Museum/Gallery News

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• Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press – RAFFMA

  On Display (virtually): February 6 - April 10, 2021 Online Reception: Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 4 p.m. View: https://www.csusb.edu/raffma/visit/view/personal-political This exciting exhibition feature works by African American artists who have helped to shape the contemporary art conversation in the Bay Area and… Read More

• The National NAGPRA Program is now accepting applications!

  The National NAGPRA Program is now accepting applications for their Consultation/Documentation and Repatriation grant programs. Museums with possible NAGPRA collections, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations are eligible to apply. Visit the NAGPRA Grants website at https://www.nps.gov/nagpra/GRANTS/INDEX.HTM for more information, or access… Read More

• Images Objects Archives: The Multiple Lives of Photographs – Symposium Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

  March 22, 2019 From its beginnings in the nineteenth century photography has been a profligate provider of visual information—and increasingly so as cameras have achieved near ubiquity. How do we organize, store, and retrieve these images? How do we decide… Read More

• ALBRIGHT COLLEGE NEWS

  Albright College appoints Alana J. Coates as Freedman Gallery Curator Reading, PA –Alana J. Coates has been appointed Curator of Collections and Exhibitions of Albright College’s Freedman Gallery. Beginning her new role on Sept. 12, Coates will shape and oversee the… Read More

• The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Receives a Transformative Gift of Contemporary Art from Artist Hung Liu and Master Printer David Salgado

  The fifty-five works exemplify the innovative mixed-media techniques developed by the duo. EUGENE, Ore. -- (August 22, 2018) – Renowned contemporary Chinese artist Hung LIU (LIU Hung 刘虹) and Trillium Graphics master printer David Salgado have donated 55 works of art to the… Read More

• New Museum of the Month

  MuseLab at Kent State University is our featured AAMG member of the month. Learn more about their program here: https://www.kent.edu/slis/muselab   Read More

• Tabitha Jacques named NTID Dyer Arts Center director

  Release Date: April 29, 2015 Contact: Vienna McGrain 585-475-4952 or vnccom@rit.edu Twitter: @viennamcgrain PHOTO AVAILABLE: http://www.rit.edu/news/pics/Tabitha_Jacques.jpg Credit: Mark Benjamin/NTID Tabitha Jacques named NTID Dyer Arts Center director Plans for gallery include more student collaborations, exhibits featuring deaf/hard-of-hearing artists, expanded hours… Read More

• AAM Appoints New President and CEO

  Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share some exciting news. Following an extensive national search, the Alliance Board of Directors has unanimously voted to appoint current Alliance Chief Operating Officer Laura L. Lott to the position of president and CEO,… Read More

• What does The Real Thing mean to you?

  Conversations about museums always seem to include something about “the real thing” but what exactly is meant by this term?  I have been asking museum visitors what they perceive as real in the museum for the past three years. Now I… Read More

• Campus Art Museums in the 21st Century: A Conversation

  AAMG and our members actively promote thoughtful investigation into and dialogue about the possible and desirable roles of the campus art museum in the twenty-first century. The Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago and its partners facilitated just… Read More

• AAM Accreditation Commission Announces New Policy On Museum Parent Organization Support

  New Statement of Support Language Designed to Protect College Museums and Their Collections Washington, DC - Responding to increasing instances of threats to the sanctity of university museums and their collections, the American Association of Museums's (AAM) Accreditation Commission --… Read More

• ACUMG Responds to the Closure of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University

  The Association of College and University Museums and Galleries (ACUMG) and its national membership are fully cognizant of--and working hard to help address--the economic challenges all our universities and colleges are currently confronting. We are passionate in our commitment to… Read More