coming up in affiliateland in september 2012
Ah.. it’s back-to-school time, and back to great events happening across the country at Affiliates! FLORIDA The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum will be hosting the exhibition Reflections Across Time: Seminole Portraits featuring loans from SAAM, NPG, and NMAI in Clewiston, 9.1. The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra will perform at The Museum of Arts & Sciences and give a […]
affiliations staff on the road
Affiliations staff will be attending regional museum association conferences all over the country this fall. Will we see you there? Let us know! *Save the date* – we’ll be hosting another Affiliate reception at the AAM Annual Meeting this year in Baltimore, May 2013. Stay tuned for details! Western Museums Association, Palm Springs, CA, October 21-24, […]
2013 Affiliations Visiting Professionals Program
Have you taken advantage of ALL the benefits of being a Smithsonian Affiliate? Tap in to the vast resources of the Smithsonian and advance your professional development by applying for the 2013 Affiliations Visiting Professionals Program. From technical assistance and digitization to collections management and exhibition design, let us plan the best visiting professionals program to […]
Kudos Affiliates! September 2012
As summer heats up, so too do Affiliate accomplishments! The Michigan State University Museum (East Lansing, Michigan) received a new grant from the Asian Cultural Council, New York City, to establish a partnership between the Michigan State University Museum and Yunnan Nationalities Museum, in Kunming, China. The $12,000 grant is aimed at creating new resources online […]
On the horizon at SITES
Our friends at the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) are working on some great upcoming exhibitions, debuting in 2014. Book early! Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise, organized by the Newcomb Art Gallery and SITES, brings together more than 175 objects representing 45 years of uncommon achievement in American arts and […]
invention invention everywhere!
Since Smithsonian Affiliations started collaborating with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History, we’ve learned a lot about Places of Invention. (See this blog to learn more about our collaboration.) Affiliates have joined the action too. On June 15, Affiliate staff and their community partners joined a day-long workshop […]
Recap: 2012 Affiliations National Conference
Thanks to everyone who was able to join us in Washington, D.C., June 12-14, 2012. At your request we’ve compiled all your post-conference resources below–from contact info to agenda, presentations to photos. In order to access the resources, please log in to the Affiliate-only section of our website. Here’s what your fellow Affiliate colleagues said […]
Kudos Affiliates! July-August 2012
As summer heats up, so too do Affiliate accomplishments! The Michigan State University Museum (East Lansing, Michigan) received a new grant from the Asian Cultural Council, New York City, to establish a partnership between the Michigan State University Museum and Yunnan Nationalities Museum, in Kunming, China. The $12,000 grant is aimed at creating new resources online […]
Mission Possible: Bridging the Gap
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share her experience with us. Here, Lisa reflects on what participating in these workshops meant to her. She looks up and directs her attention to the front of the room, cringing […]
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2012: Dinosaur Dig
Special thanks to Smithsonian Affiliations intern, Neema Amadala (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada), for this guest post. In contrast to the University of Illinois’ cool, canopied hard-court, Lisa and I stumbled back in time to a dinosaur dig. It was a 100 degree day (or 38°C for those of us metrically inclined) and perhaps an inopportune […]
Mission Possible: Creative Control
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share her experience with us. Here, Neema Amadala reflects on what participating in these workshops meant to her. Imagine being able to interact with a painting and the museum in a completely different manner […]
EdLab: Mission Possible
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the final guest post in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. EdLab: Mission Possible By Neema Amadala We finished […]
Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: Mission Accomplished
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the third of four guest posts in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: […]
Creativity in the Classroom: Mission In Progress
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the second of four guest posts in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. Creativity in the Classroom: Mission In […]
Teaching in a 21st-Century Classroom: Mission Impossible?
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the first of four guest posts in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. Teaching in a 21st-Century Classroom: […]
Announcing the I. Michael Heyman Smithsonian Across America Affiliations Fund
I. Michael Heyman, 10th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1994-1999), passed away November 19, 2011. In honor of his tenure and accomplishments friends, family, and Smithsonian officials gathered on June 14, 2012 in a special ceremony at the National Museum of American History. Heyman was widely praised for launching a number of initiatives, Smithsonian Affiliations […]
