Mia Locks

Museum lover, change maker, believer in artists, and former curator @MOCAlosangeles @WhitneyMuseum @MoMAPS1 // head of strategy, Museums Moving Forward

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

Toxic culture is 10.4x more powerful than compensation in predicting an organization’s attrition rate! I hope museums are listening… https://t.co/s2cd585cPw

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Women leaders have more engaged teams and drive better job performance. Millions of women left their jobs during the pandemic — which means companies are suffering as a result. https://t.co/5D0b7hO8VZ

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

Cool to see this write-up by ⁦@cmonstah⁩ on 'Hope & Dread' podcast! Thanks for listening https://t.co/Ia27xqd6fa

[artand_media @artand_media]

"Museums are undergoing a major identity crisis — possibly the biggest identity crisis since their formation — a lot of this is stemming from a culture of fear, and a total dissolution of trust." – @mialocks, Episode 1 of #HopeAndDread https://t.co/y9jO632vH8

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

Forgot to share when this dropped because it was my birthday and I was busy celebrating myself (lol I was actually alone looking at art but hey, that’s celebration to some of us!). Anyway excited to share a bit about the work I’ve been doing with Museums Moving Forward…

[artand_media @artand_media]

In episode, “Infernal Affairs”--dropping today (2/2)-- hosts @charlieburns & Allan Schwartzman head inside the museum to focus on the power struggles between museum leadership and museum staff. #HopeAndDread

Listen and subscribe https://t.co/vY9bQr6FxZ
Audio: @mialocks

[Vu Le (with one E) @NonprofitAF]

“we have a rampant belief in our sector that people from outside our organization/community/geographic area are somehow more knowledgeable and effective than the people in it. I am calling it the Outsider Efficacy Bias (OEB)”
https://t.co/qNVwSeW87c

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

Join me and other women-identified museum leaders for a discussion about precariousness ⏱💣LINK IN BIO 💥🗣 Thank you @ArtTable for hosting and thank you Sandra Oh for the perfectly apt meme. (Photo credit: still from The Chair on Netflix).

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

There are currently 12 open positions posted on MOCA’s website. If you are thinking of applying to any of them and would like some free advice, feel free to hit me up! A few folks have already reached out, so I figured I’d just go ahead and offer this to others…

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

For the first time since the board’s inception more than 150 years ago, the powerful L.A. County Board of Supervisors will consist of all women.

https://t.co/7etY5pe8jQ

[MOCA @MOCAlosangeles]

MOCA’s online platform for experimental film and video art returns this October with SCREEN: Kevin Jerome Everson. Starting today, you can watch Everson's 2017 film 𝘐𝘍𝘖 on https://t.co/Gj7mdnqxvL.

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

“Know who you are and you will know what to do.”

[Harmony Holiday @Harmony_Holiday]

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Tomorrow during the vp debate you can watch Amiri hang out with Black Panthers and Black students instead. @ashleyjamesart @jasminprix and I will be discussing his work on film and beyond following the screening.

[MOCA @MOCAlosangeles]

In case you missed (or want to revisit!) any of our #InPlainSight panels from this summer they are now available to watch in full on MOCA's YouTube! Thank you again to @InPlainSightMap and each speaker for these incredible conversations ☁️ Watch them at:
https://t.co/cUFYf4rMdH

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

Yesterday I found a dead owl in the yard. It was really beautiful & sad. Felt strangely symbolic. Then I thought... RBG’s death...on Rosh Hashanah...Followed by an earthquake... Wisdom (the owl), death, & a rumbling of the earth. Renewal. Rage. Movement. A reminder to keep going.

[Antwaun Sargent @Sirsargent]

“Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: 'My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.'”

[Samantha Bee @iamsambee]

This is it. It’s the fucking fight of our lives.

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

A friendly little reminder from the wise bell books: “The ability to critique oneself and change and to hear critique from others is the condition of being that makes us capable of responsibility.”

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

@charlieburns I think your subconscious is bidding farewell, not longing?

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

I am SO VERY TIRED of misogyny. Thank you @AOC for standing up for women. I hope my daughter grows up to be even a fraction as brave and bright as you are.

[CSPAN @cspan]

Rep @AOC: "I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly he does not want to. Clearly when given the opportunity he will not & I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language towards women."

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

Trevor Noah is so good.

[Mia Locks @mialocks]

TWO THINGS: Can everyone just focus for a second on the fact that you aren’t voting for Biden as much as you are voting for RBG’s replacement? I realize there are ample divisions in our social fabric right now but can we on “the left” please just agree on that? And masks duh.