Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage Course

CCI, ICCROM and ICN have partnered to offer a course
entitled Reducing  Risks to Cultural Heritage. This unique course
blends mentorship, distance learning and face-to-face instruction
to teach the methodology of incorporating the most recent
knowledge of risk management into actual practice. You will
learn how to apply to your own institution the standard steps of
risk management, including a context and values assessment of your
organization, risk identification, risk analysis, risk evaluation, risk
treatment (or mitigation), and risk communication.

A maximum of 30 participants will be accepted.  The deadline for
registration is January 28, 2011.

Now Accepting Applications for 2011-2012 YCW Programs

* Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
* Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage

The Canadian Museums Association (CMA) in partnership with the
Department of Canadian Heritage is pleased to announce the launch of
both the Young Canada Works summer student and graduate internship
programs for 2011-2012.

CMA will accept applications for the YCW summer student and
internship programs until February 1st, 2011.

Please consult the CMA's updated YCW program web pages for
current information on both of these programs, including application
procedures and updated employer and student eligibility criteria.

YCW in Heritage Organizations:
http://www.museums.ca/Sevices/Young_Canada_Works/YCW
_In_Heritage_Organizations/

YCW at Building Careers in Heritage:
http://www.museums.ca/Sevices/Young_Canada_Works/YCW
_at_Building_Careers_in_Heritage/

Applications must be submitted at: www.youngcanadaworks.gc.ca.

NCPH 2011 Registration Now Open

Crossing Borders/Building Communities -- Real and Imagined

Historic Pensacola, April 6-9, 2011
www.ncph.org/cms/conferences/2011-annual-meeting/

ACA National Conference 2011: Back to Basics

Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto
June 1-4, 2011

Amidst the backdrop of this world-class city, take the opportunity
to hear directly from your archival peers about current archival
trends, exciting new ventures, and emerging thoughts on archival
theory. Also participate in annual favorites such as the East/West
ballgame, the Opening Night Gala, and the Saturday night dinner
and dance.

In addition, the 2011 Host Committee has begun organizing a variety
of other activities in and around Toronto, including tours of nearby
archives and local hotspots, as well as visits to Stratford and Niagara
Wine Country.

For more information: http://archivists.ca/content/annual-conference

American Material Culture: C19th New York

NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers
At the Bard Graduate Center, New York City, July 5-29, 2011

Objects matter. Material culture scholars use artifactual evidence such
as consumer goods, architecture, clothing, landscape, decorative arts,
and many other types of material.

The Bard Graduate Center will host a four-week NEH Summer Institute
on American Material Culture. The institute will focus on the material
culture of nineteenth century and use New York as its case study
because of its role as a national center for fashioning cultural
commodities and promoting consumer tastes. We will study significant
texts in the scholarship of material culture together as well as in tandem
with visiting some of the wonderful collections in and around New
York City for our hands-on work with artifacts. The city will be our
laboratory to explore some of the important issues of broad impact
that go well beyond New York.

We welcome applications from faculty and others with some experience
doing object-based work, as well as those who have never taught or
studied material culture. Application materials and other information
about content, stipends, housing, etc. is available at
http://bgc.bard.edu/neh-institute. The deadline is March 1, 2011.

Mark Your Calendar for Culture Days 2011

The second annual Culture Days event will take place September 30-
October 2, 2011. Meanwhile, start planning! Start talking about
Culture Days ideas for your organization or community and browse
the blog for tips and ideas on how to plan a great activity and get
involved in 2011. Stay tuned for news, tips and updates on the online
registration system for 2011 through the newsletter.

A report about the success of the 2010 Culture Days is here.

Arts Council to Take Over Museums in UK

Arts Council England is to take over some of the key responsibilities that help keep museums and libraries across the UK running.

The new role for the organisation fulfills some of the functions carried out by the recently axed Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).

In July, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the MLA would lose its funding and be abolished.

Arts Council England will receive an annual budget of £46m for this purpose.

The organisation will supervise the improvement and development of museums and libraries and help with projects that relate to the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

However, it will not take on any of the MLA's work advising government on local and regional archives.

It is thought that role will be delegated to the National Archives in Richmond, Surrey.

"We are pleased by the confidence ministers have demonstrated in us by giving us this crucial work to take forward," said Arts Council England chairwoman Dame Liz Forgan.

Representatives from the Arts Council, MLA and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) are now in discussions about how to transfer the responsibilities smoothly.

Sir Andrew Motion, chair of the MLA, said the body had "long advocated that wherever possible public money should be directed to the front line."

On Wednesday Mr Hunt unveiled a 10-point plan to help boost private funding for arts organisations.

The government will also promote "planned giving" to encourage more people to leave 10% of their legacy to the arts and culture.