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Ask a Curator Day
On September 1, the MIA took part in the first-ever “Ask a Curator Day” on the social networking site Twitter. More than 300 curators from museums worldwide were available for a one-day question-and-answer session with members of the public using the Twitter hash tag #askacurator. The hash tag became a Twitter trend as one of the top topics in the world for September 1. The event was organized by museum marketing specialist Jim Richardson, who previously launched the popular “Follow a Museum Day” on Twitter in February to boost the public’s appreciation of arts and cultural institutions using the site. Below are highlights of questions posed to the MIA curators. Visit the #askacurator, and #askcurators search on Twitter to see more. And sign up to follow @artsmia on Twitter to get tweets about the museum and its collection.  Here's a recap of the MIA's "Ask a Curator Day" tweets: FeministInti: #askcurators is there a workers union for curators? do female aspiring curators face discrimination in the workplace? 1:52pm, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @FeministInti Most curators @artsmia are in civil workers union because we are on city parkland. Lots of female cur; no pay discrim.... 1:54pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite Bass_ee: Do curators get to design exhibitions? #askcurators 1:37pm, Sep 01 from Twitter for BlackBerry®< artsmia: @Bass_ee @artsmia a full-time exhibition designer who does big shows, plus three graphic designers. All collab. w curators #askcurators 1:42pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite wexarts: #askacurator from @jaschaffer: do you show work of young, emerging artists? if so, how would I go about applying? #askcurators 1:26pm, Sep 01 from Echofon artsmia: @wexarts @artsmia we have Minn. Artists Exhib. Program, which allows artists to apply for an artist panel-curated show. #askcurators 1:29pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite ingek73: #askcurators if flashpics where allowed in museums would it be bad for all colours in paintings etc or does it affect some more then others? 1:09pm, Sep 01 from Echofon artsmia: @ingek73 Flash surely affects works on paper (prints, drawings, photos, watercolors) more than oil paintings and sculptures. #askcurators 1:19pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite metalmethod1: askcurators: whats the one thing that is most sought after for all curators? #askcurators 1:05pm, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @metalmethod1 Paintings curator @artsmia: "Masterworks only." #askcurators 1:07pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite adriannerussell 12:07pm via TweetDeck Does your museum have a secret treasure, some hidden jewel that hardly anyone notices? #askacurator @adriannerussell Paintings curator @artsmia: a mid-17th century "treasure" box - embroidered with silk and seed pearls #askcurators Karen5Lund: Any curator: If you weren't a curator, what would be your other career choice? #askcurators 12:55pm, Sep 01 from TweetChat artsmia: @Karen5Lund Some of our curators have studied horticulture, anthropology, languages, humanities, history and sciences. Some are... j_d_hastings: Is a curator's primary responsibility to drive traffic or to educate/provide cutlural exposure to what audience shows up? #askcurators 12:53pm, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @j_d_hastings Curators provide cultural context but work with marketing to drive traffic #askcurators 12:55pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite FeministInti: #askcurators how do you define the role of the curator today? 12:47pm, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @FeministInti Cur @artsmia says: scholar, beggar, shopper, preacher, cheerleader, scientist, bureaucrat, clerk, poet and more #askcurators 12:53pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite Museodata: @artsmia AskACurator: What is the most difficult challenge for a curator? How do new technologies influence the curatorship task? 12:24pm, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @Museodata Our exhib of African art had video, audio, smell, and touch plus feedback all electron. #askacurator Curs. embracing tech.! 12:29pm, Sep 01 from HootSuite ackermangruber: @artsmia Foot in the Door is such a great idea. Any plans for more community driven art shows/projects? #askacurator 9:56am, Sep 01 from TweetDeck artsmia: @ackermangruber You know we are in experimental mode right now and looking for all sorts of ideas. Send specifics! #askacurator 11:55am, Sep 01 from HootSuite artipsnyc: @artsmia If you were to have a funeral installation for that artist's funeral, who would you choose to send off to Valhalla? #askacurator 11:48am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @artipsnyc Now that's a question we hadn't predicted! An installation for an artist's funeral. I'm off to rewrite my will. #askacurator 11:51am, Sep 01 from HootSuite relysh: hey, FINALLY guys! a Trending Topic we can participate in! Tell me, are you equipped for gallery projection? #askacurator 11:47am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @relysh We've done projections in several @maep shows and contemporary shows. #askacurator 11:49am, Sep 01 from HootSuite MOSSLESS: @newmuseum what are the benefits of having free hours? #askacurator 10:04am, Sep 01 from Web newmuseum: @MOSSLESS In NY 'free' is always a good thing. I wish museums could be free all the time. #askacurator 11:38am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @newmuseum Lots of museums are free, including @artsmia #askacurator 11:40am, Sep 01 from HootSuite newmuseum: @artsmia i know, but wouldn't it be great if they ALL were? #askacurator 11:42am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @newmuseum Yes, indeed! 11:46am, Sep 01 from HootSuite ingek73: #askacurator is amazing! Thank you participating curators! 11:33am, Sep 01 from Echofon artsmia: @ingek73 We're having fun, too! #askacurator 11:34am, Sep 01 from HootSuite clayhistsites: #askacurator do you have your entire collection online, or do you restrict certain items? & why? 11:07am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @clayhistsites We have more than 85,000 objects. Lots on Web site; more on a collaboration with @WalkerArt called ArtsConnectEd.org 11:09am, Sep 01 from HootSuite 1st recog. mod. museum? @artsmia Paint Cur: Albright-Knox might qualify in this country, having opened its doors in 1905 #askacurator 11:20am, Sep 01 from HootSuite erinalyssa: does your institution have a teaching gallery? #askacurator 10:29am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @erinalyssa We have trained docent tours, lectures, adult and child classes. New emphasis on art ed. #askacurator 10:33am, Sep 01 from HootSuite erinalyssa: @artsmia i love the increased emphasis on art/museum ed at most museums 11:40am, Sep 01 from Web Sammlungsdinge: What is the most effective way to get feedback from your visitors? #askacurator 10:11am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @Sammlungsdinge We do in-person surveys and attendance counts, social media and Web site tracking, and electronic newsletters. #askacurator 10:13am, Sep 01 from HootSuite Sammlungsdinge: @artsmia #askacurator Do you have one or more full time employees for your visitor surveys and evaluations? 10:25am, Sep 01 from TweetDeck artsmia: @Sammlungsdinge Surveys done by people in diff. depts.: marketing, membership, develoment, social media. It's part of every job #askacurator 10:28am, Sep 01 from HootSuite MeetingsMHJ: Haunted MIA. I love it! RT @artsmia Speaking of ghosts in the museum, check out this spooky stuff @artsmia http://ht.ly/2xVAU 10:00am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @MeetingsMHJ Dare to visit @artsmia #askacurator! 10:04am, Sep 01 from HootSuite hellokerry: Bahahaha best question ever RT @d_evert Is that "Night At The Museum" shit real? #askacurator 9:37am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @hellokerry #askacurator That is a great question. @artsmia is actually planning a Night @ the Museum for 2011! 9:40am, Sep 01 from HootSuite Bunbun22: Woo! Going to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts this weekend with my mom! :D @artsmia 9:17am, Sep 01 from Web artsmia: @Bunbun22 Saturday is opening day of the print show from Atelier 17 http://ht.ly/2xUN7 Check out the link. #askacurator @artsmia 9:28am, Sep 01 from HootSuite |
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