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  • 1.  Would your Museum Benefit from a DEIA Auditing tool?

    Posted 10-13-2023 07:05 PM

    Hi All!

    The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is applying for grant support to initiate an exploratory and then systematize a full DEI+A Audit. This Audit seeks to address the challenge of ensuring equitable representation within the museum's collection by creating a metadata framework tool that is useful for other museums. Would this research + subsequent tool, be of use to your work? Please respond, so we can recognize, acknowledge and capture this support in our grant? Thank you!



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    Alyssa Pizarro
    Sr. Mgr Equity + Inclusion
    Seattle WA
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  • 2.  RE: Would your Museum Benefit from a DEIA Auditing tool?

    Posted 10-16-2023 06:34 AM

    Alyssa, on behalf of the Detroit Historical Society, yes we would be very interested. Please feel free to reach out to me directly to discuss.  

    Thanks!



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    Elana Rugh
    CEO
    Detroit Historical Society
    Detroit MI
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  • 3.  RE: Would your Museum Benefit from a DEIA Auditing tool?

    Posted 10-16-2023 10:13 AM

    Alyssa, yes, we would be very interested in using a tool like this for our work. Thank you for starting this research!

    Sarah Graves
    Manager of Visitor Engagement
    Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL



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    Sarah Graves PhD
    Visitor Experience Manager
    Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
    Montgomery AL
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  • 4.  RE: Would your Museum Benefit from a DEIA Auditing tool?

    Posted 10-19-2023 03:53 PM
    Yes, I'd be interested! I work for Artwork Archive and we've been encouraging our clients to track this data in their Artwork Archive database – particularly in the Artist profiles – so that they can see and report on their representation in efforts to make it more equitable.

    I actually have one client that uses us (Artwork Archive) to identify gaps and then acquire new works that better reflect their community/student body. 

    They'll present as well as other Artwork Archive institutions in a Balboa Park Online Collaborative webinar in late November about creating more inclusive collections. We'll post when it's ready to share!

    Happy to chat!
    Elysian

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    Elysian McNiff Koglmeier (she/her)
    Head of Partnerships
    Artwork Archive

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    National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) Board Member





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  • 5.  RE: Would your Museum Benefit from a DEIA Auditing tool?

    Posted 10-16-2023 11:06 AM

    I think this sounds like a fantastic idea!

     

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  • 6.  RE: Would your Museum Benefit from a DEIA Auditing tool?

    Posted 10-17-2023 09:18 AM

    Hi Alyssa! I'm a student and am working on a related project for my thesis. I'd love to learn more about the process and the final product.



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    Jessica Connor
    Student
    Department of Museum Studies - University of the Arts
    Philadelphia PA
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  • 7.  RE: Would your Museum Benefit from a DEIA Auditing tool?

    Posted 10-17-2023 03:05 PM

    We would be very much interested. 

    Megan McAdow

    Director

    Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

    (p) 989-964-7154

    (e) MMcAdow@svsu.edu



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    Megan McAdow MPA
    Director
    Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
    UNIVERSITY CENTER MI
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