So last weekend I attended my first annual meeting. It was truly a rewarding experience.
I want to follow up on those grants I wrote and let you know although I did not receive a fellowship from AAM (next year!) I did receive two grants from UWF, $500 from SGA and $425 from Alumni affairs, which is absolutely amazing!
Although I do have to say the ticket exchange system is a little exasperating, all of the programs I attended were rewarding these were my favorite:
Identity Related Visit Motivations: Tools for supporting the museum experience- John Falk is awesome, Identity motivations is going to revolutionize evaluation.
Getting Started in Your Museum Career- Greg Stevens, truly gregarious!
EMP and Museum Edu 101- I obviously benefited from 101 talks being offered, EDU was especially enlightening.
at Outside Inspiration for Design- I MET NINA SIMON!- and her presentation was great
Hear Art See Music is an inspiring concept
The Role of Evaluation in Planning for and Cultivating Creativity I think is session really helped me redefine creative culture in museums
I met some very cool people, collected great advice, and most of all gained confidence!