2014 OMA Annual Conference - Healthy Museums, Vibrant Communities
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2014 OMA Annual Conference - Call for Proposals - Deadline EXTENDED to April 28, 2014
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2014 OMA Annual Conference - Healthy Museums, Vibrant Communities
Hosted by Sumac - Simcoe County’s Cultural Network
October 15-17, 2014
The OMA's Annual Conference brings together museum professionals, students, volunteers, supporters, and stakeholders with diverse experiences and backgrounds from across Ontario. The Conference provides a comfortable learning environment for participants to meet, share, and exchange with each other.
Healthy Museums, Vibrant Communities will focus on three streams:
Collections / Curatorial, Interpretation, and Visitors
Building on a few different thoughts, Healthy Museums looks at museums from their individual functions, (collections, conservation, programming, gift shop, fundraising etc.), and serves to provide a balanced approach to supporting, managing, and integrating all of these functions in a time efficient and cost effective way in pursuit of the museum's mission.
Vibrant Communities examines the thought that museums can serve people and communities in many parts of life, as places of wellness, even healing, social, community and economic development, and that museum programs facilitate learning and social equity, improving the long term well-being of a community.
We invite proposals that will reflect one of the three streams – Collections / Curatorial, Interpretation, and Visitors – exploring some of the following topics:
• Museums and their role in social services policy development – poverty reduction strategy, community wellness projects.
• Museums as places of wellness for your community, visitors, (and even staff and volunteers).
• The Museum’s role in educating visitors about environmental responsibility, sustainability.
• The contribution of museums to the social vitality of Ontario.
• Balancing the needs of the collection with the needs of the visitors.
As always, we welcome proposals for sessions that address all areas of museum work and that explore new and exciting aspects of the field.
Individuals or organizations who would like to present at the Conference are invited to complete this online form and send related materials by email to conference@museumsontario.com by Monday, April 28, 2014.
Hosted by Sumac - Simcoe County’s Cultural Network
October 15-17, 2014
The OMA's Annual Conference brings together museum professionals, students, volunteers, supporters, and stakeholders with diverse experiences and backgrounds from across Ontario. The Conference provides a comfortable learning environment for participants to meet, share, and exchange with each other.
Healthy Museums, Vibrant Communities will focus on three streams:
Collections / Curatorial, Interpretation, and Visitors
Building on a few different thoughts, Healthy Museums looks at museums from their individual functions, (collections, conservation, programming, gift shop, fundraising etc.), and serves to provide a balanced approach to supporting, managing, and integrating all of these functions in a time efficient and cost effective way in pursuit of the museum's mission.
Vibrant Communities examines the thought that museums can serve people and communities in many parts of life, as places of wellness, even healing, social, community and economic development, and that museum programs facilitate learning and social equity, improving the long term well-being of a community.
We invite proposals that will reflect one of the three streams – Collections / Curatorial, Interpretation, and Visitors – exploring some of the following topics:
• Museums and their role in social services policy development – poverty reduction strategy, community wellness projects.
• Museums as places of wellness for your community, visitors, (and even staff and volunteers).
• The Museum’s role in educating visitors about environmental responsibility, sustainability.
• The contribution of museums to the social vitality of Ontario.
• Balancing the needs of the collection with the needs of the visitors.
As always, we welcome proposals for sessions that address all areas of museum work and that explore new and exciting aspects of the field.
Individuals or organizations who would like to present at the Conference are invited to complete this online form and send related materials by email to conference@museumsontario.com by Monday, April 28, 2014.