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COVID-19 Resources Available for Oklahoma Museums and Staff M These are interesting times. Each day seems to bring new information O M A that requires organizations and individuals to be ever evolving. While we are all social distancing and trying to navigate these new waters, please O K L A H O M A know you are not alone. Oklahoma museums, OMA is here for you MUSEUMS during this COVID-19 Pandemic, and always! A S S O C I A T I O N In following with our mission, OMA is assisting Oklahoma museums – and their staff, board and volunteers – in several ways. First, we are Volume 51, No. 2 • Spring 2020 encouraging museums to be a part of #MuseumsFromHome to continue Available to OMA members April 1; to engage the public through remote alternatives. We know visiting a posted online for public May 1 museum in person is preferable. Now when it is not possible to visit, many Oklahoma museums have been creative in bringing their museums to the public through a variety of virtual programs and engagements. INSIDE: You can find the growing list of #MuseumsFromHome activities here. 5 #MuseumWeek The list of #MuseumsFromHome list is continually growing. To add your museum to this list, please email info@okmuseums. 6 org with your information. Museums are encouraged to place their HEART Training #MuseumsFromHome activities on their website homepage, where the 8 public can easily find it. Emergency Preparedness OMA has created a COVID-19 resources webpage. This page features a 13 wide variety of access to information on everything from the Oklahoma Museline State Department of Health to fundraising during the coronavirus as 15 well as tips on working remotely, steps for collections professionals, and OMA Awards Program much more. 16 Additionally, OMA continues to advocate on the national level to make Museums Engaging the sure that museums are included in any Recovery Stimulus Packages. Military Lastly, OMA recognizes that the coming days may bring financial difficulties for our Oklahoma museums and the individuals who work for and support them. If you are a current OMA individual or designated member and have become unemployed due to a recent lay off at your museum or just having financial difficulty, or if you are an institutional member struggling during this unprecedented time, OMA is here to help. Please contact the OMA office at [email protected] and let us know so we can extend your membership benefits for three additional months at no cost. A total of one extension per membership allowed. This program is subject to end at OMA’s discretion.

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OKMuseums.org 1 OMA Board of Directors director's desk Dan Provo • President Oklahoma Humanities and Oklahoma Museums Association Oklahoma History Center, OKC Richard Ellwanger • Vice President Capacity Building Initiative Seminole Nation Museum, Wewoka We love partnerships and collaborations. In Delaynna Trim • Treasurer fact, our success is due to the 100+ annual Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee partnerships which we are fortunate to be a part. Ken Busby • Sceretary Although we have been partners for many years, I Route 66 Alliance, Tulsa want to give a shout out to Oklahoma Humanities Jennifer Holt • Immediate Past President Will Rogers Memorial Museums, Claremore as we embark on a new collaboration with that amazing organization. The collaboration is the Oklahoma Humanities and Oklahoma Museums Jordan Boyd • District 2 Rep. Dobson Museum, Miami Association Capacity Building Initiative. The goal is Maggie Brown • At-Large Rep. Brenda Granger to engage and build capacity for Oklahoma’s 500+ Tulsa Historical Society, Tulsa Executive Director museums from across the state, and especially Bill Bryans • At-Large Rep. rural, small or isolated museums through the Oklahoma Museum Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Conference in Enid, Oklahoma, as well as through membership in Susan Buchanan • At-Large Rep. the Oklahoma Museums Association. In addition, the partnership Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa will support the kickoff session at the 2020 Oklahoma Museums Lauren Daughety • At-Large Rep. Conference which will inspire museums to look at things in a new Vann & Associates | PR + Marketing, OKC perspective. Marci Donaho • At-Large Rep. Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum, Seminole Want to be a part of this initiative? We hope so! The process will Jason Harris • District 5 Rep. be a competitive scholarship application that can be found here. If Chisholm Trail Museum & Governor A.J. your museum is selected, you will receive one complimentary full Seay Mansion, Kingfisher conference registration (September 16-18, 2020 in Enid) and a $100 James Pepper Henry • At-Large Rep. conference travel stipend. Your museum also will receive a one-year The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, OKC OMA Institutional Membership at the Pinnacle Level. We encourage Jacob Krumwiede • At-Large Rep. all submissions, but please know that preference will be given to Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, rural, small or isolated museums. The deadline to submit your Enid application is June 15, 2020. Sherry Marshall • At-Large Rep. Science Museum Oklahoma, OKC Thank you to Caroline Lowery, Executive Director of Oklahoma Dr. Kelli Mosteller • At-Large Rep. Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heri- Humanities for her vision and support of the Oklahoma Humanities tage Center, Shawnee and Oklahoma Museums Association Capacity Building Initiative. JA Pryse • At-Large Rep. Carl Albert Congressional Research and Brenda Studies Center, Norman Gena Timberman, Esq • At-Large Rep. The Luksi Group, OKC D’Lese Travis • District 3 Rep. General Tommy Franks Leadership Insti- tute and Museum, Hobart Valorie Walters • At-Large Rep. Chickasaw Cultural Center, Sulphur Mark White • District 4 Rep. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman Karen Whitecotton • District 1 Rep. OKPOP, Tulsa

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OKMuseums.org 2 communicator’s corner Celebrate Museum Volunteers The Value of Media Relations During National Volunteer by Tony Vann, President of Vann & Associates PR + Marketing Week April 19-25, 2020 National Volunteer Week is an When was the last time you heard, “Great article about your museum on the front page opportunity to celebrate the of the newspaper.” Or maybe, “Just saw impact of volunteer service and you on the morning show, great job!” Has it the power of volunteers to tackle been a while? Never you say? News is just society’s greatest challenges, like everything else, for the most part; it is to build stronger communities produced, not discovered. There is no better and be a force that transforms way to make an impact with a potential visitor the world. National Volunteer or stakeholder than being highlighted by the Week is a time for recognizing media. Dollar for dollar, the highest value of and thanking volunteers who credibility, the greatest reach and the lowest lend their time, talent and voice cost for entry is still media relations. to make a difference in their museums and communities. What makes media relations so valuable? Tony Vann Viewers associate newspaper and television outlets as non-partial, credible, third-party National Volunteer Week was presenters. This translates into almost immediate recognition when established in 1974 and has a product or service is showcased during a particular news story. grown exponentially each year, Building awareness through advertising is important; however, savvy with thousands of volunteer consumers understand that advertising is product-based. Those same projects and special events consumers view an article about the same product presented by a scheduled throughout the week. news organization as consumer-based. Be sure to thank those who make a meaningful difference in your So how do you get your product in the newspaper or television? museum during this week and – Like many other things in life, it is time versus money. Building and throughout the year, too. maintaining relationships with local, state and national media outlets is time consuming. However, once credibility is established between the journalist and presenter, that bond holds fast. At OMA, we have around 100 volunteers that assist us and we Ensure a successful media relations strategy by incorporating it into appreciate each and every one your overall communications plan. Although more time intensive, of them! searching for media opportunities will ultimately pay off for you and your attraction in the long-run.

Tony Vann is the President of Vann & Associates. With over 20 years of experience in public relations and marketing, he has been involved in such well-known organizations as the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation, Oklahoma State University, the Office of Lt. Governor Fallin and others. Since inception of the award-winning firm in 2010, it has grown serving more than 40 corporations, non-profits and professional associations across Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona.

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OKMuseums.org 3 volunteer voice Creating Doorways for Community Connections by Connie Pirtle, Founder/Director, Strategic Nonprofit Resources We’re all A 5th doorway into your museum we live in today. To open your looking is for Episodic Volunteers. museum to the many ways for new These are often one-time in which you can engage the ways to volunteers for special exhibits, community to support you! engage our fundraising events, etc. They community sometimes become docents and/ Connie Pirtle is the Founder/ in the work or traditional volunteers, so Director of Strategic Nonprofit of our they represent a sort of “feeder Resources. For the past 20 years museum. system” for your corps of human she has focused her work on Generally resources. They enjoy supporting effective volunteer engagement Connie Pirtle speaking, and participating in museum in museums and other comm- we count on visitors, donors, activities on a limited basis, and unity organizations. Connie and volunteers as our primary they are often younger people. was a board member of the connections to the community. They are usually employed with American Association of Museum Today we’re going to look at the limited time to volunteer. Volunteers for many years, and Doorways Model for Community she was the Executive Editor Engagement that I created based A 6th doorway into your museum of AAMV’s book, Transforming on my experience and feedback would be for Students of All Museum Volunteering: A Practical from folks just like you. Ages. They can assist long-term Guide for Engaging 21st Century volunteers at the visitor services Volunteers. Send her your Most museums have 4 doorways desk, perform office work, and questions via OMA’s website “Ask through which the community even assist with tours. They a Professional” www.okmuseums. can enter as Visitors, can advise your museum on org/ask-a-professional/ or to Traditional Volunteers, how to attract their age group. [email protected]. Docents, and Board. Students can be groomed to become long-term volunteers and All museums want more visitors… potential future board members. Experience America’s the more the merrier! And, Their parents are also potential instrument...the Banjo... traditional volunteers often volunteers, donors, visitors, comprise the largest corps of board members, etc. human resources in a museum because they’re usually long- A 7th doorway into your museum term and volunteer for the same welcomes Virtual Volunteers. position/duties on a weekly/ They generally do off-site tasks 9 East Sheridan Ave monthly basis. The docents such as online research, work on Bricktown - OKC represent the educational databases, “clipping” services, 405-604-2793 component of a museum. They graphic design, marketing, etc. Tues-Sat 11am-6pm make a long-term commitment They can be volunteers of all Sun Noon-5pm to training and service, and they ages, and they are like episodic Last admission 45 minutes prior to close are increasingly harder to find. volunteers because they often AmericanBanjoMuseum.com Governance volunteers (the work only when needed. Board) have roles/responsibilities that are different from traditional An 8th doorway into your volunteers and represent museum is for Community important community resources. Service Volunteers. They WCCFA are often students who have Western Center for the If I were looking for a place to school-mandated volunteerism Conservation of Fine Arts contribute some of my time, all I requirements to meet. Or, they might see at your museum are 4 can be court-ordered volunteers. Professional Conservation for distinct doorways into it. What if Paintings and Painted Surfaces I don’t fit any of these doorways? 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From May White and I 11-17, social media will come alive with the am a public buzz of #MuseumWeek and the 7 hashtags relations featured in the 7th year of this initiative in a major with a political unifying event unlike any other worldwide. Emily White #MuseumWeek is an opportunity to promote science fun and educational cultural experiences across every genre, minor at the University of communicating them through social media. The week will generate Oklahoma. My experience in the traffic, foster diversity and encourage creativity. Oklahoma arts scene includes volunteering at the Moore- Registration will be available soon on the #MuseumWeek site. Then, Lindsay Historic House Museum during the week of May 11-17, 2020, post on social media using the and working for the OU Fine Arts daily hashtags: Marketing team. • Monday, May 11 #dreams I am so excited to continue to • Tuesday, May 12 #together grow my knowledge and love for the Oklahoma arts with OMA! • Wednesday, May 13 #animals Over the next few months I am • Thursday, May 14 #robots going to be working with the awesome OMA staff to build a • Friday, May 15 #climate new OMA Instagram! It’s going • Saturday, May 16 #gifts to be pretty cool. When the • Sunday, May 17 #stories Instagram account is launched later in the spring it can be found #MuseumWeek is supported by UNESCO. @OklahomaMuseumsAssociation.

OKMuseums.org 5 #PreparednessGoals Heart Training by Tracy Bidwell, Museum Registrar, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History In also lead in those efforts. The the FAIC’s initiative to support December training is conducted annually emergency preparedness and of last and twenty-five applicants are response. Since its inception, AFR year, I had selected from across the country has established over 30 networks the honor to participate. If taking part in across the country and, thanks of taking the HEART training is something to the tireless efforts of OMA, part in the that you are interested in doing, Oklahoma City is one of just two Heritage the call for applications will be AFR networks here in Tornado Emergency announced this fall (date TBD) Alley. and and essay answers to a few Response questions that make the case for Networks have been proven Tracy Bidwell Training why you should attend are among to improve local response in (HEART) program held at the the application requirements. times of crisis and with over 500 Smithsonian Institution in museums in our great state, Washington, DC. For those of PREPAREDNESS: SOME THINGS there is incredible networking you who have not yet heard TO CONSIDER potential here so plug in now! of HEART, HEART is a training Preparedness is crucial and it is Together we can aim to achieve organized by the Smithsonian essential to arrive at answers our preparedness goals. Cultural Rescue Initiative to your crisis-questions during (SCRI) and FEMA’s Office of peacetime. If you don’t have a Learn more about HEART here. Environmental Planning & Historic relationship with your emergency Preservation (OEHP), both of responders, cultivate one. Learn more about AFR, here. whom are co-sponsors of the Invite them to your facility to Heritage Emergency National conduct a risk assessment; help The notion of working in Task Force (HENTF). The training them to know and value who museums first grabbedTracy prepares cultural stewards, first you are and where you fit into Bidwell’s attention when she responders, and emergency your community. If you don’t was on an elementary school managers to address disasters have an emergency response tour of the Dallas Museum of such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and recovery plan, create one. Art. She was standing in the tornadoes or floods that affect Plumbing and building failures DMA’s basement looking at the cultural institutions and historic aside, we live in a changing subterranean portion of Claes sites. Sessions included in the climate and recent history tells Oldenburg’s Stake Hitch when week-long program offered us that the chances of enacting it hit her that this was what she realistic, hands-on training in an emergency plan are becoming wanted to do in life. She went on risk and damage assessment, greater with each passing year. to receive her BA in Fine Art from disaster planning, health and If you do not know what the the University of Oklahoma and safety, emergency evacuation hazards in your collection are, began her museum career as a and salvage of museum objects, find out. The health and safety volunteer at the Fred Jones Jr. crisis communication, and team of stewards and emergency Museum of Art. She accepted an building. responders is paramount in the assistant position in the FJJMA’s response and recovery process; Registration department in 2010 As cultural stewards here in knowing what collection material and was appointed to the position Oklahoma, we are no strangers you have that poses a threat to of Chief Registrar in 2013. In to the collections-based fear that people engaged in the response 2015 she received her MA in an impending F5 excites. For and recovery effort is so, so Museum Studies with a focus on so many stewards, patchwork important. Collection Management and in plumbing running over galleries 2019 she joined the staff at the and collection storage is what ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSE Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum presents the greatest threat Don’t know where to begin? of Natural History where she is to our collections. The HEART Plugging into your local Alliance excited to be serving as Museum training anticipates just about for Response (AFR) cooperative Registrar. Tracy enjoys a forever- every disastrous scenario that disaster network would be a growing love for the natural so many of us have either lived great place to start. Launched world, a passion for museums or imagined, and empowers its in 2003, AFR was created by the and collections, and helping those participants to not only salvage Foundation for Advancement in in need. and recover collections, but to Conservation (FAIC) as part of OKMuseums.org 6 Call for Nominations to the 2021-2022 OMA Board of Directors OMA President, Dan Provo, has According to the bylaws, all issued a call for nominations to persons nominated to a board the 2021-2022 Board of Directors. position shall have been OMA members are invited to members of the Association submit names to the Nominating for at least one year. A copy Committee for consideration. This of OMA’s board member year, the Committee will present expectations, responsibilities a slate of candidates for the and job descriptions is available following positions: here. You may also contact the Building and • President OMA office by e-mail atinfo@ okmuseums.org or phone at sustaining • Vice-President 405.424.7757 to request a copy. Oklahoma’s • Treasurer 2020 Nominating Committee arts industry • Secretary Jennifer Holt, Will Rogers • District 2 Representative Memorial Museum & Birthplace 10,000 jobs • District 4 Representative Ranch, Claremore, jholt@ strong • At-Large Representatives willrogers.com Karen Whitecotton, OKPOP, Tulsa, Jennifer Holt, OMA Immediate [email protected] Past President, is the Nominating Committee Chair. Contact JA Pryse, Carl Albert Jennifer, any committee member Congressional Research and listed or the OMA office by May Studies Center, Norman, 8, 2020, if you have suggestions [email protected] for nominees, you are interested in serving, or would like more Ella Crenshaw, Sam Noble information. Some positions open Oklahoma Museum of Natural for election may have incumbents History, Norman, [email protected] who will be invited to serve a second term.

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Oklahoma Museums Association is a proud sponsor of the Best Exhibit Design award during the contest. This award is given to one Junior Division and one Senior Division entry exemplifying the best exhibit design practices in creating their entry. OKMuseums.org 7 Free Emergency Preparedness and Repsonse Workshops May 11-14 The 2020 Emergency Rebecca Elder, an experienced History Center in cooperation Preparedness and Response cultural heritage preservation with the Foundation for Workshops are FREE to attend, consultant who helps clients Advancement in Conservation but registration by Monday, May find practical and achievable (FAIC) with support in part 1 is required. solutions to care for their from the National Endowment history collections, will be the for the Humanities (NEH). The Register online here. instructor for the workshops. 2020 Emergency Preparedness She collaborates with and Response Workshops also During the information packed libraries, museums, archives, are supported in part by the workshop, you will learn the municipalities and families to Oklahoma Historical Society, process and skills to improve the tailor preservation plans to their Union Pacific Foundation, emergency preparedness and resources and timelines. In 2014, Chisholm Trail Museum and response of your organization. Rebecca founded Rebecca Elder University of Central Oklahoma Topics include the planning Cultural Heritage Preservation to Max Chambers Library, National process, the incident command provide preservation advice to Cowboy & Western Heritage system, risk assessment, key clients holding history collections. Museum, The Springer Company, contacts, determining salvage Rebecca has also worked at Grady County Historical priorities, emergency supplies, Amigos Library Services, the Society, Western Center for writing the plan, training and Harvard University Libraries and the Conservation of Fine implementation of plan, and the Dolph Briscoe Center for Arts, Daystar Foundation and the emergency response. Each American History. Library, Dane & Lynn Pollei, workshopPOSTPONED will be identical; Rebecca is a Professional and Collections Research for choose the date/location that Associate member of the Museums, The Osage Nation. best suits your schedule. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Monday, May 11, 2020 Artistic Works. She also engages Ottawa County Historical Society in professional service with and Dobson Museum, Miami the American Institute for 9:00am-3:30pm Conservation, the Society of May 1 is American Archivists, the Society May Day. Tuesday, May 12, 2020 of Southwest Archivists, and the Museum of the Red River, Idabel Association of Tribal Archives, 9:00am-3:30pm Libraries and Museums. The perfect

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OKMuseums.org 12 museline Grant deadlines, training and other news Oklahoma New Brand agency’s website. Read More May 28 Oklahoma recently launched a Museums Engaging the Military new brand for our state. The Celebrate how #TravelWorks Seminar at Oklahoma History design of the logo is based on May 3 – 9, 2020 Center, OKC shapes and colors embedded in National Travel and Tourism June 2 our history. The form is inspired Week is an annual tradition for OMA Board Meeting at Science by our native heritage. It reflects the U.S. travel community. It’s Museum Oklahoma, OKC earth, sky, water, agriculture and a time when travel and tourism forest. These colors also speak professionals across the country June 8 to the seasons. A white star is unite to celebrate the value OMA Awards Program Entry a powerful symbol of America travel holds for our economy, Deadline which is a part of our state seal businesses and personal well- and on the original flag of the being. View the toolkit. June 19 state. Chevrons acknowledge Smarties Trivia Night Fundraiser our military. These elements OMA Calendar of Events Oklahoma History Center, OKC form a circle and direct their Dates/events subject to change; August 6 energy inward, dramatizing visit OKMuseums.org to confirm. Back to School Bash, Oklahoma Oklahoma as a hub at the center History Center, OKC of America. This symbol invites April 19-25 everyone to join us here in National Volunteer Week – August 24 an embracing community, to Celebrate Museum Volunteers Poverty Simulation for Museums take in countless unexpected experiences and explore genuine May 1 September 16 opportunity. The tag line is Deadline to register for Alliance OMA Board Meeting at Stride “Imagine That”. Read More for Response Emergency Bank Center, Enid Preparedness Workshops September 16-18 New Director Named at IMLS May 3-9 OMA Conference at Stride Bank Crosby Kemper III took National Travel and Tourism Week Center, Enid the helm of the Institute of Museum and Library Services May 11-14 September 16-18 as its sixth director, following Alliance for Response Emergency Oklahoma Humanities and his commission by the White Preparedness Workshops Oklahoma Museums Association House and confirmation by the Miami (May 11) - Idabel (May 12) Capacity Building Initiative United States Senate. IMLS, Lawton (May 13) - OKC (May 14) October an independent government Oklahoma Archives Month agency, is the primary source of May 11-17 federal support for the nation’s #MuseumWeek November 17 museums and libraries. May 18 OMA M!X Jingle Mingle at 5:30pm Deadline to register for Museums at Museum of Horseshoeing, 2020 National Visitation Survey Engaging the Military Seminar Stockyards, OKC for History Organizations This survey from the American Association for State and Local History is to identify trends related to in-person visitation to historical organizations across the What we do is difficult. United States and Canada. This fall, AASLH will share its findings We just make it look easy. with the entire field.Read More public relations. marketing. branding. digital.

Federal Grant Opportunities From the American Alliance of Museums, a list of upcoming deadlines - Several federal VannPR.com agencies offer grants to support the work of museums. For full guidelines and the most up-to- date information, please visit the OKMuseums.org 13 recent gifts Leave your legacy Contributions, donations, grants and sponsorships received OMA would appreciate you December 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020 remembering the organiza- Champions ($1,000 and over) Edith & Michael Laird, OKC tion in your will. If you are Citizen Potawatomi Nation John & Karen Martin, OKC interested in leaving OMA Cultural Heritage Center Osage Nation Museum a charitable bequest, the Foundation for Advancement in language in your will should Dane & Lynn Pollei, Shawnee Conservation contain the following: Dan Provo, Edmond Oklahoma Arts Council I/We give to the Oklahoma The Wolek Group Oklahoma Humanities Museums Association (EIN Diane White, Fort Smith AR 73-1004791), a 501(c)3 The CarMichael Foundation West Oklahoma City Rotary Club non-profit corporation, the The Springer Company Western Center for the Conserva- following money or asset Carol and Michael Wilson, Edmond tion of Fine Arts (describe here) to benefit their charitable purpose. Supporters ($500 to $999) Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Exhibit Concepts, Inc. Contributors (up to $99) Additionally, you can list the James Pepper Henry, OKC Kyle Davies, Norman organization as a beneficiary Sherry Marshall, Edmond Diane Davis, Claremore on your insurance or invest- National Cowboy & Western ment policies. Caitlin Maddox, Wewoka Heritage Museum Frank J. Mulhern, Tulsa, in honor Oklahoma City National Memorial OMA encourages you to of Susan Buchanan & Museum consult your estate planner, PayPal Giving Fund tax professional or attorney Donors ($100 to $499) Jacalyn Pearce, Tulsa when preparing your chari- Ken Busby, Tulsa Connie Pirtle, Stillwater table bequest. Collections Research for Museums Amy Stephens, Edmond OMA endowment fund Daystar Foundation and Library, D’Lese Travis, Weatherford Inc. If you would like to make a Martin Wing, Tulsa Marci Donaho, Seminole, in honor contribution to the OMA en- Sarah Wright, Tulsa of Brenda and Stacy dowment fund at the Okla- Lonnie Yearwood, Colony, in Richard Ellwanger, Wewoka, in homa City Community Foun- memory of Glenda Taylor honor of Brenda and Stacy dation, please visit www. occf.org and select the blue Facebook In-Kind Donors Online Giving button from Grady County Historical Society Kendra Scott the right column; or you may Edward Granger, OKC Science Museum Oklahoma contact the OMA office at Jason Harris, McLoud The Springer Company 405.424.7757. Kathryn Koontz, OKC

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OKMuseums.org 14 Newly Updated OMA Awards Program Accepting Entries The OMA Awards Improvement to four levels for competitive Committee has revised and truly comparison: $0-$5,000, improved the Awards Program $5,001-$15,000, $15,001- for 2020! $50,000, and over $50,000. • Only one submission per Changes and updates starting OMA member per project this year include: category type is allowed. • Every award has specific Example: A museum may judging criteria. submit one entry for Outreach • Every award has its own or Education Program and online entry form. one entry for Publication. A • There is a new Special Project museum may NOT submit two award to encompass projects entries under Special Projects that have multiple aspects or even if the projects are do not fit in one of the other different and/or have different project awards. budget expense levels. • The former Conservation or Entries for the 2020 OMA Awards Preservation project award Program are now being accepted. has been retired as a stand- Download the Awards Program alone award and these here. The deadline to submit an projects can now be entered entry is Monday, June 8. OMA under the Special Project takes great pride in honoring award. the outstanding projects and • All project awards continue to dedicated individuals that make be grouped by the size of the Oklahoma museums—large or project expense. However, the small, rural or urban—shine! grouping has been expanded

OKMuseums.org 15 Registration is Open for Blue Star Museum Program Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among Museums interested in participating can register the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star here. (Please note that participating museums must Families, the Department of Defense, and museums register again even if they have participated in the across America. Each summer since 2010, Blue past.) Email [email protected] with any Star Museums have offered free admission to the questions. nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve. For The 2020 map of participating museums will be more information on Blue Star Museums, please available in early May. see the Frequently Asked Questions. In addition to the Blue Star Museums program, The United States Conference of Mayors has issued many museums are offering an array of programs a resolution about Blue Star Museums, urging for active military and veterans throughout the mayors and their local arts agencies “to promote year. The Oklahoma Arts Council has an Oklahoma the Blue Star Museums program and to encourage Arts and the Military Initiative. Launched in 2015, museums in their communities to participate in this the Oklahoma Arts Council’s Oklahoma Arts and national program serving active duty personnel and the Military Initiative is a strategic effort directed their families.” Read more here. at meeting the needs of Oklahoma’s military community through the arts. More information here. The 2020 Blue Star Museums program will begin on rmed Forces Day, Saturday, May 16, Also, OMA is offering the programEngaging the 2020, Armed Forces Day, and continue through Military on May 28. Program information appears Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2020. below.

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Museums Engaging the Military Seminar May 28 If your museum has been Oklahomans and the War in This seminar is sponsored in part considering developing a Vietnam. The exhibit explored the by The Anne & Henry Zarrow military exhibit or implementing impact of the war on Oklahoma Foundation, National Cowboy & programming for military families, as told through the Western Heritage Museum, The personnel, then you need to stories of the young men and Springer Company, Grady County attend the Museums Engaging women who served their country Historical Society, Oklahoma Arts the Military seminar. Three in the armed services and the Council, Daystar Foundation and museums will present case immigrant families who fled Library, Inc., Western Center for studies and how they can be Vietnam and came to Oklahoma the Conservation of Fine Arts, replicated to help expand access seeking freedom and opportunity. Dane & Lynn Pollei, Collections to the arts for military personnel Research for Museums, Osage and their families in museums The Fred Jones Jr. Museum Nation Museum, Oologah throughout Oklahoma. of Art will discuss their VA Historical Society and Oklahoma Hospital Outreach Initiative. This History Center. The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of initiative is a partnership with the Art will discuss their exhibition Recreation Therapy Department and programming for A Tribute at the Oklahoma City VA to America’s Combat Artists and Hospital’s out-patient program, Fighting Forces:POSTPONED Art from the U.S. consisting of monthly visits to the Hold the Date Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. hospital and quarterly visits to The artwork in the exhibition the museum. was created by military artists Wet Salvage and some civilians, and all had The Museums Engaging the military subjects, depicting Military seminar will be held on Workshop wartime and peacetime activities. May 28 from 1:00pm-4:30pm at the Oklahoma History Center. July 13, 2020 Oklahoma History Center will Registration is $25 per person. discuss their exhibition and The deadline to register is May programming for Welcome Home: 18. Register online here. OKMuseums.org 16 member recognition New and renewed members December 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020 New members are indicated with an asterisk. Individuals JM Cavazos, Stillwater Harold Powell, Temple Friend Lynnsey Childress, Tulsa Lois Powell, Temple Susan Baley, Tulsa Anne Chilton, OKC Rachel Reichert, OKC* Maury Ford, OKC Kristi Church, OKC Shannon Rich, OKC Melvin Moran, Seminole Heather Coffman, Lawton Cathy Riggins, Frederick Sherri Vance, OKC Cathy Cornwell, Claremore Jody Risley, Boise City Individual Andy Couch, Claremore Lucas Ross, OKC Pat Baker, Elk City Gerda Cox, Lawton Carney Saupitty, Lawton Pam Bell, Edmond Anna Davis, Pawnee Courtney Selking, Tulsa* Janet Braun, Norman Cat de Araujo, Stillwater Marty Sellers, Eufaula* Susan Green, Tulsa Kristen Duncan, Stillwater* Carla Shelton, Stillwater Chelsea Herrod, Dallas TX Christina Elliott, Stillwater* Pat Smith, Clinton Johnnie Jacobs, Holdenville Douglas Forsyth, Norman Rob Smith, Cushing Victoria Lupia, OKC Holly Forsyth, Norman* Calista Stephens, Broken Bow Julie Lyles, OKC Emma Fritz, OKC Clint Stone, OKC Scott A. Neel, Ph.D., Elgin Todd Fuller, Norman Stephanie Tannehill, McAlester Karen Neurohr, Stillwater* Edward Granger, OKC Candy Taylor, Lawton Susan Patterson, OKC J. Seth Hammond, Goodwell* Lindsay Thomas, OKC Michael Reinschmidt, OKC Jennifer Holt, Claremore Michelle Timbo, Lawton Melissa Rickman, Norman Toni Hopper, Duncan Sharon Townes, Oologah Gena Timberman, OKC Stephanie Hunter, Claremore Jaymie Turner, Norman Diane White, Fort Smith AR Casey Ihde, Stillwater Ray Vandiver, Tulsa Tad Jones, Claremore Jay Villemarette, OKC Retired Professional Arlette Klaric, Stillwater Allen Voyles, OKC Dianne Moore, Mineral Wells TX Glenn Lamza, Fort Towson* Laura Warriner, OKC Kathleen Triebel, Bartlesville Ken Landry, Shawnee Linda Wendel, Eufaula Student Mary Lee, OKC Deborah Wilson, Drumright Amena Butler, OKC Linda Maisch, OKC Kevin Wilson, OKC Emily McKenzie, Tulsa Kerry Magruder, Norman Joe Wynn, Frederick Coy Moses, Tulsa Anne Mannell, Tulsa* Doug Zook, Broken Bow Jacalyn Pearce, Tulsa* Sherry Marshall, OKC Institutions Ashley Mason-Burns- Designated Staff/Board/Volunteer Pinnacle Meerschaert, OKC Kathy Anderson, Bethany Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Donna Merkt, OKC Brooke Armstrong, Lawton Claremore Museum of History Scott Metelko, Duncan* Debra Baker, Lawton Comanche National Museum and Greg Miller, OKC Mattie Barlow, OKC Cultural Center Susan Morton, Chandler Regina Belcher, OKC Drumright Historical Society Leah Mulkey, Duncan Museum Victoria Berry, Stillwater Melody Muniz, OKC Fort Towson Museums Association Annie Bewley, OKC Kathleen Noble, Fort Towson* Institute of the Great Plains Kelly Bradshaw, Stillwater Shannon Olson, OKC National Weather Museum & Mike Branen, Oologah Lina Ortega, Norman Science Center Ron Brown, Pawnee Karen Paul, OKC Oklahoma Hall of Fame | James Burns, Norman Gaylord-Pickens Museum Norm Pence, Hugo Linda Callery, Locust Grove* Patti Pouncil, Drumright* John Cary, Claremore continued on page 18 OKMuseums.org 17 member recognition New and renewed members December 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020 continued from page 17 Oklahoma Railway Museum Oklahoma Forest Heritage Center Affiliated Organization/ Oklahoma Route 66 Museum Museum Corporate Level II Oologah Historical Society Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Humanities Museum Museum of Art Southwest Solutions Group, Inc. Pottawatomi County Oklahoma Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum Historical Society & Museum Will Rogers Memorial Museum University of Tulsa Museum Science and Management Science Museum Oklahoma Ground Floor Program SKELETONS: Museum of Billboard Museum Association Osteology Level I Cimarron Heritage Center University of Oklahoma Libraries Collections Research for Museums Lachenmeyer Arts Center ITIN Museum Services Elevated Lincoln County Historical Society Joy Reed Belt & Associates, Inc. American Banjo Museum Museum of Pioneer History ARTSPACE at Untitled Oklahoma Blues Consortium Choctaw County Historical Tannehill Museum Society Frisco Depot Museum Temple Museum Association Discovery Lab Tillman County Historical Society Eufaula Area Museum Willard Stone Museum* No Man’s Land Museum

Museums 2020: Changing Your Perspective Theme of Oklahoma Museum Conference will open at that time so check Conference Hosts the website for the most current Visit Enid information. We look forward to Museums 2020 Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage seeing you in Enid! Center Changing Your Conference sponsors to date: Oklahoma Arts Council Exhibitor spots still open. Perspective Interested in being a conference National Endowment for the Arts exhibitor, exhibitor information Kirkpatrick Family Fund available here. Oklahoma Humanities Conference Exhibitors to date Visit Enid Certified Folder Display Service, Oklahoma Historical Records Inc. Advisory Board Exhibit Concepts, Inc. Oklahoma Museum Conference Oklahoma Today Magazine Martin&Martin Design September 16-18, 2020 Stride Bank Center, Enid Vann & Associates Oklahoma Arts Council Citizen Potawatomi Nation Oklahoma Department of Libraries Cultural Heritage Center Planning for the 2020 Oklahoma Oklahoma Historical Society Museum Conference at Exhibit Concepts, Inc. Stride Bank Center in Enid Oklahoma Humanities Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum on September 16-18, 2020 Rebecca Elder Cultural Heritage is underway. The theme is Oklahoma City National Memorial Preservation Museums 2020: Changing Your & Museum Southwest Solutions Group Perspective and will features Route 66 Alliance great sessions and workshops. University of Oklahoma Press The Springer Company Vann & Associates A preliminary conference Western Center for the program listing all educational Conference sponsorship and Conservation of Fine Art sessions and events will be advertising information is available in May. Registration available here. OKMuseums.org 18 We’re Counting on You This 2020 Census Oklahoma Archivists The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Museums Association met Association Spring Workshop on February 18 and voted unanimously to provide the following Join the Oklahoma Archivists email template to our 509 museums, historic sites, and cultural Association for a day of institutions across the state, encouraging them to share the education and networking on message with their members and visitors about the importance of Friday, April 10. Hosted by completing the 2020 Census. the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, the workshop Thank you for proactively approaching your community with this features presentations on timely vital information. and useful topics. Archivists, librarians, museum staff and volunteers at cultural heritage facilities are invited to attend. [Insert Your Museum Name] is counting on you! The event is free for OAA The 2020 Census will be available to complete on April 1, 2020, and members and $10 for non- nonprofit organizations like ours are depending on you for an accurate members. Lunch is provided by count! Each undercounted person means an estimated $1,800 less OAA. Register online here. per year to our state in lost funding, grants, and support for our community - so accurate representation is important! Schedule 8:30am • Sign-in The 2020 Census takes less than 15 minutes to complete, and the impact it has on our community is far-reaching and long-lasting. 9:00am • Time Management for Lone Arrangers, Aaron Here are some things to keep in mind.... Preston, Archivist, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center The Census determines funding for vital programs and services in our 10:00am • Scanning and community like roads, hospitals, schools, and emergency services. To Metadata, David Peters, put this in perspective, undercounting our population in Oklahoma by Department Head, Edmon Low just two (2) percent (80,000) people, would mean a loss to our state Library Special Collections, of $144,000,000 a year! That’s significant! Oklahoma State University 11:15am • Oklahoma Digital The number of federal members of the House of Representatives our Repositories, Sarah Milligan, state receives is determined by the Census. Head, Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, Oklahoma School districts and voting districts will be updated based on the State University results of the 2020 Census. 1:00pm • Grant Opportunities,

Jan Davis, Administrative The Census Bureau is legally bound to handle all data confidentially, Archivist, Oklahoma Department and answers are not shared with anyone - not the FBI, IRS, ICE or of Libraries and Chad Williams, any other government agency. In fact, online responses are secured Deputy Director Research Division, by multiple layers of encryption and isolated from online access as Oklahoma Historical Society soon as you hit submit. 2:15pm • Networking and wrap up [Insert Your Museum Name] encourages you to help our state and complete the 2020 Census! Can we count on you? For more information about the 2020 Census, please visit www.OKLetsCount.org.

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OKMuseums.org 19 around the state What’s new and happening in Oklahoma museums Spiro Mounds Archaeological District 5 Center, Spiro, will hold its 15th Jason Harris, District 5 Rep. Annual Archaeology Day and 405.830.6830 Birthday Bash on May 9. [email protected] https://www.okhistory.org/sites/ spiromounds Dr. Michael J. Anderson is the new President & CEO of Oklahoma District 3 City Museum of Art. OMA District Representatives and D’Lese Travis, District 3 Rep. members submit news for inclu- General Tommy Franks Leader- (E)MOTION(S) by the Oklahoma sion in MuseNEWS. Contact infor- ship Institute and Museum City Ballet, is a groundbreaking mation appears below. Submis- 580.726.5900 world premiere created in sion deadlines are March 1, June [email protected] partnership with the Oklahoma 1, September 1 and December 1. City National Memorial Steven Groff is the new Museum, Oklahoma City, District 1 Collections Manager at General that not only serves as a Karen Whitecotton, District 1 Rep. Tommy Franks Leadership remembrance of those who OKPOP Institute and Museum. were lost, but a celebration of 918.282.3317 a resilient community that has [email protected] Photographing the Plains, come together to transform itself Depression Era Oklahoma on in the aftermath. Mexican Modernism: Revolution exhibit at Chisholm Trail https://memorialmuseum.com/ & Reckoning, on exhibit at Museum, Kingfisher, through Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, May 31. POP Power from Warhol to through August 30. http://www.ctokmuseum.org/ Koons: Masterworks from the https://gilcrease.org/ Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer In the Mind of a Collector on and His Family Foundation opens Going Home, Jewish Romania in exhibit at Oklahoma State at Oklahoma City Museum st the Early 21 Century on exhibit University Museum of Art, of Art, Oklahoma City, June 6. at The Sherwin Miller Museum Stillwater, through July 18. https://www.okcmoa.com/ of Jewish Art, Tulsa, through https://museum.okstate.edu/ May 3. The Oklahoma History Center https://jewishmuseumtulsa.org/ District 4 recently introduced a new audio Mark White, District 4 Rep. tour available in four languages: Tulsa Fire Museum, Tulsa, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art English, French, German and st will hold their 1 Annual Golf 405.325.0843 • [email protected] Spanish. Visitors can access the Tournament on April 24. tour via their phones by scanning https://www.tulsafiremuseum.org/ On May 18, John Hernandez, a QR code. The audio tour also Executive Director, at Museum is available on the Oklahoma District 2 of the Great Plains will retire and Historical Society website. Jordan Boyd, District 2 Rep. Bart McClenny will become the https://www.okhistory.org Dobson Museum new Executive Director. 918.542.5388 [email protected] Amanda Boehm-Garcia is now the Director of Education at Fred New staff at Museum of the Red Jones Jr. Museum of Art. River, Idabel, include Jamie Johnson as Receptionist and Scott Metelko is the new Museum Store Attendant, and Executive Director at Chisholm Stephen Ratcliff as Head of Trail Heritage Center. Outreach and Communications. Native Voices Over the Airwaves: Art in Community: Harold The Indians for Indians Hour Stevenson on Exhibit on exhibit Radio Show on exhibit at at Museum of the Red River, University of Oklahoma Idabel, through July 19. Libraries, Norman, through https://www.museumoftheredriver. August 3. org/ https://exhibits.libraries.ou.edu/ OKMuseums.org 20 Be a Member • Build Your Network of Connections Museum staff, volunteers and board members are encouraged to join OMA as individual members. Museums, historical societies, tribal O M A cultural centers, zoos and other related entities also are encouraged to join as an institutional member. Businesses and affiliated organiza- O K L A H O M A tions with an interest in Oklahoma museums may join OMA as corporate members. For a complete list of membership benefits or to join MUSEUMS online, visit the OMA website. A S S O C I A T I O N Individual membership packages □ Patron $250 □ Friend $100 □ Individual $50 Mission Oklahoma Museums Association □ Retired Professional $35 □ Student (electronic) $15 exists to support Oklahoma museums in their efforts to educate, Institutional membership packages inform and entertain. Pinnacle and Elevated Package dues are based on the staff size you select. Staff may be defined as paid or unpaid individuals with About MuseNEWS museum responsibilities. Include volunteers or board members as MuseNEWS is published quarterly staff if you want to extend benefits to them. by OMA and made possible by assistance from the Oklahoma Pinnacle Package Arts Council. All rights reserved. □ Staff size 0-2 $125 □ Staff size 3-5 $300 □ Staff size 6-10 $575 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form with- □ Staff size 11-20 $850 □ Staff size 21+ $1,125 out written consent.

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