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RoundUp Issue 282: Maintaining Momentum
Roundup Issue 282 | President's Report
In this and upcoming editions of Roundup, I will dedicate my report to giving you – the membership – an update on the work performed behind the scenes by your elected Council.
Roundup Issue 282 | Fumbling Towards Truth and Reconciliation - Gaining Momentum at the Mayne Island Museum
Hello from the tiny Mayne Island Museum! We are housed in the 1896 Plumper Pass Gaol building in “downtown” Mayne Island, on the unceded territory of Tsartlip First Nation (W̱JOȽEȽP), one of the five communities of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation. The island is called SḴŦAḴ in SENĆOŦEN, the language of the W̱SÁNEĆ people who have been here and cared for the island for millennia.
Roundup Issue 282 | Being Small is No Problem At All!
It seems to me that one of the greatest challenges to maintaining momentum revolves around people — and this is one of those areas where, I’m forced to admit, being small may be a problem after all.
Roundup Issue 282 | The Museum of North Vancouver: Not Another COVID Casualty
When a new museum is decades in the making, there’s a lot to consider. In the case of MONOVA: Museum and Archives of North Vancouver, those forty-plus years included a multitude of meaningful discussions with community members and Indigenous leaders, painstaking research to amass a collection of more than 9000 artifacts, and the undertaking to secure the ideal location — the historic Shipyards District of North Vancouver.
Roundup Issue 282 | Programming During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the Last Two Years
A couple weeks before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, I had begun to develop a new framework for public and educational programming at Gallery 2 in Grand Forks, BC. When the world started to lock down, I could feel my well-thought-out plans beginning to fall apart at the seams. Like so many other museums, the question “What do we do now?” was at the front of my mind.
Roundup Issue 282 | Your Digital Playbook: What’s Next?
The COVID-19 pandemic shuttered much of normal life beginning in mid-March 2020. In the resulting rush to digital, we have seen how far the arts and culture sector, including museums, has to go to realize the potential of the digital world — to not only market exhibits and events, but explore and adopt digital business models for distribution and presentation.
Roundup Issue 282 | BC Heritage Emergency Response Network Is Key to Cultural Sector Emergency Response in Reaction to Climate Change
In this time of climate change, wildfires, floods, and destructive storms are becoming common events, adding to the known risk of earthquakes in British Columbia. All of these pose a serious threat to museums, art galleries, and other cultural institutions. The British Columbia Heritage Emergency Response Network – BC HERN - is a growing association of institutions in BC's art and culture sector, who believe that our best line of defense is emergency preparedness, salvage training, and joining forces to support each other.
Roundup Issue 282 | Volunteer Spotlight on Ishbel Newstead
Ishbel began her research by attending virtual described audio tours of facilities around North America. She then reached out to the people who created these opportunities and ended up forging great connections.
