SEMC Annual Report 2017 Southeastern Museums Conference
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From the President
In my first year as SEMC President, I have been honored to serve such an amazing organization with such tremendous colleagues from around the Southeast. Although Hurricane Irma caused me to miss the annual meeting in New Orleans, I have heard rave reviews. Many thanks to Executive Director Susan Perry, the SEMC Council, Past President David Butler (who stepped into my shoes), the Program Committee, and all of the sponsors, presenters, and conference participants for making it one of SEMC’s best attended and most successful conferences on record. I hope all of you who attended the conference left inspired and invigorated. SEMC also made progress this year on numerous strategic initiatives, from more intentionally developing the annual conference program to serve members at all levels of their careers to updating our website and branding platforms. Perhaps most importantly, we launched a Leadership Institute initiative. Based on the success and outcomes of SEMC’s JIMI program, other national surveys, and an initial feasibility study, it is clear there is a need for high level,
SEMC Legacy Reception, Annual Meeting, 2017, New Orleans
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affordable leadership training focused on small- to mid-sized institutions. The SEMC Council decided to pursue an IMLS grant, recently submitted, to plan and pilot such a Leadership Institute. Partnering with us is the Association of African American Museums, and planning participants include many recognized experts. The aim is to equip a new generation of museum leaders with outward-looking skills and stratagems to increase their effectiveness as leaders and their ability to create a productive and inclusive environment within the museum and among the museum’s board. We will continue to pursue funding to make this exciting initiative a reality. It is also a pleasure to report on SEMC’s financial health. In addition to the successful conference
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and landing the year in the black, SEMC is the only regional museum organization with an endowment, and that endowment continued to prosper this year. Currently at a fund balance of $476,192, proceeds help to ensure SEMC’s financial sustainability and provide opportunities for strengthening service to members. All in all, it’s been a terrific year. A special thanks to Executive Director Susan Perry for her leadership and dedication. And a big thanks to all of you for being a part of SEMC and making it such a great organization! Darcie MacMahon Director of Exhibits & Public Programs, Florida Museum of Natural History
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Our Mission The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is a networking organization that serves to foster professionalism, mutual support, and communication. A non-profit membership association, SEMC strives to increase educational and professional development opportunities and improve the interchange of ideas, information, and cooperation.
Our History 1951: SEMC was established at a meeting in Norfolk, Virginia. It was agreed that the organization should include the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. SEMC’s first task was to appoint a committee to get the Southeast included in a Congressional bill to appropriate money to provide places of safekeeping for museum objects in case of war. 1956: Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia petitioned to join SEMC. The Council suggested they form their own organization, today known as the MidAtlantic Association of Museums. 6
1959: First five-year plan and added Arkansas to the SEMC. 1960: Hosted two professional development workshops in North Carolina on museum training and historic house restoration. 1960s: Hired first SEMC staff with $25,000 foundation grant to carry out further training workshops; SEMC urged the American Alliance (formerly Association) of Museums to formulate a museum accreditation program. 1969: SEMC established a three-day annual meeting.
1970s: Local arrangements and program committees were established for the annual meeting; SEMC published a directory of educational resources.
2005: SEMC established a Hurricane Katrina grant fund and awarded over $500,000 to museums and museum employees affected by the storm in Mississippi and Louisiana.
1977: SEMC was officially incorporated; and exhibitors were added to the annual meeting.
2010: SEMC established a partnership with Atlanta History Center where the SEMC office relocated.
1982: Moved the central offices of SEMC to Memphis.
2013: SEMC, the five other regional museum associations, and the American Alliance of Museums completed the first National Museum Salary Survey, the only comprehensive study of its kind for our diverse field.
1986: Moved SEMC offices to Baton Rouge. 1992: A full-time Executive Director and a Director of Office and Memberships services had been hired. Shortly after that, SEMC’s endowment was established to promote financial stability. 1996: The JumpStart Program began. This program flourished during the first decade of the 21st century and is now known as the Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI), offering an eight-day intensive museum training to museum professionals with two years’ experience or more.
2017: SEMC, the five other regional museum associations, five state museum associations, including Florida and Virginia, and the American Alliance of Museums completed the 2017 National Museum Salary Survey. Now: SEMC continues to create programs like JIMI and the National Museum Salary Survey to support its ongoing mission to foster professionalism and support for museum professionals.
2003: Moved the central offices of SEMC to Atlanta.
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SEMC Net Assets Have Increased 214% Since 2011 8
Impact Plan In 2017, SEMC Council launched our first Impact Plan, for 2017–2019. Impact: SEMC members, at all stages of their career, find professional support and camaraderie from the SEMC leadership and members as they deepen their knowledge of museums, strengthen their practice and skills, promote diversity, and serve SEMC fellow members in need.
Organizational Focus: Advance racial/ethnic diversity of its membership, including individuals, museums, and the council. Action Plan Focus: • Technology • Annual Gatherings • Honing Our Craft • Marketing/Communication • Inclusion
Our Past Year Highlights This fall SEMC launched our Endowment Gift Campaign to reach half a million dollars. SEMC continued its goal of financial stability and sustainability in fiscal year 2017 with a net of $60,879, and added $7,000 to the SEMC Reserve Fund and $53,879 to the SEMC Endowment. Thank
you to those who contributed in the past year; the SEMC endowment now stands at $476,192. SEMC had an awesome annual conference in New Orleans with a record of over 700 registrants; 650 attended due to the impact of Hurricane Irma.
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In 2017 the SEMC Exhibitions, Publications and Technology Competitions had 143 entries and 56 award winners. In addition to the selected four student presentations, this was the first year of Students Work in Museums (swim) poster showcase. The SEMC Scholarship program offered 15 travel awards scholarships, four more than the previous year, including the Presidential scholarship, sponsored by Darcie MacMahon, the African American Museum Professional scholarship, and two scholarships for historic house museum professionals, sponsored by Lunney House Museum and John A. Woods Appraisers. Sixtythree program sessions, 12 off-site tours/workshops, and 60 Resource Expo exhibitors provided new ideas, professional expertise and best practices. This year many programs focused on diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice: “Interpreting African American History & Culture,” “Diversity Across the Museum: Staff, Trustees, Exhibitions & Programs,” “Interpreting Slavery in the 21st Century,” ”Equity and Inclusion in Educational Programming,” “Inclusion in the Classroom,” “Civil War to Civil Rights: African American History and National Park Service Sites in the Southeast,” ”Brave New World: Critical and Controversial Issues,” “Generating Empathy Across Race and Time: Innovative Strategies for Interpreting Slavery,” “Slavery and Community: Inclusive Interpretation at the Whitney Plantation,” “Achieving Diversity: Volunteer Programs,” “Equity and Inclusion Action Team,” and an African American History tour in
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New Orleans. In the keynote address, Dr. Jessica Harris brought culinary history into museums. The Council discussed our impact and joint vision for SEMC’s future. The Jekyll Island Management Institute 2017 (jimi) had national impact with participants from nine Southeastern states and from outside our region including Washington, D.C., California, and Indiana. Thanks to the generosity of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (nmaahc) and a four-year partnership with the Association of African American Museums (aaam), SEMC was pleased to offer the John Kinard Scholarship for two AAAM members to attend JIMI. JIMI 2017 provided leadership training for the most diverse class in the past seventeen years. SEMC wants to serve members’ diverse needs and improve communications. SEMC has expanded the content of social media coverage and digital communications. In 2017, SEMC offered complimentary Institutional Membership to new AAAM members. We restructured the Corporate Membership program so that Corporate Memberships renewed by June 30, 2017. We had 146 new members in FY 2017, for a total membership of 2,267, including bundled members. SEMC surveyed our members and focused on programs that serve the diverse needs of Southeast museum professionals. SEMC realizes the potential to grow our membership, and wants to provide more
membership benefits and resources. In 2017 SEMC redesigned our logo and website www.semcdirect.net. Also in 2017 SEMC leadership focused on the organization’s impact on museum professionals. We are planning a Leadership Institute. We
are passionate about the professional support, camaraderie, and network of SEMC, and in the past year provided more opportunities for professional learning for Southeastern museum professionals. Susan Perry Executive Director, SEMC
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A Special T hanks to Our Conference Sponsors Gold Sponsor 1220 Exhibits, Inc. (Evening Event at the National WWII Museum) Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (Director/Trustee Reception)
Lucullus Culinary Antiques, Art & Objects (SEMC Council’s Legacy Reception) Solomon Group (Director/Trustee Luncheon) SunTrust (Registration Table) Travelers (Director/Trustee Luncheon)
Silver Sponsors Collector Systems (General Session/Keynote Speaker) Gallagher & Associates (tote bags) National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institute (McKenna Museums off-site tour) Solid Light, Inc. (General Session/Keynote Speaker) WSP (General Session/Keynote Speaker)
Resource Expo Sponsors Malone Design/Fabrication (Grand Opening Reception) Old New Orleans Rum (Grand Opening Reception) Our Fundraising Search (Grand Opening Reception) Riggs Ward Design (Grand Opening Reception)
Bronze Sponsors: Alexander Haas (Director/Trustee Luncheon) DLR Group (Director/Trustee Luncheon) L. Carole Wharton, LLC (conference reception) 14
Lanyard Sponsor HealyKohler Design Mobile Guide Sponsors CultureConnect (NOLA) OnCell (conference program)
SEMC Scholarship Sponsors SEMC 2016 Silent Auction (SEMC Traveling Scholarships) Darcie MacMahon (President’s Scholarship) John A. Woods Appraisers (Historic House Museum Professional Scholarship) Lunney House Museum Directors Scholarship (Historic House Museum Professional Scholarship) SERA Sponsors Transportation Consultants International (Registrars Respite co-sponsor) Willis Towers Watson (Registrars Respite co-sponsor) Past Perfect (Dan Silosky Award for Excellence in Collections Management and Registration) Dietl International Services (two SERA travel scholarships) Gaylord (SERA member discount) Evening Event Host Museums: Contemporary Arts Center Louisiana State Museum New Orleans Botanical Garden New Orleans Museum Art Ogden Museum of Southern Art The National WWII Museum Off-Site Tour/Program/Workshop Sponsors Beauregard-Keyes House and Garden Museum Hermann-Grima House Historic New Orleans Collection New Orleans Museum Art
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Southern Food & Beverage Museum The McKenna Museums – George and Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art & Le Musee de f.p.c. The National WWII Museum
JIMI 2017 Sponsors: Cynthia and John Lancaster, JIMI 2017 scholarship Gaylord Archival, Inc., JIMI 2017 scholarship John Kinard Scholarship Fund, in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, two JIMI 2017 scholarships Goosepen Studio & Press Keith Post, Satilla Computer Solutions, JIMI 2017 breakfast sponsor Arkansas Museums Association (ama), JIMI 2017 scholarship for tuition Mississippi Museums Association (mma), JIMI 2017 scholarship for travel North Carolina Museums Council (ncmc), JIMI 2017 scholarship South Carolina Federation of Museums (scfm), JIMI 2017 scholarship for tuition/travel South Carolina Military Museum 2017 scholarship Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship, JIMI 2017
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Thank You SEMC Members
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our memÂber museums, corporations, and benefactors during 2017
CORPORATE MEMBERS 10-31 Inc. 1220 Exhibits, Inc. ADM2 Exhibits & Displays, Inc Alexander Haas ANR Transport LLC Aon/Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency Art Conservation Artemis Fine Art Services Aurora Storage Products, Inc. Available Light Belfry Historic Consultants Blackbaud Blair, Inc Bonsai Fine Arts Inc Building Four Fabrication Capitol Exhibit Services, Inc. Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals Charlotte Van and Storage Chicago Scenic Studios, Inc. Cinebar Productions, Inc. 16
Collector Systems, LLC Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts Cortina Productions Creative Arts Unlimited, Inc. Crystalizations Systems, Inc. CultureConnect Daruma Tech Delta Designs Ltd. Dietl International Services DLR Group dmdg2 Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. ECS Conservation/HF Group ERCO Lighting Exhibit Concepts, Inc. Explus, Inc. Fabrication Specialists, Inc. FedEx Custom Critical Fessel International Four Colour Print Group Frina Design
Gallagher & Associates Gaylord Archival, Inc. GlavĂŠ and Holmes Associates Goosepen Studio & Press Gunnar USA, Inc. Haizlip Studio HealyKohler Design Hollinger Metal Edge HW Exhibits Impact Communications Interactive Knowledge Keen DC, LLC Laura Plantation Leslie Hindman Auctioneers ListenUp Audio Lord, Aeck & Sargent Inc. Mallory Alexander International Logistics Malone Design/ Fabrication Manask & Associates MasterPak, Inc. Mathes Brierre Architects MBA Design & Display Products Corporation Method- 1 Museums Mid-America Arts Alliance MuseumRails OnCell Our Fundraising Search Preservation Society of Charleston Print File, Inc Printology Signs & Graphics Q Media Productions, Inc. Quatrefoil Associates Riggs Ward Design
Rising Museum Board Seibold Security, Inc. Skinner, Inc. Solid Light, Inc. Solomon Group stabaArts, Inc. Studio Displays, Inc. StudioAmmons Inc. The Design Minds, Inc. The Donning Company Publishers The History Workshop Think Proxi Thrive Payments Tour-Mate Systems Limited Transport Consultants International Travelers Universal Fiber Optic Lighting LLC. University of Oklahoma College of Liberal Studies U.S. Art Company, Inc. VIP Transport Fine Arts Service WSP
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS A.E. Backus Museum of Art African American Military History Museum Aiken County Historical Museum Alabama Department of Archives and History Albany Museum of Art Aldie Mill & Mt. Zion Historic Parks Alexandria Museum of Art Altama Museum Amelia Island Museum of History 17
SEMC Received $62,542 in Contributions (including the Endowment) in FY2017
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Amory Regional Museum Anderson County Museum Andrew Low House Angola Museum Anniston Museum of Natural History Appleton Museum of Art Arkansas Arts Center Arkansas National Guard Museum Art Center Sarasota Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) Asheville Art Museum Atlanta History Center Augusta Museum of History B.B. King Museum Bailey-Matthews Shell Foundation Barrington Hall/City of Roswell Georgia Bartow History Museum Bass Museum of Art Beaches Museum & History Park Beaufort History Museum Beauregard-Keyes House Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Belle Meade Plantation Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum Bethune-Cookman University/Bethune Foundation Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Museum of Art Birthplace of Country Music Museum Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Bob Campbell Geology Museum
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, Inc. Booth Western Art Museum Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University Burritt on the Mountain C.H. Nash Museum Cameron Art Museum Camp Van Dorn WWII Museum Cape Fear Museum of History & Science Capital Park Museum Carolinas Aviation Museum Catawba Science Center Center for Puppetry Arts Charlotte Museum of History Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Children's Hands on Museum Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, Inc. Coastal Georgia Historical Society Coastal Heritage Society Collier County Museums Columbia Museum of Art Computer Museum of America/ Imagen Ventures LLC Contemporary Arts Center Cookeville Museums Coral Gables Museum Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Cross County Museum & Archives Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center
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Culture & Heritage Museums Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Curtiss Mansion, Inc. Customs House Museum & Cultural Center Dade Heritage Trust Daura Gallery - Lynchburg College David J. Sencer CDC Museum Davies Manor Association Museum Deerfield Beach Historical Society, Inc. Delta Cultural Center DeSoto County Museum Discovery Park of America, Inc. Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, NCDCR Downing Museum at Baker Arboretum Drayton Hall Dunedin Fine Art Center Earl Scruggs Center East Tennessee Historical Society Edison & Ford Winter Estates Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University Elliott Museum and The House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar Etowah Youth Orchestras Eudora Welty House Farragut Folklife Museum Flagler Museum Florence County Museum Florida Craft Art Florida Department of State Florida Holocaust Museum Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 20
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Fort Lauderdale History Center Fort Wayne Museum of Art Frazier History Museum Friends of Cassidy Park Museums Frist Center for the Visual Arts Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation/ Imagination Place Gaston County Museum of Art & History Georgia College & State University Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia Georgia Southern University Museum Goodrum House/Watson-Brown Foundation Greensboro Historical Museum Greenville County Museum of Art Greenwood Museum Gregg Museum of Art & Design Guilford College Art Gallery Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Hampton Roads Naval Museum Hampton University Museum Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture Henry B. Plant Museum Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses Hickory Hill Hickory Museum of Art High Museum of Art High Point Museum Hills & Dales Estate Historic Arkansas Museum
Deborah Mack, Jessica Harris, and Priscilla Cooper, at the 2017 SEMC annual meeting, New Orleans
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SEMC Launched an Endowment Gift Challenge to Reach a Half a Million Dollars 22
Historic Augusta, Inc. Historic Carson House Historic Columbia Foundation Historic Edenton State Historic Site Historic New Orleans Collection Historic Oakland Foundation, Inc. Historic Paris-Bourbon County/Hopewell Museum Historic Resources and Museum Program, City of Raleigh Historic Westville History Museum of Mobile HistoryMiami Horry County Museum Hunter Museum of American Art Huntington Museum of Art Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami International African American Museum International Museum of the Horse Iredell Museum Iron & Steel Museum of AL James K. Polk Home James Monroe Museum Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve Jekyll Island Museum Joel Lane Museum House Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Kennesaw State University – Museums, Archives & Rare Books Kentucky Department of Parks
Kentucky Derby Museum Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Museum/Western Kentucky University Kings Mountain Historical Museum Knoxville Museum of Art KSU: Museums, Archives & Rare Books Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum, Inc. LaGrange Art Museum Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Lee Gallery, Clemson University Leepa-Rattner Museum Levine Museum of the New South Liberty Hall Historic Site Lighthouse Art Center Museum & School of Art Lightner Museum Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Louisiana Art & Science Museum Louisiana State Museums Division Louisiana State University Museum of Art Louisiana's Old State Capitol Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Lunney House Museum Lynchburg Museum System M.W. Warner Transportation Museum Madison Morgan Cultural Center Magnolia Mound Plantation Maier Museum of Art Man in the Sea Museum Mandarin Museum & Historical Society Manship House Museum Maria V. Howard Arts Center Marietta Museum of History 23
Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts Masur Museum of Art Matheson History Museum McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana Memorial Hall Museum Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Mennello Museum of American Art Menokin Foundation Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Middle Tennessee State University Middleton Place Foundation Midway Museum, Inc. Mint Museum Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Mississippi Children’s Museum Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Museum Division Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc. Mississippi Museum of Art Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Mobile Museum of Art MOCA Jacksonville Modernism Museum Mount Dora Monticello/Thomas Jefferson Foundation Mooresville Public Library Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Morris Museum of Art Morse Museum of American Art 24
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University MS Coast Model Railroad Museum Muscarelle Museum of Art Museum Center at 5ive Points Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University Museum of Art – DeLand Museum of Arts and Sciences Museum of Design Atlanta Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Florida History Museum of Science & History Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Museums of Tusculum College National Civil Rights Museum National Museum of the Marine Corps National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force National Sporting Library & Museum National World War II Museum NC Transportation Museum Newcomb Art Museum North Carolina Museum of History North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum Northeast Georgia History Center at Brenau University Oak Alley Foundation Office of Historic Alexandria Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) OHA
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Okefenokee Heritage Center Old Governor’s Mansion/Sallie Davis House, Georgia College Old State House Museum Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center Orange County Regional History Center Orlando Museum of Art Osceola County Historical Society Page-Walker Arts & History Center Patricia & Philip Frost Museum Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Paul W. Bryant Museum, University of Alabama Pendleton District Commission Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum Pensacola Museum of Art/UWF Historic Trust Pigs-In-Flight Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum Pinellas County Historical Society/Heritage Village Pioneer Museum of Alabama Polk Museum of Art Portsmouth Museums President James K. Polk State Historic Site/NC Dept. of Cultural Resources Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Reynolda House Museum of American Art Ringling College of Art and Design River Discovery Center Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking Rocky Mount Historical Association Rocky Mount Museum
Rowan Museum, Inc. Rural Heritage Museum, Mars Hill University Sallie Mae Ligon Museum and Archives Sautee Nacoochee Community Association SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film SCAD Museum of Art Schiele Museum Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center South Boston-Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History South Carolina State Museum St. Mary’s Submarine Museum Steeplechase Museum Sumter County Museum Swope Art Museum T.R.R. Cobb House Tampa Bay History Center Tampa Museum of Art, Inc. Taubman Museum of Art Telfair Museum of Art Tellus Science Museum Tennessee State Museum Tennessee Valley Museum of Art The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky The Bascom The Charleston Museum The Children's Museum of The Upstate The Chrysler Museum of Art The Columbus Museum The Crossroads Museum The Dixon Gallery & Gardens 25
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The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia The Guntersville Museum The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art The Mitchell Young Anderson Museum The Museum at Mountain Home The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia The Natchez Institute – Historic Natchez Foundation The Oaks House Museum The Old Slave Mart Museum The Ralph Foster Museum The Royce J. & Caroline B. Watts Museum, West Virginia University The Speed Art Museum The Wolfsonian – Florida International University Thomas County Historical Society Thronateeska Heritage Center Tryon Palace Tubman African American Museum Tuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection Tuskegee University U.S. Marshals Museum, Inc. U.S. Army Chaplain Corps Museum U.S. Army Women’s Museum Union County Heritage Museum University Museum & Historic Houses University of Alabama Museums University of Louisville
Martha Battle Jackson, SEMC Annual Meeting, 2017, New Orleans
UNC Charlotte, Department of History (Public History Program) University of Mississippi Museum & Historic Houses UNO Arts Administration Program University of Richmond Museums University of West Alabama Upcountry History Museum – Furman University UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures UWF Historic Trust Venice Museum & Archives Vero Beach Museum of Art Virginia Beach History Museums Virginia Historical Society Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Vulcan Park & Museum Washington and Lee University Walter Anderson Museum of Art Waterworks Visual Arts Center Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. WCU Fine Art Museum Weatherspoon Art Museum Weems-Botts Museum West Baton Rouge Museum West Virginia Division of Culture and History Wetzel County Museum Whalehead in Historic Corolla Whitney Plantation Wiregrass Museum of Art Wofford College Yeiser Art Center
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SEMC Has Increased Its Membership 166% Since 2011 28
SEMC Has 146 New Members in Fiscal Year 2017
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T hank You to Our   2017 Endowment Contributors Many thanks to our endowment contributors in 2017 for investing in the future of SEMC! The growth of SEMC’s endowment is essential to ensure that our organization will be able to provide opportunities for learning and networking for museum professionals in the Southeast.
Judith Bonner David Butler Sharon Campbell Priscilla Hancock Cooper Matthew S. Davis John Gause Dawn Deano Hammatt Julie Harris Brian Hicks Micheal Hudson Kathleen F. G. Hutton Linda Orr King John Lancaster Elise V. LeCompte Deborah Lynn Mack
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Darcie MacMahon Rebecca Nagy William Paul, Jr. Catherine McCrory Pears Robin Seage Person Keith F. Post Robin Reed Michael Scott James G. Shepp Robert Sullivan Deitrah Taylor Michael Scott Warren Heather Marie Wells Zinnia Willits Kristen Miller Zohn
The Past Presidents Circle Members of the Past Presidents Circle have contributed $150 annually for at least two years to the endowment fund. George Bassi Sharon Bennett David Butler Tom Butler Tamra Sindler Carboni Micheal A. Hudson Douglas Noble Robert Rathburn Graig D. Shaak
Robert Sullivan Kristin Miller Zohn
Pamela Meister Richard Waterhouse
The William T. and Sylvia F. Alderson Endowment Fellows
Current Alderson Fellow (minimum $1,000)
Thirty members of SEMC have made commitments of distinction as Alderson Fellows. Their investment of at least $1,000 each is a significant leadership gift, reflective of a personal commitment to the professional association that has meant so much to each of them.
T. Patrick Brennan Michael Brothers W. James Burns William U. Eiland Horace Harmon Brian Hicks Pamela Hisey Micheal Hudson Kathleen Hutton Rick Jackson Andrew Ladis John Lancaster Elise LeCompte Allyn Lord Michael Anne Lynn R. Andrew Maass Darcie MacMahon Robin Seage Person Steve Rucker Heather Marie Wells Kristin Miller Zohn
Platinum Alderson Fellows (minimum $5,000) Sylvia F. Alderson Bob Rathburn Graig D. Shaak Nancy & Robert Sullivan Medallion Alderson Fellows (minimum $2,500) George Bassi Sharon Bennett David Butler Tamra Sindler Carboni Martha Battle Jackson
The Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship Fund Established in 2009 to honor Pete LaPaglia’s dedication to the museum field and recognize his inspirational leadership of SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute, this fund helps endow an annual JIMI scholarship. 2017 marked JIMI’s 17th anniversary, and the fund has reached over $22,409. Brian Hicks Martha Battle Jackson Elise LeCompte Catherine Pears Other SEMC Contributions These funds contributed to the annual meeting, JIMI, membership, or general operating funds for SEMC. Holly Akkerman (jimi) George Bassi (jimi) Sharon Bennett (jimi) Aaron Berger (jimi) Kyle Bryner (scholarship)
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Jamie Credle (jimi) Patrick Daily (General Operating) Christian Edwards (jimi) James Gardner (jimi) Martha Battle Jackson (jimi) John S. Lancaster (jimi) Pam Meister (Annual Meeting) Anne Elizabeth Miller (jimi) Michael Moore (jimi) National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution (jimi) Lisa Nicoletti (jimi) Keith Post (jimi) Ghila Sanders (jimi) Rhonda Tyson (jimi) Michael Scott Warren (jimi) Debra Watkins (jimi)
T hank You Volunteers SEMC wants to express our deepest gratitude to our volunteers who contributed countless hours in 2017. A special thanks goes to SEMC leadership – Officers, Council Directors, and committees. Annual conference, JIMI, and other SEMC programming would not be possible without your help. Thanks to all for your time!
Staff
Officers
Executive Director Susan S. Perry
President Darcie MacMahon Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
Manager of Communications and Member Services Jessica Keys (through October 2017) John Witek (beginning January 2018) SEMC P.O. Box 550746 Atlanta, GA 30355-3246 Phone: 404.814.2048 Website: www.SEMCdirect.net Email: membershipservices@ SEMCdirect.net
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Vice President (beginning September 2017) Zinnia Willits Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC Secretary Robin Seage Person Historic Jefferson College, Washington, MS Treasurer Robin Reed Fort Monroe Casemate, Fort Monroe, VA
Past President David Butler Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Directors Glenna Barlow (beginning September 2017) Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Brian Hicks Desoto County Museum, Hernando, MS Kathleen Hutton (through September 2017) Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC Jenny Lamb Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro, TN
Alexander Benitez (beginning September 2017) Moundville Archaeological Park, The University of Alabama, Moundville, AL
Elise LeCompte Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
Kyle Bryner Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA
Deborah Mack Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.
Priscilla Cooper (through September 2017) Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL
Michael Scott (beginning September 2017) High Point Museum, High Point, NC Deitrah Taylor Milledgeville, GA Heather Marie Wells Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Catherine Pears Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Julie Harris River Discovery Center, Paducah, KY
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A Snapshot of SEMC’s Reach Conference 2017 Attendees: 650 JIMI 2017 Participants: 20 Southeast Museums Advocacy Day Participants: 100 Facebook Followers: 1,178
Twitter Followers: 1,804 Linked In Members: 1,238 SEMC Website Page Views: 140,090
SEMC Membership Individuals Institutions Corporations
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Individual Membership
Student Retired Individual Benefactor
Institutional Membership
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5 Category 6 Academic
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Corporate Membership
Conference Attendees by State
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Statement of Financial Position FY2017* FY2016 Assets Cash & cash equivalents $250,328 $225,578 Investments $389,953 $339,390 Receivables/Prepaid $35,835 $9,337 Total Assets $676,116 $574,304 Liabilities & Fund Equity Liabilities $70,436 $66,990 Fund Equity $605,680 $507,315 Total Liabilities & Fund Equity $676,116 $574,304
You can support SEMC general operations, the SEMC Endowment, the Peter S. LaPaglia Scholarship Fund (supports JIMI tuition scholarships), Legacy Society (Planned Giving) or other activities by donating online at www. SEMCdirect.net. SEMC has created the Legacy Society to recognize the generosity of individuals who have included the Southeastern Museums Conference in their wills or estate plans. Your planned gift will make a difference in the services of SEMC and the future development of our profession. For more information, please refer to the Legacy Society brochure at www.SEMCdirect.net.
*Note FY2017 is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.
How Does SEMC Spend Your Money?
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SEMC Has 2,267 Total Members including bundled members Design by Nathan Moehlmann
with illustrations by Chris Tullar created especially for the SEMC 2017 Annual Report