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2008-11 Programs
Annual Institute 2011: 6 June 2011
Museum Education Rules! (and how to break them)
Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles
The day-long program focused on interpretation and featured architect Michael Rotondi as a keynote speaker, along with breakout sessions led by presenters from the Center for Informal Science Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Norton Simon Museum, Getty Museum, ArtBites, and the LA Opera.
Winter Program 2011: 28 January 2011
Partnering with Schools in Challenging Times
Bowers Museum of Art, Santa Ana
Educators, administrators, artists, students, and parents were invited to a lively panel discussion examining the way museums and schools are working together during the current State of California budget crisis. Panelists included: Andrea Krupka, chairman of the Bowers Museum Docent Guild; Herman Mendez, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education, Santa Ana Unified School District; Rick Smetanka, Partner, Haskell & White LLP. Panel moderator: Jennifer Olson, MESC board member and independent museum educator.
Fall Program: 8 November 2010
Motivations, Interactions, and Impact�Understanding Audience Experience
A 2010 Smith Leadership Symposium
In a groundbreaking collaboration with the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, the California Association of Museums (CAM), the California Exhibition Resources Alliance (CERA), the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the San Diego Museum of Natural History (SDNHM), and Cultural Connections of San Francisco, and Learning Times, MESC leveraged technology and a network of professional development resources to stimulate dialogue on issues of mutual importance across the state of California. This event focused on how visitors benefit from museum experiences and the implications for a broader arts, science, and cultural community.
Format & Location
The program was based in San Diego with dynamic satellite convening sites in Los Angeles and San Jose presenting a blended-learning experience using both live streaming interactive technology and in-person breakout sessions. The program was also be available locally, nationally, and internationally via webcast without the in-person network option.
Featured speakers
Sea Grant Professor in Free-Choice Learning at Oregon State University; Nina Simon, principal of exhibition consultancy and design firm Museum 2.0; and Salvador Acevedo, Principal and President of strategic communications firm Contempor�nea; Marianna Adams, a professional evaluator and Principal of Audience Focus, Inc; Robert L. Sain, independent curator and former director of LACMAlab; Jeanne Hoel, Senior Education Program Manager of School and Teacher Programs.
Resources/archive
Find resources and archives from this program at www.learningtimes.net/bpcp
Annual Institute: Resourceful Leadership
Skirball Cultural Center
Keynote: Vas Prabhu, independent museum educator
Plenary: Peter Samis, Associate Curator, Interpretation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
June 25, 2010
MESC's day-long conference explored ideas for leadership at all levels. Breakout sessions: Strategic Leadership: Building Resourceful Programming from Within; Community Voices: A Hands-On Approach to Visitor Engagement, Strengthening the Educational Mission Within Museums; Successes and Challenges: Working with Teens as Museum Staff; Volunteers, and Audience, Nurturing the Village: Collaborative Approaches to Learning Communities and Reflective Practice for Museum Professionals
Dine and Discuss with Dr. Viv Golding
May 27, 2010
MESC invited museum educators to a private home to enjoy conversation and a meal with Dr. Viv Golding, lecturer and director of the Ph.D Research Studies at the University of Leicester�s Museum Studies program, following her presentation at the American Association of Museums Conference (AAM) in Los Angeles.
Dr. Golding spoke about her current research, which explores the museum�s role in developing more inclusive language when addressing such issues as injustice, social exclusion, and racism. These issues are raised in her book, Learning at the Museum Frontiers: Identity, Race and Power (Ashgate, 2009).
Bio on Dr. Viv Golding: http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/contactus/vivgolding.html
Pulling Museum Education�s Purse Strings
A budget and finance workshop for museum educators with Faith Raiguel
February 27, 2010
Faith Raiguel is an associate professor of Claremont Graduate University�s Drucker School and the Chief Financial Officer of the Los Angeles Opera. Based on her course Finance and Accounting for Non-Profits, she provided valuable insights on how museum education departments can work toward maximizing their budgets during these critical financial times.
Cultural Dimensions: Museums, Educators, and Social Action
A talk by Peter Sellars
November 3, 2009
Peter Sellars�international theater director, university professor, and creative force�knows that there�s a better world for all of us through culture and conscious moral action. Sellars explored the potential of cultural organizations to bring forth a more introspective, productive, inclusive, and culturally-driven society.
Annual Institute, Interpretation
Keynote by Carol Scott
June 5, 2009
Join MESC for this biennial exploration of museum interpretation. This day-long conference will be anchored by a keynote address from Dr. Carol Scott�former Manager of Evaluation and Audience Research at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia�who is known for raising important questions about the values by which we measure the impact of museums.
Action Research
Balboa Park, San Diego
April 15, 2009
In partnership with the Informal Learning Environments Research group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), learn about the effective process of �action research,� which enables practitioners to quickly assess needs, analyze data, and make informed decisions that lead to outcomes. The program will be followed by a networking event at the San Diego Museum of Art for MESC program and AERA annual meeting participants. The program will take place in the Balboa Park area, with the exact location to be announced.
Interpretation for Young Audiences (MESC Essentials Series)
Children�s Museum of La Habra
March 16, 2009
Build and refine your skills by learning how to convey information to young audiences and their caregivers.
Grounding Your Career in a Vision That Fits Your Values
Pico House of Los Angeles
January 30, 2009
Join us as the calendar year changes for a workshop to define your personal mission. This exercise is a means of clarifying why you are working in your field, where you hope to go, and to what end. With a personal mission statement in hand, you will be ready to take on the world!
Essential Tools for Evaluating Public Programs (MESC Essentials Series)
Keynote and workshop by Wendy Meluch, Principal of Visitor Studies Services
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
November 10, 2008
Does creating an evaluation plan make you cringe? Are you looking for a better way to assess if your public programs are really working? Wish you had a greater handle on which evaluation methods work best with certain program types? Come learn the essentials of evaluating public programs and leave with tools and information that you can put to use immediately! Principal of Visitor Studies Services Wendy Meluch has been designing and conducting evaluative research for informal learning centers since 1997. During the Essentials workshop, she will discuss evaluation techniques before guiding participants through hands-on applications on a variety of public programs.
The Nature of Change and the Next Generation
Keynote by Ron Chew
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
September 23, 2008
Ron Chew, Principal of Chew Communications and the former executive director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, will draw from his own experiences to lend insight into the important notion of building a legacy for the museum leaders of tomorrow.
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