Addressing Inequitable Museum Practices: Symposium

About This Event

Finding A Path Forward: Addressing Inequitable Museum Practices is a two-day symposium hosted by the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester and planned in conjunction with Working Group members.

The goals of the symposium are to create a shared understanding of critical issues, to identify barriers to success, and to establish a collaborative cohort for sustained effort and change. Day One will be open to undergraduate and graduate students, professors, and museum staff from Working Group partners. Through a combination of a keynote speaker, presentations by Working Group members, and robust dialogue, the first day will serve as a foundation for exploring key issues and highlighting work already underway. On Day Two, members of the Working Group will work together to identify possible solutions, building a shared enthusiasm for addressing the issues in an ongoing and systematic way. The schedule will include a series of guided roundtable discussions, followed by robust interrogation and evaluation of emerging critical concepts. Time will be allotted to discuss how best to leverage the ideas and possible solutions generated during the symposium.

Co-sponsors: Colgate University Memorial Art Gallery and The Humanities Project, School of Arts and Science, University of Rochester

Featured Guests

Keynote Speaker:

• Silvia Forni, Director, Fowler Museum, UCLA

Working Group Presenters:

• Juliee Decker, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Meghan Jordan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Jess Marten, University of Rochester
• Rebecca Mendelsohn, Colgate University
• Rachel Seligman, Skidmore College
• Catherine Tedford, St. Lawrence University
• Nick West, Colgate University
• Melissa Yuen, Syracuse University

Co-sponsors

Colgate University Memorial Art Gallery The Humanities Project, School of Arts and Science, University of Rochester