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Uncovering and Celebrating Stories Yet Untold: Digging into LGBTQIA+ Stories Hiding in Plain Sight in Collections, Historic sites, and GalleriesPre-conference WorkshopLocation: New York State Museum Time: 1 - 3:30 PM About: LGBTQIA+ lives are frequently underrepresented in our museum collections and interpretation, as well as in registries of historic sites. Once we have determined to preserve and share more queer stories, where do we start? This workshop will explore diverse examples of stories that have been uncovered, and how we are documenting them and sharing with visitors. Participants will discuss potential stories at their own sites, and begin to explore resources to help learn more about them. Presenters: Ashley Hopkins-Benton (she/her), Senior Historian and Curator of Social History, New York State Museum
Dr. Jeffry Iovannone (he/him), Preservation Planner, Landmarks Society of Western New York
Margaret Middleton (they/them), Independent exhibit designer and museum consultant, independent consultant
Lauraberth Lima (they/she), Professor of Museum Studies, Cultural Consultant, New York University
Kit Thomas (they/them she/her), Artist
Presentation Format: Hybrid: panel, structured discussion, hands-on research, and gallery and/or collections tour Session categories:
What to expect: Participants will learn that there are so many artifacts and places that have a queer history, well beyond the obvious ones. They will learn tools and strategies for thinking more creatively about their collections or sites, and for researching this history, as well as techniques for sharing it with the public (even in institutions that may have little flexibility in their galleries). They will leave with a toolkit for beginning this work in their own intuitions/communities. In exploring diverse examples ranging from small interpretative changes in language to exhibitions that center LGBTQIA+ content from the beginning, they will hopefully leave with a sense that there is something they can do in their own institutions, even if it is in little steps (or, in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, "The way to begin is to begin."). |
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