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Friday, Nov. 6
All Friday sessions are on Museum Hill. Be sure to visit the closing of the Silent Auction from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Hotel Santa Fe.
Registration
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Meem Auditorium, Laboratory of Anthropology
Concurrent Sessions
9:00-10:15 a.m.
Museum Hill
Converging Streams: Hispanic and Native American Cross-Cultural Art of the Southwest
Cost: Free, limited to 16 participants
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Session will be in the form of a tour that will give an overview of an exhibition as well as introducing short discussion topics concerning the theme of the exhibit, exhibition design, and planning for a small museum. Please sign up on the registration form.
Robin Farwell Gavin, Curator, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art (chair).
Arts Alive: A Summer Arts Program Collaborative
(part 1 of double session)
Museum of International Folk Art
Presented by three education department directors who collaborate on free, drop-in, hands-on workshops for all ages at their respective museums during the summer months of June, July and August. Started by the Museum of International Folk Art, this program has been running successfully for 7 years. The presentation will cover the history, mission, process, successful projects, and challenges of the collaboration. A hands-on activity, “Beaded People,”will follow from 10:35 to 11:50 in the MOIFA atrium.
Aurelia Gomez, Director of Education, Museum of International Folk Art (chair); Joyce Begay-Foss, Director of Education, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture; and Patricia Price, Curator of Education, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.
Understanding Your Online Audience
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Gaining an understanding of your online audience is key to improving any Web site. In a time of limited resources, knowing your online visitor and their interests is especially important. In this panel discussion, museum professionals will discuss Google’s free Analytics service, and show how it can be used to understand how visitors are getting to your site and which content is more compelling. Additionally, they will address social networking—including museum blogs and Facebook groups—and discuss some of the expectations and experiences of users of social networking sites. Teachers from McKinley Middle School will discuss their Web-content related needs as educators. Using concrete examples from their own experience, they will discuss what they look for in an instructional site (it may not be what you think!) and how they integrate museum Web sites into the classroom lesson to broaden and enhance instruction.
Doug Patinka, Web Site Manager, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (chair); Rachel Horwitz, Librarian, McKinley Middle School; Cathy Intemann, Teacher, McKinley Middle School; and Nellie Price, Educator, City of Las Vegas Museum.
Break
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Meem Auditorium, Laboratory of Anthropology
Concurrent Sessions
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Museum Hill
Beaded People Hands-on Activity
(part 2 of double session)
Museum of International Folk Art
Drop in for a demonstration and hands-on activity of an Arts Alive activity led by Aurelia Gomez, Director of Education, Museum of International Folk Art.
Quick, Easy, Cheap: Ideas for Small Displays, Brochures, Signs, Labels, Ads and Web
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Do you have an object or artifact that you would like to put on display quickly, easily, and cheaply? Exhibit designers from The Bradbury Science Museum and Museum of Spanish Colonial Art will show how to develop, design, and produce a small display, from label text and graphics productions to case construction and even video installation. This display idea can be used as a template for changing and temporary exhibits. As time permits the session will include multiple products created from the same source materials: a simple flipper book for an exhibit display, a brochure handout for school groups and visitors, and a flash interactive for a Web site or computer kiosk.
Omar Juveland, Exhibit Designer, Bradbury Science Museum (chair); William Field, Exhibit Designer, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art; Judy Machen, Writer/Exhibit Designer, Bradbury Science Museum; and Robert Naranjo, Exhibit Fabricator, Bradbury Science Museum.
Things That Go Boom in the Night: Potential Hazards in Museum Collections and What to Do About Them
Museum of International Folk Art
Many, if not most, museums have some sort of toxic and/or potentially dangerous substance or object(s) in their collections. This session will outline what to look for in your museum’s collection that could be potentially dangerous, and what to do about it. There will be plenty of time for questions from the audience!
Nancy Dunn, Manager, Artesia Historical Museum and Art Center (chair); M. Susan Barger, Museum Development Associates; and Stacie Petersen, Registrar, Roswell Museum and Art Center.
Round-table Discussions
A new session format with opportunities for informal discussions and networking.
Meem Auditorium, Laboratory of Anthropology
New Mexico’s Centennial
Find out more about New Mexico’s celebration of 100 years of statehood. What projects are planned, and how to seek funding for projects in your own institution.
Representative from the NM Centennial of Statehood Taskforce (chair).
Working with Consultants
Do you want to create better exhibits and programs, or even a better overall organization? You might consider working with consultants to augment the strengths of your staff. This session will address how to decide whether you could benefit from a consultant, the kinds of consultants and how to pick one, how to form project teams that include community scholars, how to solicit for and contract with consultants, and how to measure the value they provide. A former curator and museum leader, now an independent professional, shares his perspectives from all sides of the table.
Art Wolf, Principal, WOLF Consulting (chair).
Van of Enchantment
12:00-3:30 p.m.
Parking Lot, Udall Center for Museum Resources
A brand-new traveling exhibition “Riding the Rails,” launched in Summer 2009, will be open for NMAM members to tour. Housed on a custom-built RV, this exhibition is scheduled to visit schools, libraries, community centers and festivals across the state in the coming year. Learn about this unique collaboration between the Center for Museum Resources Outreach Division, the NM History Museum, and the NM Transportation Department.
Amanda Lujan, Statewide Outreach Coordinator/Van of Enchantment, DCA (chair).
Lunch On Your Own or Order a Box Lunch
12:00 -2:00 p.m.
Whine and Dine
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Meem Auditorium, Laboratory of Anthropology
Do you feel like you are the only one facing budget shortfalls, challenging boards, or personnel troubles? Pre-order a box lunch for just $15 and join NMAM board members Laurie Rufe, Tony Thibodeau, Linda Deck, Selena Connealy, Nancy Dunn, and Caroline Brooks for an informal discussion of the challenges we face as museum professionals. Or, grab a quick bite and explore the Museum Hill museums on your own.
Concurrent Sessions
2:00-3:15 p.m.
Museum Hill
Seeing Art
Museum of International Folk Art
Learn how to design museum tours and create effective presentations for visually-impaired students and adults. The presenters will share lessons learned from a collaborative project with the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NMSBVI).
Lisa Pugh, Director, Las Cruces Museum of Art (chair); Julie Hansen, Volunteer Coordinator; and Michael Naranjo, Sculptor, Recipient of SWAIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
The New Old Things: Celebrating Heritage Using Media Technologies
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
This session will showcase presentations by three pairings of museum professionals and student interns from DCA’s educational partnership with the New Mexico Highlands University Media Arts Program. Featured projects include Santa Fe Lucky Number Seven, the online web-based documentary produced in conjunction with last summer’s SITE Santa Fe biennial exhibition, El Tesoros de Devocion, a website produced for the Palace of the Governors in conjunction with the installation of the Larry Frank Collection of northern New Mexico devotional art, and several projects produced in association with the City of Las Vegas Museum. If time permits, we will also show the video documentation of “Almas de la Plaza” a student-produced public video projection installation that was on view on the Las Vegas Plaza from mid-December 2008 through mid-February 2009.
Mimi Roberts, Director for Media Projects, DCA (chair).
The Opening of the New History Museum: What Happened?
Udall Center for Museum Resources
Last year, Center for Museum Resources Director of Marketing/Outreach Shelley Thompson and team presented preliminary plans for marketing the New Mexico History Museum. Session participants reviewed public relations plans and advertising concepts and provided valuable feedback to the NMHM marketing team. This year, the team will show you what we actually did! You’ll see the media kit, the ad campaign, and learn about the special events and activities used to launch the new museum. Most important, we’ll share real results: what happened and who came?
Shelley Thompson, Deputy Director and Director of Marketing and Outreach, Museum Resources Division, DCA (chair); Natalie Baca, Graphic Designer, NM History Museum; Kate Nelson, Marketing Manager, NM History Museum; and David Rohr, Creative Director, Museum Resources Division, DCA.
Closing of the Silent Auction
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Hotel Santa Fe
Head back to the silent auction to place your final bids! High bidders must pay for and retrieve their items at the close of the auction. Check, cash, or credit card will be accepted. Monies received through the silent auction provide funding for the NMAM Scholarship Fund.
Dinner and Music at the Hotel Santa Fe
6:00-8:30 p.m.
Hotel Santa Fe
Wind down in a relaxing and fun atmosphere at the Hotel Santa Fe. Enjoy classical flamenco music and a gourmet dinner. For those wanting a little more fun after dinner, Santa Fe locals will take you to the hot spots for dancing the night away. Advance ticket purchase required. Please sign up on the registration form.