Northwest African American Museum

The Northwest African American Museum will develop and strengthen its core curatorial capacity by hiring a curatorial assistant to participate in the planning and execution of upcoming exhibitions and related programming. Grant funds will also allow current staff members to build collegial networks by attending national conferences and enhance their skills through participation in intensive workshops on exhibit design and fabrication, developing institutional and collector relationships, techniques of community-based exhibit design, and integrating the discipline of an outcomes-based evaluation process with exhibit and program work. The museum will partner with the University of Washington's Museology Program to create an ongoing curatorial internship program that will offer students a hands-on introduction to African American museum practice. These interconnected and collaborative initiatives will enhance this young museum's capacity to interpret the history, arts, and culture of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest.