Museums in the Currents

Navigating a River of Change

Texas Association of Museums

2012 Annual Meeting

San Antonio, Texas

March 27-30, 2012

TAM Council and Committees

Hosts

  • The Alamo
  • Artpace
  • Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
  • The Briscoe Western Art Museum
  • Casa Navarro State Historic Site
  • City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs
  • City of San Antonio Downtown Operations
  • Edward Steves Homestead Museum
  • Fort Sam Houston Museum
  • Hangar 9/Edward H. White Museum
  • Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
  • Institute of Texan Cultures, UTSA
  • Land Heritage Institute Foundation
  • The Magic Lantern Castle Museum
  • McNay Art Museum
  • Museo Alameda
  • Pharmacy Museum, Feik School of Pharmacy
  • San Antonio Academy Museum
  • San Antonio Art League Museum
  • San Antonio Botanical Garden
  • San Antonio Children’s Museum
  • San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
  • San Antonio Museum of Art
  • San Antonio Zoo
  • Southwest School of Art
  • Spanish Governor’s Palace
  • Texas Air Museum, Stinson Chapter
  • Texas Transportation Museum
  • U.S. Army Medical Department Museum
  • Villa Finale, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Wilson Pottery Foundation
  • The Witte Museum

Annual Meeting Session Proposal Submitters

  • Eric Ames
  • Sally Baulch-Rhoden
  • Robert F. Bluthardt
  • Brian Briggs
  • Holly Browning
  • Robin Cole-Jett
  • Henry Crawford
  • Cassie Dieterich
  • Mona E. Fluitt
  • Chris Godbold
  • Dixie Hoover
  • Aminatta Kamara
  • Paul Katz
  • Catherine Kenyon
  • Allen Lea
  • Candace Matelic
  • Erin McClelland
  • Marise McDermott
  • Evelyn Montgomery
  • Viola Moore
  • Andrea Porter
  • Sue Prudhomme
  • Melissa Prycer
  • Christopher J. Reich
  • Johnny Robertson
  • Daniel Schlegel
  • Kathryn Siefker
  • Brad Ford Smith
  • Mary Mikel Stump
  • Joy Summar-Smith
  • Colleen Swain
  • Guy C.Vanderpool
  • Tom Wancho

2012 Annual Meeting Program Committee

  • Brian Bray
    TAM Vice President for Program/Annual Meeting Chair
    City of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches

  • Eric Ames
    Baylor University, Waco

  • Lupita Barrera
    Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio

  • Aminatta Kamara
    Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur

  • Heather Lammers
    McNay Art Museum, San Antonio

  • Viola Moore
    Carson County Square House Museum, Panhandle

  • Evelyn Montgomery
    Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas

  • April Proulx
    National Scouting Museum, Irving

  • Buster Ratliff
    Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon

  • Lindsey Richardson
    The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas

  • Johnny Robertson
    Ph.D. candidate, University of North Texas, Denton

  • Sarita Rodriguez
    Witte Museum, San Antonio

  • Melanie D. Sanford
    Textile Preservation Services of Texas, Red Oak

  • Mary Mikel Stump
    Texas State University, San Marcos

  • Holly Beasley Wait
    Pearce Museum at Navarro College, Corsicana

TAM Council

Officers

  • Kathy Shannon, President
    Executive Director, The Petroleum Museum, Midland

  • Brian Bray, Vice President 
    Historic Sites Manager
    City of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches

  • Anne Allen, Vice President for Development
    Public Art Program Manager, Fort Worth Public Art, Fort Worth

  • Jack N. McKinney, Treasurer
    Executive Director, Dr Pepper Museum, Waco

  • Erin McClelland
    Interpretive Exhibit Planner and Project Manager, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Austin

  • Guy C. Vanderpool, Past President
    Director, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon

Council Members Elected at Large

  • Janice E. Babineaux
    Director, National Scouting Museum, Irving

  • Dreanna Belden
    Assistant Dean for External Relations, University of North Texas Libraries, Denton

  • Kathryn Siefker
    Exhibit Content Coordinator, The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin

  • Henry Crawford
    Curator of History, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock

  • Allen Lea
    Executive Director, McFaddin-Ward House, Beaumont

  • Sue Prudhomme
    Director, Museum of the Coastal Bend at The Victoria College, Victoria

  • Melissa Prycer
    Director of Education, Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas

  • Michael “Mikey” Sproat
    Curator of Education, Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Hunstville

TAM Staff

  • Ruth Ann Rugg, Executive Director
  • Sandy Sage, Program Associate
  • Donna Hoye, Conference Coordinator