General Announcement

• Erin Coe, director of The Hyde Collection, named new director of Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State

  Erin Coe, director of The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y., has been named director of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, effective September 11, following a national search. Patrick McGrady, Charles V. Hallman Curator at the Palmer,… Read More

• Travel Grant: CAA-Getty International Program

  Dear Affiliated Society members: CAA has received a new grant from the Getty Foundation to continue the CAA-Getty International Program, which will fund twenty scholars from around the world to attend the 2018 CAA Annual Conference in Los Angeles. This… Read More

• 2018 Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant

  The College Art Association and Terra Foundation for American Art Announce Opening of 2018 Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant The College Art Association welcomes applications and letters of intent for the 2018 Terra Foundation for American Art… Read More

• AAMG Annual Conference Registration Closes June 9 – REGISTER NOW!

  Dear colleagues, We hope you will consider joining more than 260 of your colleagues in Eugene, OR from June 22-25 for the AAMG Annual Conference. The final day to pre-register for the conference is this Friday, June 9, 2017. We… Read More

• AAMG Releases Statement in Response to FY18 NEA, NEH, IMLS Budget Cuts

  May 24, 2017 Dear AAMG Community, The Trump administration released its comprehensive budget for the Federal government for FY 2018. The White House has requested that Congress start the process of closures of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the… Read More

• Reminder: Support the AAMG Silent Auction

  Silent Auction Scholarships and Keynote Speakers. The Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) is organizing a Silent Auction in conjunction with our 2017 conference. Proceeds from the auction will benefit conference scholarships to ensure participation and travel to the… Read More

• Samples Requested for AAMG Professional Practices Document

  Dear AAMG members and listserv subscribers, AAMG is in the process of finalizing a professional practices document for the academic museum community. We would greatly appreciate sample documents from accredited academic museums & galleries (or those presently undergoing review) in… Read More

• Congress Gives the Arts a Funding Boost

               I wanted to share the latest breaking news from Washington this morning and another great example of how all of your grassroots arts advocacy efforts of sending thousands of letters, emails, phone calls, personal visits, op-eds,… Read More

• ICOM AWARDS GRANT FOR UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

  For Immediate Release 25 April 2017 Contact: Marcus Granato, Secretary ICOM-UMAC Email: marcus@mast.br Lisboa, Portugal - The International Council of Museums (ICOM) has awarded a grant to the committees on University Museums and Collections (UMAC) and the Training of Personnel… Read More

• Last call for AAMG Conference scholarships

  Students: Thanks to a generous grant from the Kress Foundation and conference sponsors Culture Spots and Four Colour Print Group,  AAMG is pleased to provide a limited number of $450 student scholarships to attend the AAMG Annual Conference in Eugene, OR.… Read More

• AAMG Silent Auction

  Scholarships and Keynote Speakers The Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) is organizing a Silent Auction in conjunction with our 2017 conference. Proceeds from the auction will benefit conference scholarships to ensure participation and travel to the annual conference… Read More

• Natural-history collections face fight for survival

  Some days ago, you may have followed the controversy surrounding the University of Louisiana at Monroe (USA) wanting to replace their scientific collections for an upgrade in their running track (which UMAC has extensively reported in our social media). The… Read More