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National Alliance
Presentation
Given at AAAM
News and Events of Interest
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Advisory Council of the National Alliance of African & African American Art Support Groups held a strategic planning work session July 15-17, 2009 in Washington, DC titled “Our New Direction,” during which attendees discussed the future direction of the national organization and the past ten successful years. The Advisory Council work session was organized by Carolyn Adams & Associates.
Upcoming Events
Navigating the Mainstream
September 10, 2009
National Alliance of African & African American Art Support Groups
nationalalliance.sg@gmail.com
Announcement of 2010 conference location
The
Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise
January 30, 2009 – November 15, 2009
National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20560
NMAAHC exhibition on African Americans in Washington, DC
Adventures in Lifelong
Learning
Through March 20, 2010
Philadelphia; Atlanta; New York City; Charleston, SC; Savannah, GA; Fernandina Beach, FL; Mississippi and Louisiana; Alaska; Paris; Costa Rica; Mexico; Brazil; Transatlantic Crossing
Travel program focuses on the African American experience
Audience Development & Marketing: A ToolKit on Survival
During Difficult Financial Times
Late fall 2009
www.cadamsassociates.com
New publication designed to help museums attract, build and maintain
people of color as audiences
Best Practices in Audience Development: Museums Cultivate New Members
and Support Groups
Winter 2009
www.cadamsassociates.com
Carolyn Adams & Associates publishes manual
on best practices in audience development
Cultivating Diverse Communities: How to Reach Diverse
Audiences
Spring 2010
www.cadamsassociates.com
Carolyn Adams & Associates publishes a book on how to reach
diverse audiences
Other News/Past Events
A Call to Home:
Reimagining Our Institutions
August 19-22, 2009
Association of African American Museums Annual Conference
Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center
201 Lafayette St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Professionals in museum field gather in Louisiana’s capital
National Alliance of African & African American Art Support Groups
July 15-17, 2009
Washington, DC
www.naaaaasg.org
Advisory Council Work Session: Past ten conference conveners met to strategize on the future of the national organization. Advisory Council members are from art support groups at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art & the Walters Art Museum; New Orleans Museum of Art; Taft Museum of Art & the Cincinnati Museum of Art; St. Louis Art Museum; High Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA); and Cleveland Art Museum. Dr. Ruth Fine of the National Gallery of Art led a private tour of the National Gallery’s African American print collection; Driskell Center deputy director Dorit Yaron led a private tour of the David C. Driskell Center permanent collection of African & African American art; Dr. Karen Milbourne, curator of African art at the National Museum of African Art, led a private tour following a special greeting by Dr. Johnetta Cole, Director of the NMAFA; and Dr. Lonnie Bunch, founding Director of the National Museum of African American History & Culture, presented the successful architectural plans by the Freelon Group for the new NMAAHC building, the last addition to the National Mall.
Evaluation: Professional Development and Training Workshops
May 15, 2009, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Murphy Fine Arts Center
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
“Surviving and Sustaining the Past through Reflective Methods”
Sponsored by the Center for Museums and Historical Preservation & the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Panel: “Audience Development & Sustainability: Successes & Challenges”
May 2, 2009, 2-5 p.m.
AAM 103rd Annual Meeting and Museum Expo
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
www.aam-us.org
Carolyn Adams discusses how to successfully attract and keep African Americans in your museum
The Museum Experiment: American Association of Museums
Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo
April 30, 2009 – May 4, 2009
AAM 103rd Annual Meeting and Museum Expo
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
www.aam-us.org
Museum professionals meet to discuss current trends in museums
“Trajectories: Discourse and Critique in African American Art
& Art of the African Diaspora”
April 16-18, 2009
20th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American
Art
Howard University
Armour J. Blackburn Center
2397 Sixth St. NW
Washington, DC 20059
www.portercolloquium.org
Porter Colloquium celebrates twenty years
“Museum Governance: Best Practices in Audience Development:
Cultivating Audience and Sustainability”
March 21, 2009, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Murphy Fine Arts Center
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
443-885-3422 for more information or e-mail robin.howard@morgan.edu
Carolyn Adams speaks at Murphy Fine Arts Center
Museums Advocacy Day
February 23-24, 2009
Washington Marriott Hotel
1221 22nd St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
www.speakupformuseums.org
AAM heads to Capitol Hill to lobby Congress
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
83rd Annual Black History Luncheon
February 21, 2009, 12:30 p.m.
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
www.asalh.org
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson delivers keynote at 83rd Annual Black History Luncheon
The National Black Fine Art Show
February 13-15, 2009
National Black Fine Art Show
7 West 34th St. between 5th & 6th Avenues
New York, NY
www.blackfineartshow.com
International art galleries meet for African American art show in NYC. Group art support trip coordinated by St. Louis Art Museum, Community Outreach. Contact Renee Franklin, 314-655-5437.
Art Basel Miami Trip
December 3-7, 2008
Miami, FL
Join the Amistad Center for Art and Culture for a trip to Art Basel in Miami
Sponsored by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museums
Professional Development and Training Workshop
October 17, 2008, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Murphy Fine Arts Center
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
“Surviving and Sustaining the Past through Reflective Methods”
Sponsored by the Center for Museums and Historical Preservation
& the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Association of African American Museums 30th Annual Conference
August 28–31, 2008
Chicago, IL
Discussion: “Audience Development: Success & Challenges
of African & African American Support Groups for the Black Community
in Mainstream Museums”
10th Anniversary of the National Alliance of African & African American Art Support Groups (NAAAAASG) Conference
“How to Start, Maintain and Retain an Art Support Group in African & African American Art”
August 2, 2008, 1:30-3 p.m.
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, TX
Carolyn Adams leads discussion panel designed to assist art support groups
(Standing, from left) Carolyn Gautier Adams, founder, Friends of African
& African American Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Art; Dr. Peter C. Mazio,
director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Geri Sowell, founder,
Donald P. Sowell Society, Cincinnati Museum of Art; and Dr. Alvia
Wardlaw, founder, The African American Art Advisory Association of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Seated: Dr. John Hope Franklin, guest
speaker for the National Alliance of African & African American Art
Support Groups 10th Anniversary Annual Conference in Houston, TX. (Photo credit © Freida L. Wheaton, Art Patron and Gallery Owner)
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