Brunswick Arts: Culture on a Mission
2021-04-21 - 2021-04-22
The challenges faced by the cultural sector today are many and varied. Join us for a conversation about how arts organizations can chart their future and accommodate opposing points of view in an era of great social upheaval.
We will be asking:
-How much of a responsibility do the arts have to reflect the society in which they are embedded?
-Can an arts organization really represent a plurality of views, and how do you work this within the inevitable restraints of funders?
-Can individual artists’ views fit within the current call to represent a broader perspective, and do artist collectives ever work?

MUŻE.X Shaping Museum Features, Spring Webinar Series: Francois Matarasso
2021-04-22 - 2021-04-23
We are delighted to bring you the second series of pre-conference webinar events in the run-up to the conference MUŻE.X – Shaping Museum Futures. Three international voices from the museum world shall be in conversation with the conference convenors Prof Carmel Borg and Dr. Sandro Debono. The one-hour conversations shall revolve around participatory practices, creativity in museums, and collections-development practices in response to the new realities imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
François Matarasso is a freelance community artist, writer and researcher. He has worked in about 40 countries and held honorary professorships in the UK and Australia. His latest book, A Restless Art–How participation won and why it matters, combines a nuanced, careful study of participatory art with a detectable passion, born out of experience.

The Lab Launching Event: Making Sense of Immersion in 2021 - The Handbook
2021-04-22 - 2021-04-23
“The Lab: Making Sense of Immersion in 2021” has been a series of online collective problem-solving and panel discussions gathering key professionals from the XR and museum industries for game-changing conversations.
From these sessions, key learnings and insights have been compiled and transformed into a precious handbook for museum practitioners and immersive experiences producers.
To announce the publication of this collaborative handbook, we are organizing a special event with all previous participants, during the second week of Les Ailleurs Festival, and matching the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US ’ Digital Thursdays program.

EuropeanaTech x AI Webinar Series: Introduction and the Saint George on a Bike Project
2021-04-23 - 2021-04-24
How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) help us to enrich and research cultural heritage collections? How can ML models be adapted to the complexities of historical and cultural material it has not been trained for? Which biases can we reveal in historical collections? How can we gain new perspectives by using AI in researching cultural heritage data? Our new webinar series will discuss these questions with you and present projects and people who are reflecting on exactly these matters.
The EuropeanaTech x AI webinars will kick off on Friday 23 April with an introduction to the series and the Saint George on a Bike Project, which aims to use machine learning to improve the quality and quantity of open metadata associated with European cultural heritage. Project partners will present its objectives and achievements, as well as the obstacles it faces, especially with respect to available data sources. You will learn about making Machine Learning work (better) for improving the quality and quantity of open metadata associated with European cultural heritage imagery, and have the opportunity to discuss the challenges of data gathering for AI projects in cultural heritage and how to possibly circumvent them.

ICEE Marketplace of Exhibitions
2021-04-27 - 2021-04-28
The ICEE Marketplace of Exhibitions will be held as a virtual event on Tuesday, April 20, and Tuesday, April 27, 2021, both days from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (EST) (New York).
The event provides ICEE and other ICOM members with the opportunity to network with institutions who may be interested in hiring an exhibition or collaborating on a future exhibition project. The program includes a series of 5-minute pitches on exhibitions for which registered presenters are seeking venues, a partner, or multiple partners. Pitches will be grouped by exhibition type over the two days, April 20 for Natural History and Science & Technology exhibitions, and April 27 for Art and Culture exhibitions.
Presenters should submit their proposals using the designated template and send it via email by Thursday, April 15 to ICEE board members: Amanda Mayne amayne@britishmuseum.org, Hillary Spencer hillary@spnc.rs, and Julie Leclair jleclair@ingeniumcanada.org with the subject “ICEE Marketplace of Exhibitions”. Don’t miss this opportunity to increase your business, network and find new partners!

Luxury’s NFT Obsession: Determining Legality and Longevity
2021-04-27 - 2021-04-28
Few could have predicted the recent, dramatic rise of NFTs around the world. As exclusive symbols of digital ownership, their value is set by market demand which has increased their appeal to luxury. As these virtual tokens fetch increasingly high prices, Jing Daily explores the long term impact of the craze and navigates the legal framework for producers and consumers.
Join Jing Daily for “Luxury’s NFT Obsession: Determining Legality and Longevity” to hear more on the topic from The Fashion Law’s Julie Zerbo as well as international digital disruptors in the market and digital luxury brand RTFKT.
During the webinar on Tuesday, April 27 at 10 a.m. EST, we’ll also discuss the underpinnings of the metaverse, who is driving demand for NFTs, and how the sector will play out with Chinese audiences.
Click here to reserve your spot for the “Luxury’s NFT Obsession: Determining Legality and Longevity ” webinar.﻿
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Affirming the Social Value of Museums
2021-04-29 - 2021-04-30
For years, museums have talked about their indispensability to society. Yet during the pandemic, most were closed for extended periods of time. Why is it that museums were not considered essential enough to keep open during the pandemic? And now that Covid-19 may be drawing to a close, how can museums make a stronger case for their indispensability? What are the best arguments for keeping museums open and operational?
On the heels of CIMAM’s recent survey titled Why should museums remain open and operational? and Szántó’s latest book, The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues, New York-based author and cultural strategy adviser András Szántó moderates a discussion between four prominent members of CIMAM, all of whom are featured in the book.

Rhana Devenport, Director, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Mami Kataoka, Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom.
Philip Tinari, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China.

DSI Webinar: Museums Going Digital - Why Invest on Quality Digital Content?
2021-04-29 - 2021-04-30
The NEMO report “Follow-up survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on museums in Europe” issued in January 2021 highlighted the increased importance of digital museum offers in a changing world. Many institutions received financial support for new investments in digital infrastructures and/or digital programmes but they also claimed lack of skills in digital literacy. It’s now time for the museums to (re)think their digital strategy to supply their visitors with quality services. This webinar will address the evolution of the digital approach of museums in a post-pandemic world and illustrates the Europeana frameworks and resources that the European museums may apply to create, share and reuse quality digital content.
The webinar is targeted to Museum professionals interested in joining Europeana.

EuropeanaTech x AI Webinar Series: Cultural AI
2021-05-07 - 2021-05-08
How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) help us to enrich and research cultural heritage collections? How can ML models be adapted to the complexities of historical and cultural material it has not been trained for? Which biases can we reveal in historical collections? How can we gain new perspectives by using AI in researching cultural heritage data? Our new webinar series will discuss these questions with you and present projects and people who are reflecting on exactly these matters.
On Friday 7 May, we will explore Cultural AI, a new lab for culturally valued AI in the Netherlands. The vision of Cultural AI is to accelerate excellent research on the intersection of humanities and artificial intelligence. Core lab themes revolve around public values, like diversity and inclusivity, investigating how technology can deal with biases in data, account for multiple perspectives and subjective interpretations, and bridge cultural differences.

Research and Digital Cultural Heritage: New Impact Horizons
2021-05-11 - 2021-05-13
The programme has been designed by the symposium scientific committee, which considered a range of the implications that building digital collections and their reuse have: from the choices made by cultural heritage professionals in directing their efforts and resources, to the opening up of research practices for community participation and non-specialist contributions; from the obstacles to creating impact through cultural heritage resources (such as lack of digital literacy or inequalities) to the need for including the perspectives of digital audiences in the cultural heritage discourse.
We tried to strike a balance in offering an ambitious, full, and diverse programme, while using an agile structure that reflects the potential and limits of digital events. It will cover topics such as policy and innovation; practices of digitisation and re-contextualisation; participatory practices and methods in engagement and impact assessment; digital audiences and new socio-political perspectives. 20 speakers will share their insights and diverse experiences across four 90 minute sessions, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. This will allow the participation of professionals from different time zones.
Our aim for this symposium is to develop an understanding of how the Europeana Impact Framework can help build capacity in research contexts and so, more broadly, what value thinking about impact can bring to them. The event is the start of a wider conversation looking at three longer-term objectives: to scope potential areas of impact and identify audiences; to find a shared language for impact and grow an evidence basis; to explore how Europeana and research infrastructures can structurally collaborate to develop an impact-oriented approach.

Fountain House Virtual Symposium: The Creative Mind & Mental Illness, Honoring Agnes Gund
2021-05-13 - 2021-05-14
The Symposium will explore the connection between creativity and mental illness, showcase original work by the artists of Fountain House Gallery in an online art auction, and feature an interview between Agnes Gund, Founder of Art for Justice Fund, and Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation.

InterActivity 2021
2021-05-13 - 2021-05-29
The world changed for everyone in 2020. Our personal and professional lives have been disrupted by everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to environmental disasters to the everyday changes that happen in life. During this time, our global community called on our foundations as a caring, connected community to not just endure, but also to plant seeds for future growth—exemplifying what resilience looks like, both in our field and for our communities.
Our resilience journey is not over, and InterActivity 2021 will be a critical time for continued care and connection. Through carefully curated, skills-based training workshops, we are making investments in rebuilding resilient organizations. Critical networking and social events will feed the connections we know are so necessary for meeting our mental and emotional needs as we continue to navigate these trying times.

19th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference in Beijing, China
2021-05-17 - 2021-05-22
Theme: Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation
In ICOM-CC we are excited and full of enthusiastic expectations for our next Triennial Conference. This will be the first time ICOM-CC goes to “zhōng guó”, 中国 (the Middle Country) for a conference on conservation. The theme of the conference is: “Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation”. The conference will serve as an eye-opener as well as an outstanding forum for dialogue amongst conservation professionals from all over the world. Our aim is to bring together, exchange, and discuss knowledge, traditions, and skills with conservation professionals from both East and West and in this way learn from each other’s practices, philosophies, and materials.

EuropeanaTech x AI Webinar Series: Qurator-ai, Curation Technologies
2021-05-21 - 2021-05-22
How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) help us to enrich and research cultural heritage collections? How can ML models be adapted to the complexities of historical and cultural material it has not been trained for? Which biases can we reveal in historical collections? How can we gain new perspectives by using AI in researching cultural heritage data? Our new webinar series will discuss these questions with you and present projects and people who are reflecting on exactly these matters.
On Friday 21 May we will present Qurator.ai – Curation Technologies, a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. This project is developing an innovative technology platform that supports knowledge workers in various industries to address the challenges they face when curating digital content. In this session, Georg Rehm, DFKI, will introduce Qurator, and we will explore three use cases for AI in cultural heritage curation, including Semantic Storytelling (Stefan Grill, 3pc/Xinnovations); Image Garden (Joachim Quantz, ART+COM); and Qurator in the Library (Clemens Neudecker, Berlin State Library). A panel discussion on AI and digital transformation will conclude the session.

2021 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo
2021-05-24 - 2021-05-25, 2021-06-07 - 2021-06-10
The AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo is the only event of its scope and scale. It brings together museums of all types and sizes—from art and history museums to zoos and botanic gardens—to share ideas and make connections that are transformative. It’s a place where all museum professionals learn from one another, create partnerships, and leave inspired to make an impact on their museums, communities, and the world.
The 2021 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo (#AAM2021) is taking place virtually May 24 and June 7-9.

Cultural Enterprises Conference – The Association For Cultural Enterprises
2021-05-24 - 2021-05-28
The Cultural Enterprises Conference 2021 is now open for booking. Bringing the sector together again, this time with our dynamic and intuitive digital platform on 24 – 27 May 2021.
Programme Highlights:
–Connect: A full day to explore the Trade Show, engage with exhibitors and start networking with fellow delegates and speakers.
–Consolidate: A full day of seminars focussed on helping you make the most of your existing business.
–Create: Today’s seminars will look at new and creative ways of generating sustainable income.
–Renew: A final day of seminars designed to help you build a business fit for the future.
We’re working with Swapcard, a world-class conference and exhibition platform bringing you the very best in digital engagement. Watch this video to see how to:

Explore all the sessions and create your own agenda
Use live chat to connect with delegates, exhibitors and speakers from around the world
Set up your own profile to meet like-minded colleagues across the sector

MUŻE.X Shaping Museum Features, Spring Webinar Series: Linda Norris
2021-05-27 - 2021-05-28
We are delighted to bring you the second series of pre-conference webinar events in the run-up to the conference MUŻE.X – Shaping Museum Futures. Three international voices from the museum world shall be in conversation with the conference convenors Prof Carmel Borg and Dr. Sandro Debono. The one-hour conversations shall revolve around participatory practices, creativity in museums, and collections-development practices in response to the new realities imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Linda Norris is Senior Specialist, Methodology and Practice at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC). As the co-author of Creativity in Museum Practice, Linda is an international thought leader in facilitating conversation and action surrounding the ways creativity can transform museums, shape more compelling narratives and create deeper, more inclusive community connections.

CADAF Paris 2021
2021-06-01 - 2021-07-01
The latest edition of the CADAF fairs created by New Art Group. The Online Paris 2021 edition is supported by Beaux Arts & Cie. Digital Art Month is a celebration of digital and new media art that takes place in various public locations, participating businesses and online.

The Summer Comeback: Recover Fast & Strong with Your Local Visitors
2021-06-02 - 2021-06-03
This high season has high stakes. Make sure Summer 2021 is the start of your epic comeback with Tiqets’ FREE online conference: The Summer Comeback: Recover Fast & Strong with Your Local Visitors.
Join Tiqets on Wednesday 2 June at 16:00 CEST (15:00 GMT, 10:00 EDT) for insights from industry leaders and key tactics to make a strong comeback this summer.
You’ll learn why keynote speaker Tom Hall, VP at Lonely Planet, believes this summer is a unique opportunity to engage a massive audience. Then, in our panel discussion on How to Stand Out to Visitors This Summer, you’ll learn actions to take now for a strong recovery from experts like a travel editor at Thrillist.

Americans for the Arts 2021 Annual Convention: Building an Equitable Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Together
2021-06-08 - 2021-06-12
As the country reemerges and rebuilds from the pandemic, 2021 can be a moment of hope for everyone and a chance to share our art in all the ways we have missed. For the arts and culture sector, it will also be a year of navigating reopening challenges and continuing momentum in the fight for racial equity. The 2021 Annual Convention is our opportunity to gather and reimagine our creative field and communities.

Join us for a week of inspiring keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities focused on the pressing questions ahead:

Centering Equity in Creative Recovery
Putting Creative Workers and Cultural Organizations to Work
Improving Policies and Practices for the Creative Economy
Envisioning Tomorrow’s Creative Engines

This year, we are thrilled to offer a number of scholarship opportunities for those unable to access resources for a paid registration to attend the 2021 Annual Convention. We strongly encourage those that identify as, reside in, and/or directly serve communities of color, rural populations, audiences with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, and/or marginalized audiences to submit a request for a scholarship. Learn more and submit your request here by May 3, 2021.

Axiell Virtual User Conference
2021-06-08 - 2021-06-19
The Virtual User Conference will take learnings from last year to craft a program of value-driven sessions and networking opportunities to help you get the most out of our user community and your partnership with Axiell. The conference will run June 8-18 and feature product roadmaps, tips & tricks, user stories and interactive discussions.

Ecsite Online Conference 2021
2021-06-09 - 2021-06-12
The Ecsite Online Conference will be a unique professional development opportunity, offering an intense mix of intellectual stimulation, purposeful and creative sessions, business opportunities, and unparalleled networking …. all true to the spirit of the Ecsite community – creative, engaging, open and professional.
The virtual conference will be hosted on Hopin, allowing participants to access interactive areas and to easily network with their peers. Attendees can jump into speed meetings, search for other participants and book one-to-one or small group meetings. In addition, participants can enjoy the Business Buzz, the conference’s trade fair, where exhibitors will showcase the latest products and services with live sessions, demonstrations and promotional videos. The Ecsite Online Conference will also feature social events, such as the annual party and a ‘not-so-Nocturne’.
To register for the event and to find more information, please click here. The cheapest rate ends on 29 June 2021. This year, Ecsite is also introducing its new Solidarity scheme, where participants can gift a conference ticket to those who might be new to the event or who might not be able to afford a ticket.
Over 1200 science engagement professionals from 60 countries are expected to attend, alongside more than 60 exhibitors. Last year’s Ecsite virtual conference brought its members together to connect, learn and share knowledge through #EcsiteOnline.

Storytelling with Digital Culture
2021-06-09 - 2021-06-10
Humans have always told, retold, and listened to stories. They allow us to make sense of the world, to learn, and to empathise with and connect with each other. Cultural heritage institutions are increasingly using digital media to share the stories of their collections online.
In this webinar, we hear from members of a Europeana Task Force that has been collecting and analysing examples of online digital storytelling from the cultural heritage sector. Discover some of the examples we loved and find out how we approached the task of analysing our emotional reactions to them.
We are also delighted to welcome some of the people behind the examples the Task Force used as case studies.

MUŻE.X Shaping Museum Features, Spring Webinar Series: Danielle Kuijten
2021-06-11 - 2021-06-12
We are delighted to bring you the second series of pre-conference webinar events in the run-up to the conference MUŻE.X – Shaping Museum Futures. Three international voices from the museum world shall be in conversation with the conference convenors Prof Carmel Borg and Dr. Sandro Debono. The one-hour conversations shall revolve around participatory practices, creativity in museums, and collections-development practices in response to the new realities imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Danielle Kuijten is acting director and co-curator at Imagine IC, a pioneer in the field of contemporary heritage practices. Her main focus is on participatory collecting methods, contemporary collecting, action curating and reflective practice. Danielle has been an active member of COMCOL ICOM’s international committee for collecting, and since 2019 in the role of chair.

AIM National Conference 2021
2021-06-16 - 2021-06-19
This virtual conference faces these questions head on, helping delegates build on their organizational and personal strengths to meet the challenges of the future with confidence and creativity. We’ll be looking at the importance of leadership and good governance during hard times, sharing the new ways of working we adopted, and forecasting what next for the sector. From practical sessions to personal reflections, expert plenaries to virtual networking, the conference brings together delegates from across the UK for engaging sessions led by practitioners, professionals, experts, and policymakers. We’ll cover the latest insights and advice and encourage you to make new contacts, catch up and share best practices, too.

Europeana Aggregators' Fair
2021-06-16 - 2021-06-18
On 16 and 17 June 2021 the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum will open their virtual doors to cultural heritage professionals and anyone with an interest in high quality, open cultural heritage content. The draft programme gives participants the opportunity to listen to inspiring speakers, join panel discussions, take in training webinars and ask questions of the people working in aggregation. It will be a great opportunity to find out more about how high quality cultural heritage content is being made accessible to new audiences through Europeana, and how you can get involved.

CM Málaga, Cities & Museums International Trade Fair
2021-06-21 - 2021-06-23
﻿﻿The transformation of tourism. The post-COVID-19 traveler. The new consumer
Spain has gone from trying to limit mass tourism, which was drowning its cities, to start thinking about policies to attract tourists. From almost 85 million visitors in 2019 to practically zero. This is, by far the worst crisis that international tourism has faced since records began. After an unprecedented moment of zero tourism, the recovery of the industry requires the definition of a new model based on highly digitalised management. The new tourist demands much more sustainable services and products than those we knew about until now. It also requires that tourists’ real impact on the environment can be measured and tested. So, how do we rebuild a sector that accounts for 12% of the domestic GDP?

2021 IIIF Online Annual Conference
2021-06-22 - 2021-06-25
The event is intended for a wide range of participants, including digital image repository managers, content curators, software developers, scholars, and administrators at libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions, software firms, and other organizations working with digital images and audio/visual materials.
This event will include sessions that have been traditionally held at IIIF events, such as a newcomer welcome session, the Community Groups update, a roadmapping session, and presentations and lightning talks from the community.
In response to the lingering effects of the pandemic, it will also include the opportunity to host and attend regionally-focused online meetings aimed at networking and knowledge sharing with local attendees.

Europeana Digital Spring Program 2021
2021-07-08 - 2021-07-09
We’re thrilled that you want to join us at a series of events we will host in the coming months.
The programme on 8 July will be related to Digital cultural heritage and social change and Innovation and experimentation:

At 13:45 Dalton Martins will present the Tainacan project: a WordPress solution for digital collections.
At 14:30 we will have 4 Ignite talks: Georgia Manolopoulou will present Shaping the Global Citizen, Lana Pajdas will present Slow travel for a better understanding of heritage, Carola Carlino will present Murals inside and Vania Ramírez Islas will present TBC.

Please keep an eye open for future events because we will have many more to come.
