November Member of the Month
Meet Hsuan Chi Liu (she/they), a PhD candidate in Museum Education and Visitor-Centered Curation and Graduate Assistant at Florida State University!
What’s one thing — either industry/work-related or not — you learned in the past month?
Whether it is going to cafeterias, attending performances, visiting museum exhibitions, or joining artistic activities, I have learned that the third space is important to me to feel restored and agentic. Also, now I have more opportunities to get close to the water and watch the sunset. I believe that also helps me to unfold my inner space and process daily life experiences and reflections.
What do you value about your membership with AAMG?
I appreciate that AAMG creates an inspiring space for us to learn from one another about museum practices in academic settings! I worked as a graduate assistant at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts from 2025 to Spring 2026 (mainly in visitor services, along with collaborative experiences in workshop design and facilitation), while continuing to assist with the Creative Reflection program design; therefore, I am looking forward to meeting diverse practitioners in this community and deepening my thinking!
Coffee or Tea?
Tea
What are your hopes for our industry?
I hope we can include multivoices and diverse ways to creatively know the world.
Book/Author suggestion?
Towards an Ecopsychotherapy/ Mary-Jayne Rust
(I read the translation published in Taiwan; translators: 周大為, 陳俊霖, 劉慧卿)
How to Make Art at the End of the World: A Manifesto for Research-Creation/ Natalie Loveless
黑潮尋鯨：遇見噴風的抹香鯨/ 黑潮海洋文教基金會, 張卉君, 陳冠榮, 余欣怡, 莊慕華, 蔡偉立, 金磊, 陳玟樺
This book introduces knowledge about sperm whales and various approaches to recording them, such as direct observation, hydrophones, and underwater photography.
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I used to hope I could be an artist — I wouldn’t say I won’t, considering I try to delve into artistic practices more in recent years 🙂
What do you enjoy most about being a part of an academic museum?
I think it is always fascinating to have opportunities to experiment with my pedagogical practices while interweaving them with some theoretical reflections in a university museum setting.
