Acknowledging 2025 AAMG Conference Contributors
Hosting an event of the scale and impact of the 2025 Association of Academic Museum and Galleries (AAMG) Annual Conference was no small undertaking, made possible only through the dedication and hard work of countless individuals and organizations. We thank everyone who contributed, and we extend our gratitude to the following (apologies to anyone we have inadvertently overlooked):
- Arif Khan, UNMAM Director, and University of Iowa’s Liz Crooks, Pentacrest Museums Director — Conference Co-Chairs
- Deb Haaland, Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and New Mexico gubernatorial candidate
- Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Founder and Artistic Director, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
We especially recognize the following individuals and groups who managed countless details and logistics to ensure the conference ran smoothly.
AAMG
- Alexandra Chamberlain, AAMG Director of Operations
- Katie Farkas, AAMG Coordinator
UNM
- River Moore, Manager of Sales and Events, UNM Student Union Building
- Brandon McDaniel, Production Services Manager, Popejoy Hall
- Rachel Kaldveer, Operations & Patron Services Manager, Popejoy Hall
- Daniel Linver, Marketing and Programming Specialist, Popejoy Hall
- Jaime Tillotson, Admin Assistant to the Dean, UNM College of Fine Arts
- Kathy Batt, Event Planning, UNM Parking & Transportation Services
- UNM Office of the Provost
- UNM College of Fine Arts Dean’s Office
- UNM Office of the President
- UNM Catering
UNM Museum Council
- The University of New Mexico Art Museum
- Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
- Museum of Southwestern Biology
- UNM Paleo
- Institute of Meteoritics
- Tamarind Institute
- UNM Museum Studies
AAMG 2025 guests get a peek at an upcoming exhibit for Valles Caldera at Ideum
Albuquerque Museums
- Albuquerque Museum of Art
- National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
Santa Fe Excursions and Partners
- Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer, Curator of Collections, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
- Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
- Museum of International Folk Art
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
- NM Department of Cultural Affairs Museum Resources Division
- NM Department of Cultural Affairs
Conference Planning Committee
- Dalina Perdomo Alvarez
- Kimberly Datchuk
- Isra El-Beshir
- Devin E. Geraci
- Gabriel Harrison
- Rymer Hewitt
- Shereena Honary
- Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer
- Lynne Maphies
- Keidra Daniels Navaroli
- Danielle Raad
- Britt Royer
Keynote and Conference Support
- Stefan Jennings Batista, Photographer
- Goiyo Perez and Halcyon Vision
- Chris and Michelle Mann, Fresko Mediterranean Fusion
Conference Sponsors
The 2025 AAMG Annual Conference would not have been possible without generous sponsor support. Thank you!
Keynote
- Bloomberg Connects
- Ideum
Diamond
- Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
- Institute of American Indian Arts
Maroon
- art2art Circulating Exhibitions
- Gaylord Archival
- Pentacrest Museums
- Cultural Strategy Partners
- MediaDesk
- Christie’s
- Conserv.io
- Texas Heritage Museum, Hill College
- University Products
- MSU Broad Art Museum
- Collector Systems
- Goose Pen Press
- QuickTales
- UNM Museum Studies
- Artwork Archive
Bronze
- Berstein and Associates NAGPRA Consultants
- ERCO
- Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
- MuseumExchange
- Hood Museum of Art
- GuestCurator Traveling Exhibitions
- Houser Walker Architecture
- Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped make the 2025 AAMG Conference a meaningful, memorable and truly collaborative celebration of academic museums and galleries.