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  • How a University and a Tribe Are Teaming Up to Revive a Lost Language

    June 09, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oxford, Ohio

    The Myaamia Center, a language initiative led by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University, has led to the preservation of the Myaamia language and culture. The center, which has become a model for other universities, is the result of a relationship between the university and the tribe that dates back to 1972. Together, they have helped move predominantly white institutions like Miami University towards racial equity.

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  • LACMA and Arizona State University Team Up for a New Grad Program Aimed at Diversifying Museum Leadership

    May 09, 2018 |

    Artnet |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Arizona State University have teamed up to provide graduate students with a scholarship, an opportunity to work at LACMA, and a salary for that work. Furthermore, the program is aimed at people of color and has a goal of helping to diversify the curatorial profession.

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  • 'It Is an Unusual and Radical Act': Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists

    April 30, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In order to raise funds to purchase new work by women and artists of color, the Baltimore Museum of Art has deaccessioned redundant or hard to display work by major male, white artists.

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  • Metropolitan Museum Aims for Accessibility with Sign Language Tours on Facebook Live

    April 18, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Metropolitan Museum in New York has interested tens of thousands of hearing-impaired art enthusiasts through their American Sign Language (ASL) tours on Facebook Live. The ASL tours are part of the Met’s newly launched Open Access initiative, which focuses on expanding the access of their collections online. In addition to the high numbers of engagement, the ASL online tours bring attention to American Sign Language and “the Deaf identity.” The Met also offers transcripts of curatorial guides for in-person visitors.

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  • What It Means for ICA Philadelphia to Become the First WAGE-Certified Museum—and Why Other Institutions Should Care

    March 28, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The organization Working Artists and the Greater Economy (WAGE) works with non-profit arts organizations to establish fair payment for artists. WAGE established a fee structure for 15 categories of artistic labor with a sliding scale based on the organization’s total operating expenses. Organizations that adhere to the fee structure are WAGE ‘certified.’

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  • How Curators Are Taking Over Vacant Spaces and Changing Cities

    March 01, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    All around the world there is a trend for pop-ups to take over empty spaces and give the spaces meaning for a short period of time. For instance, in a time when capitalism dominates society, the Museum of Capitalism filled an Oakland warehouse for two months to spark conversation on the topic. These pop-ups act as an educational resource, a creative asset to neighborhoods, and a more accessible way for artists to engage with social issues and a large audience.

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  • High Museum leads way in diversifying museum audience

    February 08, 2018 |

    Atlanta Journal-Constitution |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta’s High Museum has taken a multi-faceted approach to diversifying the demographics of museum visitors as well as museum staff. These include internal and external focus groups, curatorial fellowships, a simple price structure, and inclusion and diversity advisement.

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  • When an Elite Museum Prioritizes Inclusion

    December 31, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Museums all over the country are trying to attract diverse audiences. One of those is the Frick museum in New York which has a program called the Ghetto Film School project. Twenty students from the Bronx are selected to attend a weekly discussion-based seminar. At the end, students must write a script. “The winning script is turned into a movie and filmed at the museum.” “People should feel they can go to museums, learn something, and improve their lives in doing so.”

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  • A Museum Designed for City Life Debuts

    December 15, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    MICRO, a new New York City-based non-profit, has developed niche-emphasizing, science-focused “museums” around the city. Through these installations, MICRO brings art and environmental knowledge to people outside of a formal museum setting as well as shining a light on often overlooked topics. In order to bring niche-emphasizing, science-focused museums into being, a non-profit named MICRO has begun creating small exhibitions in public places for New York City residents to discover.

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  • Cleveland Museum of Art wins grants to diversify majority white leadership in art museums

    November 30, 2017 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    In order to address the lack of diversity among mid- and senior-level art museum management, the Cleveland Museum of Art received a $750,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Initiatives implemented as part of this grant include a Curatorial Arts Mastery Program, research residencies, apprenticeships for HBCU students, and fellowships to work with high school students.

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