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And the 2013 Charles Redd Award Winner Is… 22 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
This year the Western Museums Association (WMA) received a number of well-qualified nominations for the 2013 Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Award for Exhibition Excellence. Nominees included ...
Program Perspectives: Engaging Museum Visitors through Effective Displays 20 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm
By Miriam Works A first glance at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting Program If you’re looking for a proven avenue to earn revenue while engaging and educating visitors, look no fur...
Program Perspectives: Reflections as a Program Committee Member 13 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
By Margaret Kadoyama Last Fall, I was contacted by Steve Comba, Co-Chair of the 2013 WMA Annual Meeting Program Committee, and he invited me to serve as a Program Committee member for the 2013 confer...
Program Perspectives: Circling the Spiral Jetty 8 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
By Hikmet Sidney Loe The Western Museum Association (WMA) is excited to bring visitors to Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty during a Pre-Conference Tour at the 2013 Annual Meeting. Read more about what’...
Program Perspectives: Interpretive Exhibits: Telling Our Stories on a Shoestring 7 Aug 2013 | 12:04 am
By Karen Stark Coming to Salt Lake City for the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting? Here’s your chance to participate in pre-conference intensive workshop based on Utah’s award-winning p...
Local Perspectives: Creating Positive Relationships with Your Local Art Community 1 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
A closer look at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting host city… By Chrissy Upton The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) is a lucky institution indeed. Located in the heart of Sa...
A Great Addition to the Neighborhood: The Museum of Craft & Design 31 Jul 2013 | 12:42 am
By Louise Yokoi I’d heard that the Museum of Craft & Design (MCD) had recently relocated to the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco a few months ago. When I discovered that MCD and Etsy were colla...
Local Perspectives: Drawing Lab Makes a Mark at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts 26 Jul 2013 | 10:57 pm
A closer look at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting host city… By Iris Moulton A blank canvas waiting to be marked Drawing Lab, which opened May 17, 2013 at the Utah Museum of Fine...
Exhibition Review—“Curating the Bay: Crowdsourcing a New Environmental History”—A California Historical Society Exhibit 25 Jul 2013 | 12:24 am
The California Historical Society (CHS) is a membership-based non-profit organization with a mission to inspire and empower people to make California’s richly diverse past a meaningful part of their c...
And the Nominees for the 2013 Charles Redd Award Are… 22 Jul 2013 | 11:45 pm
2012 Redd Award was presented to the Utah State University Museum of Anthropology. Elizabeth Sutton, Deputy Director/Curator, accepted the Award. Picture with Mike Nelson and Redmond Barnett of the WM...
