SEMC 2025 Technology Competition
2025 SEMC Technology Competition Chairs
Many thanks to the 2025 Technology
Competition Chairs and Jurors
Scott Warren (Chair), Historic Site Manager II, President James K. Polk State Historic Site, Pineville, NC
Scotty Almany (Co-Chair/Jury Foreman), Deputy Director of Operations and Project Management, Taubman Museum Of Art, Roanoke, VA
Joshua Watson, Chief Information Officer, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS
Faith Plazarin, Archivist and Records Manager, Jekyll Island Museum, Jekyll Island, GA
Isabelle Britto, Associate Curator, International African American Museum, Charleston, SC
Gallery Installation Winners
Under $1,000
SILVER: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center,
Noel Night Digital Sign
Gallery Installation Winners
$1,001–$4,999
GOLD: The Historic New Orleans Collection, Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans Oral History Table
SILVER: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Art in Bloom Digital Sign
Gallery Installation Winners
Over $10,000
GOLD: Hunter Museum of American Art,
Mansion Porch Interactive
SILVER: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Flying High, The Museum at 40 Digital Sign
Media Production Winners
Under $1,000
SILVER: The Historic New Orleans Collection,
“A Deliberate Retreat: New Orleans’ Shifting Jails” Video
Media Production Winners
$1,001–$4,999
GOLD: The Historic New Orleans Collection, Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans Lantern Video Projection
SILVER: Hunter Museum of American Art, “A Day in the Life” Video
BRONZE: Hunter Museum of American Art, Spectrum Sponsor Introductions
Media Production Winners
$5,000–$9,999
GOLD: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, Annual Director's Dinner Video Presentation: Artist Binh Danh
SILVER: Blowing Rock Museum of Art and History, The Hard Edge & The Soft Line: A Retrospective of Maud Gatewood Digital Catalog
Media Production Winners
Over $10,000
GOLD: Mississippi Museum of Art,
“Under Yazoo Clay” Podcast
Digital Education Winners
$1,001–$4,999
GOLD: The National WWII Museum,
Making Volunteer Training More Accessible
Digital Marketing Winners
Under $1,000
GOLD: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center,
I Heart My Museum E-Invite
SILVER: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Invisible Art for April Fool's Day
Digital Marketing Winners
$1,001 - $4,999
GOLD: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center,
Rockin' Clarksville Development Campaign
SILVER: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center,
Art in Bloom E-invite
Digital Marketing Winners
$5,000 - $9,999
GOLD: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center,
Blog
Digital Marketing Winners
Over $10,000
GOLD: The Historic New Orleans Collection, The Historic New Orleans Collection Website Redesign
SILVER: The Mint Museum,
The Mint Museum Store Website
BRONZE: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Pop the Bubbly at Flying High 2025 Development Campaign
Virtual Media Winners
Under $1,000
GOLD: Mississippi Department of Archives and History,
Freedom Summer Shorts Campaign
SILVER: The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, What's On The Menu: Destination Dining Instagram Reel
BRONZE: Georgia Museum of Art,
Instagram Slideshows
Virtual Media Winners
$1,001–$4,999
GOLD: The Historic New Orleans Collection, In Their Words: Captive State Incarceration Testimonials
SILVER: The Historic New Orleans Collection, Pham-Vu Family Journey: How One Family Made It Home
BRONZE: The Mint Museum, Southern/Modern Exhibition Social Media Campaign
Virtual Media Winners
Over $10,000
GOLD: Hunter Museum of American Art,
New Hunter Museum Website
SILVER: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University,
"The Curious" Student Awareness Campaign
SEMC 2025 Exhibition Competition
2025 SEMC Exhibition Competition Chair & Judges
Many thanks to the 2025 Exhibition
Competition Chair & Judges
Michelle Schulte (Chair), Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts
Jurors
Raka Nandi, Director of Exhibits and Collections, Memphis Museum of Science and History
Chase Tomlin, Associate Curator, The National WWII Museum
Barbara McClendon, Designer & Preparator, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
Natalie Mault Mead, Chief Curator, Huntsville Museum of Art
Under $10,000
GOLD: Moundville Archaeological Park, Learning from the Ancestors: Historical Influences on Contemporary Native Art
SILVER: Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Choose Your Own Adventure
BRONZE: Alabama Museum of Natural History, Excavating Erasure: Jefferson Davis Jackson
HONORABLE MENTION: Georgia Museum of Art, Waffle House Vistas
Under $25,000
GOLD: Historic Columbia,
Heat and Hardship: The Hidden Labor of Enslaved Cooks
SILVER: Historic New Orleans Collection, Unknown Sitters
BRONZE: Shadows-on-the-Teche,
A Picture, Unbroken
HONORABLE MENTION: Center for Puppetry Arts, Affectionate Anarchy: Creating with Jim Henson
Over $25,000
GOLD: Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum, At the Table
SILVER: Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, The Hard Edge & The Soft Line: A Retrospective of Maud Gatewood
BRONZE: Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University, Save One Life: Resistance During the Holocaust
HM: Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience, Inc., Thank You Please Come Again: How Gas Stations Feed & Fuel the American South
Over $100,000
Gold: Historic New Orleans Collection, Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration
SILVER: The Columbus Museum, Chattahoochee Rhythms
BRONZE: Artis—Naples, Entangled in the Mangroves: Florida Everglades Through Installation
HONORABLE MENTION: The Mint Museum of Art, Southern/Modern: Rediscovering Southern Art from the First Half of the Twentieth Century
SEMC 2025 Publication Competition
SEMC 2025 Publication Competition Chair & Judges
Many thanks to the 2025 Publication
Competition Chair & Judges
Christian Edwards (Chair), Assistant Keeper, North Carolina Collection Gallery
2025 Jurors
Linda Jacobson, Keeper, NC Collection Gallery, UNC
Rachel Reynolds, Exhibitions Coordinator, Wilson Library, UNC
Annika Dunja, UNC Senior, Media & Journalism / Business Administration Major
Claire Scott Stevens, UNC Senior, Public Policy Major
Annual Reports
GOLD: Scott Family Amazeum, Growing Curiosity: 2023-2024 Impact Report
SILVER: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts at Auburn University, 2024 Year in Review
BRONZE: Alexandria Museum of Art, AMoA Annual Report 2024
Books and Catalogues
GOLD: Mississippi Museum of Art, Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South
SILVER: North Carolina Museum of Art, Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention
BRONZE: Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, A Walk on the Wildside: '70s New York in the Norman E. Fisher Collection
Brochures & Rack Cards
GOLD: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Exhibitions Brochures
SILVER: Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, Feel the Beat: Rhythm, Music and Movement Rack Card
BRONZE: The Breman Museum, Where Y'all get it Chutzpah Brochure
Campaigns
GOLD: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts at Auburn University, Annual Director's Dinner
SILVER: Hunter Museum of American Art, Terrace at Twilight: A Night in the Garden Campaign
BRONZE: Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art Rebranding Campaign
BRONZE: LSU Museum of Art at the Shaw Center for the Arts, Geaux See Art - Museum Geauxer Campaign
Gallery Guides
Gold: Hunter Museum of American Art, City as Canvas: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong Collection Family Guide
Silver: Hunter Museum of American Art, Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes Family Guide
Bronze: The Mint Museum, Women of Land and Smoke: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Maya Goded Exhibition Booklet
Invitations
GOLD: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, New Exhibits Reception Invitations
SILVER: The Mint Museum, The Mint Museum Coveted Couture Gala Invitation
BRONZE: The Marco Island Historical Society, Saturday Night Fever: A Disco Extravaganza Gala Invitation
Magazines & Newsletters
GOLD: Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, Facet Newsletter
SILVER: LSU Museum of Art at the Shaw Center for the Arts, Art Talk Newsletter
BRONZE: The Mint Museum, Inspired, The Mint Museum Magazine
Mailers & Calendars of Events
GOLD: The Mint Museum,
School and Tour Programs
SILVER: Drayton Hall Preservation Trust,
Appeal Mailer
BRONZE: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Sundays at 3:00
Posters
GOLD: Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Juneteenth Storytime & Craft Poster
SILVER: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2025 Mississippi Makers Fest Poster
BRONZE: Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, The Snowflake Special Experience Poster
2025 S.W.I.M. Winners and Projects
SEMC 2025 S.W.I.M. Competition Chairs
Many thanks to the 2025 Student Work in Museums (S.W.I.M.)
Competition Chairs
Lana Burgess (Chair), Clinical Professor, Art and History and Museum Studies, Faculty Curator, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Katy Malone (Chair), Curator of Academic Programs, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TX
2025 S.W.I.M. Winners and Projects
The Cost of Education: An Analysis of Financial Transactions of Enslavement at the University of Alabama
By:
Ansel Smith
Gorgas House Museum
The University of Alabama
2025 S.W.I.M. Winners and Projects
Rural Economic Accessibility in Museum Spaces
By:
Paige Perrymen
Old Alabama Town,
Auburn University
2025 S.W.I.M. Winners and Projects
Reclaiming Context: Teaching Collections, Machine Gaze, and Curatorial Justice
By:
Daniela Rivera
University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University,
Florida Atlantic University
2025 S.W.I.M. Winners and Projects
Changing Stations: The Multidisciplinary Nature of Work in a Small Museum
By:
Gloria Sipper
SIGNALS Museum of Information Explosion,
University of Alabama, Huntsville
2025 S.W.I.M. Winners and Projects
The Jule (Taylor's Version)
By:
Eleanor Hickman
The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University,
Auburn University