AAMG Webinar Series in Response to COVID-19
Upcoming Webinars:
Thursday, October 22, 2020 2-3 pm ET
Innovative Asks with benefits from the CARES act and charitable trusts
2020 will undoubtedly go down as a year of unprecedented challenge. Many academic museums are facing budget reductions as their colleges and universities struggle with the economic fallout of COVID 19. In some cases, hours and staff have been reduced and opportunities for event revenue and sponsorships have been curtailed. Nevertheless academic museums continue to be integral to the educational experience on their campuses and in their communities. And now more than ever, trustees, board members and alumni want to know about how institutions are managing during the pandemic, and need to know about ways to help sustain them in these uncertain times. The CARES act which passed in March of this year (and remains in effect through the end of December) provides charitable giving incentives for museum donors that may support year-end giving (and will hopefully be renewed in a future economic relief package.) Planned giving can also be a great source of institutional support for donors who can’t make an immediate commitment.
Join us for presentations and conversation with four experts in the areas of fundraising and outreach, trustee relationships, art philanthropy and charitable giving.
Miriam E. Droller, Managing Director, CCS Fundraising
Martin Gammon, President, Pergamon Art Group providing art valuation and advisory services
Anne Lampe, CEO, Museum Trustee Association
John Sare, Attorney in the Tax-exempt Organizations practice and the Trusts and Estates group, and Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
The panel’s 30-40 minutes of presentations (approx. 8 minutes per speaker) will be followed by 30 minutes moderated Q&A.
Click here or copy and paste the following to register for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s6qpfIEiS4mQsCImG48RaA
Thank you to the Kress Foundation for their generous support in making this webinar possible!
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Past Webinars:
AAMG Open Forums (colleague chats)
The Mission of the Academic Museum in the Time of COVID-19
Tuesday, September 22, 3:30-4:30PM
While many colleges and universities begin providing online, hybrid, and in-person instruction this fall, academic museums are challenged to deliver core services to campus and community amid current and anticipated budget restrictions and upholding public health safety measures. How are academic museums innovating around these challenges, and what can we learn from the current moment to promote greater and more equitable museum access, participation, and collaboration in the future?
This open forum is jointly sponsored by the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG), Northeast region, and the New England Association of Museums (NEMA) professional affinity gathering for college and university museums.
Forum co-hosts:
Carey Weber, Frank and Clara Meditz Executive Director, Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield University, Connecticut state representative, AAMG
Deborah Disston, Director, McIninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, PAG Coordinator for College and University Museums, NEMA
You must register in advance for forum. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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AAMG Panel Discussion Around Issues Related to COVID-19, took place on March 18, 2020
This AAMG remote panel discussion centered around issues related to COVID-19 and academic museums and galleries. The panelists responded to questions submitted in advance in response to the question:
“What is the most important issue on your mind in relation to your institution and COVID-19?”
The panel took place on March 18, 4pm EST. The speakers were:
- Jill Deupi
Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator
Lowe Art Museum
University of Miami - Tracy Fitzpatrick
Director
Neuberger Museum of Art
Purchase College, SUNY - Elizabeth Merritt,
Vice President, Strategic Foresight & Founding Director, Center for the
Future of Museums
American Alliance of Museums - Denise Young
Director
Bell Museum of Natural History
University of Minnesota
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Creative Solutions to Student Exhibitions in light of COVID-19
Click here to access the PowerPoint utilized during the March 27, 2020, webinar.
Click here to access the recording of the March 27, 2020, webinar.
This panel took place on Friday, March 27, 2020 at 3pm eastern time on a topic that is critical to so many of our academic museum and gallery operations during the spring semester: How is your institution responding to student exhibitions and graduation requirements in light of COVID-19?
Assistant Professor of Art
Reopening the Academic Museum Amidst COVID-19
Click here to access the recording of the June 9, 2020, webinar.
Click here to access the chat from the June 9, 2020, webinar.
Click here to access shared reopening documents from various institutions.
This panel took place on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at 2pm eastern time.
How do we negotiate reopening when many of us are the “front door” to our colleges and universities? AAMG members in various stages of reopening their spaces will discuss their plans, protocols, challenges, and opportunities for staying in line with college and university missions, and keeping visitors and staff of our spaces as safe as possible in getting back to work. We anticipate this session to be a forum for discussion and a space to work through some of these issues many of us are currently facing in reopening our own spaces. Whatever stage your space is in, we welcome you to join in on the conversation.
Speakers included:
- Craig Hadley, Executive Director and Chief Curator
- Dennos Museum Center
- Northwestern Michigan College
- AAMG Treasurer
- Katie Lee-Koven, Executive Director and Chief Curator
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
- Utah State University
- AAMG VP – State and Regional Representatives
- Tricia Miller, Head Registrar
- Georgia Museum of Art
- University of Georgia
- Dr. Lesley Wright, Director
- Grinnell College Museum of Art
- AAMG State Representative (Iowa)
