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.
Interactive Arts: Interview with Yuri Suzuki
In this episode, Alyssa phones in with Yuri Suzuki, a sound artist, designer, and electronic musician. Together, they discuss the concepts of Yuri’s interactive pieces, how audiences react to them, and how museum and exhibition spaces can host interactive artworks.
New Podcast: Interview with IMLS Deputy Director of Digital and Information Strategy
The Augmented Museum: A Dialogue with Desi Gonzalez and a Collection of Essays
Managing Collection Provenance With Art Tracks
Art exhibition and provenance records are some of the most vital tools museum managers have for understanding and interpreting their collections. Yet for many institutions these records are the last record to be digitized. In this video, David Newbury of the Carnegie Museum of Art speaks with AMT Lab contributor Jenee Iyer about Art Tracks.
What's On Your Phone, Sharon Vatsky?
Sharon Vatsky is Director of Education at the Guggenheim Museum, where she supervises School, Teacher, and Family Programs and oversees the development of curriculum materials for Guggenheim exhibitions in New York and Bilbao. AMT Lab Contributor Zaijun Wu recently talked to Sharon about her favorite apps.
Thinking Big with Michael Edson
Michael Edson, Associate Director and Head of Digital for the United Nations Live—Museum for Humanity, recently sat down with AMT-Lab Chief Editor Patrick Zakem to talk about his work. Listen here to to hear Michael's views on organizational change, the digital commons, and how new ways of work are influencing the museum space.
What's On Your Phone, Elizabeth Merritt?
AMT-Lab Chief Editor Patrick Zakem recently caught up with Elizabeth Merritt from the Center for the Future of Museums to talk about her favorite apps. Read the complete interview here.
What Arts Managers Can Learn From Pittsburgh’s Gulf Tower Project
On February 11-13, 2015, the Carnegie Museum of Art marketed their newest exhibition, Antoine Catala’s Distant Feel, in an innovative way: by transforming Pittsburgh’s Gulf Tower into a “mood ring”. For three nights the tower displayed the average mood of the city as determined by Pittsburgh's Instagram activity. AMT Lab Correspondent Jackie Shimshoni interviewed Brad Stephenson and David Newbury to learn what insights this project offered arts managers.
Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Cleveland Museum Of Art's Reena Goodwin, Part2
In the second part of her interview, Reena S. Goodwin, the Digital Communications Manager at the Cleveland Museum of Art, expands on the use of social media for museum events, the challenges associated with social media, and making “connections with audiences, not for them.” Click here to read the full interview.