Cuseum’s CEO & Founder, Brendan Ciecko, was recently featured on Blooloop’s premiere “50 Museum Influencers” list, and we couldn’t be more proud. Blooloop’s 2020 list is designed to “shine a spotlight on 50 people whose innovation and creativity are helping museums through this uniquely challenging time.”
Webinar Highlights: Museum Think Tank: Cultural Organizations as Incubators for Social Impact
Recent events have prompted individuals, companies, and organizations across the world to take a deeper look at their role in society and explore how they can play an active part in driving the change they want to see. Museums and cultural organizations, with their mission-based work and commitment to community, have an especially important role to play in this current moment. To step up and effect change in areas of social justice, cultural professionals are turning to their colleagues within the field, as well as seeking inspiration and guidance from other industries to generate fresh ideas and develop meaningful new approaches.
Over 2,000 people joined the Tuesday webinar, which took the form of a museum “Think Tank” where innovative voices from the museum field converge with social impact entrepreneurs who are addressing some of society’s most challenging issues. We had Brendan Ciecko (CEO & Founder @ Cuseum), Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell (Head of Public Programs @ Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery), OnRae Watkins (Senior Manager @ ARTLAB - Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden), David Delmar Sentíes (Executive Director & Founder @ Resilient Coders), and Jon Feinman (Executive Director & Founder @ InnerCity Weightlifting) as they explored how museums can serve as incubators for social impact and social justice.
Watch the full recording here.
Here are the major takeaways.
Webinar Highlights: Striving Towards an Equitable Future: Addressing Systemic Injustice as a Cultural Organization
Across the nation, we are mourning the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery & Breonna Taylor with sadness and distress. Recent events have illuminated the systemic injustice that remains entrenched in our country and its institutions. As professionals in the cultural sector, it is pressing to situate our current moment, as well as the long history of deep-seated racism and inequality, in the context of museums and cultural organizations. As mission-based organizations serving diverse communities, it is critical to engage in a dialogue on the role of our institutions in a time of tragedy, anxiety, and unrest.
Last Wednesday, around 3,000 people joined Brendan Ciecko (CEO & Founder @ Cuseum), Terri Freeman (President @ National Civil Rights Museum), Damon Reaves (Interim Senior Curator of Education @ Philadelphia Museum of Art) & Cecile Shellman (Senior Diversity Fellow @ American Alliance of Museums) for a discussion on how cultural organizations can face systemic injustice, strive towards a more equitable future, and be beacons of hope for their communities.
Watch the full recording here.
Here are a few of the biggest takeaways from the conversation.
Rockford Art Museum is Revved Up About Their New Mobile App!
We are so excited to announce that Rockford Art Museum (RAM) has rolled out a new mobile tour app as part of their digital RAMpage!
Introducing Cuseum AR: Spark the Imagination of Your Visitors
Cuseum CEO Featured on State of the Art Podcast
Brendan Ciecko, Cuseum’s CEO & Founder, was recently interviewed on State of the Art podcast!
The episode, “The Future Art Museum,” delves into Brendan’s background in music, art, and technology, the inspiration behind Cuseum, and the present and future of museums, as well as how technology is changing and advancing how people interact with art and culture.
In Conversation at MuseumNext: Startups & Accelerators in the Cultural Sector
If you couldn’t make it to MuseumNext 2017, don’t worry, we have the next best thing! Brendan Ciecko, Cuseum’s CEO & Founder spoke with Rick Turoczy, Co-Founder of Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) in a session focusing on Startups & Accelerators in the Cultural Sector. Read on to relive the MuseumNext conversation, and learn how museums and cultural institutions could benefit from adopting startup mentalities!
Cuseum CEO to Speak at Communicating the Museum 2017
We’re thrilled to announce that Brendan Ciecko, Cuseum’s CEO & Founder, will be speaking at Communicating the Museum 2017! Held in Los Angeles from November 6-9, the conference will explore the idea of “Museums Beyond Walls.”
Cuseum Launches “Ink For The Arts” to Bolster Efforts to Save Arts Funding
Cuseum announced today, Ink For The Arts, a new initiative to unite people in the fight against the elimination of federal arts programs. The campaign comes in reaction to the on-going threats to cut funding for the arts, which would put the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and other programs at risk.
Explore Japanese Culture in Florida with Morikami Museum’s New App
A center for Japanese arts and culture in South Florida? It’s true! Now you can experience all that Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden has to offer right in the palm of your hand with the launch of their new mobile app!
Recap of Museum Selfie Day 2016
January 20, 2016 marked the second annual celebration of Museum Selfie Day, a special day to share selfies in or around museums.