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  • Inclusive Mentorship: Intentional Mentorship
    Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 02/26/2025 at 12:30 PM (EST)

    February 26, 2025, at 12:30-2pm ET

    Online, February 26, 2025, at 12:30-2pm ET
    Facilitator: Alisha Andrews-Simmons
    Coordinators: Céline Wachsmuth, Jennifer McGough

    Mentors in under-resourced departments and institutions wear a lot of hats. Being a coach, supervisor, and colleague can be a few. It is difficult to see where the line of one role ends and the other begins. 

    In this 90-minute workshop, participants will work through interactive exercises that align their intentions of becoming a mentor or mentee with the concrete needs of being in a working relationship of this kind. Participants will understand the key roles and responsibilities associated with a mentoring relationship and use small groups to gain self-awareness of their desire to be a mentor or a mentee and how to set realistic expectations when entering into the relationship that promotes sustainability for those involved. 

    Mentorship is an integral part of career growth, development, and retention. This workshop is part of FAIC’s Inclusive Mentorship series which is organized by AIC's Education and Training Committee, and aims to create foundational opportunities to develop and inspire inclusive mentors and culture change. Culture change is a critical undertaking for organizations seeking to thrive in an ever-evolving world.

    This workshop is for conservation professionals who want to better understand what they should expect from a mentor/mentee relationship. Interested individuals must apply to participate by January 16, 2025. Participants will be selected with the intention of creating a diverse group of participants from a variety of backgrounds, locations, institution types, and career levels. The live sessions for the workshop will take place in Zoom and automated captions will be available. The session will not be recorded.

    This workshop is for conservation professionals who want to better understand what they should expect from a mentor/mentee relationship. Interested individuals must apply to participate by January 16, 2025. Participants will be selected with the intention of creating a diverse group of participants from a variety of backgrounds, locations, institution types, and career levels. Applicants will be notified of their selection status by January 31, 2025. 

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    This program was organized by AIC's Education and Training Committee.

    Funding for this program comes from the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) Endowment for Professional Development. The FAIC Endowment for Professional Development, which was created by a grant from The Mellon Foundation and is supported by donations from members of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and its friends. Workshops are made possible with the assistance of many AIC members, but no AIC membership dues were used to create or present this course.

    FAIC relies on your contributions to support these and its many other programs. Learn more about donating to the foundation.

    Alisha Andrews-Simmons

    WorkHype

    Alisha Andrews-Simmons holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work, a Masters Degree in Executive Leadership (concentration on Psychological Safety and Appreciative Inquiry) and certifications in DEI, Coaching and Mentoring, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Alisha's expertise lies in organizational change and building collaborative partnerships to bring about lasting systemic change. Her unique background serving in the United States Senate, working with state governments, higher education, and nonprofits, has equipped her with a deep understanding of change management and developing relationships across difference. For the past six years Alisha has led anti-racist efforts at two organizations, Campus Compact and the Denver Art Museum, before starting her own company WorkHype to create a larger impact.

    Based in Aurora, Colorado, Alisha is committed to empowering individuals and organizations to foster inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. In her down time, Alisha enjoys riding bikes, reading, volunteering, and spending time with family.

  • Update on the Reformulating Beva 371 Project: A Virtual Discussion
    Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 02/24/2025 at 1:00 PM (EST)

    AIC's Paintings Specialty Group invites you to join their Beva 371 reformulaton project update on the studies conducted on the traditional solvent-based version of the optimized formula, in comparison to the original and current blend. Panelists will also introduce two solvent-free forms: pre-blended pellets and an open-weave non-woven fabric of (at least) two different densities.

    AIC's Paintings Specialty Group is hosting an Update on the Reformulating Beva 371 Project: A Virtual Discussion on February 24, 2025, at 1 p.m. ET. Panelists will share results from the multi-year Reformulating Beva 371 Project, headed by Chris McGlinchey and supported by the Getty Foundation via their Conserving Canvas initiative. The Project is focused on working with Conservator’s Products Company in the U.S. and Centro Trattamento Superfici (aka CTS) in Europe to make the optimized formulation commercially available.

    The panelists will review the studies conducted on the traditional solvent-based version of the optimized formula, in comparison to the original and current blend. They will also introduce two solvent-free forms: pre-blended pellets and an open-weave non-woven fabric of (at least) two different densities. 

    They hope to have sufficient time for questions. Participants can submit questions to Chris (cwm1@nyu.edu) in advance of the webinar.

    Note: The panellists are not receiving remuneration from the companies that commercialize Beva. The purpose of this virtual presentation is to provide information on the new formulation and answer related questions to aid conservators in their decisions-making.

    All specialties are invited to participate. Join PSG to have the fee waived for this event!

  • IDEA Changemakers Series - Conversation with Eric Hemenway
    Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 02/21/2025 at 12:00 PM (EST)

    AIC's Equity & Inclusion Committee is hosting a second talk in its series of conversational interviews with conservators and cultural caretakers advancing DEIA principles forward, changing the way we think about and practice cultural heritage preservation. Our conversation will be February 21 at 12pm ET / 9am PT.

    AIC's Equity & Inclusion Committee is hosting its second talk in a series of conversational interviews with conservators and cultural caretakers advancing DEIA principles forward, changing the way we think about and practice cultural heritage preservation. Join us on February 21 at 12pm ET / 9am PT.

    Join members of the committee on Friday, February 21, for a conversation with Eric Hemenway, Director of the Repatriation, Archives, and Records department for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

    Free for members. All sessions will be recorded and available to AIC members and shared after the live session through the Equity and Inclusion in Conservation online community and the AIC Member Community.

  • Monthly Member Meetups - 2025
    Contains 9 Component(s) Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 02/14/2025 at 2:00 PM (EST)

    Connect with your fellow members!

    Our Monthly Member Meetup is a series of hour-long monthly events that we’ll host second Fridays at 2pm ET. Topics may cover sustainability, private practice, volunteering, the wiki, emergency planning, introductions to our various committees and groups, and more. Our goal is to offer you a social outlet and way to connect with other members. We welcome suggestions for topics and guest hosts! Send us your ideas at membership@culturalheritage.org. 

    Review our past meetups:

  • Conversations with Change Makers #9
    Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 02/07/2025 at 11:00 AM (EST)

    The AIC Sustainability Committee is excited to announce the ninth in a series of webinars where we chat with conservators and allied professionals who are implementing changes to reduce the energy consumption of their buildings.

    The AIC Sustainability Committee is excited to announce the ninth in a series of webinars where we chat with conservators and allied professionals who are implementing changes to reduce the energy consumption of their buildings. 

    The energy used to heat, cool, de/humidify, and light buildings is the biggest environmental impact of the cultural heritage sector.  After decades of regarding one-size-fits-all, non-fluctuating indoor environmental parameters as the gold standard, the field is now questioning the value of this approach.  And as the recent extreme weather and the associated risks to cultural heritage continue to remind us, the need for change is urgent. 

    On Friday, February 7th 11:00am - 12pm ET, join us as we speak with the Victoria & Albert Museum’s head of conservation Pedro Gaspar and lead preventative conservator Sarah VanSnick, who recently moved on from the V&A to be Head of Preservation and Conservation at Trinity College Dublin Library. 

    We will be discussing how they developed a cohesive collections risk assessment analysis system with input from all stakeholders. This has allowed for data driven decisions impacting all aspects of collections care, including the expansion of environmental parameters. They will be sharing how specific terms and language that resonate across departments was essential for effective communication and their resulting success.

    Pedro Gaspar

    Head of Conservation

    Victoria & Albert Museum

    Sarah VanSnick

    Head of Preservation and Conservation

    Trinity College Dublin Library

  • MS3 Varnish: A Virtual Panel Discussion
    Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 02/04/2025 at 1:00 PM (EST)

    AIC's Paintings Specialty Group invites you to join their panel discussion on experiences and preferred solvents, solutions, and techniques for using MS3 varnish. They’ll discuss their decision-making processes when choosing to use MS3 and other varnishes available.

    AIC's Paintings Specialty Group is hosting a Virtual Panel on MS3 Varnish on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. EST. The panelists include:

    • Carl Villis, Senior Conservator of Paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, who was involved in the development of MS3.
    • Jill Whitten and Robert Proctor, Whitten & Proctor Fine Art Conservation, Houston, TX.
    • Peter Van de Moortel, Chief Conservator, and Shan Kuang, Conservator of Paintings, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX.
    • Michael Swicklik, Senior Conservator of Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 

    The panelists will share their experiences and preferred solvents, solutions, and techniques for using MS3 varnish. They’ll discuss their decision-making processes when choosing to use MS3 and other varnishes available.

    Participants are invited to submit questions in advance of the session, and there will be the opportunity to ask questions at the end. 

    We hope this virtual panel will offer a collegial setting to share and compare experiences, with a focus on practical application, in the context of analytical information.

  • C2C Care Course Investigating Contamination and Pesticides in Cultural Heritage Collections
    Contains 6 Component(s) Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 01/28/2025 at 1:00 PM (EST)

    This course will cover the components of how to evaluate potential pesticide contamination and human risk.

    Increasing awareness among museums, institutions, and tribal communities about the potential risks of pesticide contamination residues on cultural heritage collections is critical, especially with increasing Indigenous involvement in collection care and the formal repatriation of cultural heritage to Native communities. This course will cover the components of how to evaluate potential pesticide contamination and human risk. Each webinar will provide resources and examples on a specific topic, as well as opportunities for discussion and examples. By the end of the course participants will: 

    ● Know how to prepare an institutional pesticide use history. 
    ● Gain information about pesticide chemicals and potential for human risk. 
    ● Participate in a review of commonly used testing and analytical techniques, with information about their limitations, sampling, and other related topics. 
    ● Understand how to organize data and results from analysis and historical research 
    ● Be able to convey information in a way that frames acceptable risk and tribal perspectives. 

    Course Instructors

    • Lisa Goldberg, Conservator, Goldberg Preservation Services, LLC
    • Marilen Pool, Objects Conservator, Principal, Sonoran Art Conservation Services

    Session 1 - Pesticide History - Tuesday January 21, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
    This webinar will provide approaches and tools for preparing an institution’s pesticide use history to facilitate the process of analyzing potential contaminants and pesticides previously used on cultural heritage collections. 

    Session 2 - Pesticide Chemicals - Tuesday January 28, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
    This webinar will provide participants with a framework for understanding the chemical classes of pesticides and their persistence. Presenters will also describe how health and safety professionals assess the risks associated with human exposure to these chemicals. 

    Session 3 – Testing and Analysis - Tuesday February 4, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
    This webinar will cover the techniques and tools used to evaluate the presence of pesticides on collection items. The limitations of common techniques like pXRF and the options available for identifying organic and inorganic pesticides will be covered. Also included will be an overview of how to select and work with your testing laboratory. Finally, a case study will also be presented on the use of these techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of remediation techniques. 

    Session 4 – Organizing Information - Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
    This webinar will describe how to interpret and present results from historical research, testing, and analysis with museum, repatriation, and tribal communities. 

    Session 5 – Risk Communication & Tribal Perspectives - Tuesday February 18, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
    This webinar will provide participants with information about hazard communication and solutions that may decrease human risk. Current concern among tribal communities centers on how to welcome these items home when the potential for pesticide contamination is present. Discussing tribal perspectives and evaluating acceptable risks are part of an ongoing conversation; collaboration and transparency about collection history and previous use, fair and clear interpretation of testing data, and evaluation of future intended use parameters all contribute to improved awareness of human risk.

    Captioning in English and Spanish is available. The program will be held using Zoom Meeting. 

    Registration Fee

    • $99 Early Bird through January 1, 2025
    • $149 Regular Fee

    Connecting to Collections Care courses are made possible in part by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

    Lisa Goldberg (Moderator)

    Conservator

    Lisa Goldberg, Goldberg Preservation Services, LLC, is a conservator in private practice with a focus on preventive care as well as health and safety issues. She has been involved in a wide range of conservation consultations and treatment projects to help resolve issues related to exhibit, support and storage, transport and environment for individuals and institutions of many sizes. She is a member of SPNHC and AAM, and is a Fellow of AIC and IIC. As long time editor of the AIC News, she regularly works with authors and various committees to help bring publication projects to fruition. Lisa is one of the founding members of the FAIC website, Storage Techniques for Art, Science, and History Collections (www.STASHc.com) and continues to serve the project as Editor-in-Chief. 

    Kerith Koss Schrager

    Head of Conservation

    National September 11 Memorial & Museum

    Kerith Koss Schrager is an objects conservator and Head of Conservation at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Kerith specializes in occupational health and safety for cultural heritage workers and has degrees in both Environmental Health Sciences (2022) and Conservation (2008) from New York University.  Prior to her current position, she was the owner of The Found Object Art Conservation, LLC and has also held positions with the Brooklyn Museum, Field Museum, and National Museum of Asian Art of the Smithsonian. Kerith also serves as adjunct faculty at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She is a Professional Associate member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and a former Chair of both their Health & Safety Network and Conservators in Private Practice (CIPP) Specialty Group.

    Nancy Odegaard, PhD

    Conservator Professor Emerita

    Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona

    Nancy Odegaard served as Conservator, Head of Preservation Division at the Arizona State Museum and Professor of Anthropology, Materials Science & Engineering, Historic Preservation, and American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona from 1983 to 2021. She previously worked at the Smithsonian Institution, Peabody Museum – Harvard University, and with many museums throughout the country and internationally on special projects, conservation assessments, workshops. She has received resident scholar awards from the Fulbright Commission, Getty Conservation Institute, Winterthur Museum, ICCROM- Rome, Canadian Conservation Institute, and University of London as well as receiving an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016. Among her many publications are books including The Care and Handling of Anthropological Collections (WAAC 1991), Materials Characterization Tests for Objects of Art and Archaeology (Archetype 2000, 2005, Kress Award), Old Poisons – New Problems A Museum Resource (Altamira 2005), Curating Human Remains: A Guide for Museums and Academic Institutions (Altamira 2006, Kress Award), and A Visual Dictionary of Artistic and Domestic Arts (Rowman & Littlefield 2022- American Alliance of Museums Award). She is currently Conservator Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona and continues to research, write, and conduct collaborative projects with museums and communities.

    Helene Tello

    Senior Conservator

    Helene Tello has worked as a freelance senior conservator since 2020. Starting her career in 1980, she opened her own conservation studio in 1983. She then moved on to the Vonderau Museum in Fulda, Germany. Subsequently, she looked after the Indian collections at the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany, from 1998 to mid-2020. There, she encountered the topic of pesticides formerly used on objects. She conducts research on decontamination methods of such treated cultural assets as well as safe handling of them for everyone who must deal with them. Due to the opening of museum collections to indigenous people, who started collaborating with the museums as well as repatriating their cultural assets, her many years of expertise are extremely important in our time. Her knowledge is spread out through numerous journal contributions, teaching activities and lectures at home and abroad. From May through October 2024, she was in residence at the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program. There, she conducted research on the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) as part of her Fulbright scholarship. Her research takes place against the background of debates on neocolonialism that have risen in Germany and Europe and the demands of indigenous people to museums for collaboration and restitution of their cultural assets.

    Melodi McAdams

    Senior Tribal Heritage Manager

    United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria

    Melodi McAdams organizes the California Repatriation Community of Practice and the Tribally led Contamination & Repatriation Working group. She has her MA in anthropology with a focus in ethnography and 20 years of experience working for Tribal Governments and Museums on repatriation, Tribal Monitoring and cultural site protection.

    David Hinkamp

    Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist

    University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Cook County Hospital

    David Hinkamp, MD, MPH (University of Michigan) is a Board-certified Occupational and Environmental Medicine specialist who has worked at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Cook County Hospital since the 1980’s

    In 1988, Dr. Hinkamp helped found and direct health programs for Valerie Wellington’s Chicago Blues Coalition and later, Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation. In 1999, he founded the Health in the Arts Program at UIC School of Public Health. This program applies the Occupational Health approach to the work-related hazards in an underserved sectors of the visual and performing arts, as well as museum and collections professionals. In 2010, along with other health and safety experts, he wrote and edited the book, Health and Safety for Museum and Collections Professionals.

    Dr. Hinkamp continues to work with local, national and international organizations on these issues. In 2024 he was elected President of the international Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) in London.

    Ralph Froehlich

    Helix Environmental, Inc

    Mr. Ralph A. Froehlich, M.S., CIH, CSP, QEP, FAIHA, has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of environmental and occupational health and heads the industrial hygiene division of Helix Environmental, Inc.

    Brandy Howard

    Group Manager of Industrial Hygiene

    Terracon

    Brandy Howard, PE, CIH, CSP, is the Group Manager of Industrial Hygiene and Asbestos at Terracon’s Denver office. Brandy holds a BS in Engineering and a MS in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Brandy has been a consultant for over 15 years and works with clients in various industries to deliver cost-effective environmental, health, and safety solutions to support their operations. Brandy currently serves as the Vice Chair for the AIHA Museums and Cultural Heritage Industry Working Group and was a research partner on the Museum Poisons Test Kit project.

    Jae Anderson

    Heritage Conservation Scientist

    Marilen Pool, PhD (Moderator)

    Objects Conservator, Principal

    Sonoran Art Conservation Services

    Marilen Pool is an objects conservator in private practice in Tucson, Arizona. She worked for the Arizona State Museum (ASM) Preservation Division for more than 20 years as Senior Project Conservator before retiring in 2024. She holds a PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MA in Museum Studies, and is a graduate of the Sir Sanford Fleming Conservation Program in Canada. Before entering the field of conservation, Marilen worked as a Museum Curator and Director. Marilen is a former member of the AIC Health and Safety Committee. She has prepared pesticide use histories for ASM and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. She recently transposed her extensive research on pesticide chemicals used in museums for online use on Museumspests.net in a relational database. 

    Kate Compton-Gore

    NAGPRA Training Coordinator for the National NAGPRA Program, and part of the NAGPRA team at the Museum of Northern Arizona

    National NAGPRA Program

    Kate Compton-Gore is the NAGPRA Training Coordinator for the National NAGPRA Program and part of the NAGPRA team at the Museum of Northern Arizona. She received here PhD from Northern Arizona University focusing on NAGPRA policy, Indigenous environmental justice, and the ongoing problem of pesticide contamination in collections. She has supported NAGPRA compliance for the past 20 years both in and out of museum settings. In her role with the National NAGPRA Program, she supports Indian Tribes, NHOs, museums, and Federal agencies through training and guidance on the revised regulations. Throughout her career, Ms. Compton-Gore actively focuses on community engagement and support. She currently volunteers as the co-facilitator of the NAGPRA Community of Practice, dedicated to decreasing misunderstanding and hesitancy and fostering relationships and healing across the field.

    Whitney Petrey

    Tribal Historian and Repatriation Coordinator

    Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake

    Whitney Petrey is the Tribal Historian and Repatriation Coordinator for the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake. She has worked as an archaeologist and curator for agencies, cultural resource management companies, museums, and universities. She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Anthropology and with an M.A. from East Carolina University in Maritime Archaeology with an emphasis in object conservation.

    Maeve Moriarty

    Senior Conservation Scientist

    Canadian Conservation Institute

    Maeve Moriarty has been a member of the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) since 2017 and works on the analysis of heritage objects for pesticide residues. She has published numerous articles on arsenic analysis and obtaining data for risk assessments.

  • Exercise Without Leaving Your Seat! Tabletop exercises for effective disaster planning
    Contains 1 Component(s)

    Webinar, January 15, 2025, 2-3 p.m. ET

    Tabletop exercises are the safest, cheapest, and simplest way for a cultural repository to test its emergency planning and response. Having a disaster response plan is essential, but considering how you will apply that plan during a crisis is equally important. Tabletop exercises are simple, effective tools that any group can use to explore their assumptions about emergencies, predict their response, identify gaps in their thinking, assess their capabilities, and determine how to optimize their response in an actual emergency. This webinar will explain how tabletop exercises work and provide guidance for conducting your own.

    The session will be led by David W. Carmicheal, author of Tabletop Exercises for Cultural Institutions. Carmichael is also author of Implementing the Incident Command System at the Institutional Level: A Handbook for Libraries, Museums, Archives, and Other Cultural Institutions (Heritage Preservation and RescuingRecords.com, 2010) and two publications for the Council of State Archivists, Rescuing Family Records: A Disaster Planning Guide, and its companion volume, Rescuing Business Records: A Disaster Planning Guide for Small Businesses.

    David Carmicheal

    David W. Carmicheal retired in 2024 as Director of the Pennsylvania State Archives. Previously he was the State Archivist of Georgia. From 2005 to 2006 Mr. Carmicheal served as president of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) during which, in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, he led a nationwide effort to assess the ability of state archives to protect the essential records of government. The report, Safeguarding a Nation’s Identity, provided a state-by-state framework for protecting government records from natural and human-caused disasters. Subsequently he co-led the FEMA-funded, three year effort, Intergovernmental Preparedness for Essential Records, to train state and local government officials in every U.S. state and territory to identify and protect the essential records of government. He is the author of Implementing the Incident Command System at the Institutional Level: A Handbook for Libraries, Museums, Archives, and Other Cultural Institutions (Heritage Preservation and RescuingRecords.com, 2010) and two publications for the Council of State Archivists, Rescuing Family Records: A Disaster Planning Guide, and its companion volume, Rescuing Business Records: A Disaster Planning Guide for Small Businesses.

  • Monthly Member Meetups - 2024
    Contains 9 Component(s) Recorded On: 09/13/2024

    Connect with your fellow members!

    Our Monthly Member Meetup is a series of hour-long monthly events that we’ll host every second Friday at 2pm ET. Topics may cover sustainability, private practice, volunteering, the wiki, emergency planning, introductions to our various committees and groups, and more. Our goal is to offer you a social outlet and way to connect with other members. We welcome suggestions for topics and guest hosts! Send us your ideas at membership@culturalheritage.org. See past recordings at https://learning.culturalherit... and https://learning.culturalherit....

  • Closing Conservation’s Narrative Gap: Sharing Stories of Insight, Change and Impact
    Contains 1 Component(s)

    AIC and our Equity & Inclusion Committee are hosting a training on cultural equity for members

    2024 AIC WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION SERIES: 

    Closing Conservation’s Narrative Gap: Sharing Stories of Insight, Change and Impact

    Friday, November 15, 2024, Time: 10am to 12pm PST / 12pm to 2pm CST / 1pm to 3pm EST

    Summary 

    The strong societal impact of storytelling is evident by the fact that narratives permeate every aspect of the shared human experience, from myth and legend to cinema, news, everyday conversations, and even conservation. Between 2020 and 2022, our field invested a lot of time sharing stories and statements about persistent barriers and commitments to advancing greater diversity, equity and inclusion. Since then, priorities have shifted.

    If impact and change happen at the personal, organizational and systemic levels, then how are we continuing to share our stories of advancing conservation’s importance in our field, while weaving in our commitment to advancing greater equity and inclusion?

    Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools that we have at our disposal. This 2-hour interactive workshop will explore approaches and elements of effective storytelling that weaves understanding, valuing and engagement in conservation together with a sustained commitment to greater diversity, equity and inclusion.

    Our time together will touch upon the following:  

    1. Overview of AIC’s Commitment to Advancing Greater Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
      • Leadership presents on AIC’s steadfastness of this work
    2. Storytelling Approaches
      • A look behind the conservation curtain
      • Bringing conservation to life through context, emotional connection, understanding and engagement (including donor engagement)
      • You gotta see it to believe it! Sharing the work and pathways careers in conservation.
    3. Centering the Relational: Story Telling Essentials
      • Shared Language: Words can heal and harm. How are the tools of language and data supporting or limiting us? Can we share the importance of our work and its value in words that mean something to someone outside of our field?
      • Working through Conflict/Appreciating Our Magic: Every good story has a protagonist, antagonist, conflict and resolution of sorts. Don’t be afraid of the human element in the work and the magic that four archetypes in conflict can bring in creating deeper, more sustainable and impactful change.
      • What do Healthy Partnerships Look Like? We partner with clients, co-workers, communities and other institutions. How do we center the communities we seek to build relationships with? Every point of engagement is an opportunity to build or break trust.

    PDFs of the presentation and additional resources will be shared post-workshop.

    This event is hosted by AIC's Equity & Inclusion Committee and is supported in FULL by members who contributed to the DEIA project sponsorship. 

    Evonne Gallardo

    Senior Vice Program Director

    Community Partners

    Evonne Gallardo is a Senior Vice Program Director for Community Partners—a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization committed to an equitable, thriving, and inclusive society. Evonne leads intermediary partnerships that regrant funding for artists and arts and culture organizations working at the intersections of social justice in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Evonne also consults institutions to advance artists and arts organizations and has held leadership positions in museums, community-based art centers, and artist-led ventures. With over 20 years of hands-on experience, her areas of focus lie in funding and program development, strategic planning, community engagement, and cultural equity and inclusion strategies. Evonne received a B.A. in American History from Columbia University and an M.A. in the Sociology of Art from the New School for Social Research in New York. Evonne serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures.