The next three interviews are now available to watch.
This time Zhao Ke talks to
Helena Cox, UK (13)
the #UMAC2023 Student Committee (14) &
Amohelang Martha Mohajane (15)
To view all of these interviews, visit YouTube Playlist Imaginations
Imaginations – watch the latest interviews
UMAC AWARDS 2023: FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Tokyo, Japan—The UMAC Award is presented annually to a university museum or collection in the world whose projects or initiatives demonstrate innovation and creativity, excellence and transferability of ideas that can be adopted by other university museums and collections, and that have significant impact on the host university,
the community or society at large.
The Award will be announced during the UMAC’s Annual General Meeting at UMAC SYDNEY, to be held on 1 September.
Akiko Fukuno
Chair of the UMAC Award Committee
The finalists for the 2023 UMAC Award are (in alphabetical order of the institution):
*Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University of Sydney
Project Title: Object Based Learning Program
*The Genia Shrieber University Art Gallery, The David and Yolanda
Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University
Project Title: In the Mind’s Eye
*Medical Museion, The University of Copenhagen
Project Title: The World is in You
Are you intrigued by the power of objects to engage and inform?
Knowledgeable Object Symposium
Are you intrigued by the power of objects to engage and inform?
The University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum and University Library, in partnership with AMaGA NSW, are hosting The Knowledgeable Object one-day symposium. The symposium will explore what makes objects so valuable in educational and museum contexts. It is aimed at teachers, students and professionals in education and the GLAM sector and will be held on Thursday 16th November 2023 at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
We are seeking expressions of interest from education and GLAM professionals who would like to explore the following questions:
• How can we develop an effective Object-Based Learning Community of Practice? Can we define OBL best-practice?
• What new creative ways are there for thinking, knowing and working with objects to enhance skill development in cross-disciplinary contexts?
• How does “the digital” change our relationship with collections?
• How do we empower educators and students to more effectively utilise GLAM collections for OBL?
We seek expressions of interest for presentations and panel discussions via this online form, to be submitted by 1st Sept 2023.
Registration for the event will be opened from September. Registration fee will be $45 (standard) or $30 (volunteer) and will include morning tea and lunch.
Academic Engagement Curatorial Team
Chau Chak Wing Museum (F21) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006
museum.obl@sydney.edu.au | sydney.edu.au/museum
Academic Engagement Program: https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/education/object-based-learning-program.html.
Latest edition of the UMAC Journal now available from our website – UMACJ 15.1
Latest edition of the UMAC Journal now available from our website! Articles on the Judy Chicago quilt, ruby rod laser, COVID impacts, training future professionals, Japanese plaster cast collections and university museums in Brazil!
Writing by Victor E.T.M. Abalada, Bernadette Biedermann, Marcus Granato, Eve Guerry, Eileen Johnson, Nicola Ladkin, Beth M. Merfish, Kathy Messens, Andrew Simpson, Rintaro Terakado, Jane Thogersen, Mieke Uyttendaele, Dominick Verschelde & Hanne Windels.
Our Journals are available to access here: UMAC Journal – International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections (icom.museum)
UMAC 2023 – In-person attendance is at capacity – Digital registrations still available
Dear colleagues,
Just a reminder that this year’s annual conference, UMAC 2023 will be held on Gadigal Land at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, the University of Sydney in around 10 weeks’ time.
Thank you to those presenters and other delegates who have already registered, we look forward to seeing you in person or digitally in late August.
As of the 31st July, in-person registrations have reached capacity and there is a waiting list. Digital registrations are still available. To register for online access please visit University of Sydney
The UMAC 2023 webpages have been updated with new information covering aspects of the conference that now includes extended activities from Monday 28 August and into the following week starting Monday 4 September.
For a quick overview head to the main webpage.
Information about some of the extra activities and workshops including Weaving Workshop, Behind the Scenes Tour and DIY Virtual Museum workshop can be seen on the special events section.
For our international visitors, information on Sydney can be found here.
And a FAQ page for other questions including bursaries, transport to the host venue and accommodation.
The registration link remains on the webpages and can be found via https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-on/umac-2023.html
More information to come soon. General inquiries contact: umac2023.conference@sydney.edu.au
It will be an extraordinary conference downunder!
Register now!
Best regards
Andrew
Andrew Simpson
Chair UMAC (University Museums and Collections)
An International Committee of ICOM
2023 UMAC Award is open …
UMAC celebrates excellence, creativity, and, more importantly, the impact of university museums and collections on their host universities, their communities and contemporary society through the UMAC AWARD.
Submissions close on 31 May 2023.
For more information, and the nomination form please visit:
UMAC joins LinkedIn …
Dear University museum and collections specialists and all those interested in museology in higher education, we are starting a new Linkedin group!
UMAC – ICOM international committee for university museums and collections | Groups | LinkedIn
ICOM’s International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC) have established this group as a platform for discussions about university museums and collections. It is open to UMAC members and also any one who is interested in museums and collections of higher education.
Please use this group to promote the work of your university museums and collections with news on exhibitions, events, publications and other activities. The group can also be used to pose and answer questions about museums and collections in higher education and operates as a discussion forum. We also welcome postings about best practice and links to useful documents. Join us today!
UMAC – ICOM international committee for university museums and collections | Groups | LinkedIn
Andrew Simpson Chair UMAC (University Museums and Collections) An International Committee of ICOM
chair.umac@icom.com
UMAC ZOOM IN: NEW PROJECTS #6, The Alliance of Taiwanese University Museums
Listen to the latest discussion in: UMAC ZOOM IN
The video is about the Taiwanese Alliance of University Museums
Marta Lourenco, Former Chair of UMAC-ICOM, talks to Jeng-Horng Chen, Associate Professor in the Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and former NCKU Museum Director. Also participating: Mei-Fang Kuo and Ying-Ching Chiang.
UMAC ZOOM IN: NEW PROJECTS #6, The Alliance of Taiwanese University Museums – YouTube
Meeting with Ukrainian university museum professionals
Following a short presentation by Svitlana Muravska at the UMAC Conference in Prague, last August, UMAC is organising this Thursday 29 September a meeting with Ukraine university museum professionals.
The meeting, live on UMAC YouTube channel, will count with UMAC Chair Andrew Simpson, the President of Universeum Sébastien Soubiran and Marta Lourenco.
Reminder: Convert our meeting times to your time zone using an online converter, for example https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
New UMAC Board elected
Today, the UMAC Board 2022-2025 was elected at the 22nd Annual General Meeting, held online and transmitted live in our YouTube channel.
The new UMAC Board comprises:
CHAIR: Andrew Simpson, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
VICE-CHAIRS:
Fatemeh Ahmadi, Medical University Museum, Tehran and University, Iran
Giovanna Vitelli, The Hunterian, Glasgow University, UK
SECRETARY: Gina Hammond, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
TREASURER: Dominick Verschelde, Gent University Museum, Belgium
ORDINARY MEMBERS:
Ana Isabel Díaz-Plaza Varón, Museo de Artes y Tradiciones Populares, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Margarita Guzmán, Museo de la Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
Sian Tiley-Nel, University of Pretoria Museums, South Africa
See them here.