Where: 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn When: 5PM Join us for our first Nov-Member tours!  FREE and exclusive member-only tours of new and innovative informal educational spaces around NYC.  Our first two tours will take place at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Library and American Museum of Natural History. Registration is now open, and instructions…

Where: Henrietta Hudson (438 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10014), a queer bar built by lesbians  Time: 6PM Contact Queer Peers Coordinator Roberto Chavez with any questions.

Where: Zoom Meeting ID: 891 9407 7603 Time: 6-7PM Contact Queer Peers Coordinator Roberto Chavez with any questions.

Where: Zoom Time: 6PM Panelists from the popular NYCMER Annual Conference session “Sudden and Chronic Illness Through the Lens of Museum Educators” and the addition of new voices will share how they have managed their illness and disability in the workplace and the support that they have received with the goal to break stigmas around…

Where: Central Park Zoo, East 64th Street Time: 6-8PM Join us to kick off the NYCMER year and a return to in-person programming! Our annual Meet & Greet will take place at Central Park Zoo, where you’ll have an opportunity to learn about our Peer Groups and the Conference Committee, along with other NYCMER membership…

Where: Zoom Time: 5-7PM This workshop, staffed by the NYCMER Board, provides a unique opportunity for NYCMER members to receive individual feedback on their resumes from other museum professionals. 20 minute 1-on-1 time slots will be assigned on a first come first served basis when you log on to the program via Zoom between 5:00-6:40…

CaringKind and the Jewish Museum invite families impacted by dementia to join teaching artist Hollie Ecker to explore the exhibition Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art. During this program, we will look closely at 3-4 artworks included in the exhibition and together explore the stories they tell.  Following our discussion, we will create our…

Glencairn Museum and Elif M. Gökçiğdem, Ph.D. invite you to join us in person for this exciting, hands-on workshop in the inspiring setting of Glencairn Museum’s spacious Great Hall.  Dr. Gökçiğdem (author and founder of ONE – Organization of Networks for Empathy) will offer group instruction on theory, program development, and practical application following the…

Date: Thursday, February 17Time: 6:00-7:30pmLocation: ZoomRSVP: Michael Stevens, Roberto Chavez and/or Sam Ginsberg by February 16.Description:  Resilience and change. Two powerful words. Queer Peers hosts a special guest speaker, Rebecca Klassen, one of the curators of the current exhibition Art for Change: The Artist & Homeless Collaborative. Many of the artists involved were moved to volunteer due to the AIDS crisis…

Time 6:15 PM EST Networking | 6:40 – 7:15 PM EST Program Presented by Charlotte Martin, Veniece Pinnock, and Alice W. Schwarz, moderated by Kimaada Le Gendre From emerging professionals to seasoned leaders, and from per-diem teaching staff to administrators, educators are continuing to confront new challenges while navigating the ongoing uncertainties of the COVID…