NEWS: Museum Newsletter July 2013

Greetings Utah Museums! We are happy to announce that Lynnette Hiskey has been appointed Director of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums following a nationwide search. Lynnette has worked with the Division for the past nine years and before that managed Salt Lake County's Zoo, Arts and Parks Program. Congratulations, Lynnette! Come visit our redesigned website. Find general information on our museum page or check out regional and national funding opportunities on MuseOps. Wendi Hassan Community Outreach         whassan@utah.gov                            801-860-6396 Proposed cuts to NEA/NEH Last week the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee recommended $71M (49%) budget cuts for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. These organizations have already absorbed 20% budget reductions over the past three years. Many museums in Utah benefit from NEA and NEH funding. Although this is an early stage in the budget process, if this is important to you, you can send a personalized message to your representative. Click here for the NEA and here for the NEH. Museum Grants Congratulations to the recipients of Utah Arts & Museums 2013 Museum Grants.  Museum Development Grants American Fork DUP Museum, $1,000 Coalville DUP Museum, $1,000 Daughters of Utah Pioneers Vernal, $1,000 Daughters of Utah Pioneers Salem, $1,000 John Carver Cabin, $1,000 Orderville Kane County DUP Museum, $1,000 Provo SUP Pioneer Village, $1,000 Weber DUP Miles Goodyear Cabin, $1,000 Museum Project Grants Alf Engen Ski Museum, $6,000 Anasazi State Park Museum, $6,000 Bountiful/Davis Art Center, $3,300 Box Elder Museum, $6,000 Brigham City Museum-Gallery, $6,000 Brigham Young University, $6,000 Clark Planetarium, $6,000 Conservation Garden Park Jordan Valley, $4,800 Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, $6,000 Fort Douglas Military Museum, $6,000 Fremont Indian State Park and Museum, $6,000 Friends of the Tracy Aviary, $6,000 Frontier Homestead State Park Museum, $4,800 Hill Aerospace Museum, $6,000 Kimball Art Center, $6,000 Museum of the San Rafael, $4,800 Natural History Museum of Utah, $6,000 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, $5,000 Ogden Dinosaur Park, $5,000 Orem Heritage Museum, $4,800 Park City Museum, $6,000 Sandy Museum, $4,800 Springville Museum of Art, $6,000 St. George Art Museum, $3,200 St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site, $4,800 Syracuse Museum and Cultural Center, $6,000 Thanksgiving Point, $6,000 The Leonardo, $4,800 The Living Planet Aquarium, $6,000 Topaz Museum, $6,000 USU Museum of Anthropology, $6,000 Utah Botanical Center, $6,000 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, $4,800 Utah Museum of Fine Arts, $6,000 UMA/WMA Conference Oct 9-12 This year we have a unique opportunity to attend the Western Museums Association Conference October 9-12. It's a treat to be hosting WMA in Salt Lake, and the Utah Museums Association has partnered with WMA to hold a joint conference. Be sure to sign up for special UMA events. See the conference program here. Early birdregistration ends July 31. Museum Brochure We are updating our museum brochure in collaboration with the Utah Museums Association and the Utah Humanities Council. Museum Specialist Curtis Ashton is spearheading the project. We will continue to encourage people to visit the online museum directory on the UMA website, but we see the value in having a publication for visitors bureaus. You can help us ensure that your information is correct by checking your listing on the online directory and letting us know of any updates at whassan@utah.gov. Change Leader Institute The Change Leader Program is a professional development course with an active network of more than 150 course graduates. The next Institute has been scheduled for November 11-13 in Moab. The participation fee is $100-$400 based on organization's size. We are especially seeking candidates from Beaver, Carbon, Daggett, Emery, Uintah, Juab, Morgan, Piute, Sevier and Wayne counties Creative Aging Resources EngAGE Utah has a library of creative aging resources, publications, videos, and research reports. One of the recent additions is Opening Doors to Memory and Imagination: Creating a Museum Program for People with Memory Loss. Adapted after the NYC's Meet Me at MOMA program, it addresses low cost ways to provide services to older adults. Google Art Project Explore art collections from around the world at the Google Art Project and watch Art Talks with curators and museum professionals, like this one with the Museum of Modern Art. Blue Star Museums Eighteen Utah Museums are participating in the Blue Star Museums program, more than 2,000 museums across the country that provide free admission to active duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Find some museum profiles on the Blue Star Blog.   Box Elder Museum Brigham City Museum-Gallery World of Puppetry Museum Museum of the San Rafael Summit County Historical Society Farmington Historical Museum USU Museum of Anthropology Wasatch Mountain State Park-Huber Grove Morgan County DUP Museum North Ogden Historical Museum Ogden's Union Station Treehouse Children's Museum Orem Heritage Museum WoodburyArt Museum Prehistoric Museum USU-Eastern George A Smith Pioneer Village St. George Art Museum Fort Douglas Military Museum International Daughters of Utah Pioneers Natural History Museum Utah Museum of Fine Arts Gale Center of History and Culture Historic WendoverAirfield Museum West Jordan Historical Society Museum Day Live! Open your doors for free to Museum Day Live ticket holders on Saturday, September 28. We encourage everyone in Utah to visit a museum on Museum Day. Free every day? You can still participate. Register here as soon as possible to take advantage of nationwide advertising. Tickets go live August 1. USHRAB Grants due August 30 The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board is happy to announce that it has funding available for archival activities that promote the preservation of and public access to Utah's historical records and documents. Applications are due August 30, 2013. Visit MuseOps for more regional and national funding opportunities for museums. Upcoming Events Aug 19 - Noon, ZAP Brown Bag, LoveUT, GiveUT Aug 30 - Nonprofit Academy of Excellence registration deadline Sept 28 - Smithsonian Museum Day Live Oct 9-12 - WMA/UMA Conference Nov 11-13 - Change Leader Institute Feb 25 - Museum Day at the Legislature May 1 - Mountain West Arts Conference For a complete list of Utah Arts & Museums staff click here. *If you wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter please reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.