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Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
So much labor (paid & unpaid) makes museums possible. I'm thrilled to have a piece about this @monkeybicycle today!
@UMWpgh @MuseumSkint @newmuseum_union @TCMuseums @ArtWorkerUnion @ArtandLaborPod @saic_naj @PMA_Union @cultureworkers @MuseumWorkers @museum_detox @newmuseum_union
ON THE SITE TODAY: "The Museum of Historical Alternative Invisible Everythings," great new fiction from @BeckyLTuch.
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Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
Very happy to join this effort @DIRTDMV!
The Annotated Bibliography of Institutional Callouts: a “living archive” (ie please submit new/missing info!) of activism addressing art organizations and institutions.
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬 creates in collaboration with @AMTransparency, is a living archive, collating institutional and organizational written responses to systemic inequalities in the art world.
Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
We heard from someone who’s organizing for frontline worker hazard pay at a US museum. They’re wondering:
1. If any museums out there are offering it and if so, how much.
2. If any groups of museum workers are demanding it and what their specific demands are.
Reply or dm us!
Devastating news continues to roll in for Twin Cities Museums. This one hurts. @sciencemuseummn laying off 158 people.
The Science Museum of Minnesota is the latest large nonprofit to cut employees, laying off 158 staffers, or nearly 40% of its workforce. strib.mn/3eQMwBc
Though happy to see some more than symbolic cuts to executive pay. @mnhs @walkerartcenter @artsmia should take note.
"Since April, Brown has taken a 75% pay cut and other leaders have taken 60% pay cuts while working to make 'certain the museum is viable for the long-term'"
Mutual aid fund for Walker FOH staff who were laid off last month 🙌 Support this critical work if you're able!
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Mutual aid fund for my fellow FOH walker staff who were laid off last month.
Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
#LIVE: New #BlackLivesMatter Mural Outside of #Minnesota's only #AfricanAmerican #History Museum pscp.tv/w/ceIX0jFheVFWdmRWUm…
Another 40 staff at @mnhs were laid off today, bringing the total to 216. That's 1/3 of the staff. Plus 34 furlough extensions. Speechless.
We just got word that @mnhs is laying off 176 people. This is devastating. The director has only taken a 20% cut, and the rest of leadership have only taken 10% cuts. This is so far from adequate. 1/3
Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
Minnesota Museum of American Art has fired longtime executive director Kristin Makholm, who rebuilt the organization from near-bankruptcy and led it into a renovated St. Paul landmark.
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Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
"What we need to do though, is completely reimagine the board and experiment with some new structures."
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Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
If you’re worried about the tone of recent museum protests and your vision of change rests on winning the hearts and minds of executives and board members, please read this thread from @catchatweetdown:
Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
A lot of museum professionals are wondering how best to be leaders for positive change in the museum field right now.
Is pursuing promotion into upper management and the executive ranks the best way, the only way?
Our answer:
Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
More museum workers unionizing during the pandemic: joining @PMA_Union is a new union drive across four Pittsburgh museums!!Around 500 staff involved. Follow them @UMWpgh and stream tonight when they virtually drop off of their union authorization cards!!
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Twin Cities Museum Collective retweeted
89/ @artinstitutechi #Museumlayoffs : Art Institute lays off 51 ft staff from across depts, a week after staff organized to avoid layoffs: “Several of those who signed the letter, which also offers alternatives to layoffs, have since been laid off. “
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"The last plantation on the National Mall." Damn.
This coming from "the nation's museum" is a rallying cry for all of us--these demands need to be heard in every museum. First, make sure to sign to support NGA workers! 1/3
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Hell yea. Some inspiring Twin Cities news!
Standing in solidarity with Tattersall workers ✊ Encourage management to recognize the union!
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