useNEWS News museums can use Expert Voice Speaker Series on M Well Being Offered for Free O M A O K L A H O M A The Oklahoma Museums Association Wellbeing Committee is please to present the expert voices speaker series in response and recovery to MUSEUMS COVID-19. This is in addition to the Wellbeing website resources which A S S O C I A T I O N can be found here. The sessions will be presented live in Zoom format. Volume 51, No. 4 • Fall 2020 Join us for one or all of the sessions below. The speaker series is free, Available to OMA members Oct 1; but registration is required. Once you register, you will be sent the Zoom posted online for public Nov 1 login information before each session. Register here. Burnout - October 8, 2020 at 10:00am, CT INSIDE: Burnout with Dea Dietrick, Life Coach. Burnout is a state of emotional, 2 physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged Museum Accessioning and stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and Registration of Collections unable to meet constant demands. (MARC) Course 6 Creative Expression of Art Therapy - November 5, 2020 at Museums Advocacy Day 10:00am, CT 2021 Creative Expression of Art Therapy with Madeline Rugh, PhD, Registered Art Therapist – Board Certified. Art therapy utilizes a person’s inherent 7 capacity for art making to enhance their physical, mental, and emotional How to Support Employees wellbeing. Art therapy uses art media, the creative process, and the in Times of Crisis resulting artwork to explore one’s feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, 15 foster self-awareness, manage behavior and addictions, develop social Oklahoma Archivists Asso- skills, improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety, and increase self- ciation Webinars esteem. The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is coordinating this session. Stress Management - December 10, 2020 at 10:00am, CT Stress Management with Amy Pringle, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Trainer, Chickasaw Nation. Strong stress management skills lead to higher levels of happiness and satisfaction. Painful Past; Resilient Future: Stories of Historical Loss, Trauma, and Resilience Within Families - February 4, 2021 at 10:00am, CT “Painful Past; Resilient Future: Stories of historical loss, trauma, and resilience within families” with C. J. Aducci, Ph.D., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Executive Officer, Chickasaw Nation. Our goal is to define historical trauma and discuss the lasting impact it has on generations of families. The accumulation of past experiences have led to historical trauma, yet families have continued to persevere. Like many First Americans, the Chickasaw people have endured hardships including removal from their Homeland. Join us for a virtual presentation to address these issues and learn more about the adversity faced by people past and present and their ability to generate resilience within DONATE their families and tribe. OKMuseums.org 1 OMA Board of Directors director's desk Dan Provo • President Reset and Reimagine Oklahoma History Center, OKC Richard Ellwanger • Vice President What a year it has been. It seems like time has Seminole Nation Museum, Wewoka both been slow, and yet moved so fast since the Delaynna Trim • Treasurer OMA nomad travelers returned to the United Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee States on that last empty flight from Ireland Ken Busby • Sceretary in March. As you know, the OMA board, staff Route 66 Alliance, Tulsa and volunteers have been very busy making Jennifer Holt • Immediate Past President sure that Oklahoma museums had knowledge, Will Rogers Memorial Museums, Claremore information and resources since the beginning of the pandemic. As the pandemic wears on, OMA continues to stay up to date and share important Jordan Boyd • District 2 Rep. Dobson Museum, Miami Brenda Granger information with museums. Executive Director Maggie Brown • At-Large Rep. Tulsa Historical Society, Tulsa For those of you who know me, you know that I always wear rosy glasses. Although I still have on those rosy glasses, I am Bill Bryans • At-Large Rep. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater concerned about what the next several months will hold for cultural Susan Buchanan • At-Large Rep. organizations in regards to financial sustainability. It was hard enough Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa for these institutions to be closed for weeks, and in some cases Lauren Daughety • At-Large Rep. months, and the bounce back is slow. We, collectively, are going Vann & Associates | PR + Marketing, OKC to have to really work to reset and reimagine what our landscape Marci Donaho • At-Large Rep. will look like post-covid. I applaud the genius and creativity that Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum, our Oklahoma museums have shown in continuing and in most Seminole cases, improving, audience engagement from Zoom happy hours to Jason Harris • District 5 Rep. virtual school programs, and beyond. I have confidence these same Chisholm Trail Museum & Governor A.J. institutions will be just as creative in creating new sustainability plans Seay Mansion, Kingfisher as we move forward, and past the pandemic. Our world, nation, state James Pepper Henry • At-Large Rep. and communities need museums now more than ever. The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, OKC Brenda Jacob Krumwiede • At-Large Rep. Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid Sherry Marshall • At-Large Rep. Museum Accessioning and Registration of Collections Science Museum Oklahoma, OKC Dr. Kelli Mosteller • At-Large Rep. (MARC) Course Moves to Virtual Format Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heri- OMA has annually offered the popular Museum Accessioning and tage Center, Shawnee Registration of Collections (MARC) Course. The course is going to JA Pryse • At-Large Rep. be offered virtually moving forward. The inaugural virtual MARC Carl Albert Congressional Research and Course are planned for late spring. Watch your email and the OMA Studies Center, Norman website for more information. 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 Karen Whitecotton • District 1 Rep. OKPOP, Tulsa OMA Staff Brenda Granger • Executive Director Stacy O’Daniel • Administrative & Program Associate Shana Keith-Ward • Office Assistant Jeremy Springer • Contract Bookkeeper OKMuseums.org 2 communicator’s corner Don’t Neglect Your Online Persona by Tony Vann, Principal, The Guild So you from your museum and find Building your online brand have a someplace else. can be difficult, but extremely website, rewarding. Make sure your Facebook Choosing to update a few simple organization has the right tools and sections on a website or sending and right message to remain Insta- messages through social media pertinent in the marketplace. gram – allows consumers to be confident congrat- in their decision to purchase. About Tony Vann ulations! 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