[can-events] Quality Public Programs ­ Lecture, Masterclasses and Seminar

Quality Public Programs ­ Beyond Visitor Numbers at M&GSQ!
 

Quality Public Programs ­ Beyond Visitor Numbers is a suite of exciting
events organised by Museum and Gallery Services Queensland to highlight
local, national and international work at the intersection of public
programs and audience development. This fantastic professional development
program features a high profile seminar, a free lunchtime lecture and a
series of masterclasses all supported by an Arts Queensland Strengthening
the Sector grant.
 
Our masterclasses are tailored for everyone from the most experienced museum
and gallery professional to volunteers. Masterclass presenters have
suggested the audiences appropriate for each session to help you decide
which ones are best for you.

 
EVENTS SUMMARY 

Lecture 

Monday 12 November 12.30- 1.30pm Queensland Museum Lecture Theatre
Free Lunchtime Lecture with Sandra Daniels ­ Robben Island Museum, South
Africa
 

Masterclasses:

Tuesday 13 November, 2.00 ­ 5.00pm, Queensland Museum Dinosaur Room
Developing Engaging Learning Resource Kits for Teachers and School Students

Wednesday 14 November, 2.00 ­ 5.00pm, Queensland Museum Dinosaur Room
Understanding and Enhancing Visitor Experiences Through Evaluation and
Visitor Research 

Thursday 15 November, 2.00 ­ 5.00pm, Queensland Museum Dinosaur Room
Step by Step through the Web: Building an effective online strategy for your
organisation

Friday 16 November, 2.00 ­ 5.00pm Cinema B, Gallery of Modern Art
The values toolkit - Advocating museums and galleries
 

Seminar
 
Monday 19 November, 1.30 for 2.00-5.00pm, University of Queensland Art
Museum 
SEMINAR Quality Public Programs -  Beyond Visitor Numbers

 
 
Be quick, register by Monday 12 November to ensure your place!
 
GROUP DISCOUNT! Groups of 6 full-time/part-time students or volunteers are
eligible to purchase discounted group tickets at only $20 per person.

Museum or gallery volunteers are eligible to apply for a Special Project
Fund grant to attend this event, see details at
http://www.magsq.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?k_id=94
 
To register for the seminar or masterclasses please fill out the forms at
http://www.magsq.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?k_id=464 and return them to Kerri
Laidlaw, Training and Professional Development Coordinator
kerri.laidlaw at magsq.com.au , fax 07 3215 0821, phone 07 3215 0844
 

FULL DETAILS BELOW:

Free Lunchtime Lecture
Date: Monday 12 November
Time: 12.30 ­ 1.30pm
Venue: Queensland Museum Lecture Theatre
Cost: Free 
Registration: Not Required
 
 
Sandra Daniels is a member of the Education and Training Department at the
Robben Island Museum, Cape Town. Sandra is a youth education activist who
has worked in the field of youth development since the late 1980s. Robben
Island, is infamous as the place Mandela, and Sandra¹s father, were
incarcerated. She will be presenting her work on education programs such as
the Knowledge Hunt, an interactive educational tour that ensures the
integration of both the cultural and environmental aspects of a site to
ensure conservation awareness. Sandra Daniels is in Australia courtesy of
Building Blocks ­ Interpretation Australia's National Conference, 6 ­ 9
November 2007 in Sydney.
 
 
Masterclass: 
Developing Engaging Learning Resource Kits for Teachers and School Students
Date: Tuesday 13 November
Time: 2.00 ­ 5.00pm
Venue: Queensland Museum Dinosaur Room
Cost: $45/$35 concession for MAQ/RGAQ members, students, volunteers
Registration: Required *
Level: Introductory
 
David Milne, Manager of Strategic Learning, Allan Morrison , Senior Project
Officer: Museum Magnet Schools, Christine Milne, Senior Project Officer:
Biodiversity, all part of the Strategic Learning Team, along with Jo
Forsyth, Manager (Loans), from the Queensland Museum will present
information about the development and design of museum learning resources.

Queensland Museum recently received a 2007 M&GSQ Gallery and Museum
Achievement Award for their Journey of Understanding: Refugee and Cultural
Diversity education resource. To borrow Queensland Museum's excellent
learning resources contact Jo Forsyth on 07 34068344, email
loans at qm.qld.gov.au or use the link below for more information:
http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/education/loans/brisbane.asp

Suggested Audience:
* Museum & gallery education officers
* Any museum & gallery staff responsible for developing learning resources
for school students
* Students of museum studies interested in developing education programs and
learning resources 
 
 
Masterclass:
Understanding and Enhancing Visitor Experiences Through Evaluation and
Visitor Research 
Date: Wednesday 14 November
Time: 2.00 ­ 5.00pm
Venue: Queensland Museum Dinosaur Room
Cost: $45/$35 concession for MAQ/RGAQ members, students, volunteers
Registration: Required *
Level: Introductory

Dr Jan Packer is a Senior Research Officer in the School of Tourism at the
University of Queensland. Jan teaches in Interpretation and Visitor Research
in the UQ Museum Studies program, and is involved in several major visitor
research projects in Australia, USA, Canada and China.  This masterclass
will enable you to understand the principles and methods of visitor and
exhibition evaluation as well as to develop new insights into museum and
gallery visitors¹ needs, experiences and behaviour.
 
Suggested Audience:
* Museum  & gallery staff working on exhibitions, public programs, education
programs, marketing, evaluation and visitor research.
* Students interested in any of the above.
 
 
Masterclass:
Step by Step through the Web: Building an effective online strategy for your
organisation
Date: Thursday 15 November
Time: 2.00 ­ 5.00pm
Venue: Queensland Museum Dinosaur Room
Cost: $45/$35 concession for MAQ/RGAQ members, students, volunteers
Registration: Required *
Level: Introductory
 
Joy Suliman, Project Manager ­ Collections Australia Network (CAN), will
provide guidance on improving your organisation¹s web presence and will
broaden your knowledge and skills in applying low-cost and practical ideas
in the online environment. The session will also include advice on creating
good web content and engaging your audiences with social media such as
blogs, wikis and podcasts.
 
Suggested Audience:
* Volunteers or staff from a cultural organisations with limited online
resources 
* Staff responsible for marketing and communications strategy
* Collection managers and administrators
* Regional and smaller arts organizations seeking an online presence
* Any staff looking to expand or develop online content
 
Masterclass:
The values toolkit - Advocating museums and galleries
Date: Friday 16 November
Time: 2.00 ­ 5.00pm
Venue: Cinema B, Gallery of Modern Art
Cost: $45/$35 concession for MAQ/RGAQ members, students, volunteers
Registration: Required *
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
 
Dr Carol Scott, Manager of Evaluation and Audience Research at the
Powerhouse Museum will present a masterclass with the express purpose of
empowering the museums and galleries sector to clearly articulate the worth
of museums and galleries to bureaucrats and politicians, using a typology of
value supported by evidence. This topic is also the subject of Carol¹s PhD
in which she has conducted primary research with the professional sector and
the general visiting and non-visiting public.
 
Suggested Audience:
* Directors and Associate Directors of museums and galleries
* Executive Officers liaising with government
* Marketing and public relations managers and staff
* Evaluation and audience research managers and staff
* Senior curators 
 

SEMINAR 
Quality Public Programs -  Beyond Visitor Numbers
Date: Monday 19 November
Time: 1.30 registration for 2.00-5.00pm
        Seminar followed by drinks 5.00-6.00pm
Venue: University of Queensland Art Museum
Cost: $45/$35 concession for MAQ/RGAQ members, students, volunteers
Registration: Required *

STOP PRESSŠ Don¹t miss this opportunity!
Be at The University of Queensland Art Museum by 1.00 pm for a special
50-minute guided tour of the Paddy Bedford exhibition by Ken Watson, Gallery
Director, Jirrawun Arts, Kununurra (WA). (See exhibition more information in
the next event entry below)

Lauren Parker is Head of Contemporary Programmes, Victoria and Albert Museum
(V&A), and oversees the V&A's program of contemporary exhibitions,
installations and live events. She will be a keynote speaker at this
Seminar, speaking on Interplay: Dialogues between museum spaces and museum
visitors, an examination of her exhibitions Shhh... Sounds in Spaces (2004)
and Touch Me: Design and Sensations (2005) as two different examples of
using technology to actively engage museum visitors with objects and
architectural spaces within the V&A. Lauren will demonstrate use of digital
technologies across the museum that engender a more intimate, individualised
and responsive museum experience.
 
Another keynote speaker is Associate Professor John Armstrong from the
Philosophy Department, University of Melbourne. John researches aesthetics
and the philosophy of emotions and is the author of Conditions of Love: The
Philosophy of Intimacy and Move Closer: an intimate philosophy of art. He is
currently working with Dr Damon Young on an ARC Linkage Project Aesthetic
Education and Public Galleries (with partnered organisations: The University
of Melbourne, the National Portrait Gallery and The Johnston Collection).
 
Respondents
include Nick Mitzevich, Director The University of Queensland
Art Museum, 
Nicholas Chambers, Curator, Contemporary International Art,
Queensland Art Gallery/GoMA,  Morris Low, Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies,
The University of Queensland and
 Emma Nicolson, Senior Manager Education
and Access, Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney)

 
The seminar is presented by Museum & Gallery Services Queensland in
partnership with The University of Queensland Art Museum and The University
of Queensland's Museum Studies program (School of English, Media Studies and
Art History) and supported by an Arts Queensland Strengthening the Sector
grant.
 
UQAM Event
ŒPaddy  Bedford¹ exhibition tour at the UQ Art Museum

Date: Monday 19 November
Time: 1.00 pm
Venue: University of Queensland Art Museum
Cost: Free
 
Paddy Bedford¹s paintings are a combination of modern materials and
traditional pictorial conventions, contemporary experience and ancient
belief systems. Born around 1922 on Bedford Downs Station in the remote East
Kimberley region of Western Australia, Mr Bedford began painting on canvas
and board in 1998 and continued until his recent passing in 2007. His
artistic practice in that time was remarkably prolific and innovative. A
senior lawman of the Gija people, he painted as part of ceremony all his
life, and brought this wealth of symbolic, historical and technical
knowledge to bear on his art.
 
Exhibition organised and toured by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Exhibition dates: 16 November 2007 ­ 9 March 2008
The University of Queensland Art Museum, University Drive, St Lucia
 
Visit the UQAM webpages at: http://www.maynecentre.uq.edu.au/

 
To register for the seminar or masterclasses please fill out the forms at
http://www.magsq.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?k_id=464
and return them to Kerri Laidlaw, Training and Professional Development
Coordinator kerri.laidlaw at magsq.com.au phone 07 3215 0844
 
Further information about the Beyond Visitor Numbers program of events is
available the M&GSQ website at
http://www.magsq.com.au/01_cms/index.asp?view_mode=subsection&ss_id=67
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Enquiries may be directed to Kerri Laidlaw, Training and Professional
Development Coordinator at M&GSQ on phone 07 3215 0844 or email
kerri.laidlaw at magsq.com.au
 
Visit our calendar at http://www.magsq.com.au/02_cal/index.asp for more news
and events, including exhibition dates and public programs.

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