2005 - BC Museums Association

Dawn Emerson, Autumn Harvest
CREATING A CULTURAL RESTAURANT
October 19 - 22, 2005
Hosted by the British Columbia Museums Association,
the Kelowna Art Gallery Association & Kelowna Museums
Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc.
Creating a Cultural
Restaurant
The Kelowna Art Gallery and Kelowna Museums
are pleased to co-host the B.C. Museums
Association’s 49th annual provincial conference,
Creating a Cultural Restaurant. This year’s theme
was distilled from discussions about the Okanagan
‘s reputation as an agricultural mecca. The
Okanagan Valley has everything a cultural
restaurant would need: from a prime location with
beautiful surroundings, to an excellent array of the
highest quality menu items, to the finest
hospitality and service at your beck and call.
The Okanagan is also in a state of transition. The
valley is undergoing dramatic changes where
orchardists are deciding to change their crops from
apples to the more highly valued grapes. The wine
industry is leading growth in the valley, and
together, we are ensuring that culture is at the
centre of this growth. During the conference,
delegates will be introduced to the Okanagan
Cultural Corridor Project and see, firsthand, the
development of Kelowna’s Cultural District.
B.C. Museums Association’s Conference Program
Committee and 2005 Chair, Nicholas Tuele, must
be commended for the creation of a strong and
varied slate of pre-conference workshops,
concurrent sessions, inspiring keynote and guest
speakers, and dynamic plenaries. Creating a
Cultural Restaurant will offer participants a
timely and valuable forum for learning and
exchange. As B.C. Museums Association’s central
event, the annual conference enables members to
engage, with a unified voice, in the direction of the
province’s dynamic and diverse museums
community.
The Grand Okanagan Lakefront Resort and Conference Centre
The Kelowna Art Gallery and Kelowna Museum
Association look forward to showcasing Kelowna
to colleagues from around the province. We believe
Kelowna is truly an oasis, set between two
spectacular lakes with a backdrop of beautiful
rolling mountains. The conference will take place
in the centre of Kelowna’s newly emerging
Cultural District at The Grand Okanagan
Lakefront Resort and Conference Centre. Kelowna
offers a wonderful variety of outdoor activities
such as great hiking and mountain biking trails,
rock climbing, and more. Since you are already
here for the conference, stay an extra day and visit
some of our world-class Okanagan wineries.
Included in your program is the option of day trips
north to Vernon, and south to Penticton. Once you
have visited the Okanagan valley once, we know
you will return.
So welcome to Kelowna & bon appetit!
Dona Moore, Executive Director, Kelowna Art
Gallery and Wayne Wilson, Executive Director,
Kelowna Museums
Conference Chairs: Dona Moore, Kelowna Art
Gallery and Wayne Wilson, Kelowna Museums.
BCMA President: Debbie Trueman, General
Manager, Nanaimo District Museum.
BCMA Executive Director: Jim Harding
Program Committee Members: Nick Tuele
(Chair), Wayne Wilson; Dona Moore; Deborah
Griffiths (Courtenay & District Museum and
Palaeontology Centre); Heather Ferrell (WMA Rep,
Boise Art Museum); Cuyler Page (Kamloops
Museum); Debbie Trueman; Geraldine Parent &
Jim Harding (BCMA).
The Grand Okanagan Lakefront Resort and Conference Centre
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Kelowna Art Gallery
Photo credit: Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc.
Travel and Accommodation
Information
Conference Information
BCMA President’s Welcome
Hello everyone. Here is everything you need to
know about Conference 2005. I know everyone
enjoyed last year’s conference in Nanaimo and I
hope you are all planning to join us in lovely
Kelowna. This will be another great gathering.
Our timing for you wine-lovers couldn’t be better!
I wish to extend a warm welcome to our guest
speakers, Elaine Huemann Gurian, joining us from
Washington, DC, and Tourism BC President &
CEO Rod Harris. As we participate in the
formation of a new national museums policy,
Elaine’s keynote address of “The Essential
Museum” couldn’t be more timely. In fact, many
sessions this year build on dialogue and topics of
interest from last year’s conference. I am very
pleased about the continuing growth of our
relationship with Tourism BC, initiated with the
Vancouver conference three years ago. This is just
one of the partnerships Council and staff have
worked hard to develop.
Many thanks are in order, beginning with Dona
Moore and Wayne Wilson, 2005 conference cochairs. I know they have lots of support from
Kelowna Art Gallery and Kelowna Museum staff
to accomplish this monumental assignment.
Thanks as well to Nick Tuele, this year’s Program
Chair, and to his committee for all their hard work.
Any of you who have served on Conference or
Program committees in the past know what
important jobs these are to ensure a successful
conference.
On behalf of BCMA, I want to invite all of you to
join us in Kelowna for our annual opportunity to
learn, network and be refreshed. I know your
experience will be rewarding in many ways. I look
forward to seeing both the regulars and many new
faces in Kelowna.
Debbie Trueman, President
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Conference 2005 has reserved a block of rooms at
special rates for delegates at The Grand Okanagan
Lakefront Resort and Conference Centre, host to
all pre-conference workshops, sessions, trade
show, meals and events. The Grand Okanagan
Lakefront Resort and Conference Centre is across
the street from the Kelowna Art Gallery in the
heart of Kelowna's Cultural District. Visit
www.grandokanagan.com
Please reserve accommodation directly with The
Grand by calling 1-800-465-4651 or (250) 763-4500.
You MUST mention you are attending the BCMA
Conference to receive the special rate of $129.00.
Booking deadline is September 24, 2005.
Kelowna is readily available through frequent
flights out of Vancouver and Calgary. The Grand
Okanagan is approximately 30 minutes from
Kelowna airport.
Travel Assistance Bursaries
Travel assistance is available to delegates through
the Canadian Museums Association Bursary Fund
for Pre-Conference Workshops www.museums.ca
Cma1/ProgramsProjects/Bursary/travel.htm;
Assistance for Institutional Members is available
from BCMA's Travel Assistance Bursary Fund. For
application details, please contact Member
Services Coordinator, Shelley Gauthier at
(250) 356-5700
email: members@museumsassn.bc.ca
Conference 2005 Registration Desk
Delegates are asked to check in and pick up their
delegate bag at the Registration Desk in The
Grand's Conference Centre prior to their first
workshop or session and during the following
hours:
Wednesday-Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm, Saturday,
8:00am - 12:30pm. Conference badges are not
transferable.
Cancellation Policy
Written cancellations received on or before September
23, 2005 will be refunded less a 25% administrative fee.
Due to required financial commitments made in
advance of Conference 2005, no refunds can be granted
after September 23, 2005.
Schedule at a Glance
DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2005
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
9:00am - 4:00pm
PC-1 Preparing the Table (and walls and
everything else!)
PC-2 Digital Content: Digitizing Images
for Your Museum
PC-3 Capacity Building in Museums & Art Galleries
PC-4 Alliance of BC National Historic Sites of
Canada (ABCNHSC)
PC-5 Themed Attractions Association (TAA)
Opening Reception at the Kelowna Art Gallery
6:00 - 8:00pm
DAY TWO: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005
• Opening Ceremonies, Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary
Centre for the Arts, 9:00 - 9:30am
• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Elaine Heumann Gurian, The
Essential Museum, 9:30 - 10:30am
• Plenary Session: 49 and Counting, The Grand
Okanagan, 11:00am - 12:30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS A
1:30 - 3:00pm
A-1 Bay of Funders
A-2 Peculiar to Historic Sites: Heritage
Buildings & the Collections in them
A-3 A Taste for Culture
A-4 Heritage Conservation Initiatives in BC
CONCURRENT SESSIONS B
3:30 - 5:00pm
B-1 Today's Fresh Sheet: Satiating the
Varying Appetites of Your Visitors
B-2 Human Resource Planning &
Accountability in Arts & Culture:
The Future is Now!
B-3 Museum Take Out: Fulfilling
Museum Objectives on the Road
B-4 Building a New Museum
EVENING SESSION
5:30 - 6:30pm
• BC Reports
• Cultural District Crawl
Reception at the Kelowna Museum
6:30 - 8:30pm
• Cultural District Crawl
DAY THREE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005
• Plenary Session: Cultural Districts/Cultural
Corridors at The Grand Okanagan,
9:00am - 10:30am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS C
11:00 - 12:30pm
C-1 The Fine Art of Fusion:
In the Spirit of N'ha-a-itk
C-2 Collections Research: A
Collaborative Enterprise
C-3 Eye Candy
C-4 Early Museum Memories
FEATURE LUNCHEON
12:30 - 1:30pm Skaha Room, The Grand Okanagan
GUEST SPEAKER: Rod Harris, President & CEO,
Tourism BC Tourism: 2010 & Beyond
CONCURRENT SESSIONS D
1:30 - 3:00pm
D-1 Working with Tourism
D-2 Implementing a Successful
Internship Program
D-3 When Your Eyes are Bigger
Than Your Stomach: Deaccessioning
& Its Implications
D-4 The All-You-Can-Eat Online Buffet
CONCURRENT SESSIONS E
3:30 - 5:00pm
E-1 Fear Factor: Assessing & Reducing
Risks to Our Collections
E-2 Special Interest Groups
E-3 BCAC & BCMA - Operating
Assistance Grants Program Review
EVENING SESSION
• Awards Banquet 5:30pm
DAY FOUR: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2005
8:30 - 10:30am
• BCMA Annual General Meeting
CONCURRENT SESSIONS F
10:30am - 5:30pm
F-1 North Okanagan Bus Tour
F-2 South Okanagan Bus Tour
11:00am - 12:30pm
F-3 Do you Serve Macaroni and Cheese:
Is There a Children's Museum in Your Future?
F-4 Making Your Electronic Menu Accessible
F-5 Vancouver Foundation
F-6 Product & Passion
F-7 Pitching to the Media
CONCURRENT SESSIONS G
G-1 Cultural District Walking Tour, 1:30-3:00 pm
DAY FIVE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2005
POST-CONFERENCE TOURS
• Okanagan Wine Country Tour
• Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens
Gatzke`s Farm Market
Photo Credit: Tourism Kelowna
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Day ONE: Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Pre-conference & S.I.G. Workshops
Registration
8:00am - 5:00pm
PC-3 Capacity Building in Museums &
Art Galleries
Pre-Conference Workshops
9:00am - 4:00pm
PC-1 Preparing the Table (and walls and
everything else!)
This session will interest preparatory staff and
those responsible for the duties of preparators
(including volunteers and part time folks) in small
and medium size galleries. Key topics include
lighting an exhibition, proper art handling,
matting and framing, and small building projects
like plinths and shelves. There will be an
opportunity to share new and favorite products
and techniques. For those who often work alone,
this is an opportunity to meet colleagues and
establish professional relationships that can be
kept up via email or phone when the need arises.
Space is limited to 10. Participants will be asked to
‘prepare’ for the workshop. Details will be given
closer to workshop date.
Workshop leader: Michael Trevillion, Vancouver
Art Gallery Preparator. Michael has been a VAG
preparator for 23 years, and was the Winnipeg Art
Gallery’s matter and framer for 5 years.
PC-2 Digital Content: Digitizing Images
for Your Museum
This workshop will be of special interest to smaller
institutions considering digitization of their
collections or embarking on a digitization project.
More and more institutions are digitizing images
from their collections. Why? What does it involve?
What are the costs? What funding sources are
available? What lessons have others learned? How
do you get started? This workshop will help
participants determine options, consider different
uses for images, and assess the implications for
future cataloguing. This workshop also includes
an introduction to equipment and software, such
as cameras, scanners and image manipulation.
Presenters: Canadian Heritage
Network (CHIN) representatives.
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Information
Public attention over the past decade has been
drawn to the financial and operational challenges
of cultural organizations. Museums and art
galleries have been the subject of negative public
attention resulting from “near death” experiences.
Are there steps that can be taken to build your
organizational capacity to not only prevent this,
but to prosper? In an intensive one-day workshop
on capacity building for museums and art
galleries, Grant Thornton builds the capacity of
cultural organizations by improving how an
organization finances, manages, and governs itself.
Sponsor: Grant Thornton, Chartered Accountants
Prensenter: Todd Sanderson
PC-4 Alliance of BC National Historic
Sites of Canada (ABCNHSC)
The ABCNHSC is an association of owners and
operators of national and provincial historic sites
in British Columbia. Members attend an annual or
semi-annual conference to share ideas, issues and
concerns, learn best practices, hear about current
policy and programs regarding heritage issues,
from the federal and provincial governments and
network with each other to support the
heritage community.
Moderator: Gerry Borden
PC-5 Themed Attractions Association
(TAA) Special Session Time: 2:00 - 4:00pm
This TAA hosted workshop will explore ways to
bridge the current gap between various
consultants and suppliers to the museum industry
and museums themselves. The objective will be to
find an accessible vehicle for museums to find the
effective information and expertise they need for
planning, programming, design and management.
The workshop format will involve TAA members
and 6 to 8 roundtables of Conference 2005
delegates. The roundtable questions and resulting
discussions will align with the BCMA conference
theme and subject areas of Creating A Cultural
Restaurant.
Moderator: Barry Marshall, President, TAA
Day ONE: Wednesday,
October 19, 2005
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BCMA has extended invitations to the following
peer cultural heritage organizations to host specific workshops, forums or regional meetings as
part of Conference 2005:
- BC’s military museums
- Archives Associations of BC
- BC Historical Federation
- Heritage Society of BC
Participating groups are responsible for their
session content, moderators and presenters.
Please watch our BCMA-L listserv for
further developments and
announcements.
Opening Reception
at the Kelowna Art Gallery
6:00 - 8:00pm
Kelowna Art Gallery, 1315 Water Street, is directly
across the street from The Grand Okanagan
Lakefront Resort and Conference Centre.
Start your 2005 Conference with a party! Join us
for an evening of music, socializing and wonderful
refreshments, and take time to experience our
current exhibitions.
Day TWO: Thursday,
October 20, 2005
Registration
8:00am - 5:00pm
Opening Ceremonies, Mary Irwin Theatre,
Rotary Centre for the Arts (behind the Kelowna
Art Gallery), 421 Cawston Ave.
9:00 - 9:30am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Elaine Heumann Gurian
Thursday 9:30 – 10:30am
The Essential
Museum
Museums are now placed
in a civic category of "nice
to have." That is an
excellent rank but not
one that rises to the level
of essential services.
What modifications do
museums need to make
so that they are seen as
more central in any civic
community? I will speculate on what that
transformation might look like, and why I think
we are unlikely to initiate that thoroughgoing
reform. If we choose to remain "nice to have", I
contend we cannot call upon the government to
elevate our funding to a level that offer museums
ongoing security and will have to continue to pay
the price of instability for our independence.
Moderator: Nick Tuele
Elaine Heumann Gurian is a consultant/
advisor/coach to museums that are beginning,
building or reinventing themselves. She draws on
her varied experience as Deputy Director of the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Deputy Director of Public Program Planning for
the National Museum of the American Indian, and
her extensive consulting experience with
museums around the world, to focus on issues of
relevance in contemporary museums.
Kelowna Art Gallery
Photo credit: Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc.
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Day TWO: Thursday, October 20, 2005 . . . continued
10:30 - 11:00am
Trade Show Opening & Refreshment
Break, The Grand Okanagan
Plenary Session
11:00am - 12:30pm
The Grand Okanagan
49 and Counting
As BCMA approaches our 50th Anniversary, this
hard hitting session will celebrate our
achievements while asking tough questions about
where we want to go in the future. What do we
need to do? Who amongst us will lead? It is a tour
through the past, but more importantly a creative
commitment to the future. Be prepared for action!
Moderator: Jacquie Gijssen
Presenters: Don Shumka, Robin Inglis, Jill Baird,
Bill Barkley, Nick Tuele, Sue Morhun, Bob
Broadland, and others.
A-2 Peculiar to Historic Sites: Heritage
Buildings & the Collections in Them
Two years after the devolution of provincial
historic sites, where we are now: heritage
buildings as collections; a smorgasbord of
thoughts
on
historic
sites;
Collections
Management. Taking a look at Statements of
Significance, site policy structure, conservation
concerns, and the Standards and Guidelines for the
Conservation of Historic Places in Canada, what
are the issues and how do they differ from those of
museums?
Moderator: Tracy Satin
Presenters: Jennifer Iredale, Heritage Stewardship
Officer providing advisory and monitoring
services to the devolved Provincial historic sites
and involved in the federal/provincial Heritage
Places Program. Tracy Satin is the Conservator for
the Kelowna Museum Association.
Lunch with Trade Show Exhibitors
12:30 - 1:15pm The Grand Okanagan
CONCURRENT SESSIONS A
1:30 - 3:00pm
A-1 Bay of Funders
This presentation will take a practical look at the
objectives and criteria for funding programs from
the point of view of how projects fit the program.
Our presenters will also look at changes to the
programs that have taken place and how that
relates to future objectives and specifics of what
the programs are trying to support.
Moderator: Debbie Trueman
Presenters: Lori Baxter, Director, Legacy2010's
ArtsNow; Jeremy Long, Associate Director, BC
Arts Council; Philippa Syme, Museums & Heritage
Analyst, Department of Canadian Heritage British Columbia/Yukon District, Western Region.
Kelowna's Sails, by Kelowna-based artist Bob Dowreid
Photo credit: Tourism Kelowna
A-3 A Taste for Culture
Who is an artist? What is creativity? Are you
welcoming everyone in your community to your
institution?This panel discussion brings together
three speakers working with individuals with
developmental disabilities who are artists in our
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community. Often overlooked and with no
opportunity to pursue their creative impulses,
these students have various skills that belong in
the cultural world. Two different programs –
Express Yourself and Cool Arts – that encourage
creativity from this sector, will be introduced and
discussed. Objectives, workshops and funding for
these unique programs will be ‘on the menu’.
Moderator: Patti Kilback
Presenters: Patti Kilback, Public Programmer with
the Kelowna Art Gallery; Sara Lige, local artist and
President of Cool Arts; and Jean Shepherd,
instructor of Express Yourself with Okanagan
University College
A-4 Heritage Conservation Initiatives
in British Columbia
This session provides a provincial update on
heritage conservation initiatives in BC and
information about the Historic Places Initiative, BC
Register of Historic Places, Community Register
Projects, Commercial Heritage Properties Incentive
Fund, Heritage Legacy Fund of BC, Community
Heritage Planning Program Grants and other heritage activites which relate to community heritage
programs. This will be related to the theme of how
we build (maintain, rehabilitate) structures in
which we operate, and the streams: Planning and
Physical Space. A visual and verbal presentation,
with handouts, will provide participants with a
broader understanding of Provincial Heritage
Initiatives and specific information about heritage
related funding sources.
Moderator: Bob Parliament
Presenters: Bob Parliament, Community Heritage
Officer in the Heritage Programs section and a
Certification Agent for the federal Commercial
Heritage Properties Incentive Fund; Rick Goodacre
(HSBC), the executive director of the Heritage
Society of B.C. for the past 15 years, executive
officer for the recently formed Heritage Legacy
Fund of B.C. Society, and chair of the City of
Victoria’s Heritage Advisory Committee; John
McCormick (Parks Canada), Historic Sites Planner,
Fraser Bell (BC Heritage Branch) Heritage
Programs Administrator.
Aerial view of Kelowna
Photo Credit: Tourism Kelowna
CONCURRENT SESSIONS B
3:30 to 5:00pm
B-1 Today's Fresh Sheet: Satiating the
Varying Appetites of Your Visitors
For museums looking to appeal to audiences with
varying demographics, Barry Marshall of Karo
Design will discuss innovative strategies and
emerging technologies to enhance the visitor
experience. Packed with visuals, Today’s Fresh Sheet
takes a holistic approach and looks at
planning, the physical space, the ‘menu’ and
management to make improvements. Barry will
also explain how to create an environment that
breeds creativity and innovation amongst museum
staff.
Presenter: Barry Marshall, Creative Director &
Senior Principal, Karo Design, Vancouver.
B-2 Human Resource Planning &
Accountability in Arts & Culture: The
Future is Now!
The year 2004 showed that convergence is not just
for telephone companies: the outcome of parallel
human resource research and development
initiatives in the Cultural Sector and in the
Voluntary Non-Profit Sector have shown alarming
trends and challenges. Battle-scarred from fighting
for our fiscal lives in times of reduced funding
with the help of our dedicated, if overworked, staff
and volunteers, we now find the deficit in our
human capital is rising and must be addressed.
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Day TWO: Thursday, October 20, 2005 . . . continued
As with most transition points, this one comes
with opportunity as well as challenge, and there is
much to celebrate. Research has made facts and
statistics available, new and inspiring coalitions
have been built, effective resources and ‘best
practice’ examples from our sector are willingly
shared, and support from government to build
capacity is being made available.
Is your organization ready for this future? Are
you?
Facilitator: Judy Piggott is the Director of Training
& Human Resource Development with The
Alliance for Arts & Culture, Vancouver.
B-3 Museum Take-Out: Fulfilling
Museum Objectives on the Road
Outreach programs are an effective way for
museums to fulfill their mission statements.
However, such programs bring a set of unique
challenges. We will introduce a successful outreach
program, and discuss issues such as liability,
presentation, funding and staffing. If you are
running or thinking of starting an outreach
program, this panel discussion will provide you
with tips, ideas and resources for keeping your
takeout order fresh.
Moderator: Jamie Purves
Presenters: Jamie Purves, Lisa McIntosh, Debbie
Tardiff
B-4 Building a New Museum
EVENING SESSION
5:30 - 6:30pm
BC Reports
Kelowna Museum
Participate in one of BCMA's longstanding
conference traditions. Please circle 'BC Reports
Presentation' on the Delegate Registration Form to
indicate your museum or gallery's interest in
making a 5-minute presentation to announce or
promote yourinstitution's latest or newest
initiative or achievement to your fellow delegates
and guests.
The schedule is tight and the number of
presentations limited so reserve your timeslot right
away. BCMA will contact you to help plan and
schedule your presentation.
Kelowna’s Cultural District Crawl
5:30 - 6:30pm Opening Reception
Begin with a lively reception at the Kelowna
Museum, enjoying refreshments and live
entertainment.
6:30 - 8:30pm Your crawl passport will lead you
to more museums (including the historic Laurel
Packinghouse and Okanagan Military Museum),
Opus Framing and Art Supplies, The Alternator
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Art Ark Gallery,
Turtle Island Gallery, cool restaurants, and lastly to
the Kelowna Art Gallery for great door prizes!
This session looks at the issues you will face when
your wish for a new Museum or expanded space
suddenly comes true. What are the pitfalls of being
included in a larger municipal development? Who
needs to be involved and when, and how do you
make sure it’s a dream and not a nightmare? What
are the considerations and when do they need to
be addressed? What should you ask for right away,
despite the possibility of looking a gift horse in the
mouth?
Moderator: Debbie Trueman
Presenters: Bev Sommer,
Tracy Calagerhos, Bill Barkley
Kelowna Museum hosts the BC Reports Reception followed by the Kelowna
Cultural District Crawl. Photo courtesy of the Kelowna Museum
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Day THREE: Friday, October 21, 2005
Plenary Session
9:00am - 10:30pm
The Grand Okanagan
Cultural Districts/Cultural Corridors
Increasingly, museums and art galleries find
themselves working within
larger
arts
development
settings,
and
Cultural
Corridor/Districts are arguably the most recent
incarnations of this approach. While they can offer
the benefits of scale economies, marketing
synergies, and cross-promotional opportunities,
they can present their own challenges of sustained
development support and unequal readiness of the
institutions to participate fully. Join these two
speakers for an on-the-ground review of the
benifits and challenges of Cultural Districts and
Cultural Corridors.
Speakers: Lorna Gunn & Sandra Kochan
Lorna Gunn is currently the Cultural Services
Manager for the City of Kelowna. Sandra Kochan
is an independent consultant based in Kelowna,
with private and public sector clients in the
agriculture, culinary, cultural and tourism sectors.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS C
11:00am - 12:30pm
C-1 The Fine Art of Fusion:
In the Spirit of N'ha-a-itk
The word ‘collaboration’ is the current buzzword
in institutions everywhere. But what is
collaboration, and how do organizations with very
different needs, goals and challenges work
together effectively? In The Spirit of N’ha-a-itk is a
first-time collaborative art project between the
Kelowna Art Gallery and the Westbank First
Nation. This panel will take into account
perspectives from both organizations and look at
inclusive
approaches
to
planning
and
programming exhibitions that respect different
ways First Nation people produce and exhibit
artwork while fulfilling the goals of the Kelowna
Art Gallery.
Moderator: Dona Moore
Presenters: Renée Burgess, Gayle Liman, Roxanne
Lindley
C-2 Collections Research: A
Collaborative Enterprise
Professor Segger will lead a panel discussion on
utilizing the research resources of colleges and
universities in British Columbia. Presentations
will be based in part on the experience of
institutions that have utilized community-based
research programs of the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council, in particular the
Community University Research Alliance. There
will also be a brief report on the outcomes of the
CMA sponsored January 2005 Ottawa Museums
Research Summit.
Moderator: Professor Martin Segger, Maltwood
Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria.
Panelists include Dr. Catharine Harding (UVic),
Grant Hughes (RBCM), Dr. Lorne Hammond
(RBCM), Pauline Thompson (formerly Vancouver
Museum), Robin Inglis (North Shore Museum),
Brenda Baptiste (Inkameep Desert Interpretation
Centre), Dr. James Hoffman (Thompson Rivers
University).
C-3 Eye Candy
Do you want the fine dining look and experience
for museum and gallery visitors but think the cost
is too high? This session will provide creative
solutions ranging from print media to finding open
source software for development of a content
management system for your web page that allows
you to keep information up to the minute and
looking good. Bring your questions.
Moderator: Tony Martin, Curator of the Comox
Valley Art Gallery.
Presenters: Tony Martin; Peter Thompson,
Managing Director of the Two Rivers Art Gallery.
C-4 Early Museum Memories
What were your first impressions of museums or
public art galleries? How have these informed you
in your work today, or about the world in general?
What images do you hold of what museums were,
are or might be? Come and share them with your
colleagues. Your museum stories can be serious,
funny, poignant, banal or provocative. Yesterday’s
children will be tomorrow’s visitors or museum
workers. Perceptions about museums will last a
lifetime. The session objective will be to hear from
a variety of contributors, record their memories
and provide participants a brief summary of those
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first impressions about museums. Session
contributors can contribute to organizer Philippa
Syme, Department of Canadian Heritage.
Moderator: Philippa Syme
"TOURISM: 2010 & BEYOND"
LUNCHEON
12:30 – 1:30pm
Skaha Room,
The Grand Okanagan
D-2 Implementing a Successful
Internship Program
Museum interns can be a valuable asset, especially
for institutions with limited staff and resources.
Although lack of time, organization, and funds
appear as formidable obstacles, you can effectively
implement an internship program so that the time
and energy you invest is worthwhile not only for
your museum but also for the individual. Panelists
will discuss the criteria for managing a successful
program including how to get organized and how
to effectively balance the expectations of your
museum, the intern, and the coordinating
educational institution.
Moderator: Heather Ferrell
Presenters: Brenda Weatherston, Pauline Rafferty,
Caroline Posynick
D-3 When Your Eyes are Bigger Than
Your Stomach: Deaccessioning & Its
Implications
Special Guest Speaker
Rod Harris,
President & CEO, Tourism BC
CONCURRENT SESSIONS D
1:30 - 3:00pm
D-1 Working with Tourism
This session/workshop will take a very practical
approach to introducing a process for local
Tourism Associations and Cultural Institutions
working together in a ‘win-win’ opportunity to
both assess and maximize the tourism impact of
your community’s ‘cultural product’. Learn how
to productively work together to sell your
product both within your community and to
tourists.
Moderator: Sue Morhun
Presenter: Don Foxgord, Vice President, Business
Development, Tourism BC
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This panel discussion will discuss aspects of the
deaccessioning process including: assessing and
grading collection; establishing a deaccession
policy and procedures, including criteria for
deaccessioning; who should be involved in the
process; methods of disposal; legal issues and
Canada Revenue Agency implications, especially
in reference to returning artifacts to donors; ethical
issues, using CMA Ethical Guidelines as a basis for
discussion; and public relations issues, or how we
convince our communities that deaccessioning is
appropirate.
Moderator: Cathy English
Presenters: Patricia Ainslie, Dr. Sonya Tanner
Kaplash
D-4 The "All-You-Can-Eat” Online Buffet
BCMA launched a new, interactive website this
summer, delivering a new online clearinghouse of
services and resources, and an exciting, effective
and user-driven new forum for exchange.
Featuring
interactive
how-to
online
demonstrations:
• Learn how to list, update and publicly market
your institution, exhibits and special events,
collections and available job and volunteer
opportunities through BCMA’s online Directory of
Museums, Art Galleries & Related Institutions in BC
Day THREE: Friday, October 21, 2005 . . . continued
• Search for the professional expertise, mentor,
consultant, guest speaker or instructor you or your
institution is looking for; OR register your own
expertise to offer through the Learning Resource
Database’s Professional Resource Listings;
You’ll be ‘bellying-up to the buffet’ for more:
online best practices modules; professional development opportunities; how to apply for and host a
regional workshop series event; and plans for continued website development. Participants will
learn how to access and employ these online
resources and services to benefit their institution or
their own professional development. Bring your
curiosity, imagination and appetite!
Moderator: Jim Harding
Presenters: Roger Swetnam, M.Pl, CEO, Nortia
Technologies, Vancouver (plus online speakers
from remote locations, tbc)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS E
3:30 to 5:00pm
E-1 Fear Factor: Assessing & Reducing
Risks to Our Collections
When customers arrive at your restaurant for your
award winning sushi, you don’t want to have to
tell them that the maggots got there first! Speakers
from museums, galleries and archives will describe
how they assess risks to their collections and what
they are doing about it. This is within the
management stream of the cultural restaurant. The
outcome of this session will be a menu of ideas to
consider when planning for the long-term
preservation of your collection.
Moderator: Randy Manuel
Presenters: Grant Hughes; Wayne Wilson; Robin
Inglis, CCI; Rob Waller, a local speaker from
business who conducts risk assessments for
corporations or insurance purposes.
E-2 Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
BCMA has set aside this session for active SIGs to
meet face-to-face, after months of listserv dialogue,
to deliver their own agendas and presentations!
Those Museum and gallery professionals planning
to meet at Conference 2005 and interested in
forming a special interest group are also welcome
to propose new SIGs or 'themed discussion' groups
via the BCMA-L listserv, (email to: bcma-l@muse-
umsassn.bc.ca) Please indicate your interest with
your registration, or contact BCMA Member
Services Coordinator Shelley Gauthier at BCMA:
(250) 356-5700.
E-3 BCAC & BCMA - Operating
Assistance Grants Program Review
An opportunity to review and dialogue about the
client/non-client survey and review results. This is
significant to the Program Review process. The
dialogue is also a vital opportunity to help
re-shape the future of funding assistance from the
Province.
Moderator: Catherine C. Coles
Presenter: Jeremy Long, Associate Director, BC
Arts Council; Linda Eversole, Grants Coordinator.
BC Arts Council: One-on-One
Institutions receiving operating assistance from the
BC Arts Council are invited to book one-on-one
consultations with BCMA's Grants Coordinator or
Cultural Services Branch personnel through Linda
Eversole, Grants Coordinator @ (250) 356-9398.
Awards Banquet
5:30 - 6:30pm
Cocktails
6:30 - 8:30pm
Awards Banquet Auction
Help celebrate the achievements of your
colleagues in the past year. A live auction
will feature Dawn Emerson’s painting,
Autumn Harvest, which is featured on the
front cover.
8:30 - 9:30pm
2005 is Kelowna’s Centennial. We have a
marvelous play based on our
history. Enjoy this performance by Theatre Kelowna.
A fantastic variety of silent
auction items will be there
for your choosing.
A no-host bar will be open
until 11:00pm while you
enjoy entertainment and
fellowship with friends.
Museums in Motion Award Sculpture by Geert Maas
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Day FOUR: Saturday, October 22, 2005
BCMA Annual General Meeting
8:30 to 10:30am
The Grand Okanagan Resort
and Conference Centre
The AGM is an opportunity for you to participate
in the planning of our organization’s future. If
you’d like to take part and enjoy some coffee and a
continental breakfast, please join us at the AGM.
Please indicate your attendance on the registration
form.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS F
F-1 North Okanagan Bus Tour
10:30am Depart - 5:30 pm Return
Guided tour: Vernon Public Art Gallery, Greater
Vernon Museum and Archives, Historic O'Keefe
Ranch (lunch) & Gray Monk Winery - $45.00
The North Okanagan bus tour will set off from
Kelowna heading north alongside the picturesque
Okanagan Lake. We will visit the Vernon Public
Art Gallery, a vital institution that showcases the
strong commitment to the arts by the Vernon
community. View work from local artists, artists
who have painted in the area, and private
collections of local residents from the gallery’s
permanent collection. The next stop is the Greater
Vernon Museum & Archives, the best place for
learning more about the history of the area. The
museum is home to a large Interior Salish
collection, cultural remnants of early settler life
and 2,500 historical photographs. From there, the
tour will visit and lunch at Historic O’Keefe Ranch.
Founded in 1867, O'Keefe Ranch was once one of
the largest cattle ranches in BC. The O'Keefe
family built up a small settlement including a
general store, post office, church, and family
mansion and many ranch buildings that now
house vintage farm machinery and rare breed farm
animals. Our final destination will be the Gray
Monk Winery, which is one of BC's most successful
and earliest family estate wineries. Learn about
Okanagan winery history and sample some of
BC’s finest wines.
F-2 South Okanagan Bus Tour
10:30am Depart - 5:30pm Return
Guided tour: Art Gallery of the South
Okanagan, (lunch at Theo's, Penticton), RN
Atkinson/Penticton Museum, Mission Hill
Winery - $45.00
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Gatzke`s Farm Market
Photo Credit: Tourism Kelowna
The South Okanagan bus tour will leave Kelowna
heading lakeside towards Penticton, which is
situated in the heart of BC's breathtaking
Okanagan Valley wine country. We will visit the
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, a public art
museum housing a collection consisting primarily
of works by long-time local artists and notable
artists who have worked in the region or visited
the Valley. After working up an appetite, we will
dine at Theo’s, a fine Greek restaurant known for
fabulous food and abundant atmosphere. From
there, we will visit the R.N. Atkinson Museum. The
museum holds over 8,000 artifacts outlining local
First Nations history, and Penticton and Okanagan
pioneer life dating from the area’s earliest residents
onward. Finally, we will tour the Mission Hill
Winery where we will explore the art of winemaking, walk through the vineyards, visit underground cellars and sample fine wines.
11:00am to 12:30pm
F-3 Do you Serve Macaroni and Cheese:
Is There a Children's Museum in Your
Future?
Children's Museums are popping up all over
North America and around the world. In BC,
several are in early stages of development but are
not yet really visible. Some museums are
accommodating the phenomenon through
adjustments to their displays and programs.
Others are creating new institutions as related
facilities. This session will introduce the concepts
associated with the Children's Museum (CM)
phenomenon and illustrate the potential for
developments in your hometown to meet local
interests and local needs.
Moderator: Cuyler Page
Presenters: David Culaton from the Ecco Centre at
Mission Creek Park, Kelowna, Cuyler Page
Day FOUR: Saturday, October 22, 2005 . . . continued
F-4 Making Your Electronic Menu
Accessible
Using Zero One Design’s knowledge in creating
accessible websites, this session will concentrate on
the following issues of website design and
accessibility:
• Creating content that is completely separate from
design. This allows a website to be viewable not
only on all web browsers, but also on any other
device that accesses web content: cell phones, palm
pilots, televisions and whatever is next. This
ensures that a wider range of visitors can engage
with the website.
• User interface issues such as navigation and
usability to ensure that visitors can easily and
effectively browse a website and find the
information they need and also be led to the
information that museums would like them to
view.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of a website.
Determining visitor’s satisfaction is often
neglected in online museum experiences. The only
way to know for sure that a website is
satisfying the needs of online visitors is evaluation.
Moderator: David Alexander
Presenters: David Alexander, Jonathan Lathigee,
Mike Chorko.
F-7 Pitching to the Media
Graham Stevens will make a creative presentation
in which he will use taped interviews with
producers of a number of CBC radio programs,
combined with a question and answer discussion
period. Stevens will demonstrate how museums
can be better utilized by the CBC and other media.
There will also be an opportunity to have delegates
meet with him to pitch stories about collections
and events at their own institutions.
Moderator: Wayne Wilson, Kelowna Museum
Presenter: Graham Stevens, CBC Radio
CONCURRENT SESSIONS G
G-1 Cultural District Walking Tour
1:30-3:00 pm
Join Cultural District Coordinator, Sheila Olcen, as
she leads delegates through seven blocks of
Kelowna’s downtown core that constitute the
Cultural District. Sheila will lead visitors through
Kasugai Gardens, the Heritage Walk, the lakefront
boardwalk, the Rotary Centre for the Arts, the
Kelowna Art Gallery, and the four Kelowna
Museums. She will also showcase public art pieces
recently acquired by the City of Kelowna. Meet
Sheila at the registration desk to start the tour.
F-5 Vancouver Foundation
An opportunity to learn the latest of the
Foundation's guidelines regarding what they do
and do not fund, and provide feedback about
funding needs of Museums across the Province. A
roundtable discussion rather than a presentation
for a better understanding of the unique issues and
funding needs of museums within the arts and
culture sector.
Moderator: Lesia Davis
Presenters: Valerie Hunter
F-6 Product & Passion
What is the flavor of your community? What are
the unique ingredients that provide the
opportunity to develop a delicious dish that
people are passionate about? This session
promises to produce an interactive discussion on
superb product development. Bring your recipes
with you!
Moderator: Debbie Griffith
Presenters: Brenda Baptiste, Cuyler Page, Wayne
Wilson
View of Kelowna’s Cultural District from Knox Mountain
Photo Credit: Kyle L. Poirier
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Day FIVE: Sunday, October 23, 2005
POST-CONFERENCE TOURS
Okanagan Wine Country Tour
The Daytripper
9:00am to 5:00pm
$139.10 (incl. GST)
Minimum number of guests: 4
Vineyard lane, Kelowna
Photo Credit: Tourism Kelowna
This spectacular day tour starts with Sumac Ridge
Winery in Summerland BC where you will have a
full facility tour to learn the art of winemaking.
From this point on, the tour can be designed to
your liking, stopping at various wineries that are
of interest too you. If you wanted to tour the
Naramata area the wineries available are Hillside
Estate Winery, Lake Breeze Vineyards and Red
Rooster Winery. If you wanted to tour the South
Okanagan you could choose from Prpich Hills,
Wild Goose Vineyards, Hawthorne Mountain
Vineyards, Jackson Triggs Vinters, Fairview
Cellars, Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, Gehringer
Brothers Estate Winery, Hester Creek Estate
Winery, Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards, Golden
Mile Cellars, Burrowing Owl Winery or Black Hills
Estate Winery. Generally a day tour includes 5 to 8
different wineries. A vineyard lunch is also
included in this tour, giving you an opportunity to
take in the beautiful scenery.
Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens
and Gallery
250 Reynolds Road, Kelowna
During your visit to Kelowna, plan to visit
internationally acclaimed artist Geert Maas’s
exceptional sculpture gardens and indoor gallery,
open year-round.
Art lovers will find Maas’s celebrated 2 and 3
dimensional works in various sizes that use a wide
variety of materials including bronze, aluminum,
stainless steel, stoneware, multimedia, acrylic,
lacquer and oils. Art collectors and tourists
appreciate this unique artistic environment. Visit
www.geertmaas.org or call 860-7012 to let them
know you are coming.
Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens and Gallery
Photo courtesy of the artist
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British Columbia Museums Association’s 49th Annual Conference 2005:
Creating a Cultural Restaurant
October 19-22, 2005
DELEGATE REGISTRATION FORM
Mail or fax (250-387-1251) to: B.C. Museums Association, #204 – 26 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC V8W 1H9
Online registration: www.museumsassn.bc.ca
(Please complete a separate form for each registrant)
Name: _____________________________ Preferred Badge Name: _____________________________
Company Name or Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: _______________________________________________________________________
Telephone: _____________________ Fax: _____________________ Email: ______________________
City/Province/Postal Code
BCMA Member GO Card #: ________________________________ Expiry Date: ________/________
• Membership Application enclosed (Forms available at: www.museumsassn.bc.ca and use BCMA
Members rates below.
• Vegetarian or other specialty meals, please describe: _____________________________________
EARLY BIRD (through August 20)
Basic Complete
BCMA Member
• $265 • $345
Senior/Student Member
• $225 • $285
Non-Member*
• $325 • $375
Presenter Discount
• -$35
Sub-Total: $_______
REGULAR
BCMA Member
Senior/Student Member
Non-Member*
Presenter Discount
Basic Complete
• $295 • $385
• $235 • $295
• $355 • $420
• -$35
Sub-Total: $_______
PC1
PC2
PC3
PC4
Preparing the Table
CHIN
BC Historic Sites
Attractions (half day)
Member
• $100
• $100
• $50
• $25
SATURDAY TOURS
North Okanagan Tour
South Okanagan Tour
• $15
• $15
• $15
• $20
• $45
Basic Registration includes opening ceremonies, all sessions, Trade Show and the AGM.
Complete Registration includes opening ceremonies, all
sessions, Trade Show and the AGM PLUS single tickets,
luncheons and receptions.
Pre-conference workshops and tours not included.
PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5
B1 B2 B3 B4
Non-member
• $150
• $150
• $75
• $35
E1 E2 E3
A1 A2 A3 A4
C1 C2 C3 C4
D1 D2 D3 D4
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
BC Reports Presentation
G1
AGM
PAYMENT METHOD:
• VISA
• MasterCard
• Cheque payable to: “BC Museums Association”
_________________________________________________
LUNCHEONS AND RECEPTIONS
Opening Reception
Trade Show Luncheon
BC Reports Reception
Tourism BC Luncheon
Awards Banquet
$__________
Please CIRCLE the sessions you plan to attend:
• $45
• $45
Basic single day additional tickets only
Total Registration Fee:
* Includes one year BCMA individual membership, GO card benefits.
SINGLE DAY (Basic only)
• Thursday • Friday • Saturday
BCMA Member
• $125
Senior/Student Member
• $95
Non-Member
• $135
PRE-CONFERENCE
POST-CONFERENCE TOUR
# of Tix:
The Daytripper Wine Tour
• $139.10 ____ $_____
NAME ON CARD
# of Tix:
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_________________________________________________
$_____
$_____
$_____
$_____
$_____
CARD NUMBER
_________________________________________________
EXPIRY DATE
_________________________________________________
SIGNATURE
DATE
• Receipt required in advance of Conference 2005, please.
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AUCTION DONATION FORM
Please donate items to the Silent Auction and/or Live Auction. Proceeds from the Silent Auction
and the Live Auction will go to the BCMA Travel Bursary Fund for delegates who might not
otherwise be able to attend.
Company or Institution Name ___________________________________________________________
Item(s) Donated ________________________________________________________________________
Additional Description _________________________________________________________________
Estimated Value $___________________ Suggested Opening Bid $____________________
• I will bring my item to conference (must deliver by Tuesday, October 18th before 5:00 PM for
either the Silent Auction or Live Auction).
• I will send my item to Conference 2005 to arrive prior to Tuesday, October 18th, 2005. (Please
send donated items in advance to: BCMA Conference 2005 c/o Kelowna Art Gallery,
1315 Water St., Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R3
• I will provide a photo of the item and ship to the highest bidder after Conference 2005 at my
own expense.
• I cannot contribute an auction item this year, but I would like to donate $________ to the fund
(Official BCMA Tax Receipt will be issued)
• Charge my Credit Card:
• VISA
• MasterCard
Credit Card#: ________________________________________ Exp. ______/_______
NAME ON CARD: ____________________________ SIGNATURE ____________________________
• Cheque enclosed, Payable to: “BC Museums Association/Travel Bursary Fund”
#204, 26 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC V8W 1H9
Thank You for Supporting the BCMA Travel Bursary Fund!
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www.eloquent-systems.com Archives and museum software for organizations
as large as the City of Toronto to the smallest of 50 institutions in Nova Scotia
RETURN ADDRESS:
B.C. Museums Association
#204 – 26 Bastion Square
Victoria, BC V8W 1H9
1310 Water Street, Kelowna BC, V1Y 9P3
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Reservations 1-800-465-4651
Photo Credit: Kyle L. Poirier