The Association of African American Museums Mellon Funded Working Group is a cohesive unit of African American Museum professionals that tackle three main areas of concern from the field. Those challenges include Security, Path to Accreditation, and Exhibition. Three groups of museum professionals from the African American museum field will work to tackle the areas through research, learning strategies, confronting issues, and developing solutions that can be shared via digital means and through AAAM’s in-person conferences. The goal is to establish a network and community of practice that can continue after the four-year grant period ends while increasing the knowledge and skills base of working group members and their institutions.
PARTICIPANTS
Dr. Reneé Anderson
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Collections Manager
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Samuel W. Black
African American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center
Director
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Sydney Briggs
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Director of Collection and Exhibitions
The Museum of Modern Art
Associate Registrar
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Marian Carpenter
National Trust for Historic Preservation
John & Neville Bryan Senior Director of Museum Collections for the Historic Sites Division
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Dr. Bryan Carter
University of Arizona
Director of the Center for Digital Humanities and Associate Professor in Africana Studies
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S. Marquette Folley
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Content Director
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Julie Hart
American Alliance of Museums
Senior Director for Museum Standards and Excellence
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Sabriyah Hassan
Banneker-Douglass Museum
Program Director
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Dr. Jacqueline Hudson
Filson Historical Society
African American History Program Manager
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Christina Shutt
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Executive Director
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Dr. Synatra Smith
Black Heritage Trail, New Jersey Historical Commission
Project Manager
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Deitrah J. Taylor
Joyeful Time Traveler LLC
Founder
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Lance Wheeler
Charles A. Wright Museum
Vice President of Learning and Engagement
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ADVISORS
Dr. Dina Bennett
American Jazz Museum
Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs
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