M10 Summit 2025
Cultivating Connection, Inspiring Growth: Launching Workforce Development!
M10 Summit 2025
Cultivating Connection, Inspiring Growth: Launching Workforce Development!
Monday, May 12, 1-5pm
Amherst College, Lewis-Sebring Common (in Valentine Hall)
Museums10 Staff Members: You're invited!
Come celebrate the creative community of Museums10. Learn about upcoming professional development opportunities and connect with fellow museum professionals. A plenary session and breakout groups will deepen our understanding of our work and help us discover ways to support each other. Enjoy refreshments and get creative with an art-making break!
Schedule
1-1:15 pm Registration & Reception
1:15 pm Welcome and Introduction to Museums10 Workforce Development
Sarah Pfatteicher, Executive Director, Five Colleges Incorporated; Jessica Nicoll, Director and Louise Ines Doyle '34 Chief Curator, Smith College Museum of Art; Terre Parker, Associate Project Director.
1:45 pm The Art of Rangoli with Seema Desai, Artist. Description and bio available here.
2:15 pm Story Circle with JuPong Lin, Interdisciplinary artist-researcher, Consultant with Root Cause Solutions Exchange. Description and bio available here.
3:15 pm Break & Optional Participatory Art
3:30 pm Breakout Groups
- Sustainable Practices in Collections Planning. Facilitated by Kristina Durocher, UMass Fine Arts Center Visual Arts Director.
- Roundtable Discussion: K-12 field trips, 2025-2026. Facilitated by Courtney Waring, Director of Education, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
- Exhibiting and Interpreting Problematic Material. Facilitated by Lisa Crossman, Director of Curatorial Affairs; Maria Timina, Curator of Russian and European Art; and Sharon Liu, Curatorial Assistant, Mead Art Museum.
- De-escalation Strategies & Front of House Meetup. Facilitated by Ann Mayo, Security Manager, Smith College Museum of Art; Megan Regan, Guest Service Manager, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
- Understanding Our Audiences: Marketing & Communications Discussion. Facilitated by Patrick Fecher, Associate Director of Communications, Emily Dickinson Museum.
- The Fundraising Landscape: Development Discussion. Rebecca Goggins, Director of Development, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
- Work/Life Balance. Facilitator TBA.
4:30 pm Closing
4:40 pm Reception
5:00 pm Informal Mixer at Protocol -- 1 E Pleasant St, Amherst. Cash bar.
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M10 Summits 2017-2023
Keynote by Dr. Kelli Morgan, curator, educator, and social justice activist.
Resources
Racial Equity Institute Bibliography
The Groundwater Approach: building a practical understanding of structural racism
Virtual keynote with Christy Coleman, Executive Director at Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and former CEO of the American Civil War Museum.
Swarupa Anila, the director of interpretive engagement at the Detroit Institute of Arts, presented a keynote address.
Keynote by museum educators Keonna Hendrick and Marit Dewhurst.
Keynote speaker, Mike Murawski, Director of Education & Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum.
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