Wellness Webinar Series

Live Webinars

Thursday, March 4, 2021

12:30 – 1:45pm ET

Description

The pandemic has led to a series of painful losses, including our sense of safety, social connections, professional projects, loved ones, financial security, and more. This conversation will discuss ways to identify both individual and collective trauma, how it shows up and can be addressed in museum spaces, and point to ways we can heal.

Series Description

Over the course of six months, AAMC will present for its members a series focused on wellness.  Beginning in October, the monthly series will build upon the conversations prior with a goal supporting our community as individuals, as well as curators.  Each session will build a wellness practice into the start or conclusion of each program.  Our approach is not a methodology of one singular way towards achieving balance; and we hope to include areas of pursuit that include physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social and environmental.   

The six areas of focus will center around: Building a Foundation; Centering Self Care & Stress Reduction; Nourishing Body & Soul; Managing Collective Trauma, Loss & Grief; Facing the Unknown; and Balancing Life Demands.

More will be announced as individual sessions are confirmed. These webinars will not be recorded or available after the live session.

This series is open to all. It is free for AAMC members and $10 for nonmembers.

Speakers

Listed Alphabetically

Jackie Armstrong, Associate Educator, Visitor Research and Experience, The Museum of Modern Art

Jackie works cross-departmentally on visitor research and evaluation at MoMA. Increasingly, she draws on her personal experiences and research of trauma and mental health to advocate for others and inform her work in the museum. She is also a part of T-AAME and a contributor to The Mighty.

Cara Page, Cultural/Memory Worker, Curator & Organizer, Changing Frequencies

Cara is a Black Queer Feminist cultural/memory worker, curator, and organizer.  She leads, Changing Frequencies; an archival, memory & cultural change project transforming generational trauma from the Medical Industrial Complex.  She is a co-architect of healing justice & a founding member of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective. (https://carapage.co)

The program is organized and presented by the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Foundation.The information presented here is subject to change without notice. The organizers assume no responsibility for any errors that may appear here, and in no event shall the organizers be liable for incidental or consequential damages arising from use of this document or other program-related material. This document and parts thereof must not be reproduced or copied without the organizers providing written permission, and contents thereof must not be imparted to a third party nor be used for any unauthorized purpose.

All registrations are non-refundable.