lab hours

(late)
3 hours docenting

Repatriation post

Item 1

"Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: New York State 

Museum, Albany, NY"

"History and Description of the Cultural items

    In the late 19th century, 76 cultural items were removed from the 
property [[Page 36243]]
of the former Christian Science Church located in Lansingburg, 
Rensselaer County, NY, by Reverend O.C. Auringer of Troy, NY. Museum 
records indicate that the cultural items were found in association with 
human burials, but the human remains are not present in the 
collections. The unassociated funerary objects from this site are 65 
tubular and round glass beads, 4 discoidal shell beads, 1 tubular bone 
bead, 1 stone bead, 1 perforated brass child's thimble, 1 small 
crescent-shaped shell bead, 1 small lead bird figure, and 2 perforated 
triangular brass projectile points."

Federal Notice

Item 2

"Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Francisco 
State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA"

"SUMMARY: The San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, in 

consultation with the appropriate Indian tribe, has determined that the 
cultural items meet the definition of sacred objects and objects of 
cultural patrimony and repatriation to the Indian tribe stated below 
may occur if no additional claimants come forward. Representatives of 
any Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
the cultural items may contact the San Francisco State University 
NAGPRA Program."

"At an unknown date, 1 cultural item, a pestle,was removed from 

site site CA-SON-UNK (Dry Creek) in Sonoma County, CA. At an unknown date,

the pestle labeled ``Dry Creek near Healdsburg, CA'' was donated to the 
San Francisco State University, Department of Anthropology, by an 
unknown person. Based on consultation and ethnographic research, the 
pestle is an object of cultural patrimony. The age of site CA-SON-UNK 
(Dry Creek) is unknown but the site is located within the historically 
documented territory of Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, 
California (previously listed as the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians of California)."

Federal Notice

Item 3

"Notice of intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item in the Posession of the Peabody

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (June 4, 2001). In 1905 the Peabody Museum received a donation of a "camas digger made of antler" that came from a Quinault grave in Washington the museum agreed to return it to the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation."
(American Indian Art, Vol. 27(4):101, Autumn 2002). I enjoyed doing this research especially when looking at the American Indian Art magazines. There is a lot of information in the articles that I have heard from relatives only through word of mouth. Now I know where to find the sources with written evidence.

lab hours

(Late)

1 hour catalog review
(?) 4 hours at San Jose Museum of Contermporary Art and the quilting museum

Museum Job

1. I have had a Museum job. I worked at the Autry National Center in the museum's store as an intern for a short period. The position as a "store intern" involved errands throughout the museum for the other workers as well as doing inventory and usual store-related tasks.

I acquired the position by Burcaw's description of (2.) Through personal acquaintance with museum directors, they have been asked to fill vacancies or have been recommended to the directors' colleagues in other museums. I didn't know the workers who hired me to the store, but had grown up going to workshops at the museum, which were community outreach based activities. I had been a long term continuous presence, and knew many workers for different reasons.

2. Manager, Public Relations / Hammer Museum

Los Angeles, California

The Manager, Public Relations generates copy for press releases and story ideas for press; schedules and coordinates media photography and filming; maintains production and press schedules; and develops and maintains working relationships with media representatives. This position acts as the Hammer Calendar editor by assisting in drafting copy, compiling copy and images, circulating, and managing mailing. Participates in development of Museum website. Assists with press previews, conferences, meetings, and special events. Please visit http://hammer.ucla.edu/about/employment_and_internships.html for more information.

(California Association of Museums)

I choose the position as the Public Relations Manager at the HAMMER Museum because I am familiar with the Hammer museum and always made a point to go to this museum when I was younger. I like the idea of being a Public Relations Manager because I have experience being a performer and would be able to sympathize with visiting artists/owners needs and ideas. I have organized my own shows where I made executive decisions regarding press, scheduling/booking, maintaining relations with public, designing flyers, and websites. I know how to get a show going smoothly and I have fun witnessing the event unfold to please and teach the participants. 

• Experience in organizing large social events

•  Professional and Ethical attitude

• Worked in Museum environment

• Thorough worker

lab hours

4 hours in the museum, doing any finalizing tasiks: vacumed part of the floor, moved out tables. Brought in entrance area props with Nancy, wrote summaries for the mining photographs, corresponded with Cristian and Dr. Casteneda.
2 hours in the museum cleaning up the walls, mixing a similar color with acrylic paint, placing the labels on the wall in the Tasmania Sojourn area.

lab hours

15 mins checking flash drive with group
20 mins uploading pictures to blog
20 mins met with Cristian to see what more needed to be done for improvement of the area
3 hours in museum with Cristian working on installation
45 minutes met with group in museum
(1.5 hours)? at the Crocker Museum observing how they set up their exhibits

installation and Tavernier at the Crocker

 Its still a rough draft of what it will look like in the end(less than 10 days!).  We will have to clean up the placing of the photographs and take into consideration the summaries, but its a start! 

We sketched Tasmania with the projector, and  left outlines of where the photographs will go approximately.   I am anxious to start painting this map!

I went by the Crocker art Museum to look at how they displayed different exhibits.  On the second floor they have a lot of Indonesian artifacts.  I examined at what level they placed artifacts. The workers and other museum goers must of thought I was strange looking at the display cases instead of the display. 

Jules Tavernier's exhibit had paintings of Hawaii from the 19th century and they reminded me of the Beardsley's  interest in earthly science and of the geyser photograph in the Tasmania Sojourn area. I wasn't able to take photos since the paintings are not owned by the Crocker.  

Here is an example of the main didactic from the Tavernier exhibit that was not inside of the exhibit rooms with monitored picture availability. I noticed the didactic was printed onto paper then put directly on the wall.

historical maps

 These maps were found in a reference book at the Sac State Library. 

 

lab hours

1 hour watched her will to survive

2 hours in the museum with group

4 hours reviewing blogs, writing on sac ct, brainstorming didactic ideas

1.5 hour writing didactics, attempting to use the templates, and forwarding to Airielle for finalization