Over the last year this blog has set the stage of a lot of (certainly not all of) the whys of how museums become alienating. Now that I’m able to safely visit museums in-person again, I can start to shout out museums that are actively working to be welcoming. Here are 5 of the things…
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In our last post about internships, the topic was the ways in which internships would not be saved merely by paying interns. I wanted to get into some good debates about the value of internships, the value interns bring to organizations, why paying wasn’t the only thing that would make a difference, since plenty of…
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Happy May to all those graduating seniors! Honestly if you are, in fact, graduating from college right now, please do something nice for yourself because most people don’t have to persevere through a global pandemic to achieve a Bachelor’s degree. I’m proud of you! Hopefully you’ve got a spectacular job opportunity lined up, but if…
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In the B.C. times (before Covid) (ha ha ha I am actually a dad) May would signal a packed slate of must-see movies coming to theaters, and museums would be gearing up to open their money-making summer exhibitions. Back in those days, we would willingly plunge into a crowd to experience these must-see events. As…
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I posted my first little essay here on July 6, 2020, so we’ve been at this for a little under a year, or 9 months, 1 week and 5 days if you’re being choosy. Appropriately, after this gestation period of growth, Museum Drip apparently birthed something with “Museum Nerds Codified” and has ~blossomed~. This is…
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I’m aware that crimes against women happen globally daily, weekly, hourly, but in the Western world, I can’t help but feel that the headlines this month have been a really darkly ironic window into what it’s like to be a woman. It’s Women’s History Month, which is why I’m writing posts focused on women in…
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The National Museum of Women in the Art launched the hashtag #5womenartists in 2016, challenging museums and/or art lovers to name 5 women artists over the course of Women’s History Month. Many museums have adopted this as an annual tradition. In the fifth year of this social media campaign, dozens, maybe even hundreds of museums…
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Throughout the month, I’ve been sharing Black artists on the Museum Drip Instagram to celebrate Black abundance and talent. This led to consider how many incredible Black artists there were to spotlight, and how many of the contemporary artists and art accounts I follow were doing the same thing, sharing tons of names, some familiar,…
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Me saying “I didn’t create this space to share personal experiences” is starting to sound a lot like a lead on the Bachelor saying “I don’t reward drama.” Then again American culture generally also sounds a lot like the Bachelor franchise being like “we really want to embrace diversity!” and then giving all the screen…
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Last time we met, I promised to dig in deeper on what American Art is, since it’s more than just paintings of horses, ships with sails, or men holding swords staring off into the distance. Art world “insiders” and academics might be unimpressed with this series as Art History 101 survey courses move into more…
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