WAM 17
12/13/14 June 2017 @ Riga, Latvia. For 3 days, we become the center of the museum ecosystem where we facilitate vital connections between practitioners, entrepreneurs and game changers to help museums become future ready. Come and join us!
12/13/14 June 2017 @ Riga, Latvia. For 3 days, we become the center of the museum ecosystem where we facilitate vital connections between practitioners, entrepreneurs and game changers to help museums become future ready. Come and join us!
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Mirjam Wenzel
Country
Company
Jewish Museum Frankfurt (DE)
Job title
Director
Interests
About me
Dr. Mirjam Wenzel is director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.
From 2007-2015 she was Head of Digital and Publishing at the Jewish Museum Berlin and responsible for conveying German-Jewish history in print and online publications, digital media applications and installations. Mirjam Wenzel studied comparative literature, theatre and political science in Berlin, Tel Aviv and Munich. She was working as a research assistant at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and as a freelance curator for contemporary art. Wenzel has published widely on Holocaust representation, critical theory and German-Jewish cultural history and is the author of the book “Gericht und Gedächtnis: Der deutschsprachige Holocaust-Diskurs der sechziger Jahre” (Göttingen 2009).
Tony Guillan
Country
Company
Imperial War Museums, UK.
Job title
Senior Producer of Public Engagement & Learning
Interests
About me
Tony Guillan, formerly managing producer of the IK Prize for digital innovation at Tate, now Senior Producer of Public Engagement & Learning at Imperial War Museums, UK.
Tony Guillan is a visual arts curator, writer and producer. He has worked as Multimedia Producer for Tate in London where he managed the IK Prize, a platform for innovating the way we access and experience art, generating new projects that use digital technology to explore the Tate collection.
He has a background in art history and is interested in the impact of digital technologies on art, culture and society.
Bernadine Brocker
Country
Company
Vastari
Job title
CEO
Interests
About me
The whole Vastari team believes in transparency within the museum world, to facilitate international collaborations, raise awareness and stimulate new, sustainable way to attract audiences.
Winners of TheNextWomen’s Startup Pitch 2015, Bernadine Brocker founded Vastari 5 years ago, with the idea to connect collectors with museums for exhibition loans. This initial proposition has grown into something much, much bigger.
Founded in London, the Vastari platforms have been developed to allow anonymous and secure communication between collaborating institutions worldwide, while also building links to private collectors and venues who are interested in museum exhibitions.
Bernadine is a member of the Professional Advisors of the International Art Market, Sandbox Network and the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars, and a mentor at the Founder Institute.
Martijn Pronk
Country
Company
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Job title
Head of Digital Communications
Interests
About me
Housing the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world, as well as hundreds of drawings and letters, the museum inspires and enriches people by making Vincent’s life and work and the art of his time accessible to everybody. The Digital Communications team is working on the museum’s website and digital products and services and is responsible for social media. Digital is crucial in the museum’s ambition to connect the world to Vincent, the most famous of all Dutch artists. To expand on its position among digital front runners in cultural heritage, the Van Gogh Museum is currently developing a new digital strategy.
Before coming to the Van Gogh Museum, Martijn worked as Head of Digital and Publishing at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where he lead the development of the award-winning Rijksstudio concept.
Martijn is a member of the Europeana Foundation Governing Board and the jury of the Best Social Media Awards
