Portland Museum of Art workers vote to unionize Share Updated: 4:41 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021
Portland Museum of Art workers vote to unionize Share Updated: 4:41 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021
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Show Transcript WORKERS HAVE VOTED TO FORM A UNION AT THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART. 70 WORKERS, INCLUDING CURATORS, REGISTRARS, EDUCATION STAFF AND OTHER EMPLOYEES, AGREEING TO JOIN A LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE TECHNICAL, OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL UNION. IN A STATEMENT, MU
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:41 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021 Workers at the Portland Museum of Art have voted to form a union.Seventy workers, including curators, registrars, education staff and other employees will join the local chapter of the Technical, Office and Professional Union.In a statement, museum officials said they accept the results of the vote and look forward to bargaining in good
A New Day at the PMA Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
Fig. 1. Covered caudle cup from a service for George Washington designed by Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest (1739–1801), made in China for the American market, 1796. Porcelain with enamel, gilded, and underglaze blue decoration; height 5, width 5 1/8, depth 3 1/4 inches. This is one of more than 450 pieces of tableware owned by the nation’s First Families assembled by Robert L. McNeil Jr. A new interactive digital guide shows how the arrangement of the china on a table created a work of art unto itself, and speaks to the roles of those who maintained and worked with it, as well as of the presidents and first ladies who selected the patterns.
Curious Objects: Museums and the Lure of the Sell-Off, with the PMA’s director and CEO Timothy Rub Editorial Staff
The Association of Art Museum Directors killed something of a sacred cow last year when it ruled that museums will be permitted to use funds from deaccessioned artworks previously strictly controlled to pay for a wider array of institutional costs. On the occasion of this year’s virtual Philadelphia Show art and antiques fair, Ben Miller speaks with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s director and CEO Timothy Rub about the AAMD’s ruling and the ripple effects it might have throughout the museum world. In a wide-ranging conversation, which gets into the nitty gritty of collecting and deaccessioning habits and procedures, as well as fundraising niceties, Rub makes a strong case for continuing to keep the departments of museums and their fundraising efforts firmly separated.
Aimbridge Hospitality, Announces Multiple Managed Properties Are Rebound Ready, Emerging From The Pandemic
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Check out the Championship Cup Series at NJMP
MILLVILLE – New Jersey Motorsports Park will present the Championship Cup Series, motorcycle road racing, on April 24 and 25 on Thunderbolt Raceway, including ASRA Sprint Races and CCS Sprint Races.
Two-day tickets are $20 per person with kids ages 12 and younger admitted free.
NJMP is at 8000 Dividing Creek Road.
For information, call (856) 327-8000 or visit NJMP.com.
Enjoy the music at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival
CAPE MAY – The Exit Zero Jazz Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 23 to 25, rain or shine.
Fat Mezz, Inca Band, Jose Pepito Gomez / Palo De Yaya, Inca Band, Robert Glasper Trio, Shemeika Copeland, Brother Joscephus, GA 20, Jeffrey Gaines, Madeleine Peyroux, Red Baraat, Cintron, and Billy Walton Band are among the performers schedule to appear.