Mutual aid systems rely on forms of exchange, sharing support and resources, to enable communities to care for their members in the face of difficulty. In May this year, Museum Workers Speak started the Museum Workers Relief Fund, a form of ‘radical redistribution’ that seeks donations from those with means to support US-based museum workers who have been laid off, furloughed, or otherwise severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Those donations are then redistributed as $500 gifts to help recipients stay afloat.
In this episode, we speak with Paula Santos, Christian Ramirez, and Alyssa Greenberg about the initiative and the role of mutual aid in supporting museum practitioners. While you’re listening, take a moment to support the Museum Workers Speak Relief Fund if you can.
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Guests
Paula Santos is a museum educator who relishes teaching diverse and multigenerational audiences in museums. She has previously held positions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum and the Whitney Museum. She is a graduate of the Leadership in Museum Education masters program at Bank Street College and earned her B.A. in Art History from Williams College. Currently she’s the Senior Manager of Learning and Engagement at Intuit: The Center of Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago.
Since 2018, Christian Ramirez (she/her) has been the Public Programs Manager at Phoenix Art Museum. She recently programmed a series of sold-out lectures around Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire, which included Phoenix Art Museum first Spanish language lecture. Ramirez participated in the 2018 MASS Action convening, meeting with museum practitioners to discuss, develop, and implement Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion plans in their institutions. With over ten years of experience, Ramirez has programmed numerous public programs and curated exhibitions from Phoenix to Detroit. Since 2016, she has been the co-founder and curator of Everybody, previously based in Tucson, AZ, and now located in Chicago, IL.
Alyssa Greenberg (she/her/hers) is an academic, facilitator, and organizer based in Toledo, Ohio. Currently, she is the Community Engagement Director at Toledo Opera. She recently completed a postdoctoral Leadership Fellowship at the Toledo Museum of Art where she served on the Museum’s Executive Team, expanding the porosity between the Museum and the local community through initiatives including re-launching Circle as an affinity group to engage new audiences and establishing The Art of the Cut, an event partnering with local Black barbers as artists. Alyssa is a founding member of Museum Workers Speak. She received a BA from Oberlin College in 2009, an MA from the Bard Graduate Center in 2011, and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2017.
Show notes
Museum Workers Speak Relief Fund
Mutual aid (organization theory) – Wikipedia
Museums Are Not Neutral | Bonfire
I Miss Going To Museums | Bonfire
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