USF women unite around activism and leadership

April 23, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

by Mary Mcinerney and Ashleigh Hollowell Editors’ note:  Last month Museum Studies graduate students Angeera Khadka (MA, 2018) and Natalia Chavez (MA, 2018), along with AniMarjorie Schwarzer, represented USF’s Museum Studies program at the annual Women in Leadership & Philanthropy symposium in downtown San Francisco.  This growing movement, as USF staff writers Mary Mcinerney and Ashleigh Hollowell explain below, brings men and women from a wide range of experiences together to develop ways to advance vital social issues like pay equity […]

Categories: Community, Forums, Social Justice • Tags: community, feminism, fundraising, professional development, social justice, students

Access for All at The Contemporary Jewish Museum

April 16, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

by Sofia Rivero Borrell S. (MA, 2017) From February to May 2017 I was an access intern at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. I worked with Cecile Puretz, the Access and Community Engagement Manager. My main tasks included research and community outreach. My research focused on best practices surrounding access tools, programs and activities for museum visitors. I explored topics such as LGBTQIA inclusive pronouns, policy and practices in verbal descriptions for the blind; I learned how museums […]

Categories: internships, Museum Studies, Social Justice • Tags: access, Contemporary Jewish Museum, internships, social justice, USF Museum Studies

Alumni Connect: Contemporary Jewish Museum

April 9, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

By Lindsey Stoll Editors’ note:  This month we are featuring a variety of perspectives on the important work that the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) does in our community and highlighting the contributions of USF Museum Studies alumni and interns to that work.  For this post, we are grateful to Lindsey Stoll (MA, 2016) who served in the dual role of Public Programs Coordinator and the Volunteer Coordinator for CJM last year.  Below, Lindsey introduces us to CJM, her work there […]

Categories: Alumni, Interviews • Tags: Alumni, Contemporary Jewish Museum, education

Alumni Connect: Blossoms & Blooms at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden

April 1, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

by Marykaren Mrowka (MA, 2014) The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, where I serve as the visitor experience coordinator, is a non-profit living museum nestled into Strawberry Canyon. With 34 acres and over 10,000 types of plants, the collection is wildly diverse. One of the coolest aspects of a living collection is that things are always changing. The collection is growing, blooming, spreading, and occasionally, even being eaten! It is also a sensory expedition.  Some plants give off […]

Categories: Alumni, Museum Studies • Tags: Alumni, education, nature, research, science, USF Museum Studies

Museums & the Politics of History: USF collaborates with Contemporary Jewish Museum to host Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

March 26, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

On Friday, Apr 13, 2018 from 1:30–3pm, in partnership with the University of San Francisco, the Contemporary Jewish Museum located in downtown San Francisco will present a timely lecture by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, the Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland.  The lecture is free for USF students, faculty, and affiliates. Before the lecture, which is open to the public, USF Museum Studies graduate students will attend a private brown bag lunch and […]

Categories: Collaborations, Forums, Museum Studies, Social Justice • Tags: Contemporary Jewish Museum, faculty, global, history, social justice, USF Museum Studies

Strength in Numbers: the 2018 California Association of Museums conference

March 19, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

Last month, over 400 museum professionals from throughout California gathered in beautiful Palm Springs, California to share best practices and advance the work of museums throughout the state.  USF Museum Studies was a proud lead sponsor of the California Association of Museums (CAM) conference.  We were especially pleased to be the featured sponsor of the session “New Perspectives: Explore the Latest in Collections Management with Emerging Museum Professionals,” at which the capstone of our own Kim Turner (MA, 2016) was featured. […]

Categories: Alumni, Museum Studies, Social Justice • Tags: Alumni, Cultural Property, professional development, social justice, students, USF Museum Studies

Sister, may I?: The story behind museum studies at Lone Mountain College.

March 12, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

by Lauren Riera (MA, 2017) Let’s set the stage. San Francisco, recovering from the Summer of Love, enters the 1970’s. Funds are flowing from the San Francisco Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The James Irvine Foundation to San Francisco museums and colleges. Vatican II has transformed religious education, and the San Francisco College for Women becomes a robust co-educational institution with a gust of change from college President Sister Gertrude Patch as it changes its name to […]

Categories: Forums, Museum Studies • Tags: education, research, USF faculty, USF Museum Studies

Anting Anting | Magic Objects exhibition opens tomorrow at Thacher Gallery

March 5, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

The Mary and Carter Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco (USF) presents new and selected work by Bay Area artist Michael Arcega.  Anting Anting | Magic Objects will be on view from March 5-April 15, 2018. Opening events, coordinated by Museum Studies alumna Breanne Batara (MA, 2017), will take place on Tuesday, March 6, 5-8 p.m., featuring an artist walk-through (5-6 p.m., Thacher Gallery), artist Michael Arcega in conversation with Jenifer Wofford (6-7 p.m. in Xavier Room, Fromm […]

Categories: Alumni, Exhibits, Museum Studies • Tags: Alumni, art, exhibit, global, Thacher Gallery

Talking to the Troops about the Archaeology of Iraq and Afghanistan: USF to host renowned archaeologist C. Brian Rose on Friday, March 2.

February 26, 2018 by usfmuseumstudiesblog

The Deans at University of San Francisco’s College of Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with the College’s Museum Studies and Art History/Arts Management programs, are honored to host Dr. Brian Rose, James B. Prichard Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, on March 2, 2018.  Dr. Rose is renowned in the field of archaeology and cultural heritage conservation.  He is a prolific author and lecturer and served as past president of the Archaeological Institute of America. Notably, he is principal archaeologist […]

Categories: Collaborations, Forums, Museum Studies, Social Justice • Tags: archaeology, faculty, free lecture, global, social justice, USF Museum Studies