In this installment of the Let’s Talk podcast series, AMT Lab staff Rachel Broughton and Samantha Sonnet discuss innovative user experience (UX) design in museums, as well as digital engagement with museums and where both fields might be headed in the future.
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Ghostbots & Griefbots: The Morality of Digital Permanence
In this episode, Liz and Summer Social Media Manager Maraika Lumholdt speak with Jacob Gursky, privacy engineering student at Carnegie Mellon University, about Ghostbots, Griefbots, and their role in the Arts. The conversation covers the complexity of these digital creations, how they are used in different settings, and their morality.
Fundraising and Community Impact with Rachel Hite and Liz McFarlin-Marciak
In this episode, Victoria Sprowls interviews Rachel Hite, the Advancement Officer at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and Liz McFarlin-Marciak, the Director of Major and Planned Giving at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Conversations touch on the pros and cons of virtual benefits, the case they both make for giving at their non-profits, and the most helpful technologies for planned giving - including some advice about crypto-giving.
The Future Role of Tech in the Administration and Curation of Museum Spaces
Victoria is joined by Dr. Heng Wu, Curator of Asian art at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Nick Pozek, Assistant Director at the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law at Columbia University to talk about the place of technology in the administrative and curatorial roles of art museums. Conversations touch on what it is like to work from home in a position that has a more physical necessity in the museum space, the place for virtual museum experiences post-covid and other pandemic-related challenges, as well as the more prominent entrance of edutainment in the artistic sphere.
Exploring the Place for Problematic Monuments: A Conversation with Kirk Savage
In this episode, Angela has a conversation with Kirk Savage, a world-renowned University of Pittsburgh professor of Art History who has committed his life to the study and writing of public monuments. The discussion touches on the problematic aspects of public monuments, their contribution to historical erasure, and how we as a society and industry should consider handling the controversy of removing and storing these statues.
Virtual Museum Experiences at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rijksmuseum, and the Benaki Museum
In this episode, a panel of AMT Lab contributors review their experiences with virtual museum engagement technology for institutions including the Benaki Museum in Greece, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands. The featured panelists are Angela Johnson, Emily White, and Junyu Sun.
Let's Talk: Golden Globe Nominations, Streaming Platforms for the Arts, and Virtual Museum Engagement
Angela Johnson and B Crittenden discuss the implications of the recent Golden Globe nominations, followed by a conversation about B’s research on if and why some arts organizations should look to distribute their performances on aggregate streaming platforms. They also discuss virtual volunteering and recent virtual solutions to audience engagement found in museums.
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Building DEIA in the Arts: Part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two-part series.
In this episode Alyssa and guest co-host André Solomon sit down with Grace Stewart, the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Project Manager at the American Alliance of Museums. Together they will discuss the Alliance’s Facing Change Initiative and how the project is addressing equity in museums across the nation.