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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsOctober 23, 2022November 21, 2022

Why Wages Matter: Do We Really Need to Explain This

This title feels like a throwback to the earliest days of Museum Drip when I came here to spit pure acrimony. I don’t feel the need to weigh in specifically on the ins and outs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union’s strike and success – it’s been covered extensively and if you follow me…

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Art Matters FunOctober 2, 2022October 2, 2022

History is Freaking Cool: Lizzo and the Crystal Flute

I rarely write pieces that are part of the “news cycle” or are timely to current events because, I don’t get paid to do this and so there’s no incentive for me to carve out time in my schedule to react to something in the media. But BITCH, if you think I wasn’t going to…

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Museum Professionals Resource Round UpJuly 17, 2022November 21, 2022

Guest Post: What We Really, Really Want with Watered Grass

What an honor it is to be here featured on Museum Drip.  As someone outside of the museum world, it feels a bit like sitting at the cool kids’ table.  I’m not positive how I got here, I hope you like me, and please don’t ask me to name my favorite artist because they are…

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Art Matters Museum ProfessionalsMay 22, 2022

On Finding Hope in the “Youth”: How Are We Leaving It Better Than We Found It?

Content warning: the first paragraph contains references to traumatic events, both recent and from the past 20 or so years. I have elected not to name certain events and refer to them by date so if you need to look up what happened, please do so with care or perhaps ask a friend first. Please…

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Museum ProfessionalsMay 1, 2022May 2, 2022

Do I Actually Hate Conferences?: Making Professional Development Welcoming

A welcoming museum environment for visitors starts with a welcoming museum environment for museum employees. Employees who feel heard and valued and are not plagued by communication issues or extreme overwork are likely to be better equipped to have conversations about what makes museums friendly and inclusive for their visitors. One of the best ways…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsApril 17, 2022April 17, 2022

How to Not Quit Your Job

A lot of us are unhappy at work, especially in fields such as the museum world, teaching, healthcare – arenas where we were told “if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Because, that advice is very silly. In America especially, income inequality alone is a reason to feel…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsMarch 20, 2022

Who is in Favor of the Three-Month Exhibition?

I did an Instagram poll to gauge interest in the topic of interrogating why museum exhibitions are only three months long and it turns out that a lot of people have a lot of opinions. For the most part, museum people seem to be not in favor of the standard 8-12 week exhibition period, yet…

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Museum ProfessionalsJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022

What’s at Stake? Navigating the Lack of Diversity in the Museum Field (As a White Person)

I feel like I’m always writing that I don’t want to talk too much about myself, and then talking about myself at length. So – you should be used to it by now and have no complaints! <3 Or maybe, you’re not used to me because I haven’t written anything in a whole month! I…

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Museum ProfessionalsDecember 19, 2021December 19, 2021

Be a Leslie Knope: Recognizing Accomplishments and Managing Burnout

I imagine this title will turn a lot of people off since we are living through a global pandemic, a labor revolution, witnessing the collapse of Western democracy, etc. etc. etc. Everyone has experienced loss, burnout, exhaustion and cynicism this year. However as the saying goes, although we are all in the same storm, we’re…

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Art Matters Museum ProfessionalsNovember 21, 2021November 21, 2022

Art is Fun and Serious

Wow, what a title. All I can hope is that one day I do this for money which comes along with having an editor which will add snappy, less literal titles to my writing. Anyway. Hi! I took a week off, which was really weird. It’s weird how fast we get used to things –…

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