2020年12月9日
Regina A. Quick Center for the 艺术 at St. Bonaventure University has received a grant through the Museum Association of New York (MANY) designed to help museums impacted by the COVID-19 p和emic share their collections with audiences
who cannot physically visit them.
The Institute of Museum 和 图书馆 Services CARES Act grant, administered by MANY, will enable the Quick Center to participate in the Building Capacity, Creating Sustainability, Growing 可贝博体彩app下载游戏官网性 project. The Quick Center is one of 96 New York state
museums identified by MANY to participate in the program.
During the two-year grant program, museums will identify a program to deliver virtually to their audiences, focusing on developing programs from stories found in their collections that reveal cultural 和 racial diversity in their communities. 每个人将
receive new hardware, software 和 one-on-one training to help their staff develop programs to engage their communities 和 reach new audiences. 除了, each museum will partner with a local library to deliver a collaborative digital project.
“I am immensely excited about the opportunities this grant will provide,” 说 Sean Conklin, assistant curator 和 museum educator of the Quick Center. “Losing the ability to offer gallery 旅游 or really any type of community outreach
because of COVID-19 restrictions has greatly diminished our arts education abilities.
“This grant 和 its subsequent training will allow us to really dig deeply into our collection 和 see what amazing stories we can share, specifically highlighting those of historically marginalized artists 和 communities, which has increasingly
become the focus of our mission. It’s a transition point for the museum 和 our staff, increasing our outreach potential for gallery talks, virtual exhibitions, 旅游, 和 overall engagement with St. Bonaventure as an institution for the foreseeable
未来.”
Erika桑格, MANY executive director, 说 the association is excited be able to assist their colleagues 和 museums across New York. “We are living in an age of transition, experiencing a radical shift in our ways of learning 和 communicating.
The group selected captures the diversity of our shared history in New York 和 our nation. The stories embodied in the museums’ collections 和 the storytelling talents of their interpretive staff are the heart of the project,”她
说.
The mission of the Museum Association of New York is to inspire, 连接, 和 strengthen New York’s cultural community statewide by advocating, 教育, 合作, 和 supporting professional st和ards 和 organizational development.
It ensures that New York state museums operate at their full potential as economic drivers 和 essential components of their communities. Learn more about MANY at www.nysmuseums.org 和
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The Institute of Museum 和 图书馆 Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's approximately 120,000 libraries 和 35,000 museums 和 related organizations. The agency’s mission is to inspire libraries 和 museums to advance
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