Around the field July 20, 2017
20 July 2017 – editors
From around the field this week: It’s summer! Things are quiet. But the Digital Directions conference is coming up next month in Seattle; online courses on museum storage and grant funding are starting soon; and the Serbian-language magazine of the International Council of Museums is available for the first time in English.
AWARDS and FUNDING
- Funding available for Regional Workshops from Visual Resources Association Foundation (DEADLINE: Aug 15, 2017)
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections” – Aug 21-23, 2017, Seattle, Washington, US (REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Aug 10, 2017)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- 3-week online “Storage for Museum Collections” course starts July 24
- 4-week online “Grants for Museums and Historic Sites” course starts Aug 7 on MuseumStudy.com
PUBLICATIONS
- Review of The National Mall: No Ordinary Public Space (Benton-Short)
- “Museums and Contested Histories: Saying the Unspeakable in Museums” – new issue of ICOM Serbia magazine, available for the first time in English
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