Academic Museums Takes Shape
We're excited at the response to our Call for Papers for this forthcoming publication, edited by Stefanie Jandl and Mark Gold, with over 100 submissions being received.
The quality of the proposals was such that we've decided to publish two related books, instead of the single volume initially envisaged. We've listed below the essays which will find their way into the two books. Meantime, a huge thank you to all those who submitted proposals - and particular thanks to those just starting to write their chapters! The books are due for publication in June and will be available either separately or as a two-volume set.
VOLUME ONE - ACADEMIC MUSEUMS: EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATION
1. STRENGTHENING THE TEACHING ROLE OF THE ACADEMIC MUSEUM
Creativity and the Relevant Museum
John R. Stomberg, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, USA
Mining the Hidden Jewel: Engagement and Transformation at the Ackland Art Museum
Emily Kass & Carolyn Allmendinger, Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Three Successful Strategies for Strengthening the Educational Role of an Academic Museum
Stefanie S. Jandl, Independent Museum Professional, Acton, MA, USA
Crossing the Street Pedagogy: Using College Art Museums to Leverage Significant Learning Across the Campus
Steven S. Volk, Oberlin College, and Liliana Milkova, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH, USA
Using Collections to Enhance the Student Experience: Developing a New Learning Offer at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
David Gaimster and Ruth Fletcher, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
2. OBJECT-BASED LEARNING
The Art of Scientific Inquiry: A Case Study for Institutional and Cross Disciplinary Collaboration
Ellen M. Alvord, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA and Linda Friedlaender, Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Three-dimensional Learning: Exploring Responses to Learning and Interacting with Artefacts
Deborah Schultz, Richmond American International University, London, UK
Everybody in the Pool! Removing Disciplinary Barriers to Collection Use
Dan Bartlett, William Green, Nicolette Meister and Michelle Burton, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, USA
3. EXHIBITION PROGRAMS FOR AN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
The Curatorial Classroom: Creating Opportunities for Engaged Learning in the Academic Museum
Jessica Hunter-Larsen, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Faculty and Student Curators: An Exhibit Template for Course Integration
Joy Beckman, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit WI, USA
Setting the Table: The Role of University Art Museums in Creating Communities of Awareness Around Eating Disorders
Laura Evans, The University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Go with the Flow: Fluxus at Play in a Teaching Museum
Juliette M. Bianco, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Case Study: Living Worlds Gallery at the Manchester Museum
Henry McGhie, The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
4. CONTROVERSIAL EXHIBITION PROJECTS
Art, Politics, and Hitler's Early Years in Vienna: Managing a Controversial Exhibition
Deborah Rothschild, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, USA
Effective Collaborations: The Case of the Dominated and Demeaned Exhibition at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan
Alice Isabella Sullivan, Wendy Sepponen and Jenny Kreiger, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
5. COLLECTIONS CARE AND MANAGEMENT IN AN ACADEMIC MUSEUM
Achieving Preservation and Access in an Academic Museum
Suzanne Davis, Kelsey Museum of Archeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
University Museums in the Digital Age: The Cravens World Open Storage Teaching Collection at the University at Buffalo
Peter F. Biehl and Laura Harrison, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Whose Body Now? The Many Lives of a University Medical Collection
Leonie Hannon, University College London, UK
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Transparent Deaccessioning
Louise Lincoln, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
6. INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS
Beyond Collections: Big Issues and University Museums
Jane Pickering, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Cultivating a Curatorial Culture through the College Library
Laurel Bradley, Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, Aisling Quigley and Heather Tompkins, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA
Pharmacy Students in the Art Museum: Lessons from an Unlikely Collaboration
Amanda Martin-Hamon and Barbara Woods, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Pat Villeneuve, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Eastern Illinois University's Historical Administration Program and the Tarble Art Center
Richard V. Riccio and Terry Barnhart, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA
7. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
A Mutually Beneficial Exchange: The University of Melbourne's Cultural Collections Projects Program
Helen Arnoldi, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Peer-to-Peer Tours at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College
Kathy Gaye Shiroki, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA
University Museums Inspiring the Teachers of Tomorrow
Philip Stephenson, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
VOLUME TWO - ACADEMIC MUSEUMS: BEYOND EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATION
1. REIMAGINING THE ACADEMIC MUSEUM
The College Art Museum As The Crossroads
John R. Stomberg, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, USA
Public Engagement, Research and Teaching: The Shared Aims of the University of Aberdeen and its Museums
Neil G. Curtis, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
The Mellon Foundation: Transforming College and University Art Museums in the U.S.
Stefanie S. Jandl, Independent Museum Professional, Acton, MA, USA
The Institution and the Museum: Features that Help Make Campus Art Museums Exemplary
Corrine Glesne, Independent Museum Professional, Asheville, NC, USA
Getting Everyone to Think with Things: New Approaches to Teaching and Learning at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University
Steven Lubar & Emily Stokes Rees, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Transforming the Manchester Museum
Nicholas Merriman, The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2. THE OPERATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC MUSEUM AND ITS PARENT ORGANIZATION
Constituencies of an Academic Art Museum
Brian T. Allen, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, USA
A New Governance Model
Jill Hartz, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Modeling Governance Structures for University Museums and Collections
Andrew Simpson, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
Academic Museums: The Brand in the Shadow
Margot Wallace, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Something for Everyone? The Great North Museum at Newcastle University
Eric Cross, Newcastle University, Rhiannon Mason, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies and Steve McLean, Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Straight Talk on Building a Positive Relationship with University Administration
Lyndel King, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
3. START-UP, GROWTH AND CHANGE
Small, New and Regional: Meeting the Challenges of a Young University Art Museum
Lisa Chandler, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC QLD, Australia
The History of Harford Community College Starts at the Hays-Heighe House
Ann S. Persson, Hays-Heighe House, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD, USA
Ukrainian University Museums - The Search for New Ways
Liliya Kazantzeva, Astronomical Museum, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine
Expanding the Museum: A Study of the University of Virginia Art Museum
Taylor Horak, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
4. THE ACADEMIC MUSEUM BEYOND CAMPUS
The Role of Campus Galleries and Museums in Extending the Resources of the University to the Community at Large
Tina McCalment, Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA
Integrating Community-Based Learning and Stimulating Connectedness while Commemorating the Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary
Stephen Whittington, Abbey Keener and Roman Safiullin, Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Strategies for Connecting University Art Galleries, Art Education Certification Programs, and Local Teachers
Stephanie Harvey Danker, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
5. EMBRACING NEW MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ACADEMIC MUSEUM
University Museums as Test Beds for Applied Digital Technologies
Tonya Nelson, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London and Sally MacDonald, University College London, London, UK
Creating a Virtual Museum of Antiquities: An Interactive Teaching Tool
Michael Schmitz, University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia
Social Media as a Tool for Cultivating Relationships with Staff and Students at a University Museum
Pippa Gardner, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norfolk, UK
6. MONETIZATION OF THE COLLECTION TO SUPPORT THE PARENT ORGANIZATION
Trustees of Parent Organizations: Just Doing Their Job
Mark S. Gold, Parese Sabin Smith & Gold, LLP, Williamstown, MA, USA
Issues Regarding Donor Intent in the Fisk-O'Keeffe Litigation
Donn Zaretsky, John Silberman Associates, PC, New York, NY, USA
Randolph College: A Study in Governance and Decision-making
John E. Klein and Peter Dean, Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA, USA
The Rose Art Museum: When the Unthinkable Happens - Fault Lines and Horizon Lines
Nancy J. Scott, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Stefanie S. Jandl is an independent museum professional with expertise on strengthening the teaching role of academic museums within their campus communities. She has over twenty years of experience that includes exhibition planning and academic outreach. She was the Andrew W. Mellon Associate Curator for Academic Programs at the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) in Williamstown, Massachusetts. At WCMA, Jandl helped build and strengthen the museum’s Mellon Foundation-funded academic outreach program to make the WCMA collections, exhibitions, and programs a vital interdisciplinary academic resource for Williams College faculty and students. Jandl has organized numerous collections-based and loan exhibitions including the Labeltalk exhibition series; she has also written for Gastronomica and published on Man Ray. She has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California and an M.A. in Art History from Williams College.
Mark S. Gold is a partner in the law firm of Parese, Sabin, Smith & Gold, LLP, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. His diverse practice includes nonprofit and museum law. He has done considerable research on the ethical rule pertaining to the use of the proceeds of deaccessioning and is the author of several articles on this topic, including ”Nothing Ethical About It” published in Museum. At the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association of Museums, Gold will be chairing a session, The New Accreditation Policy on Parent Organizations: How Will It Play in the College Boardroom? He holds a B.A. in International Studies and Economics from The American University, a master’s degree in Museum Studies from Harvard University and a law degree from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of New England Museum Association.
Jandl and Gold co-authored “The Practical and Legal Implications of Efforts to Keep Deaccessioned Objects in the Public Domain” for Museums and the Disposals Debate, published by MuseumsEtc.
January 23, 2012
