Transforming Museums | Schedule
Thursday, May 22
8:00
Doors Open Coffee and snacks available in lobby. Sponsored by 4Culture.
8:30- Grand Ballroom
8:45
Welcome
Julie Stein, Director
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Opening Remarks and Introduction
Dr. Kris Morrissey, Director
UW Museology Graduate Program
8:45- The 277-Mile Museum
10:00 Judy Rand, Director
Rand and Associates
Orientation
Shana West, Conference Coordinator, Transforming Museums
MA Candidate, Museology
University of Washington
10:00 Coffee Break Defining Transformation: Create acronyms for TRANSFORM to be displayed at Friday Poster Session
Sponsored by 4Culture. Coffee will be available in the lobby.
10:30- Re-conceptualizing Visions for Transformation
Transforming Technology |
Change Is Inevitable, Except
12:00 Museum Practice
(Paper Presentations)
Technology Transforming
from Vending Machines:
Grand Ballroom
(Paper Presentations)
Exploring Transformation in the
Moderator:Ron Chew,
Chancellor
Field of Museum Education
Community Scholar-in Residence Moderator:
(Panel)
and Visiting Lecturer, UW
Kris Morrissey, Director,
College
Museology Program
UW Museology Program
Moderator:
Transforming Museums:
Using the VideoTraces Digital
Seth Margolis,
To What End?
Annotation Medium to
Director of Education Programs,
Randi Korn,
Transform Museum Experiences The Museum of Flight
Founding Director,
Reed Stevens,
Randi Korn & Associates, Inc.
Associate Professor of Learning
Panelists:
Museums, Starbucks and the
Sciences, University of Washington
Alison Church,
Third Place Way: Civil Society No Longer an Island:
Children's Education Coordinator,
and the Revisioned Museum
Connecting to the Henry Art
Nordic Heritage Museum
Sam Shogren,
Gallery’s Collections Data
Museum and Nonprofit
Erin Weible,
Heather Gibbons,
Consultant
Digital Interactive Galleries Project
Deputy Vice President for
New on View:
Manager, Henry Art Gallery
Enrichment and Outreach
Contemporary Artists and the Who Speaks for Whom:
Education, Pacific Science Center
Reinterpretation of Museum
Cultural and Natural Resources
Celine Rabago,
Collections
Preservation in the Digital Age
Consultant
Perry Price, Exhibition Designer,
Ian Kanair,
Katie Remine,
Robert Hull Fleming Museum,
Doctoral Student, Geography,
School Programs Supervisor,
University of Vermont
University of Washington
Woodland Park Zoo
Thursday, May 22 (cont.)
12:001:15
1:302:30
Lunch Break
A Call to Action:
Visions and
Strategies for
the Future
Strategies to
Transform Small
Museums
(Paper Presentations)
Grand Ballroom
Moderator:
Wilson E. O’Donnell,
Associate Director,
UW Museology Program
Building Community
Engagement Through
Hands-On Experience
Courtney Bartlett,
Curriculum Specialist,
Center for Wooden Boats
2:30
3:004:15
Celluloid Museum:
A Mini-Film Festival
Sponsored by and held at
Henry Art Gallery.
Moderators:
Danny Hoffman,
Assistant Professor,
Anthropology
James Tweedie,
Assistant Professor,
Comparative Literature
Sasha Welland,
Assistant Professor,
Anthropology & Women
Studies
Note: Session runs until
2:45.
Training for
Transformation:
Let’s Dreamstorm
Museum Studies
(Conversation)
Chancellor
Moderators:
Kris Morrissey,
Director,
UW Museology Program
Susan Spero,
Associate Professor of
Museum Studies,
John F. Kennedy
University
Museums in College
Teaching: Supporting
Interdisciplinary
Curriculum Through
Material Culture
(Mini-Workshop)
College
Carin Jacobs,
Educational Consultant
This workshop is geared
primarily toward
university faculty and
museum educators.
Working Together to
Promote History: A
Look at Ten Years of
the South Sound
Heritage Association
Drew Crooks,
SSHA President
Coffee Break Networking for Transformation: Connect with other attendees using ideas as identification!
Sponsored by 4Culture. Coffee and snacks will be available in the lobby.
Crossdisciplinary Museum Education
Looking Forward
Informal Learning
Poetry and the Museum
Partnerships
Partnerships
(Conversation)
Research at University
(Panel)
that Transform
(and Speed Dating!)
College
of Washington
Chancellor
(Mini-Workshop)
Moderator:
(Panel)
Sponsored by and held
Kris Anderson,
Grand Ballroom
Moderator:
at the Burke Museum of Director,
Wilson E. O’Donnell,
Natural History and
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Moderator:
Associate Director,
Culture.
Doctoral Student,
Kris Morrissey, Director,
UW Museology Program
Tim Stetter,
Art History,
UW Museology Program
Shin Yu Pai,
Environmental
University of Washington
Independent Curator,
Education Programs
Panelists:
Doctoral Student,
Manager, Briana Nino,
We invite professionals,
Reed Stevens,
Sociocultural
Education Outreach
students, and faculty to
Associate Professor of
Anthropology, University
Manager &
contribute to an informal
Learning Sciences,
of Washington
5:007:30
Melissa Todd,
discussion on the many
University of Washington
School Programs
ways to pursue a career
Travis Nichols,
Manager, Burke
in museums.
Eric Meyers,
Independent Poet, Writer,
Museum of Natural
Staff Member, Information & Curator
History and Culture
Behavior in Everyday
Mary Jane Knecht,
After this one-hour
Contexts (IBEC)
Manager of Adult
workshop, guests will be
Programs and
invited to visit the
Publications, Frye Art
Burke’s exhibits.
Museum
Transforming Museums Award Reception at Seattle Art Museum
Sponsored by Seattle Art Museum.
Join us as we congratulate the Science Museum of Minnesota and the American Anthropological Association on their groundbreaking
collaboration, RACE Are We So Different? The award will be presented to Paul Martin, Vice President of Exhibits at the Science
Museum of Minnesota. Remarks and award at 6pm.
Ticket includes admission to Seattle Art Museum for the evening, light hors d’oeuvres, and one drink ticket.
$25 per person
Transforming Museums | Registration Schedule
Friday, May 23
8:00
Doors Open Coffee and snacks available in lobby. Sponsored by Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
8:30- Grand Ballroom
9:45
Introduction
Ron Chew,
Community Scholar-in Residence and Visiting Lecturer, UW Museology Program
Sites of Conscience: Activating Historic Sites for Civic Action
Liz Ševčenko, Director
International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities
9:45
10:1511:35
Introduction to New Voices, New Ideas
Bradley Portin, Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Director of International Partnerships
University of Washington
Coffee Break Meet the Transforming Museums Student Leadership Committee!
Coffee and snacks available in lobby. Sponsored by Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
New Voices,
Seen and Behind the Scenes:
Looking Out, Looking In:
New Ideas:
Transformation in Education and
International Research on
Research from
Exhibits
Museums
Emerging
(Paper Presentations)
(Paper Presentations)
Professionals
Grand Ballroom
Chancellor
Moderator:
Moderator:
Miriam Kahn,
Bradley Portin,
Professor of Anthropology,
Associate Professor,
University of Washington
Educational Leadership and Policy
Adjunct Curator of Pacific Ethnology,
Studies, Director of International
Burke Museum
Partnerships,
University of Washington
Financing the Paradigm Shift:
Education Program Funding in
Globalization and the
American Art Museums
Transformations of Museums in
Tara Sweeney,
the Far East: The Case of
MA Candidate, Arts Administration,
Beijing, China
University of Oregon
Keun Young Kim,
Doctoral Student, Anthropology &
Understanding Museums as
Museum Studies, University of
Transformative Spaces: Towards a
Michigan
Theoretical and Practical Frame in
Critical Museology
Representing Aboriginality: A
Martina Riedler,
Museological Investigation
Roman Art from the
Louvre: Material Narratives
of Culture and Society
(Panel)
College
Moderator:
Margaret Laird,
Professor of Art History,
University of Washington
Heather Fulkerson
Graduate Student, Art History
University of Washington
Mira Green
Doctoral Student, History
University of Washington
Lee Beaudoen,
MA Candidate, Museology
University of Washington
Sarah Prest
Graduate Student, Classics
Doctoral Student, Art and Museum
Education,
University of Illinois
Kira Randolph,
MA Candidate, Museology
University of Washington
Greening the Museum Exhibition
Department
Rachel Byers,
MA Candidate, Arts Administration,
University of Oregon
From Social Responsibility to
Social Justice: Museums and
Religious Tolerance Post-9/11
Molly Dalessandro,
MA Candidate, Museology
University of Washington
Technology Exhibits in Science Centers
Suzanne Perin,
MA Candidate, Museology
University of Washington
Connecting Theory with
Practice: A Case Study at the
National Museum of India
Tracy Buck,
Assistant Collections Manager,
Museum of History and Industry
University of Washington
Sara Levin
Graduate Student, Classics
University of Washington
Friday, May 23 (cont.)
11:35- Poster Session &
12:45 Box Lunch
Lobby
(Lunch can be purchased with registration for $20)
Boxed Lunches will be available in the Grand Ballroom.
1:30- Workshops for Mini-Workshops
4:30
Informed and
These are one-hour workshops from 1:30-2:30. There
Innovative
will be time afterward to explore the host museums.
Practice
Portal to the Public:
Bringing Current Science Research to Visitors
Held at Pacific Science Center, Rooms 301-2
Lauren Russell,
Portal to the Public Project Manager,
Pacific Science Center
Ticket to PSC not included with registration.
Sponsored by Pacific Science Center.
Confluence of Connections
Held at Experience Music Project, Learning Labs
Charlotte Beall,
Concept and Curriculum Developer & Curator, LA CAB
Yoko Ott,
Manager of Youth and Community Outreach Programs,
Frye Art Museum
This workshop will be paired with a group evaluation of
the American Sabor Exhibit at EMP|SFM led by Nicole
Robert.
Sponsored by Experience Music Project |
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
Half-day Workshops
These are three-hour workshops.
The Intentional Museum
Held at Experience Music Project, Learning Labs
Randi Korn,
Founding Director, Randi Korn & Associates, Inc.
$50
Sponsored by Experience Music Project |
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
Museums Fostering a Culture of Sustainability
Held at Pacific Science Center, Executive Board and
Small Conference Room
Douglas Worts,
Culture and Sustainability Specialist,
LEAD Fellow (Leadership for Environment And
Development)
$50
Creating a Community Response Exhibition
Held at Hotel Deca
Ballroom
Ron Chew,
Community Scholar-in Residence and Visiting Lecturer,
University of Washington
$50