Interesting thoughts on museum-based narratives

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Linda Epps

Museums: Nonprofits in the Eye of the Perfect Narrative Storm - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

The daily online newswire, produced by NPQ’s collaborative journalism program, traces developments in fields, practices, and the operating environments of nonprofits. This compilation of one line of NPQ reportage highlights the realms of activities and issues involved in decolonizing the museum, acknowledging the role of museums in anchoring narratives about the world we live in.

Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

A New Study Looks at Diversity in the Art World

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Linda Epps

An Estimated 85 Percent of Artists Represented in US Museum Collections Are White, a New Study Claims | Artnet News

A new study analyzes the collection of 18 major US museums and says it can serve as a benchmark for diversity.

Artnet News

Education, Mis-Education

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Linda Epps

A Year of Miseducation

From Lauryn Hill to 'Cameron Post' to Tara Westover, 2018 repeatedly asked the question, What does it mean to teach a person to surrender?

The Atlantic

Fashion: a link between northern industry and southern slavery

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Linda Epps

A Stain on an All-American Brand | Vestoj

vestoj.com

Museums’ responsibility as trusted areas of public discourse

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Linda Epps

Museums must confront the big issues

In an era of deepening nationalism museums' ability to tell stories of hybridity and cosmopolitanism is vital

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

The Lost Souls Memorial Project – An Update

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Linda Epps

Click here to view a video about the Lost Souls Memorial Project. The article found here provides additional background.

Read Cicely Cottingham’s interview with artist Nell Painter

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Linda Epps

Click here to read the full interview.

New database brings light to slave resistance stories

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Linda Epps

A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Untold Resistance Stories

Freedom on the Move from Cornell University is the first major digital database of fugitive slave ads from North America.

Hyperallergic

A look at taxpayer support for Confederate monuments

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Linda Epps

The Costs of the Confederacy

In the last decade alone, American taxpayers have spent at least $40 million on Confederate monuments and groups that perpetuate racist ideology

Smithsonian Magazine

Addressing the issue of diversity in nonprofit governance

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Linda Epps

Why Are We Still Struggling with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nonprofit Governance? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

At the annual conference of the leading international academic trade association for the study of nonprofits, a group of panelists, including NPQ’s Ruth McCambridge, took a hard look at why nonprofit governance in the US remains white-dominated and what to do about that.

Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly