This space was created by the Museum Education Roundtable to expand upon the most recent Journal of Museum Education (JME) issue, reflect on member events, and address timely issues that we face in the field of museum work. We would love your input! Please contact us via Twitter @MusEdRoundtable or via Facebook @MuseumEducationRoundtable with questions, comments, or ideas. More…
Month: March 2020
What APAP is doing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
APAP is monitoring the spread and impact of the Coronavirus on a daily basis and working with other field leadership organizations to gather information, share resources, and advocate for the field. We highly encourage members to review our resources here, read our member newsletters, and follow APAP on Facebook and Twitter for updates. More…
Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package For Small Businesses That Boosts Artists and Galleries—and Puts Other Countries to Shame
The German federal government is stepping in with a sweeping aid package for the country’s creative and cultural sectors. According to a press release shared by the ministry of culture and reports in the German press, a staggering €50 billion ($54 billion) in backing will be provided specifically to small businesses and freelancers, including those from the cultural, creative, and media sectors. More…
How Nonprofits Can Utilize the New Federal Laws Dealing with COVID-19
Nonprofit Quarterly asked Tim Delaney, president & CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, to share insights about how nonprofits might utilize the new federal legislation relating to coronavirus to advance their missions. The Council of Nonprofits has been a central force in the larger coalition of groups lobbying to make sure nonprofits were not left out of the coronavirus response bills that Congress has been considering. More…
NY Times: Arts Groups, Facing Their Own Virus Crisis, Get a Piece of the Stimulus
By Julia Jacobs | March 24, 2020
As museums shutter and theaters go dark, cultural institutions have been calling for federal and local government help. Congress’s aid package will provide some assistance. More…
The Hollywood Reporter: Broadway’s Emergency Relief Deal Doesn’t Cover Playwrights
Stage scribes are independent contractors and their organization isn’t a union, so they couldn’t be part of the multi-union deal with theater producers. More…
The world’s coolest theatre is streaming a play every night for free
As every true stage fan knows, Berlin’s Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz has pretty much been the coolest theatre in the world since before most us were born. Its bold, iconoclastic, director-led productions have had a huge influence on global theatre, and under the current leadership of Thomas Ostermeier, its reputation has only swelled. More…
The New Yorker: Performing Artists and the Financial Fallout of the Coronavirus
By Emily Witt | March 22, 2020
New York’s cultural scene has taken hits before—after 9/11, during the recession that began in 2007, after Hurricane Sandy—but its elimination for an indefinite period of time is unprecedented. More…
Vimeo: Liz Lerman’s Atlas of Creative Tools: three samples (updated)
Three short samples of Liz Lerman’s in-process “Atlas of Creative Tools”
1) Beyond the Comfort Zone
2) the Toolbox Mentality
3) Work-in-Progress [in the digital space]
ChatterPack: A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources!
Resource list of virtual tours; online learning; geography, nature, and history; music; arts and culture; literature online; learn a new skill; entertainment and more…