Ameliawig

Museum educator; mama

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@carmineclaire This has happened to me, too.

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@prairietrawler @ArtMuseumInterp @ClintSmithIII Your questions and examples from FAM were great!

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@artlust Loved these insights, and the implications beyond tiktok.

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

Sharing our process of working with community members to reimagine Delaware Art Museum's galleries. If you're in Delaware, come see the new spaces starting June 19.
https://t.co/DfBVHGK0sN

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@caw_ @ArtMuseumInterp Artists have definitely driven so much of this work. Institutional critique - Fred Wilson, Andrea Fraser - has definitely shaped my work as a museum professional. But learning to apply that from within, and long-term.

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ArtMuseumInterp Q5. AAMI and this network has been huge. I've reached out to so many fellow interpreters with questions big and small who have generously shared their work and guided our decision-making.

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ChevalierJuline @ArtMuseumInterp Wow - thanks for sharing!

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ArtMuseumInterp Yes and yes. Advisory boards and focus groups to review throughout process; community authored labels and audio tour stops, throughout special exhs and permanent collections

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ChevalierJuline @ArtMuseumInterp So true. One of the hardest parts for me personally to learn is slowing down to build trust.

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ChevalierJuline @balisonjean @ArtMuseumInterp So great - would love to hear more about this.

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ArtMuseumInterp A4. The hardest work and the most crucial. We're looking to this example; would love to see museum ones. https://t.co/JZa84ZzdCy #ArtMuseumInterp

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@giniasweeney @ArtMuseumInterp We are doing this too, but I worry that it is a secondary layer and not the primary one.

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ArtMuseumInterp @ChevalierJuline Love this idea as well. Thanks for sharing!

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ArtMuseumInterp A1. Erased stories of POC at the forefront (wall text, new acquisitions, choice of objects to highlight, etc.). Publicly owning our museums' histories of racism. Institutional commitment to anti-racism, not just commissioning clever contemporary interventions #ArtMuseumInterp

[Ameliawig @ameliawig]

@ArtMuseumInterp A2. Reaching out, listening to our communities at every stage of planning to ensure the stories we tell represent the communities our museums are sited within. Involving leadership in the listening. Testing with those communities to ensure we get it right. #ArtMuseumInterp