This year’s theme is Transitions: Navigating Change and Moving Forward.
The museum field is changing. Let’s embrace these challenges together and move forward with our communities.
Although change can be difficult to navigate, times of transition are also times of great creativity. What will our next ideas be? How will the field change in the next few years or longer? What will be our role?
Our #MA2022 conference will be held both virtually and in person in Valdez. Let’s take the opportunity to explore these ideas. Join your friends and colleagues from around the state to share solutions and inspiration, and enjoy each other’s company.
This event is also available on the Whova Mobile App.
You can interact with others on your phone in the app more conveniently wherever you go.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Stories to Tell: Museum Archives as Community Partner • 10am–11:30am
- Heather McClain & Chloe Nielsen, Anchorage Museum
Museum Sovereignty in Alaska: Case Studies and Conversation • 3–4:30pm
- Dawn Biddison, Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center; Angela Demma, Alaska Native Heritage Center; Melissa Shaginoff, Artist & Curator; Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, The CIRI Foundation
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Introduction to iMovie and iPad Filmmaking • 9:00am–1:00pm
- Faith Revell, Valdez Museum
Mannequin Transitions: Sharing approaches to modifying exhibit forms • 9:00am–5:00pm
- Sarah Owens, Interwoven Fibers, LLC; Shelly Uhlir, National Museum of the American Indian
Angel Project at the Valdez Museum
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Welcome & Awards • 8:30–9am
Indigenizing the (art) Museum – Keynote • 9:00–10:00am
- Greg Hill, National Gallery Canada
10:30am-12:00pm
Access and Equity in the Digital Space
- Francesca Du Brock, Anchorage Museum; Alexis Anoruk Sallee, Artist; Alyssa Quintyne, Artist
Creating a Traveling Primary Source Kit
- Faith Revell, Valdez Museum
12:15pm-1:30pm
Administrator’s Roundtable
- Addison Field, Alaska State Museum
Addressing Visitor Feedback to Controversial Exhibits Roundtable
- Megan Koch, UA Museum of the North
1:45-2:45pm
Diversifying Voices and Stories in Museums – Panel and Participation
- Marie Acemah, See Stories; Greg Hill, National Gallery Canada; Lynn Walker, Kodiak History Museum
3:00pm-4:00pm
Bodies in Motion
- Marcia Lynn, Valdez Museum
History Afloat: Ketchikan’s Old Wooden Boat Project
- Brooke Ratzat, Erika Jayne Christian & Hayley Chambers, Ketchikan Museums
Museums Alaska Annual Meeting • 4:15-5:00pm
Stan Stephens Port Tour • 5:30-7:45pm
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
ViniYoga and Hot Breakfast at The Whitney • 8:00–9:30am
Museum and Cultural Organization “Speed Dating” and Professional Networking • 10:00–11:30am
11:45am-1:00pm
Repatriation and NAGPRA in the 21st Century
- Monica Shah, Anchorage Museum; Angela Linn, UA Museum of the North; Janet Northey, Anchorage Museum; Amanda Lancaster, Alutiiq Museum
- Sarah Asper-Smith, ExhibitAK
2:15pm-3:45pm
Funding Opportunities – Rasmuson Foundation and IMLS
- Monica Garcia-Itchoak, Rasmuson Foundation; Sarah Glass, IMLS
Putting Your Museum on the Map (Google Map, that is!)
- Sarah Asper-Smith, ExhibitAK; Christine Carpenter, ExhibitAK, Aaron Suring, ExhibitAK; Sarah Harrington, Kodiak History Museum
A Reindeer in Caribou’s Clothing: Sheldon Jackson’s Boarding Schools and Structural Violence • 4:00pm-5:30pm
- Benjamin Jacuk, Alaska Native Heritage Center
Valdez Brewery Get Together/Network • 6:00-8:00pm
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
All Saturday tours in Valdez were canceled due to weather and a flat tire on the tour van, but the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Collections Tour proceeded as planned.
- e-Bike tour of Old Town • 10am-12pm
- Van Tour of Valdez • 10am-2pm
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Collections Tour • 2:30-3:30pm
