2023
Speakers

Jevijoe Vitug
Senior Security Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jevijoe Vitug is a Senior Security Officer. He has been with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for four years. Vitug is a Philippine-born painter, performance artist, and community collaborator who lives and works in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from St. Scholastica’s College, Philippines, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. His projects have been presented in various exhibitions and venues, including “Shifting Sights/Sites: Re-imagining the Body and Place” at Center for Book Arts (2021); “Daydreamer’s Manifestation,” Vargas Museum, Philippines (2019); Museum Mile at The Africa Center and El Museo del Barrio (2019); “S.T.E.P.” at the Queens Museum (2018); and the staff art show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2017). Vitug is a recipient of several awards including the New York Foundation for the Arts’ City Artist Corps Grant (2021), The Laundromat Project Creative Action Fund (2021, 2020), Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant (2021, 2019), The Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Thirteen Artists Award (2006), Art Association of the Philippines Leo Benesa Award for Art Criticism and Most Outstanding Kapampangan Award (2003). Vitug has been an artist-in-residence at Flux Factory (2017) and The Laundromat Project’s Create Change Program (2019).
EVENTS
Day 2 |
Meet Your Moderators | Nikkia Morgan Bertha Ellis Terrell Wilson |
Day 1 |
Meet Your Moderators | Alia Davis Ronald Gaskins Terrell Wilson |
11 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. |
Welcome | Ron Cortez |
11 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. |
Welcome | Mark Wallace |
11:05 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. |
Introduction by Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian | Lonnie G. Bunch III |
11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. |
The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience | Samuel J. Redman |
11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. |
The Fire at Notre Dame: A Chronicle of the Restoration Process | Francesco Bandarin |
12:25 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. |
Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE): The Smithsonian’s First Central Collections Emergency Response Team | Melissa Miller Sam Snell |
12:25 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. |
Crime Deterrence and Forensic Traceable Liquids: Impacting Illicit Antiquities Trade | Alesia Koush |
1:10 p.m. – 1:55 p.m. |
Vulnerability Assessment Results and Risk Management Resources | Daniel (Dan) Genua Michael Stewart |
1:25 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. |
Locked Up With Art. How to Keep Your Visitors, Staff, and Collection Safe During a Lockdown | Kim Covent Wesley De Smet |
2:10 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Lightning Round: Innovative Physical Security and Staffing Techniques | Kim Beck Yasmine Vatere Ana Muñoz Sonya Barron Kim Hoffman Dan Bailey Rose Soldano |
2:10 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. |
Working With a Barrier Model in Our Fight Against Art Crime | Ibrahim Bulut Wesley De Smet |
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Conservation and Exhibit of Stolen Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” | Olivia Miller Ulrich Birkmaier |
3:10 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. |
Art of the Guardians: Curator Discussion and Employee Panel | Maureen Catbagan Lambert Fernando Ervin Hargett Sgt. Rosalind Hubbard Louisa Lam Emilie Lemakis Sgt. Will Palenscar Jevijoe Vitug |
3:45 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. |
Case Study: The MoMA Incident and Staff Wellness and Safety | Michelle Reugebrink Amanda Jones Tunji Adeniji Danny Platt |
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. |
Year in Review | Robert (Bob) Combs |
5:10 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
Closing | Mark Wallace |
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. |
Virtual Networking | |
5:10 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
Closing | Mark Wallace |
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. |
Virtual Networking |