By: Molly Donohue Across the Puget Sound on a small island, there were whispers of a new museum. The plans began over ten years ago when a group of Bainbridge…
By: Lissa Kramer One week ago, SEMP had a workshop at MOHAI called “Culture Matters”. It was a storytelling event of lobbying and advocacy for arts and heritage. This year,…
By: Laura Hall Justice in the Klondike was swift. Royal Canadian Mounties were the legal enforcement, but they weren’t always around in the thousands of miles that made up the…
By: Erin Bailey No taxation without representation! Remember that fun little protest chant from mid 18th century? Well it has never rung as true as it does today. My work in museums is…
By:Gillian Jones Before returning to the U.S. this spring, I spent a year and a half working with a cultural institution in Istanbul, Turkey called SALT, in the development of…
By: Caitlin Steele We are trying a new thing here at SEMP: Mixers! I know, not a revolutionary idea, but I am hoping that it will help foster an even…
By: Chieko Phillips From November 1 to November 4, I attended the Critical Mixed Race Studies (CMRS) conference in Chicago, Illinois with the purpose of legitimizing museums as venues for creating…
This month SEMP is proud co-host the Seattle Art Museum’s Remix event. This means we are the street team for the SAM letting all of YOU know that the Remix…
By: Colleen Lenahan Bleary-eyed and stomach rumbling, I walked along the waterfront in New Westminster, British Columbia, looking for a place to grab some breakfast. I had yet to find…
Want a new job? Looking for ways to grow professionally? Need to make some contacts to advance in the field? In reality these are best practices for emerging professionals: always…
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