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Author: Susana Smith Bautista
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.90cm
Weight: 0.336kg
ISBN: 9781538148983
ISBN 10: 1538148986
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 May 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Susana Smith Bautista distills one of the most difficult decisions a museum leader must make into a step-by-step, week-by-week, stakeholder-group-by-stakeholder-group master plan. Packed with templates, case studies, human centric considerations and personal care advice-- Bautista approaches the ultimate leadership challenge through the doors of empathy, transparency, and societal impact.--Melody Kanschat, executive director, MLI@CGU (Museum Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University)
Dr. Bautista provides a comprehensive resource for any museum facing potential closure and for those struggling through challenging times. She poses essential questions to navigate the daunting cross-currents of law, ethics, community responsibility, and social equity. This is a 'how-to manual' written with compassion, understanding, and hope.--John Wetenhall, director, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum Susana Smith Bautista distills one of the most difficult decisions a museum leader must make into a step-by-step, week-by-week, stakeholder-group-by-stakeholder-group master plan. Packed with templates, case studies, human centric considerations and personal care advice-- Bautista approaches the ultimate leadership challenge through the doors of empathy, transparency, and societal impact.--Melody Kanschat, executive director, MLI@CGU (Museum Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University)
Dr. Bautista provides a comprehensive resource for any museum facing potential closure and for those struggling through challenging times. She poses essential questions to navigate the daunting cross-currents of law, ethics, community responsibility, and social equity. This is a 'how-to manual' written with compassion, understanding, and hope. Susana Smith Bautista distills one of the most difficult decisions a museum leader must make into a step-by-step, week-by-week, stakeholder-group-by-stakeholder-group master plan. Packed with templates, case studies, human centric considerations and personal care advice-- Bautista approaches the ultimate leadership challenge through the doors of empathy, transparency, and societal impact.
Author Information
Susana Smith Bautista is a museum professional and art historian with almost 30 years of providing leadership and strategic guidance to museums and cultural institutions, and an art curator and critic of Latinx/Chicanx and Latin American art, having worked in Greece, New York, and Los Angeles. She served as executive director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and as interim deputy director and then director of public engagement at the USC Pacific Asia Museum. She was executive director of the Pasadena Museum of California Art when it closed permanently October 2018. Bautista received a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Southern California and a Master’s degree in art history/museum studies also from USC, graduating Phi Kappa Phi. She has also taught at USC Annenberg School of Communication and at Claremont Graduate University’s Arts Management Program. In March 2020 she participated in a panel discussion at the California Association of Museums on Stories of Museum Transformation and Failure, sharing the closure story of the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
