urgency of empathy & social impact in museums

“Silence is our enemy”

“It’s important that we seeeach other as human beings.

We need to take careof each other.”

Audio: Janelle Monae, “Hell You Talmbout”

Urgency of Empathy and Social Actionin Museums

Mike MurawskiDirector of Education & Public ProgramsPortland Art Museum (Oregon)

BE MORE LOCAL

RECOGNIZE & SUPPORTthe Movement for Black Lives

Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter at the New Museum (photo by Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich)

Mirror Casket project, De Andrea Nichols, Marcis Curtis, Sophie Lipman, Damon Davis, Elizabeth Vega, Derek Laney, Mallory Nezam

Portland Art MuseumAugust 9, 2016

Portland Art MuseumAugust 15, 2016

FLIPPING THE SCRIPT

Portland Art MuseumObject Stories

Detroit Institute of Arts“1967 Detroit Home Movies”

CREATE A PERSONAL VISION

“not everything that is faced can be changed, but

nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

- James Baldwin

BUILD COMMUNITIES OF ACTION

questionsdiscussionlistening

BE MORE LOCAL

RECOGNIZE & SUPPORT MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES

FLIPPING THE SCRIPT

CREATE A PERSONAL VISION FOR CHANGE

BUILD COMMUNITIES OF ACTION