<![CDATA[Museums Are People ]]>A show about the people who actually make museums run. Museum educator Lauren Baccus asks registrars, preparators, security officers, and educators what they do all day, how they got in, and what nobody tells you. Her co-host and niece Sejuti is six. New episodes every other week.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:16:58 GMTMon, 14 Sep 2026 05:53:05 GMT60Lauren Baccus<p>A show about the people who actually make museums run. Museum educator Lauren Baccus asks registrars, preparators, security officers, and educators what they do all day, how they got in, and what nobody tells you. Her co-host and niece Sejuti is six. New episodes every other week.</p>episodicLauren Baccuslaurenlissette@gmail.comno<![CDATA[What Does a Vitality Arts Coordinator Do? With Nicole Combeau]]>Museums spend enormous effort getting people in the door young. Nicole Combeau’s job is to keep those folks engaged as older adults.

Vitality Arts programs are skill-building art workshops for adults 55 and older, sustained courses taught by working artists, where participants actually get better at something over weeks. Nicole Combeau coordinates them, which means recruiting teaching artists, designing the curriculum, making the room work for a range of bodies and abilities, and advocating for a population most arts programming treats as an audience rather than as makers.

Sejuti is back from her wellness break and has thoughts.

Find Nicole at @beau_nicole

Museums Are People is hosted by Lauren Baccus with Sejuti. New episodes every other week. Follow the show wherever you listen, and leave a rating

]]>7b805db5-e057-450d-9e5b-be0b8b23427cTue, 13 Oct 2026 01:17:16 GMT<p>Museums spend enormous effort getting people in the door young. Nicole Combeau’s job is to keep those folks engaged as older adults. </p><p>Vitality Arts programs are skill-building art workshops for adults 55 and older, sustained courses taught by working artists, where participants actually get better at something over weeks. Nicole Combeau coordinates them, which means recruiting teaching artists, designing the curriculum, making the room work for a range of bodies and abilities, and advocating for a population most arts programming treats as an audience rather than as makers.</p><p>Sejuti is back from her wellness break and has thoughts.</p><p>Find Nicole at @beau_nicole</p><p>Museums Are People is hosted by Lauren Baccus with Sejuti. New episodes every other week. Follow the show wherever you listen, and leave a rating </p>no00:40:44What Does a Vitality Arts Coordinator Do? With Nicole Combeaufull<![CDATA[What Does an Institutional Giving Manager Do? With Alexandra Fields O'Neale]]>Ticket sales cover almost none of what a museum costs to run.

So who pays for it? Someone whose entire job is asking. Episode 2 is with Alexandra Fields O'Neale, an Institutional Giving Manager. We talk about her career path, the creative aspects of fundraising, and how her artistic practice influences her museum work.

Link to work installed at MOCA North Miami
Bound//Unbound, 2024
https://www.mocanomi.org/posts/alexandra-fields-oneale---bound-unbound-2


]]>0f9b21d7-89f8-4a1c-82de-eacb83a26a10Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Ticket sales cover almost none of what a museum costs to run.</p><p>So who pays for it? Someone whose entire job is asking. Episode 2 is with Alexandra Fields O'Neale, an Institutional Giving Manager. We talk about<a href="https://museumsarepeople.riverside.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> her career path, the creative aspects of fundraising, and how her artistic practice influences her museum work.</a><br /><br />Link to work installed at MOCA North Miami<br />Bound//Unbound, 2024<br /><a href="https://www.mocanomi.org/posts/alexandra-fields-oneale---bound-unbound-2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.mocanomi.org/posts/alexandra-fields-oneale---bound-unbound-2</a></p><p><br /></p>no00:26:3012What Does an Institutional Giving Manager Do? With Alexandra Fields O'Nealefull<![CDATA[What Does an Art Handler Do? With Jethro Gedeon]]>

Art handlers are the people with their hands on the art. They unpack the crates, build the mounts, hang the work, and move it through storage and largely go unseen by the public.

Jethro Gedeon does it.

We talk about how he got into the field, what he wishes people understood about the work, and get real about getting paid in his field.

Find Jethro at @jet_da_artist.


Museums Are People is hosted by Lauren Baccus with Sejuti. New episodes every Tuesday.

Follow the show wherever you listen, and leave a rating.

Instagram: @museumsarepeople

Work in a museum and want to be on the show? Get in touch.

]]>7c7bb9cc-4ec0-4e1a-80fd-0593258b73f1Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT<p></p><blockquote><p>Art handlers are the people with their hands on the art. They unpack the crates, build the mounts, hang the work, and move it through storage and largely go unseen by the public.<br /></p><p>Jethro Gedeon does it. </p><p></p><p>We talk about how he got into the field, what he wishes people understood about the work, and get real about getting paid in his field.</p><p>Find Jethro at @jet_da_artist.</p><p><br /><i>Museums Are People</i> is hosted by Lauren Baccus with Sejuti. New episodes every Tuesday.</p><p>Follow the show wherever you listen, and leave a rating.<br /></p><p>Instagram: @museumsarepeople<br /></p><p>Work in a museum and want to be on the show? Get in touch.<br /></p></blockquote>no01:13:1611What Does an Art Handler Do? With Jethro Gedeonfull<![CDATA[Introducing: Museums Are People]]>Every exhibition you've walked through was built by a person. Somebody unpacked the crate. Somebody chose the wall color. Somebody stood in that gallery for eight hours making sure nobody touched anything.

Museums Are People is a show about the people who actually make museums run: registrars, preparators, security officers, conservators, educators, curators. Museum educator Lauren Baccus asks them what they do all day, how they got in, and what nobody tells you.

Her co-host Sejuti is six, and has some ideas

First two episodes out Tuesday, September 15. New episodes every other week after that.

Follow now so you don't miss the launch.

Instagram: @museumpsarepeople

]]>https://rss.com/podcasts/museums-are-people/313226905a44fa6-50bc-4d51-b6f2-66d2a27ca24cTue, 08 Sep 2026 00:17:36 GMT<p>Every exhibition you've walked through was built by a person. Somebody unpacked the crate. Somebody chose the wall color. Somebody stood in that gallery for eight hours making sure nobody touched anything.</p><p><i>Museums Are People</i> is a show about the people who actually make museums run: registrars, preparators, security officers, conservators, educators, curators. Museum educator Lauren Baccus asks them what they do all day, how they got in, and what nobody tells you.</p><p>Her co-host Sejuti is six, and has some ideas</p><p><b>First two episodes out Tuesday, September 15. New episodes every other week after that.</b></p><p>Follow now so you don't miss the launch.</p><p>Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/museumsarepeople/" target="_blank">@museumpsarepeople</a></p>no00:03:111Introducing: Museums Are Peopletrailer