The Mildred Colodny Diversity Scholarship program provides financial assistance and experiential learning opportunities to individuals preparing for careers in historic preservation. The purpose of the Colodny Scholarship is to increase the diversity of people pursuing degrees and careers in historic preservation in the United States. The National Trust is seeking culturally diverse applicants whose commitment
Opening Up: Creating New Field Guides to Trust, Service, and Responsibility Join us in Lawrence! At AAMG’s in-person 2023 conference, you can connect with your peers in the field, share stories, and learn something new. There is much to discuss: our conference theme, Opening Up: Creating New Field Guides to Trust, Service, and Responsibility, has prompted dozens
#MACBahamas2023 The 2023 MAC Conference will take place in Nassau, The Bahamas from Wednesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 5, 2023. This will be MAC’s first in-person conference since 2019, and will feature: Panels by museum and cultural heritage site professionals from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, featuring the 2023 conference themes Site visits
APPLICATIONS OPEN Through a partnership with the National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) will soon award several grants between $5,000 to $25,000. Please do not delay submitting your application on January 15 - March 15, 2023! Funding will range from $5,000 to $25,000. For all information pertaining
The Center for Civil Rights History and Research will launch the annual Women in the Movement lecture series in a March 16 conversation with Angeline Butler, a South Carolina native and an organizer of the Nashville Sit-in Movement, the 1961 Freedom Rides, and other major Civil Rights efforts. In a conversation with acclaimed journalist Beryl
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FEATURES @ NOAAM is a new Signature Program that highlights remarkable native New Orleans acts on the NOAAM Grounds. Presenting artists of varying artforms, this intimately styled cabaret experience for (21+) museum attendees is ticketed, features a local DJ, full museum access for the evening, and a signature cocktail inspired by the featured act’s # 1 muse. Date & Time
The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the hybrid 17th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 14 & 15, 2023. The CASE Festival will focus on the legacy of Margaret Walker, Black women writers, and the 50th anniversary of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival at Jackson State. Proposals must be submitted
Artwork Archive has invited Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at UNLV and Cleveland Clinic to join a conversation about location and loan tracking with your CMS. It's Tuesday, March the 28th at 12pm PST | 1pm MST | 2pm CST | 3pm EST. We'll record the session and send it to registrants if you can't make the
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On Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15, the Margaret Walker Center invites you to attend the 2023 Creative Arts and Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, featuring 20 student presentations over seven concurrent sessions and a keynote address by Dr. Maryemma Graham, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Kansas and author of The House Where
Register here: https://sebrofforbesculturalartscenter.org/events-calendar/noted-in-covid-433rs-l3j4n
Program Overview The Museum's Office of Strategic Partnerships is pleased to announce a call for applications for its signature Ethical Interpretation Workshop. This annual workshop provides technical training for museum professionals on interpretive theory and ethical practice. The program addresses histories of oppressed people whose experiences have been historically ignored and misrepresented and does so by recognizing
PBS Documentary Series Screening: The International Museum of Muslim Cultures is celebrating the rich diversity and beauty of American cultural heritage with a special film screening. Meet a young Muslim couple traveling along historic Route 66. As they discover their American roots and the many stories of Muslims enriching America. Come experience and learn how
In celebration of the 125th Birthday of Paul L. Robeson, West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance presents an incomparable evening with Sweet Honey In The Rock, along with international choirs from Wales and local choirs here in Philadelphia. Robeson, who spent the last 10 years of his life in Philadelphia, was well-known for his signature song “Ol’ Man
The Museums Association of New York is thrilled to announce Omar Eaton-Martínez, Senior Vice President for Historic Sites, National Trust for Historic Preservation is our 2023 Conference Opening keynote. Opening Keynote "Where is the Love? How to Bring Justice to Museums" Sunday, April 16 3:30 - 5 PM Everson Museum of Art Omar Eaton-Martínez Senior
Why Black Museums inaugural event Art Galleries at Black Studies is excited to announce a multiyear program titled Why Black Museums, which honors and examines Black museums’ contributions to the museum field. This spring we will host our inaugural events, which will highlight several scholars and professionals working within The University of Texas at Austin
There are a lot of moving pieces when planning, coordinating and accepting donations. Artwork Archive is bringing together a panel of experts to discuss best practices for donating and receiving fine art and collectibles. This presentation is for both donors and the recipient nonprofits like universities and museums. In this webinar we’ll cover strategies for
In 1973, Margaret Walker organized the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival at Jackson State, marking the bicentennial of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Walker invited 30 prominent Black women writers to honor the poet and the tradition she began. The Margaret Walker Center continues to celebrate that legacy today with the 50th anniversary reconvening of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry
