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Gail Lord was part of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2020. On September 28, she interviewed three pioneering public servants who understand how soft power works and bring it to life in their respective corners of the globe. 

The partnership of Lord Cultural Resources and the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) is accepting letters of interest (LOI) through September 18th, 2020, at 11:59 pm ET for Fellowship 2020, a new initiative for Black Americans in Museums, Arts, and Cultural Spaces.

The Perlan Museum of Natural Wonders was the winner of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) 2020 So(cial) Good Design Award in the Education Category. 

In 2016, Lord Cultural Resources was invited to be a part of an international team tasked with re-imagining the iconic Perlan in Reykjavik, Iceland. The exhibition is a spectacular, immersive experience that explores the geological forces that make the country a wonder of the world.

At our most recent staff meeting, the conversation among our teams from Europe, Asia, and North America turned to memories (oh how we miss travelling!) about some of the most extreme projects from Lord consultant's nearly 40 years in the culture sector. Reade more our more memorable "extremes".

Fellowship 2020 for Black Americans in Museums, Arts, and Cultural Spaces brings together talented African/Black American emerging leaders based on their leadership promise and work in museum, visual arts, and other cultural spaces. The program connects fellows to positions of leadership in the field as well as highly accomplished national and international arts and cultural leaders.

The exhibit Inspiring Montgomery at Green Gables Heritage Place has received a Bronze award in Interpretation Canada’s 2019 Award of Excellence.

Lord Cultural Resouces was commissioned, along with Origin Studios and Kubik, to produce the Interpretation and Exhibition Design Concept and execute the Content Development for the entire exhibit area, including the outdoor trail experience through Lover’s Lane that interprets literary, cultural and local history. 

Getting ready to reopen your museum or gallery? Here are some Canadian examples and resources from Lord's COO and Senior Practice Leader Kathleen Brown, to help you get started!

Lord Cultural Resources is launching a new suite of services to help cultural institutions emerge from the pandemic shutdown stronger and more resilient than they began. The services address immediate concerns about engaging with audiences, supporters, and communities, as well as longer-term strategies for reopening, adapting, and thriving in the months and years to come.

Recently the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organized a webinar focusing on the state of creative cultural industries. The OECD recognizes the economic vibrancy of the cultural and creative sectors as sources of both direct (jobs, tax revenues, etc.) and indirect economic and social benefits (contributions to place-making, innovation, and social cohesion in particular). This webinar illustrated the opportunity to think about the entire cultural ecosystem and forge a more integrated sector that can help many organizations become more flexible, resilient, and sustainable, no matter what changes the future may hold.

Museums and galleries face enormous challenges as they are forced to close their doors in the wake of COVID-19 — but this doesn’t mean they can’t connect with their public. The potential for online collections, concerts and virtual tours to provide a refuge of calm and fill the void created by social distancing is unprecedented.

This Special Edition of Cultural News, a curated collection of stories about how the global pandemic is affecting cultural institutions and how they are rising to the challenge by increasing their digital presence online.