Public Programming

An After-School Program Gives Refugee Children a Creative Boost

By Aimee Hunt

One of the many things that make Charlottesville, Virginia special is that it serves as a destination city for the International Rescue Committee, which helps refugees settle into their new countries. Since 1998, more than three thousand …
More Evidence for the Power of Creative Aging

By Bill Tramposch

One of the most fruitful areas of the creative aging movement is the one that explores the arts and aging. The evidence for the positive effects of arts on wellbeing is mounting rapidly and to such a degree that it has spawned a new …
An Intergenerational “School of Drag” Connects LGBTQIA+ Youth and Elders

By Eli Burke

Last year, 20 organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime Arts, these museums are developing high quality, …
Fond Farewells: It can be hard to end popular legacy programs, but sometimes it’s for the best.

By Ann M. Loshaw

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Many museums, particularly historic homes and sites, have public programs or partnerships that their public adores. Such …
Creating Conversation, Not Controversy

By Rae Ostman and Mitchell Sava

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. Click here to learn more about membership! Using narrative nonfiction writing as the springboard, five museums …
Facilitating ‘Tough’ Conversations: A Case Study from the Evansville Museum

By Karen Malone & the Community Relations Committee

Karen Malone is the The Ruby C. Strickland Curator of Education at the Evansville Museum. You can reach out to her at karen@emuseum.org or follow her on Instagram @TheMuseumKaren. Make sure to ask her about the on-going adventures of the …