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Season 2:Episode 14: Not So Secret Agents…Know your 10 Agents of Deterioration and safeguard the future of your collection
10 Agents of Deterioration Many of our spaces are closed down for the foreseeable future and those of us still involved in collections are maintaining and caretaking for our facilities. It is a good time to remind ourselves of the 10 Agents of Deterioration, and how...
APN Wire 7/22/20
Click Here to Read this Edition Check out this dynamic new resource on tapestries and how they are cared for. In this edition of the APN Wire: What an amazing couple of weeks! I had a flood of people reaching out with new opportunities for art pros in the...
APN Wire 7/8/20
Rosie Lee Tompkins Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ArchivePhoto Credit: Ben Blackwell Click Here to Read this Edition In this edition of the APN Wire: Well, we made it to July...I still can't believe it has been four months of quarantine. The world is...
Season 2:Episode 13 – Searching for a Diverse Perspective…Thoughts on prioritizing inclusion in our art institutions
Time to change Searching for a Diverse Perspective On this July 4th weekend I'm taking stock of where we are in the museum community. The intersection of layoffs and the fight for social justice has given me a lot to consider, and I see that in all of this...
APN Wire 6/24/20
Click Here to Read this Edition An image of Alexandre Lenoir, who tried to save monuments during the French Revolution, was posted on Instagram by Mr. Christiansen.Credit...via Bridgeman Images In this edition of the APN Wire: July is almost here, and I wish I...
Season 2: Episode 12…Interview with the Art Services Worker Safety Coalition-It’s time to humanize our industry’s needs
Art Services Worker Safety Coalition I am so excited to present my interview with Meg Colbert of Box Art, and Derek Jones of Atelier. We talk about the new coalition they have organized, the Art Services Worker Saftey Coalition. This amazing new group and...
APN Wire 6/10/20
Click Here to Read this Edition The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial as seen on Martin Luther King Day Jan 21, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Al Drago, Getty Images In this edition of the APN Wire: Art Pro Net would like to voice our support for the current initiatives...
Season 2: Episode 11 Creating Instead of Waiting…Reimagining your opportunities post COVID
Season 2: Episode 11 You might need to change tracks. With the arrival of June, there are a lot of new stressors arriving. PPP loans are running out, mass layoffs are happening to art pros everywhere, and many places have a hiring freeze on. What can we do? In...
APN Wire 5/27/20
Click Here To Read This Edition In this edition of the APN Wire:EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! Museums are reopening! The museum world was watching over the weekend as MFA Houston opened its doors, and it's good to hear their plan seems to...
Season 2: Episode 10…Handle with Care, Tips to stop fracturing your focus
Episode 10 In this episode, I discuss how to stop splitting your focus and concentration, and feel more whole working from home. Multitasking has taken on a new form for many of us who used to accomplish tasks on the go that are now having to learn to work from...
APN Wire 5/13/20
Oil on canvas by Ernest Board: Dr Edward Jenner performing his first vaccination against smallpox on James Phipps, a boy of eight.De Agostini via Getty Images Click Here to Read This Edition In this edition of the APN Wire: So what's the plan? It is the...
Season 2: Episode 9… From The Inside Out – Building a plan for your staff success
Episode 9 There are a lot of discussions out there about when museums will open back up to the public. We are at the dawn of a “new normal.” I think we should take a beat, and focus on getting art pros and the museum's staff back first. In this episode, I...
APN Wire 4/29/20
Click Here To Read This Edition Detail from photo: Two visitors in face masks explore the National Gallery of Art on the day before closure due to Coronavirus © Creative CommonsFrom Blog by SMARTIFY In this edition of the APN Wire: Well, I don't know about you,...
Season 2: Episode 8…Where Do We Go From Here? Weaving a Plan in a Post-Quarantine World
Episode 2.8 Alice once told the caterpillar in Wonderland, "It's no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then." I truly understand what she meant. We are all looking toward the future and trying to figure out how we get back to work in a...
APN Wire 4/15/20
Click Here to Read This Edition In this edition of the APN Wire: Another week of quarantine, and (I don't know about you all, but) it is getting hard. The news for art pros is not getting better either. I want to apologize for not getting a new...
APN Wire 4/1/20
Click Here to Read This Edition In this edition of the APN Wire: I hope this finds everyone well. I don't know about y'all, but it feels like things have really gone off the rails everywhere. Schedules are being canceled through the summer, and...
Season 2: Episode 7…Communication Breakdown: How to communicate from quarantine
Episode 7 In this episode, we are going to talk about the new normal we are all experiencing in communication and how best to navigate it. While this Covid-19 pandemic is changing all our realities it is important to remember that we still need to manage our...
APN Wire 3/18/20
Click Here for this edition In this edition of the APN Wire: Well, this is not my favorite edition to put together but I hope it finds you all safe and well. This last week has truly been the strangest and most stressful I can remember in a long...
Season 2: Episode 6 How to be an Important Client…Non-Museum Vendor Management
Episode 6 Well, I hope this finds everyone in the art pro community healthy and safe. The world has fallen into some pretty crazy times, and I hope everyone is doing ok. I hope you will take some of that social distancing and quarantine time and listen to...
APN Wire 3/4/20
Click Here to Read this Edition In this edition of the APN Wire: Spring is here! At least we spring forward an hour on Sunday, so don't forget. Plans are changing for all sorts of reasons nowadays. Take a listen to the latest episode of the Art...