I don’t know about you, but I think the food here in St. Louis, MO, is phenomenal! Last night was no exception. I spent the night with over 1000 of my closest friends at the Missouri Botanical Garden for Groove in the Garden. Besides being absolutely breathtaking, (the tram ride was the way to go, by the way) the food, packed in little individual coolers, was so tasty. Thank you, @mobotgarden, for hosting us.
@AAMers So much fun at Groove in the Garden tonight! #aam2017 pic.twitter.com/i6UjkuO92B
— Candace Summers (@historybuff2014) May 10, 2017
Earlier Tuesday, Attack Theatre showed us how to use dance to tell a difficult story and Melissa Harris Perry moderated a discussion with Dr. Kelvin Adams, Akif Cogo, Daniel Gonzales, Dr. Mark Lombardi, Felicia Shaw, and Cara Stark speaking about how to be more thoughtful, more uncomfortable, and include more voices.
Here’s some of the reaction from Twitter – follow the conversation #aam2017 #aamsmj.
Attack Theatre
Amazing improv by @AttackTheatre at #AAM2017. Such strength, skill, and trust. @AAMers #dance pic.twitter.com/dBs6Y0ATgy
— Elizabeth Kanost (@ekanost) May 9, 2017
Amazing improv by @AttackTheatre at #AAM2017. Such strength, skill, and trust. @AAMers #dance pic.twitter.com/dBs6Y0ATgy
— Elizabeth Kanost (@ekanost) May 9, 2017
@AttackTheatre #AAM2017 provocative exploration of an I.D.E.A. Inclusion. Diversity.Equity. Access. @Data_Arts pic.twitter.com/SAgKpJ2chN
— Beth Tuttle (@bethtuttle59) May 9, 2017
If #Museums made audience an integral partner in our work like @AttackTheatre, we wouldn’t have to ask if we were necessary.#Aam2017
— George Buss (@ThatFedoraGuy) May 9, 2017
Inspiring ideas at #AAM2017 @AttackTheatre pic.twitter.com/Gla7d5bWvd
— Laura González (@Crazylaurita) May 9, 2017
Gateways to Understanding: Listening to and Engaging Diverse Audiences in a City of Confluence
Gateways to Understanding panel of speakers
“Just say it: white people must confront racism, men must confront sexism, straight ppl must confront heterosexism” @MHarrisPerry #AAM2017
— Divya Heffley (@divyaheffley) May 9, 2017
“We should be careful about false equivalencies. We just need to call privilege as we see it.” @MHarrisPerry #AAM2017
— Maya A. Weisinger (@maya_weisinger) May 9, 2017
“We need to get uncomfortable?People at the margins are always uncomfortable.”
Avoid false = and say what we MEAN @MHarrisPerry #AAM2017— Calinda Lee (@Calindanlee) May 9, 2017
“I want your body to be safe, I want your soul to be safe, but I don’t want your brain to be safe around me.” @MHarrisPerry #AAM2017
— Alliance of Museums (@AAMers) May 9, 2017
#aamsmj RT @tobivsays: @MHarrisPerry asks “What truths are missing here?” Good lens for Museums. #aam2017
— Susan Ferentinos (@HistorySue) May 9, 2017
“Being in the spaces of museums requires us to know whose stuff we have.” – @MHarrisPerry #AAM2017 pic.twitter.com/1S4rFB4PEi
— Maya A. Weisinger (@maya_weisinger) May 9, 2017
“When we are not telling these stories, its not a passive action. It does real harm.” -Danny Gonzales #AAM2017
— A Latina in Museums (@latinainmuseums) May 9, 2017
“Museums are not just about objects. They’re about the people who come into their spaces.” Say it, and say it again. Felicia Shaw #AAM2017
— Divya Heffley (@divyaheffley) May 9, 2017
It’s been an emotional and educational Annual Meeting. I’m so grateful for all of the informative, kind, powerful, thoughtful, forceful, helpful, intuitive, impassioned, and intelligent folk here and listening from afar. See you back in Washington D.C.
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