The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to a widespread shift to online learning and a renewed appreciation for the value of education. In this crucial moment, studio art teachers have had to do what many previously thought was close to impossible: teach studio art online. Art School Pedagogy 2.0 seeks to address the pedagogical challenges…

Join in our newest interactive series highlighting diverse professionals in STEM careers called Not All Scientists Wear Lab Coats: A WCS Global Scientist Series. In each session, you’ll learn about a different conservation issue, meet a Wildlife Conservation Society staff member actively working on solutions, and discover how their unique pathway to a STEM career…

Explore the history of Black drinking culture with Andra ‘AJ’ Johnson! Join Poster House for this extra-special Black History Month edition of our Posters & Cocktails series led by DC-based restaurateur Andra ‘AJ’ Johnson! Explore the true history of Black drinking culture in contrast with popular representations of Blackness in alcohol posters over the past 120 years. Throughout the evening, AJ will…

Why it’s so important, and what a good RFP should look like! Many cultural organizations have requirements to solicit competitive proposals, but most managers who prepare an RFP for design, management or fabrication services haven’t written one specifically for a project.  The process can be intimidating, especially with seemingly over-bearing procurement regulations.   Join Praxis member Kris Collins, Managing…

For centuries, the Amazon persisted while indigenous people adapted to use soil and produced a kind of traditional agriculture. Now, after less than a hundred years of agribusiness expansion we’ve lost 20% of the forest. WCS Brazil Country Director, Carlos Durigan joins us to celebrate World Soil Day, to discuss the need to save the…

The bison is one of the most significant conservation stories in WCS history, bringing the national mammal back from the brink of extinction. In celebration of World Bison Day, Cristina Mormorunni, Director of U.S. Field Conservation & Regional Director of the WCS Rocky Mountain Program, will discuss how conservation is a path to social transformation…

Show 2020 who’s boss and sharpen those digital skills with your friends at Museum Computer Network. This November, MCN 2020 VIRTUAL includes over 50 online experiences with 140 musetech speakers from around the world. No matter where you find yourself in your career, you’ll find opportunities to take your digital skills to the next level.…

The K-12 Archives Education Institute (AEI) is a free program designed to introduce primary sources to K-12 teachers as viable and practical resources for classroom instruction while helping archivists and special collections professionals identify ways to connect these materials with Common Core and state requirements. Primary source materials are drawn from the rich collections of…

According to the IUCN, over 20% of reptile species are nearing extinction. This is why first-generation Bronx born and raised Kelvin Alvarez, Wild Animal Keeper Bronx Zoo is collaborating on research to conserve them. Join us for our first episode to celebrate Reptile Awareness Day on Oct 21, 2020. You’ll hear about Kelvin’s journey of…

Long Island in the Black Atlantic World Join Preservation Long Island for the Jupiter Hammon Project, a major initiative to develop a more relevant and equitable interpretation of Joseph Lloyd Manor, one of Preservation Long Island’s historic houses and a site of Black enslavement. While enslaved at the Manor, Jupiter Hammon (1711–ca.1806) wrote powerfully about…