Dr. Suse Anderson Introduction For the past three years, I have been teaching a course on Museum Ethics and Values in the Museum Studies program at The George Washington University. Grounded in contemporary examples, the course seeks to unpack practical, political, and institutional paradoxes that museums face in trying to work…

Alexandra Pafilis and Liz Rosu-Rosenberg As a Lead Arts Educator and Developer at Chicago Children’s Museum I want to ensure that my visitors bring their most comfortable selves into our museum. One way we do this at our museum is through translating exhibit signage thoughtfully throughout the museum, but I…

Laura Phillips Authorship: Academia conditions us to accept and aspire to lone authorship. While I have written (typed) this text, and write from my own experience, my name is not indicating this is only my work. All of my experiences described reflect conversations and engagements with colleagues, peers, supervisors, scholars…

Emily Hogrefe-Ribeiro and Lisa Novak Introduction In this article we propose an experimental curriculum for a children-led art museum, titled the Art Room, that focuses on providing young people with the opportunity to lead and reimagine roles usually reserved for adults. Our speculative curriculum seeks to understand the formulas necessary…

PJ Gubatina Policarpio and Sophia Sanzo-Davis What is the role of museums and museum professionals in times of transformation? The past few years have been marked by a time of deep reflection and transformation for many institutions including us here at the Fine Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF…

Alli Hartley-Kong, Rachel Ropeik, and Mimosa Shah White supremacy culture and misplaced vocational awe are on blatant display in our GLAMs, and they cannot be addressed with largely empty statements of support while employees are treated so disposably in favor of collections. And as much as it feels easy to…

Alli Hartley-Kong, Rachel Ropeik, and Mimosa Shah White supremacy culture and misplaced vocational awe are on blatant display in our GLAMs, and they cannot be addressed with largely empty statements of support while employees are treated so disposably in favor of collections. And as much as it feels easy to…

Community Representative Program Fall 2020 // Saturdays, 9:30–12:30pm PJ Gubatina Policarpio, Manager of Youth Development Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco What is the role of museums and museum professionals in times of transformation? The Community Representative program provides participants with a foundational understanding of racial equity and social justice…

Emily Hogrefe-Ribeiro and Lisa Novak Introduction In this article we propose an experimental curriculum for a children-led art museum, titled the Art Room, that focuses on providing young people with the opportunity to lead and reimagine roles usually reserved for adults. Our speculative curriculum seeks to understand the formulas necessary…