[Nhcoll-l] Introduction to Grant Writing and Fundraising online course begins May 6

[helen at collectioncare.org]

MS 302: Introduction to Grant Wiriting and Fundraising
Instructor: Helen Alten
Dates: May 6 to May 31, 2013
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Strapped for cash? Can't see how you can implement
collections preservation ideas when you can't pay the light
bill? This workshop introduces funding options for a range
of collections care needs. The class combines lecture and
practicum sessions. Students will learn about different
forms of fund raising, how to find funding sources for
their institution, how to write successful proposals and
how to build on success. Each student will complete a draft
grant request before the end of the class.

Logistics:
Participants in Introduction to Grant Writing and
Fundraising work at individual paces through seven
sections. Instructor Helen Alten is available at scheduled
times during the course for email support. Resources
include forums and scheduled online chats, PowerPoint
lectures, reading materials and lecture notes and links to
relevant web sites.

Introduction to Grant Wiriting and Fundraising runs four
weeks. To learn more about the course, go to
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have
trouble please contact Helen Alten at
helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Helen Alten, is the Director of Northern States
Conservation Center and its chief Objects Conservator. For
nearly 30 years she has been involved in objects
conservation, starting as a pre-program intern at the
Oriental Institute in Chicago and the University Museum of
the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a degree in
Archaeological Conservation and Materials Science from the
Institute of Archaeology at the University of London in
England. She has built and run conservation laboratories in
Bulgaria, Montana, Greece, Alaska and Minnesota. She has a
broad understanding of three-dimensional materials and
their deterioration, wrote and edited the quarterly
Collections Caretaker, maintains the popular
www.collectioncare.org web site, lectures throughout the
United States on collection care topics, was instrumental
in developing a state-wide protocol for disaster response
in small Minnesota museums, has written, received and
reviewed grants for NEH and IMLS, worked with local
foundations funding one of her pilot programs, and is
always in search of the perfect museum mannequin. She has
published chapters on conservation and deterioration of
archeological glass with the Materials Research Society and
the York Archaeological Trust, four chapters on different
mannequin construction techniques in Museum Mannequins: A
Guide for Creating the Perfect Fit (2002), preservation
planning, policies, forms and procedures needed for a small
museum in The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums'
Collection Initiative Manual, and is co-editor of the
penultimate book on numbering museum collections (still in
process) by the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma. Helen Alten
has been a Field Education Director, Conservator, and staff
trainer. She began working with people from small, rural,
and tribal museums while as the state conservator for
Montana and Alaska. Helen currently conducts conservation
treatments and operates a conservation center in
Charleston, WV and St. Paul, MN.

Helen Alten
Director
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org