Get Involved with ARCS! Conference Content Chair/Board of Directors, Register for the ER Webinar Series, Internship Stipend ARCS Update Vol 10 Issue 1
January 6, 2025 | ARCS NewsGet Involved with ARCS!
2025 St. Louis Conference Committee & Board of Directors
2025 St. Louis Conference Committee Content Chair
The Conference Content Committee Chair (CCC) is responsible for organizing sessions, workshops, and other content for the ARCS St. Louis Conference, November 18-21, 2025, that are of interest and benefit to conference attendees. The CCC will help select a committee consisting of ARCS members with varied experience and museum-type representation and will work closely with a representative from Talley Management Group (TMG) and the Host City Chair (HCC) to provide the necessary details for TMG to coordinate logistics of the events. The CCC will be responsible for scheduling meetings with their committee members as well as attending administrative meetings with the HCC, board liaisons, ARCS Association Manager, and TMG. This is a 12-month commitment.
Deadline for submission is January 20, 2024
Board of Directors Nomination 2025-2027
The ARCS Nominations Committee is currently seeking collections professionals (including, but not limited to, registrars, collections managers, directors of collections, curators of collections, conservators, and archivists) to fill up to five (5) positions on the Board.
ARCS Directors represent ARCS at the highest level and provide strategic leadership and direction for the entire association. Directors must be dedicated to supporting inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) within the association and the professional field. They must be able to speak and act on behalf of the membership within the association and with external partners. Directors lead or assist efforts in the following areas:
- Strategic Planning
- Partnerships
- Advocacy for the profession
- Fundraising
- Fiscal Responsibility
- ARCS Committee Support
We invite the nomination of individuals who will help lead ARCS forward, advance the association’s strategic plan, and support its ongoing growth. We are seeking professionals who are ready to further develop and enhance recognition of our professional field. Nominees should not only be dedicated to the field, but dedicated to representing and empowering ARCS members.
For more information on requirements, expectations, time commitments, and the submission process see info here:
Requirements, Expectations, & The Submission Process
2025 Emergency Webinar Series January 27-March 24, 2025
Collection Emergencies are a common occurrence at cultural institutions ranging in type, scope, and severity. Emergencies will continue to increase as the climate changes, buildings age, and reduced funds put a strain on our institutions. During this five-part workshop series, registrars, collection specialists, and other museum professionals will be presented with in-depth training on collections emergency preparedness and response.
This series will utilize recordings from 2021-2023 Emergency Webinar Series presentations which registrants will receive, along with resource materials, in advance of a 30-minute open discussion with the original speakers. This new format is in an attempt to ensure that information from the presentations can be thoroughly reviewed ahead of the discussion and that participants have ample time to present questions to the speakers.
Schedule
January 27-March 24, 2025
Instructors
- Stacy Bowe, Program Coordinator, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
- Samantha Forsko, Director of Ketchikan Museums
- Nicole Grabow, Conservator, Midwest Art Conservation Center
- Irene Karsten, Senior Preventive Conservation Advisor, Canadian Conservation Institute
- Rebecca Kennedy, Collections Care Specialist, Curae Collections Care, LLC
- Kasey Lee, Conservator, BC HERN
- Anisha Gupta, University of Delaware
Fees
Members $10.00 per webinar/$40.00 for all 5
Non-Members $20.00 per webinar/$80.00 for all 5
Internship Stipends
Spring 2025 Internship Stipend
In late January 2025, ARCS will announce the ARCS Spring Internship Stipends! Once again, ARCS will be offering a $1,000 stipend plus an annual membership to three applicants pursuing internships in registration and/or collections management. Candidates are asked to submit their application materials by February 21, 2025, and awardees will be notified by mid-March 2025.
Fall 2024 Recipients
Congratulations to our Fall Internship Recipients: Violeta Kovalenko, Hrishita Ghosh, and Leah DeHaan. Watch our Instagram account for their take-overs later this month!!
Violeta Kovalenko, Louisiana State University
I am a dedicated 20-year-old student from Ukraine, currently finishing the Art History degree at Louisiana State University, graduating in Fall 2024. My passion lies in museum studies, and I am deeply committed to exploring the nuances of art conservation. As a recipient of the Fall 2024 Stipend for my internship at LSU Museum of Art, I am thrilled to work with the registrar team, assisting with the management and preservation of the museum’s extensive collection. I have not previously had any experience in museum operations, and I am beyond excited to start building my skills in this field. This internship presented me a unique opportunity to dive into the exploration of the behind-the-curtain museum world. The stipend has aided me in comfortably combining studying and working in my desired field, as well as gaining precious hands-on experience, during my last semester at the university. I look forward to contributing to the museum’s mission as I pursue my professional journey in the art history and museum studies field.
Hrishita Ghosh, Stanford University
I am currently pursuing a PhD program in Archaeology at the Stanford Department of Anthropology. I am also a Collections Management intern at the Stanford University Archaeology Centre, primarily focusing on studying object conditions, preparing object inventories, and housing objects for future conservation. During my graduation from the Department of Archaeology, University of Calcutta, I took up a Museology elective course which spawned an interest in one simple question: What happens to artefacts after we, the archaeologists, have studied it in details? Through my personal engagement with artefact collections at different levels- from small community collections stashed in dingy rooms of school buildings in rural east India to the massive Indian Museum in Kolkata and the meticulously maintained collections at SUAC, I have navigated this question in both its theoretical and practical aspects. I believe that the museum can become more effective spaces for identity building for communities through a de-centralization of the dominant position held by disciplinary experts. Community education and public archaeology can connect the public with the scholarship to provide a more wholesome understanding of object collections. The internship at SUAC has, therefore, helped me hone skills and learn about the logistical mechanisms that I hope to take back to South Asia, to connect with the public and help them preserve their heritage while also helping them gain global representation and connectivity.
Leah DeHaan, North Dakota State University
I am so excited to have received the ARCS internship stipend! I am in my second year at North Dakota State University in Fargo where I am majoring in public history. Making history accessible to the average person has always been a goal of mine throughout my studies and my internship at the Emily Reynolds Historic Costume Collection has given me an opportunity to do exactly that. I am working under the collections manager, Susan Curtis, and I am so grateful for everything she has to teach me.
