- Contractors working on the renovation and expansion of the tos of the day — including, a copy of James S. Gibbes last will Gibbes Museum of Art recently unearthed the building’s and testament, the 1902 proceedings of the Grand Lodge of original cornerstone. First laid on December 8, 1903, by the South Carolina, the 1902 Year Book of the City of Charleston, Masons of Charleston, the Gibbes cornerstone has been hid- a copy of the News and Courier for December 7, 1903, and den from view for the last 111 years. According to newspaper medals and other memorabilia contributed by ceremony accounts, thousands gathered along Meeting Street in 1903 participants — was sealed within the cornerstone. The stone, to witness members of the Masonic Grand Lodge of South inscribed “Walter M. Whitehead, Grand Master, A.L., 5903,” Carolina perform the ceremonial placement of the corner- was pronounced “true and serviceable” through a series of stone for the South’s first art museum building. Clad in full Masonic rituals. Tools representing the masonic trade — the masonic regalia and accompanied by the Live Oak band, the plumb, rule, and square — were placed on top of the stone as city’s Masons marched through Charleston’s main streets it was lowered into the foundation. The Grand Master scat- and gathered at the site where the foundation of the James tered corn from the “horn of plenty” and poured wine and oil S. Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery (today’s Gibbes Museum from silver pitchers onto the stone and tools. Finalizing the of Art) was being erected. This momentous ceremony was ceremony, the Master removed the sanctified tools from the lost to history until 2005 when a photograph depicting the stone and handed them to the builder, a gesture bestowing event surfaced. The photograph, discovered in the attic of upon him the responsibility of constructing a building that a Delaware house, originally belonged to Harry T. Zacharias, would endure. The splendid Beaux Arts building originally the contractor for the Gibbes building. It was donated to the designed by Frank P. Milburn and constructed by Harry T. Gibbes by Harry’s great nephew, John Zacharias, who found Zacharias has endured. The current renovation and expan- it in his aunt’s house and delivered it personally to Charles- sion project at Gibbes will return much of the building to its ton on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Gibbes original grandeur and will provide new and revitalized spaces opening. Dated on the back “Dec 8 1903,” the photograph to ensure art, culture, and creativity remain a cornerstone of allowed Gibbes staff members to locate newspaper articles our community.

– 41 – NORTH CAROLINA recently discovered by the artist’s niece, Charlotte resident Vicki Moreland, while going through Pennington’s studio The Mint Museum has acquired the remarkable, large-scale shortly after her death. Rolled up in a corner, it had not been painting Selma (1965) by Barbara Pennington (1932–2013). seen in many years and was a surprising discovery, as the Measuring nine feet across, this powerful canvas depicts artist worked almost exclusively in an abstract style for the the heart-wrenching events that unfolded during a series of majority of her professional career. “I was amazed when Mrs. civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama, in the spring of 1965. Moreland showed me images of Selma,” recalls the Mint’s Pennington, an Alabama native and a talented painter who Senior Curator of American, Modern, and Contemporary had won a four-year scholarship to study art at the Univer- Art, Dr. Jonathan Stuhlman, “and even more so when I had sity of Alabama, was working in New York at the time of the the opportunity to see it in person. As we approach the 50th Selma marches and attacks. The events unfolding in her anniversary of these tragic events, Pennington’s painting will home state inspired her to create this monumental canvas, serve as a powerful reminder of the struggles and sacrifices which is unlike the vast majority of her other, more abstract of the brave individuals who participated in the Civil Rights work. Likely drawing upon images that appeared in the mass Movement.” Selma is currently on view in the museum’s media, Pennington wove together her narrative into a striking permanent collection galleries of Modern & Contemporary scene that still serves as a powerful, moving representa- Art on Level 4 of Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center tion of these tragic events almost 50 years later. Selma was for the Arts, 500 South Tryon Street in Charlotte. – 42 – mila-wall® Moveable Wall Systems

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a democracy while demonstrating America’s artistic com- ing of age. Within months after Advancing American Art began its exhibition tours, controversy over the program erupted in the American media, government forums and public discourse. Several of the artists had left-leaning political views and the collection, by design, largely avoided representational styles. Facing intense disapproval from Congress with the prospect of losing all funding for its cultural programs abroad, the State Department recalled the exhibitions and the paintings were sold at auction. ¶ From a checklist of 117 oils and watercolors sold as war surplus in 1948, “Art Interrupted” reunited all but 10 paintings, for which there are no known locations. The exhibition trav- Carissa DiCindio (center), the Georgia Museum of Art’s Curator of Education, accepts Exhibition of the Year award at GMAG. eled to four museums and attracted nationwide attention.

The Old Governor’s Mansion at Georgia College has GEORGIA been named a Smithsonian affiliate, becoming the ninth in the state and the first in central Georgia to receive this The Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries recognition. “We are delighted to welcome the Old Gov- (GAMG) recently recognized the Georgia Museum of ernor’s Mansion into the Smithsonian Affiliations program. Art at the University of Georgia with its Museum Exhibi- The museum is not only a singular example of Greek Revival tion of the Year award for Art Interrupted: Advancing Ameri- architecture, but it is also the place where all Americans can can Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy. The exhibition, relive a long stretch of our nation’s history,” said Harold Clo- co-organized by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art ster, director of Smithsonian Affiliations. “The Smithsonian at Auburn University and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art looks forward to working in collaboration with the expert at the University of Oklahoma, focused on the U.S. State staff of the Old Governor’s Mansion and the faculty and Department’s Advancing American Art project. Advancing students of Georgia College to help visitors and learners American Art began in 1946, with a call for the acquisition gain further insight from the stories and lessons so diligently of modernist paintings by contemporary American artists. preserved here.” ¶ The Old Governor’s Mansion will be part The intent was to travel the art through the Latin American of a select group of museums, cultural, educational and republics, Eastern Europe and Asia. Its objective was to arts organizations that share the Smithsonian’s resources exemplify the freedom of expression enjoyed by artists in with the nation. “The opportunity to be an affiliate of the

– 44 – Smithsonian is a great honor for the Old Governor’s Man- website provides an interactive platform to promote the sion and Georgia College,” said Director Matt Davis. “We nine museums in the statewide network. The site also look forward to building partnerships for exhibitions, loans features LSM’s new brand created last year. “This stun- and the development of programming. This partnership will ning website substantially expands Louisiana State Mu- be a huge benefit to the Mansion as we continue to build seum’s presence, making our system of museums more our national profile within the museum field.” The Old accessible than ever,” Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne said. Governor’s Mansion is one of the finest examples of High “It incorporates best practices of design, functionality Greek Revival architecture in the nation. Serving as the and user experience, allowing visitors to interact with our residence for Georgia’s chief executives for more than 30 museums and connect via social media.” The site incor- years, the Mansion’s history encompasses the antebellum, porates bold images, colors and graphics that bring LSM’s Civil War and early Reconstruction phases of the state’s his- online resources together with a consistent look and feel, tory. Such noted state leaders as George Crawford, Howell simplified navigation and improved layout. Cobb and Joseph E. Brown resided in the building and used it as a stage for speeches and also to introduce guests of The oldest known musical document in Louisiana history national standing. is now available to music and history lovers worldwide, thanks to the release of The Historic New Orleans Col- LOUISIANA lection’s newest title, French Baroque Music of New Or- leans: Spiritual Songs from the Ursuline Convent (1736). The The Louisiana State Museum is launching its new web- book features a full-color facsimile of an 18th-century, site, LouisianaStateMuseum.org. Designed by Trumpet, a previously unpublished illustrated collection of songs, New Orleans-based advertising and marketing firm, the which the Ursuline Sisters in New Orleans received in

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– 47 – 2004. He returned to Normandy for the 70th anniversary done throughout the region to preserve our heritage and in June 2014, leading a Museum delegation to the ceremo- improve our communities,” said Angie Chandler, Execu- nies and events and reporting on behalf of NBC. Brokaw tive Director of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area has been in attendance at nearly every major building Partnership. “This year’s grant cycle was extremely com- opening at The National WWII Museum since 2000 and petitive — we had 52 applicants and some great projects has been a champion for the Museum in the media and in presented, but we simply could not fund them all.” the fundraising arena. Tom Hanks has lent his tremendous acting, directing, producing, and voice talents to an array The Mint Museum is preparing to launch an expansion of of WWII-focused projects over the last two decades. In a project to digitize its art collection, thanks to a $100,000 2009, The National WWII Museum debuted the exclu- grant from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. sive 4D film Beyond All Boundaries, with Hanks serving as The Mint was among 13 Charlotte arts organizations re- executive producer and narrator. Offscreen, he played an ceiving $1 million in grants. Building on previous grants active role in the creation of The National WWII Memo- received from the Knight and from the National Endow- rial and, as a champion for The National WWII Museum, ment for the Arts, the museum’s expanded digitization has been instrumental in achieving its goal to become the project will create virtual tours of the museum and its preeminent museum on World War II. “Without the ef- collections and special exhibitions, plus interviews with forts of these two men,” said Mueller, “this Museum might curators and artists. The project will enable local and not have happened. Their contributions have been that global residents to virtually visit the museum through tools important to our institution.” ¶ The private awards ban- including Google Photosphere Imaging, which enables quet, held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York, raised funds viewers to see detailed 3-D panoramas, and RTI Imaging, to benefit the Museum’s Brokaw-Hanks Fund for Digital a photographic method allowing the interactive re-lighting Access. This fund supports digitization of The National of an object from any direction. The digitization work WWII Museum’s vast and growing collection of artifacts, will focus in particular on 100 key works of art in the mu- archival materials, images and oral histories — providing seum’s collection, including the signature works Threshold invaluable access to these resources for teachers, stu- by Danny Lane and Mega Footprint Near the Hutch (May dents, and others interested in the study of World War II. I Have this Dance?) by Sheila Hicks. “The Mint is grateful to the Knight Foundation for its significant support of our NORTH CAROLINA efforts to continue to bring art to as many members of our global community as possible, both virtually and inside the The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership has museum’s walls,” said Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson, president announced an award of $5,000 for the Asheville Art & CEO of the Mint. Museum to support research and planning of a new exhibition on the role of women in the Craft Revival. Ten- VIRGINIA tatively titled History of Craft Development Among Appa- lachian Women, the exhibition will focus on the influence Virginia Association of Museums awarded the 2015 Ann of women immigrants to Southern Appalachia on female Brownson Award to both Randy Holmes and Steven craft artists during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Blashfield of Glavé & Holmes Architecture. The award In this grant cycle, the BRNHA Partnership awarded 22 recognizes individuals who have provided outstanding grants totaling $170,000 in funding to preserve and pro- service to the Virginia museum community. mote Western North Carolina’s heritage. “We appreciate and are grateful for all the wonderful work that is being

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VIRGINIA a panoramic view of the York River, staff offices, library, historical clothing workshop, exhibit preparation and col- With the completion of an 80,000-square-foot building lection storage, and building and grounds maintenance. — a distinctive new Yorktown landmark — the Yorktown The 1976 museum building will be demolished this spring Victory Center has reached a midpoint milestone in its after the transition to the new building is complete, making transformation into the American Revolution Museum at way for construction of new outdoor interpretive areas and Yorktown. The Yorktown Victory Center and the museum amenities. Construction of the American Revolution Mu- replacement project are managed by the Jamestown-Yor- seum at Yorktown began in mid 2012, and the entire project ktown Foundation, a Virginia state agency that also oper- is planned for completion by late 2016, when the new name ates Jamestown Settlement history museum. In March will replace “Yorktown Victory Center.” Major components museum operations transitioned from the existing facility of the project total approximately $50 million. to the new building. Visitors are welcomed in an expansive two-story entrance lobby, with a new orientation video and access to a museum gift shop and a café. Next to the theater is a 5,000 square-foot space for future special exhibitions. A timeline corridor leading to the museum’s outdoor living-history areas borders a 22,000 square-foot space where construction of permanent gallery exhibits, planned to open by late 2016, is underway. The corridor provides a visual journey from the 13 British colonies in the 1750s to westward expansion of the new United States in the 1790s. A short video at the end of the corridor introduces visitors to the museum’s outdoor re-created Continental Army en- campment and Revolution-era farm. While work continues on the new galleries, special visitor participatory experiences will be offered in the corridor and nearby classrooms and on an outdoor event lawn. Periodic topics include military tactics, nationalities represented at the Siege of Yor- ktown, espionage, choosing sides during the Revolution, enlistment in the Continental Army, and military medicine. In addition to public spaces, the new building houses support functions — a meeting and special event space with

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GEORGIA Rivers, head preparator. After the fire, Robinson’s work moved in a different direction and he reinvented himself The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Geor- as an artist, taking inspiration from science. He started gia will present the exhibition Jay Robinson: Quarks, Lep- studying molecular physics and constellations, moving tons, and Peanuts through June 21. The exhibition will fea- toward abstraction from a previously realistic approach. ture the work Robinson has created since a fire destroyed Despite the fact that he will turn 100 this year, he con- his home and studio in the mid-1990s and is organized tinues to create work, painting in the burned studio that by William U. Eiland, director of the museum, and Todd he later rebuilt. One painting, an untitled African scene,

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– 51 – survived the fire and will be shown in the exhibition. The Detroit-born artist earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1937 and later attended Cranbrook Academy of Art, one of the few institutions dedicated to design. There, he studied under Zoltan Sepeshy, Charles Eames, and Harry Bertoia, all of whom had a strong influence on Robinson’s methods. In 1950, he traveled to Africa through the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship; the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters purchased seven of his paintings of his travel documentations for presentations and institutions. His painting of Billie Holiday singing, based on a drawing he made of her from life, is in the museum’s collection but has been out on loan in the traveling exhibition The Visual Blues: The Harlem Renaissance. This is the second exhibition of Robinson’s work at the museum. In 2006, Jay Robinson featured 31 works including sculptures, egg tempera paintings, drawings, oil paintings, and mixed- Ansel Adams with Coke bottle in Yosemite Valley, High Museum. media creations from the 1940s to the 1980s.

The High Museum of Art’s exhibition exploring the iconic design and creative legacy of the Coca-Cola bottle runs through October 2015. Presented on the occasion of the bottle’s centennial, the exhibition features more than 100 objects, including more than 15 works of art by Andy Warhol and more than 40 photographs inspired by or featuring the bottle. Visitors will have the opportunity to view original design illustrations, historical artifacts and a century of experimentation with the Coca-Cola bottle, which has enticed multiple generations and billions of people worldwide and inspired numerous artists since its inception in 1915. Photographers such as Walker Evans and William Christenberry documented the Coca-Cola bottle’s universal presence in the cultural landscape of 20th century America. The Coca-Cola bottle also helped spur Warhol’s pioneering shift to his breakthrough pop art style. Organized by the High in collaboration with The Coca-Cola Company, the exhibition will be presented in two floors of the High’s Anne Cox Chambers wing. As Three Coke Bottles, Andy Warhol, at High Museum of Art. visitors enter the exhibition gallery in the first-floor lobby,

– 52 – they may interact with more than 500 contemporary 3-D Southern Art, the Historic New Orleans Collection, The printed bottles suspended from the ceiling that refer- New Orleans Museum of Art, and private collectors to ence the Coca-Cola bottle’s iconic design. The second present an exhibition by these two phenomenal artists. floor displays will feature three main areas: a section taking visitors through the design history of the bottle, the In its latest exhibition, The Historic New Orleans Col- pop art section with more than 15 works by Warhol, and lection (THNOC) examines the lives of individuals a photography section including works from the High’s caught up in the domestic slave trade and considers New permanent collection. Orleans’s role as antebellum America’s largest slave market. Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave LOUISIANA Trade will be on view through July 18, 2015. The domestic slave trade wrought havoc on the lives of enslaved fami- Impressions of the Southland incorporates landscapes and lies as owners and traders in the Upper South (Maryland, cityscapes painted by Ellsworth and William Woodward North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, DC) sold and which depict their view of the South during the late 19th shipped surplus laborers to the expanding Lower Sout and early 20th centuries. The Woodward brothers were in- (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas). Pe- fluential in New Orleans and Southern art, instructing and riod broadsides, paintings and prints will illustrate how the inspiring young artists for years. To honor their contribu- domestic slave trade appeared in the public sphere, while tion to art in Louisiana, the Alexandria Museum of Art other items — including ships’ manifests, slave cloth- has combined two paintings given to Bolton High School ing, a patient admission book from Touro Infirmary and in 1916 with paintings loaned from the Ogden Museum of a diary from John Pamplin Waddill (the Louisiana lawyer

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– 53 – Wednesday, 1959, Jack Tworkov, From THNOC’s latest exhibition Purchased Lives. at the Asheville Art Museum. who helped free Solomon Northup) — will speak to the June 14. Tworkov was invited to teach at Black Mountain experiences of those whose lives were bought and sold. College in the summer of 1952. By the time he arrived, he First-person accounts excerpted from published slave had already left an indelible mark on the art world, making narratives and oral histories will be included throughout a name for himself as a talented abstract painter. Along the exhibition. In addition to objects from THNOC’s hold- with Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock ings, the display includes artifacts from Belmont Mansion, and Franz Kline, Tworkov was a founding member of “The Evergreen Plantation, Library of Congress, Louisiana State Club,” which from 1949 until the late 1950s was the pri- Museum, Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the mary avant garde forum for art in New York. He was also University of New Orleans, National Archives and Re- known as a gifted teacher and a beloved mentor and his cords Administration, New Orleans Notarial Archives, contemplative, intellectual approach was embraced at Touro Infirmary Archives and private collections. the college. There he continued to champion openness, free expression and interdisciplinary dialogue. While at NORTH CAROLINA the college, Tworkov formed strong relationships with composers John Cage, Morton Feldman, Stephan Wolpe, The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to present Jack choreographer Merce Cunningham, and the young art- Tworkov: Beyond Black Mountain, Selected Works From 1952 ist Robert Rauschenberg. Beyond Black Mountain revisits to 1982, an exhibition that surveys three decades of the Tworkov’s time at Black Mountain College and then sur- art of Jack Tworkov (1900–1982) on view March 27 to veys significant works from the following three decades.

– 54 – Tworkov’s earlier work is marked by a sensual and lyri- women, and the life of service staff. Costumes on display cal sense of line and abstract figuration. Later he began will range from country tweeds, to servants’ uniforms, to employ a strong grid structure with a rigid, geometric to lavish gowns and evening attire cut from fine fabrics framework overlaid with color. This exhibition is organized and decorated with intricate embroidery, lace and bead- by the Asheville Art Museum and guest curated by Jason ing. The award-winning costumes, created by renowned Andrew, Curator and Archivist at the Jack Tworkov Estate. London costume house Cosprop Ltd., were designed with inspiration from photographs and historic patterns. Some This spring, Biltmore House becomes the canvas for an are original pieces from the period, while others incorpo- exhibition of more than 40 elaborate costumes from the rate antique decorative elements that inspired the overall PBS Masterpiece series Downton Abbey through Memorial costume design. Biltmore bears striking resemblance to Day, May 25. The exhibition Dressing Downton: Chang- the series’ setting and the way of life at Highclere Castle, ing Fashion for Changing Times juxtaposes elements of making it easy for visitors to blur storylines and experience the fictional TV series and the real lives of the Vander- for themselves a bit of life a hundred years ago. “The day- bilts who lived in Biltmore House during the same early to-day running of Biltmore House was surprisingly similar 20th century era. ¶ Themes explored include the evolu- to what’s depicted on ‘Downton Abbey,’” says Biltmore’s tion of fashion, nuances of etiquette, changing roles of Director of Museum Services Ellen Rickman. “Just like

– 55 – River of Forgetting, Mira Gerard, from the Knoxville Museum of Art’s exhibition Contemporary Focus 2015.

Downton has Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes, Biltmore had Kimura, Nicola Lopez, Leslie Mutchler, Oscar Munoz, its own cast of fascinating characters. Displaying these Marilene Oliver, Dieter Roth, Graciela Sacco, and Jona- fabulous costumes from the show gives us an unparalleled than Stanish. LIFT is organized by the KMA and presented opportunity to delve into Biltmore’s stories.” in conjunction with the Printmaking Program, School of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the 2015 TENNESSEE Southern Graphics Council International Conference. ¶ Contemporary Focus 2015 is part of a series of exhibitions The Knoxville Museum of Art (KMA) presents two organized by the KMA that feature significant but under- new exhibitions. LIFT: Contemporary Printmaking in the recognized artists living and working in East Tennessee. Third Dimension examines the work of international con- This year’s artists are Caroline Covington, Chattanooga; temporary artists who use a variety of strategies to bring Mira Gerard, Johnson City; and Karla Wozniak, Knoxville. a sculptural dimension to printmaking. Featured artists All three examine the uncertain terrain between personal include Enrique Chagoya, Lesley Dill, Olafur Eliasson, experience and external reality, and between civilization Robert Gober, Red Grooms, Jane Hammond, Hideki and nature, using both abstraction and representation.

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The Augusta Museum of History presented Night at the Museum, a special enchanted evening on March 26, 2015. Specially trained security guards took groups of 20 on a tour to meet historical characters from the region’s past: James Oglethorpe, Emily Tubman, Jacob Phinzy, Ty Cobb, and Mrs. Henri Price. Visitors were entertained and enlightened with the people they met. Beverages, hors Amelia and her son William Gorgas circa, 1900. Their family helped shape the University of Alabama. d’oeuvres, and music were offered before and after the trek through time. LOUISIANA ALABAMA The New Orleans Museum of Art will host Edible Book The University of Alabama’s history comes to life dur- Day, an international celebration of literature, art, and ing guided tours. It is a beautiful fall day in 1880 on the food. Museums, libraries, and universities throughout the University of Alabama campus. Josiah Gorgas meanders world participate to create a program for creative indi- through rows of library books, making a mental note of viduals and community groups to highlight their artistic, what is missing, while his wife, Amelia, stays busy in their baking, and decorating skills. Local community groups and home nursing a few students who have an awful cough. . . . individuals are invited to bake and decorate cakes inspired The Gorgas family, along with numerous others, played a by books. All edible books must be “bookish” through the huge role in shaping UA, as well as the community and integration of text, literary inspiration or form. state. On April 25, visitors will have an opportunity to “interact” with several of these individuals during the Baton Rouge is on the move and public art is popping up University’s first Living History Festival. Hosted by the everywhere! Located where people work and live, this Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas type of art reflects the history and values of a community. House Museum, the event will allow participants an Monuments & Metaphors: Art in Public Spaces at Louisiana

– 57 – Art & Science Museum spotlights some of the most endearing and best known public art in Baton Rouge as TAKING MUSEUMS well as new projects by The Walls Project, the Museum of Public Art, and the Percent for Art program of the Louisi- CULTURECONNECT MOBILE. ana State Division of the Arts. Preparatory drawings, ma- Beautiful smartphone and tablet apps are not out of reach with CultureConnect. Schedule quettes, 3-D printer models, and full-scale photographs a complementary mobile consultation today reveal how these public works came to be, the stories they to get started: [email protected] tell, and how they were made. In conjunction with Monu- WWW.CULTURECONNECTME.COM ments & Metaphors, learn the story behind various public artworks in and around downtown Baton Rouge through a two-hour bike tour led by local cultural advocate & docu- mentarian Bennet Rhodes. The tour will meet outside of the Art & Science Museum’s main entrance and end at the River Center, stopping and discussing approximately a dozen monuments along the way. Please bring your own bicycle and helmet to participate.

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The High Museum of Art has announced the appointment of Katherine Jentleson as the museum’s new Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art. She will join the High staff on September 8. Jentleson, who received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University, is a doctoral candidate in art history at Duke University completing her dissertation on the rise of self-taught American artists in the first half of the 20th century. She is the 2014–15 Douglass Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. While studying for her PhD, Jentleson held positions at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, where she managed content for the microsite of the traveling exhibition Self-Taught Genius and helped to organize a September 2013 symposium on Bill Traylor. She was curatorial assistant for Angels, Devils and The Electric Slide: Outsider Art from the Permanent Collection and Time Capsule, Age 13 to 21: The Contemporary Art Collection of Jason Rubell at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art. With funding from an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Writ Large grant, Jentleson codesigned and administered the browser-based art trading game Fantasy Collecting. Among other experiences, she was assistant editor at Art + Auction magazine and a founding member and vice president of analytics for Art Research Katherine Jentleson, High Museum of Art. Technologies, a start-up firm that published art market research in the Wall Street Journal. “We are living in a moment when museums all over the world are looking with renewed interest at the work of American, and especially Southern, self-taught artists, but the High has been collecting and exhibiting this irrepressible art for decades,” said Jentleson.

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“Thanks to the Boone family, I look forward to leading a Museum forward to even greater success.” Prior to her cur- new era in the High’s longstanding support of those vi- rent position, Director of the Swope Art Museum in Terre sionary artists whose masterpieces importantly broaden Haute, Indiana, Richter served as Operations Manager and our understanding of who can be considered an artist in previously Curator at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in America and on what terms.” San Antonio. From 1995 to 2008, she served as Curator at the Union League Club of Chicago, a private club with a Marianne Richter has been appointed director of the significant art collection. Richter has also held positions Columbus Museum. “Marianne Richter is a highly as Curator of American Art at the Dayton Art Institute, qualified leader with the experience and credentials to OH; and Supervisor of Education at the Brandywine River implement our Strategic Plan and to bring lively new-art Museum in Chadds Ford, PA. She has curated more than programming and enhanced public engagement to the 30 exhibitions, produced many publications, and lectured Columbus Museum,” said Fray McCormick, the President widely on American art. Richter is A.B.D. in art history at of the Board. “The Board is excited about her new ideas, the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she specialized leadership, curatorial skills, and strong track record at other in 20th-century American art. She holds a M.A. in art his- art museums. She also has successful experience with out- tory from the University of Delaware and is a 1983 graduate reach, fundraising and expanding her museum’s young- of Oberlin College, where she was an art history major and professionals group. Marianne has both the administra- history minor. Richter also attended the Winter Institute in tive skills and academic credentials to take the Columbus American decorative arts at the Winterthur Museum. “She

– 61 – is well equipped to integrate art and history in new ways at the Eighth Annual Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Lecture at our museum,” added McCormick. Richter will take the reins the Knoxville Museum of Art on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Tom Butler, who has served as Director for the past at 6:00 pm. As an installation artist and political activist, 20 years. The Board saluted his many accomplishments at Fred Wilson explores the relationship between museums an event in his honor on November 18. Butler retired at the and individual works, questioning and deconstructing the end of November. traditional display of art and artifacts in museums. Wilson is a 1999 MacArthur Fellow and represented the United LOUISIANA States at the 2003 Venice Biennale. His work can be found in the Seattle Art Museum, the Corning Museum of Glass, Louisiana plans to lay-off staff and cut open hours at the the Tate Modern, Toledo Museum of Art, San Francisco state museums in mid-April. Museum of Modern Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of TENNESSEE American Art. The event is free and open to the public thanks to support from the Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Dr. John Dichtl will lead the AASLH, becoming President Fund, The Frank and Virginia Rogers Foundation, The & Chief Executive Officer of the 6,000 plus member as- Melrose Foundation, and Wayne R. Kramer. Reservations sociation effective May 1. Bob Beatty will be appointed are recommended by contacting [email protected]. Chief Operating Officer. Dichtl has served for the last nine years as Executive Director of the National Council on Public History, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of History at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Beatty has been director and then Vice President for Programs at AASLH since 2007. He serves as interim President & CEO until May 1, 2015. “After a national search, I am extremely pleased that John Dichtl has agreed to serve as the new leader of AASLH as President & CEO. John’s wealth of knowledge and experience has already made him a key leader in the history field,” said Dr. Julie Rose, AASLH Council Chair and Director, West Baton Rouge Museum. “There has been no more exciting time for AASLH and the history field than now and our association is uniquely poised to take advantage of it. With John as our President & CEO and Bob Beatty as COO, our association has in place a strong and skilled leadership team.” John Dichtl holds an MA and PhD in United States history from Indiana University and a BA in history from Carleton College. For the last nine years he has served as Executive Director of the National Council on Public History and was Deputy Director of the Organization of American Historians from 2000-2005. Internationally acclaimed artist Fred Wilson will present

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PROFESSIONAL The School of Museum Studies at the University of DEVELOPMENT Leicester and National Museums Liverpool are of- The American Association for State and Local fering a free online Museum Studies Course “Behind the History will hold its Annual Meeting and Online Conference Scenes at the 21st Century Museum.” Get an introduction to in Louisville, Kentucky, September 16–20, 2015. This year’s museum studies with this free online course. Learn about the theme — The Power of Possibility — examines the personal, people and ideas that shape museums today www.futurelearn. communal, and organizational journeys that lead to vibrancy, com/courses/museum. Starts on June 1, 2015. The course has authenticity, social change and sustainability. Now in its tenth been created by leading academic researchers and museum year, AASLH’s Small Museums Committee is offer- professionals in the field of museum studies. ing scholarships to any AASLH members who are full-time, part-time, paid, or volunteer employees The Trustee/Director Forum will be held Friday, May 1, 9:oo of small museums. Each $500 scholarship will cover the am to 4:00 pm at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, cost of the conference registration and the Small Museums N.C. Programs will include: “Role of the Trustee: How Proper luncheon. Any remaining funds may be used to offset travel Governance and Resolutions Can Impact the Individual and and/or lodging expenses. To qualify, the applicant must work the Organization,” “Building an Effective University Museum for a museum with a budget of $250,000 or less. They also Advisory Board,” “Executive Leadership Change,” “Lessons in must either be an individual AASLH member or work for an Leadership: Perspectives of Three Board Chairmen.” The key- institutional member. Application forms are available at http:// note speaker is Paul G. Schervish, Director, Center on Wealth community.aaslh.org/small-museum-scholarship/. The dead- and Philanthropy, Boston College. He served as Fulbright line for applications is June 12, 2015. Direct questions to Bruce Professor of Philanthropy at University College, Cork, Ireland. Teeple, Small Museum Scholarship Subcommittee Chair at He has been selected five times to the NonProfit Times “Power [email protected]. and Influence Top 50.” He received the 2013 Distinguished Career Award from the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity AASLH develops HistoryLeaders@SHA (Seminar for Section of the American Sociological Association. Schervish Historical Administration). If you want to develop your is the author of Gospels of Wealth: How the Rich Portray skills as a leader in your institution, if you want to enhance your Their Lives and co-author with Keith Whitaker of Wealth and knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing the field the Will of God. He is currently writing Aristotle’s Legacy: of history, if you are ready to be part of the larger network of The Moral Biography of Wealth and the New Physics of history leaders around the country, then apply to be in the SHA Philanthropy. With John Havens, he co-authored the 1998 class of 2015. Applications for the Class of 2015 are due May report, Millionaires and the Millennium, which predicted the 18, 2015. Please email Bob Beatty at [email protected] with now well-known $41 trillion wealth transfer. Findings from their your intent to apply for SHA. For more information visit the just reported revised model are reported in The Golden Age of SHA Website. Philanthropy Still Beckons: National Wealth Transfer and

– 63 – Potential for Philanthropy. Schervish helped found and is a faculty member of Legacy Associates’ Wealth Coach Network, a training forum for financial and fundraising professionals. He received a bachelor’s degree in literature from the University of Detroit, a Masters in sociology from Northwestern University, a Masters of Divinity Degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

NATIONAL MUSEUM MEETINGS The American Alliance of Museums will be holding its annual conference in Atlanta, GA, April 26-29, 2015. Registration is open now: aam-us.org. The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) Conference will be held August 4–7, 2015, in Memphis, TN. For more information visit blackmuseums.org. The American Association of State and Local History’s (AASLH) annual meeting will take place in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference will run September 16-19, 2015. See aaslh.org.

STATE MUSEUM MEETINGS Arkansas Association of Museums April 9-11, 2015, West Memphis, AR Florida Association of Museums September 2015, St. Petersburg, FL Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance June 15–16, 2015, Covington, KY Louisiana Association of Museums September 13–15, 2015 | Alexandria, LA

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