MTA Fall 2020 Virtual Forum
November 5 and 12
Last Fall, MTA hosted our first ever Virtual Forum on the afternoons of November 5 and 12, with sessions addressing key issues facing the museum field today. MTA Patrons also had the opportunity to virtually visit the private collections of Walter O. Evans and Larry and Brenda Thompson, who have focused on collecting, stewarding and giving their works of art made by African American artists for and to the larger public. Forum recordings are available to all MTA members in our Member Resource Library. Learn more about our recent Forum below or visit our Fall Patron Collections Visits page for details on our 2020 Visits!
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A crisis can bring out our best and worst instincts. Museum leaders and staff have banded together to cope, problem solve, and share innovative ways to support their communities in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. However, the urge to blame our struggles on external factors can get in the way of moving forward as a field with the necessary speed and adaptability needed to ensure the future success of our cherished institutions. Join our two for this session on how museum leaders can learn to “unthink” and lead with adaptability, resilience, learning and foresight.
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As museums have shifted heavily to their virtual platforms for connecting with our constituents, cyber security is more important than ever. Our three panelists will examine Cyber Security from the perspective of preventative measures and what your actual policy covers to legal issues in this sector to a forensic security professional sharing what they look for after a breech has occurred. Our panelists will explore all these topics and more that pertain to your web-based presence.
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Becoming Caretakers of Our Creative Culture and Legacy: If We Don’t Do It, Who Will?
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Curlee R. Holton assumed the position of Executive Director at the David C. Driskell Center in the summer of 2014, having served as consultant and Interim Executive Director for the center since 2012. He previously held the position of David M. and Linda Roth Professor of Art and founding director of the Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI). As an artist and scholar, Holton is an internationally renowned printmaker and painter whose work has been exhibited professionally for over 25 years in more than 60 one-person shows and over 100 group shows in national and international venues. This Keynote speech will address the history and practices of collecting in terms of the role of the institution, the individual collectors and the artifact of culture.
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While museums are experiencing a time of broadening their perspectives and expanding their engagement and community of stakeholders, their communications play a key role in their expansiveness during this time of change. Museums are faced with changing expectations of their constituents from an aesthetic escapist experience to creating welcoming institutions where all visitors can find more personally relevant content, that is people/ community centered and welcoming to everyone. Communications involves not only external stakeholders, but internal discussions/disagreements that need to establish a consensus and be transparent with external stakeholders in order to build community. This panel will discuss communication strategies that are built on preparedness which are nimble and responsive to the current evolution of museums.
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