New Mexico Museums Digital humanists take note: THATCamp is coming to New Mexico Oct. 2-3, 2010. Register now online.
www.thatcampnewmexico.org
New Mexico’s THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) is a user-generated 'unconference' on digital humanities. THATCamp New Mexico will be held on the beautiful campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque on October 2-3, 2010
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Annual Meeting Scholarships - NMAM provides up to three $400 scholarships to students and emerging museum professionals in order to help defray costs of attendance at the NMAM Annual Meeting. Applications are available online and must be emailed or postmarked by August 17th
2010.
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The NMAM Scholarship Program provides up to three $400 scholarships available to students and emerging museum professionals whose attendance at the annual conference will benefit their future involvement in the museum field.
New Mexico Museums Congratulations to the The University of New Mexico’s Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (and all the other recipients) for being among those selected to receive an IMLS Museums for America grant!
www.imls.gov
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a grant-making federal agency supporting museums and libraries of all types.
New Mexico Museums Nominations sought through Sept. 15, 2010 for NMAM's annual Hewett Awards. The award is made to a person or organization whose actions exemplify leadership or service to the New Mexico Museum community. Recipients do not have to be members of NMAM or work in the museum industry to be considered.
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Edgar Lee Hewett was the first director of the Museum of New Mexico from 1909 until his death in 1946. He taught anthropology at UNM and was instrumental in encouraging the development of small museums throughout New Mexico. NMAM bestows two yearly awards in his honor.
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You may not have heard of the "precarious age," but for freelance curators in Europe, the term sums up today's job market.
New Mexico Museums The Dissolve, SITE Santa Fe's eighth international biennial opens to the public Sunday at noon.
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A paradigm shift in contemporary art is rare and hard to recognize at its inception, but that is what curators Sarah Lewis and Daniel Belasco have done in The Dissolve, SITE Santa Fe’s Eighth International Biennial. The curators will present a new sensi
Gina Díaz
Museum Studies Field School offered to the community at large through UNM this July!
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying Latino cultural productions, primarily practices of exhibiting material culture. We will visit local and regional sites of cultural display (museums, cultural centers, gallerie...s, and works of public art). We will also read, consider, discuss, and write about Chican@/Hispan@/Mexican@ culture and its representation; museum histories, theories, and debates; and how cultural forms are produced, preserved, and disputed. Transportation for the field school IS provided. Email the instructor for more information! Gina Diaz - - ginadiaz@unm.edu
www.santafenewmexican.com
Roberto Mondragón of Cuyamungue talks with Carolina Correa, right, a facilitator with StoryCorps, as he signs a release for the recording of his story for the oral history project. His business partner, Georgia Roybal, from Las Vegas, N.M., conducted the interview. - Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Me...
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AAM to host a multi-day, multi-session online conference that
provides an interactive forum for museum professionals at all levels to
explore current technology trends and practices in museum education,
interpretation, exhibition, public programs, and outreach.
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Multi-day OnlineConference (with bonus opening "reception" on Tuesday!)Technology, Interpretation, and Education 2010In partnership with the AAM Committee on Education (EdCom), the AAM Media and Technology ...
New Mexico Museums Celebrate the first anniversary of the New Mexico History Museum and the opening of "Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton." Free admission all day today.
www.mexicanwolves.org
Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton, the first exhibition devoted to the life, artwork and writings of one of America’s greatest conservationists, opens May 23 during the New Mexico History Museum’s first-anniversary celebration. ...
New Mexico Museums How is social media changing the role of the archives? The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives invites discussion about photo sharing, copyright, and the idea of the "commons."
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- As part of the Blue Star Museums program, New Mexico's 14 state-run museums and historic monuments will offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families all summer long. "New ...
New Mexico Museums A reminder: Session proposals for the 2010 NMAM annual meeting are being accepted through May 7. Have something interesting to say or a question to explore? Want to show off a project or teach someone a new skill? Submit a session proposal, and help make 2010 the best annual meeting yet.
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Sessions will be held in the historic and beautiful Plaza Hotel. Highlight your museum's strengths to museum professionals from all over the State. All types of museums are welcome to participate. Sessions will be an hour and fifteen minutes long. Double sessions will be considered.
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Storycorps Historias is coming to Albuquerque. The StoryCorps MobileBooth
– an Airstream trailer outfitted with a recording studio – will be located at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for 6 weeks beginning May 20..
storycorps.org
StoryCorps Historias is an initiative to record the diverse stories and life experiences of Latinos in the United States. Sharing these stories celebrates our history, honors our heritage, and captures the true spirit of our community. ...
