Diversity Fellowships
AAM and EdCom are committed to making museums more responsive to diversity in every aspect of their work, and the mission of EdCom includes serving as an advocate for diverse educators and audiences. One way that EdCom encourages museums to represent diversity among their staff is by awarding fellowship assistance to new museum education professionals of diverse backgrounds to attend the AAM Annual Meeting. This professional development opportunity helps those entering the field to establish associations with organizations and individuals who will serve as resources to them throughout their museum careers.

 

Applications for the 2010 Diversity Fellowship are being accepted now through Friday, January 15, 2010.

Click hereto download the application form.

 

Past Diversity Fellows

 

2009

• Naomi Coquillon, Associate Director for School Programs, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
• Lucy Lau-Bigham, High School Apprentice/Education Project Coordinator, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia

2008

• Lauren Haney, Coordinator of Public Programs at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
• Safiyah Jackson, Education Fellow in Arts and Culture Management, Chicago, IL

Download reflections on the AAM Annual Meeting from Lauren Haney and Safiyah Jackson.

 

2007

• Ester Fernandez, Curator of Education/Associate Curator, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
• Matthew Lewis, Intern, Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum, Sells, Arizona
• Brian Carter, Education Director, Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington