Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-4422-3877-0 • Paperback • July 2015 • $59.00 • (£45.00)
978-1-4422-3878-7 • eBook • July 2015 • $56.00 • (£43.00)
Juilee Decker is an associate professor of Museum Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where she teaches courses focusing on museums and technology so as to bring theory and praxis together in the classroom environment. Decker earned her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. Her research interests and curation include the construction of public and private collections as well as the subjects of public art, commemoration, and memory. Decker’s recent curatorial activity includes “A Passionate Pursuit: The Milward Collection,” an exhibition addressing the formation of a private collection of more than 1000 works of art (2012); “Reflections on a Louisville Landmark,” a juried show and an exhibition of historic maps, photographs, and texts for the Louisville Visual Art Association; and “Virginia Woolf and the Natural World,” an international exhibition to coincide with the 20th annual Wolf conference (2010). She has worked as a public art consultant and advisor for more than 15 years and has managed several public and private collections of public art. Since 2008, she has served as editor of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, a peer-reviewed journal published by Rowman and Littlefield.
Introduction by Juilee Decker
Chapter 1: BOOM! Crowdfunding the First Exhibit of the Museum of Food & Drink
Peter J. Kim, Museum of Food and Drink
Chapter 2: Public Art and Public Support
Karen Gillenwater, Carnegie Center for Art and History
Chapter 3: Crowdfunding the Museum: Engaging Program Constituents in Resource Development
Melissa A. Russo, Chabot Space & Science Center
Chapter 4: Analysis and Interpretation: How Camp ArtyFact Solved a Programming Problem
Mike Deetsch and Greg Hardison, Kentucky Historical Society
Chapter 5: "Member Plus” to “Ocean Advocate”: Leveraging Market Research to Build a Membership Program that Supports the Annual Fund
Nancy Enterline, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Chapter 6: Check It Out! A Case Study of The New Children’s Museum’s Program of Circulating Membership Cards in Public Libraries
Karen Coutts, The New Children’s Museum
Chapter 7: Leveraging the Public-Private Partnership to Transform an Abandoned, Elevated Railway into New York City’s Most Exciting Public Amenity
Vicky U. Lee, Friends of the High Line
Chapter 8: Building for the Future: Converting Capital Campaign Success into Sustainable Major Gifts
Carl G. Hamm, Saint Louis Art Museum
Chapter 9: Successful Fund-Raising Strategies for the Academic Museum
Jill Hartz, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Chapter 10: Relevance & Twenty-First Century Fundraising Fundamentals
James G. Leventhal and Irina Zeylikovich, The Contemporary Jewish Museum & Bay Area Discovery Museum
Chapter 11: Institutionalizing Innovation at the Toledo Museum of Art
Amy Gilman, Toledo Museum of Art
Index
About the Contributors
About the Editor
A must-read brimming with thought fuel and expert insight on strategic planning and fundraising for all forward-facing museums.
— Colleen Dilenschneider, Chief Market Engagement Officer, IMPACTS