Paul Orselli returns in October to Bulgaria, with colleagues Christina Ferwerda and Jamie Lawyer, as a lead instructor in the week-long MUSE Academy.

The America for Bulgaria Foundation established the MUSE Academy to improve museum attendance and visitor engagement in Bulgarian museums and galleries and to encourage creativity in museum interpretation and storytelling. The Academy allows professionals from across Bulgaria to network, exchange ideas, knowledge, and skills, and work on building a supportive professional community. Participants are actively involved in practical exercises and real-life case studies from museums across the country.

To find out more, visit the MUSE Academy website.

Anne Butterfield helped five clients to successful IMLS proposals in the agency’s last round of museum grants. The funded organizations are the Association of African American Museums, the Cape Ann Museum (pictured), the Clark Atlanta University Museum, the Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, and the Woodson African American Museum. Projects funded range from advanced leadership training for museum directors, the planning and implementation of a museum-wide Native American Initiative, creation of a collections manager position, inaugurating a new school field trip program, and exhibition planning for a new museum site.