BC Museums Association Podcast

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!

Featured news for April 2022:

• BC Chinese community raises more than $50,000 for burned Lytton museum | Vancouver Sun
• ​​Former UBC students, curator reflect on decolonizing Museum of Anthropology's African collections | CBC News
• The Cold War Bunker Under a Post Office | The Tyee
• UFV project brings awareness to South Asian history and contributions – Abbotsford News
• Two Abbotsford arts organizations receive more than $75K in recovery funds
• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria names new director

What does Earth Day mean to you? Are climate conversations part of your personal or professional lives? How do you contribute to climate action already taking place in your community?

 

The heritage and culture sector is privileged to support research, education, and action against climate change. This Earth Day, the BC Museums Association has invited some in our sector and the community at large to share, inspire, and help educate us all on the importance and interconnectedness of climate and the cultural heritage sector.

 

In this episode, hear how The Potato House Project integrates sustainability into their work and the importance of community for the success of their organization.

 

Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.

What does Earth Day mean to you? Are climate conversations part of your personal or professional lives? How do you contribute to climate action already taking place in your community?

 

The heritage and culture sector is privileged to support research, education, and action against climate change. This Earth Day, the BC Museums Association has invited some in our sector and the community at large to share, inspire, and help educate us all on the importance and interconnectedness of climate and the cultural heritage sector.

 

In this episode, hear how RAVEN approaches work with Indigenous communities and how these relationships influence how they discuss the environment.

 

Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.

In the second episode of Queer(y)ing Museums, BCMA’s Desirée Hall and Tanya Pacholok chat with Amelia Smith, a transgender lesbian emerging museum professional who holds a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto.

In this episode, Amelia shares with us about her approaches to exhibition design and community engagement; how cisgender privilege shows up in museum spaces and in how we talk about trans histories; thinking about audience engagement and who we are designing exhibits for, and more.

Amelia's work seeks to bridge the gap between transgender studies and queer museology. Upon finding little addressing this topic, she took it upon herself to create it. Her website "Not Your Average Cistory" has grown into a home for exploring the various ways that museums can be viewed through a transgender lens. Check it out here:  http://www.notyouraveragecistory.com/

You can also find Amelia on Twitter: @NTURAvrgCistory 

If you would like to take action against the anti-trans bills that Amelia mentions in this episode, the American Civil Liberties Union is doing great work to fight for the rights, health, safety, and wellbeing of trans people in the midst of ongoing anti-trans legislation: https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights

References in this episode:

Framing Agnes
https://www.framingagnes.com/

Nina Simon, The Participatory Museum https://www.participatorymuseum.org/

Mary Weissman
Toward a Transgender Archaeology (in the Transgender Studies Reader)

Clare Sears
Arresting Dress (Duke University Press)

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!

Featured news for March 2022:

 

• Chilliwack Museum sets high water mark with opening reception of Qoqo 
• The possibilities for this small-town time machine are truly endless 
• Vancouver Islander leads nation-wide project showcasing innovation 
• Victoria Classic Boat Festival to return to Inner Harbour after 2-year hiatus | CTV 
• Northwest projects among recipients of $10 million provincial Heritage BC grant – Kitimat Northern Sentinel
• News 
• Century old-plus bottles bring Metro Vancouver Chinese workers' history to light

Welcome to Queer(y)ing Museums: a BCMA Gender & Sexuality podcast series! In this podcast, we seek to deepen the discussions begun in the Gender & Sexuality Inclusion Toolkit, and highlight great work being done around the province and beyond.

In this first episode, BCMA’s Desirée Hall and Tanya Pacholok sit down (virtually) with MMBC board member Jelena Putnik and Executive Director Brittany Vis to discuss the Maritime Museum of BC’s upcoming exhibit, “Queer at Sea: Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ Community”. Jelena and Brittany share the inspiration for the exhibit, what they’ve learned about relationship building and community-centred exhibits, addressing homophobia, and more. 

“Queer at Sea: Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ Community” will be open to the public 17 May 2022 and run for the duration of the summer. You can find more information about how and where to find the exhibit here!

The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Deborah Griffiths, Executive Director of the Courtenay and District Museum and Paleontology Centre

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!

Featured news for February 2022:

• Victoria museum requests stories from queer maritime workers to include in exhibition | CBC News
• ​​Spanish language museum tours at Okanagan Heritage Museum - Kelowna News - Castanet.net
• City of Surrey to build an Indigenous Carving Centre this year | Urbanized
• Library volunteer program aiming to give immigrants a sense of belonging expands across BC | CBC News
• Royal BC Museum acquires rare painting from continent's first professional Black painter | Globalnews.ca
• The historic Wing Sang Building, the oldest building in Vancouver Chinatown, will be the permanent site of the Chinese Canadian Museum

The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Alyssa Gerwing, Executive Director of the Sidney Museum and Archives.

The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Lee Boyko, Executive Director of the Sooke Region Museum.