News
On May Day, Celebrating Baltimore’s Union Victories
Like the National Labor Union in 1866, the Walters Art Museum union lit a fuse that ignited a labor movement boom across Baltimore’s cultural institutions.
Dereck Mangus
Opinion
We Wanted a More “Punk” Exhibition; The Museum Said No
Dereck Stafford Mangus reflects on Guarding the Art, an exhibition curated by security guards at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Art
Hip Hop and the Machine
Rap Research Lab continues what hip hop has been doing for the past half century: playfully rearranging the words, sounds, and textures of postwar American pop music.
Opinion
Enough With the Selfies; Look at the Art
Museum guard Dereck Stafford Mangus urges museumgoers to put their phones down, just for a minute.
Art
Kei Ito Traces Tragedy and Mourning
Ito's rubbings and multimedia works are traces of a global tragedy still imprinted in the memories of Americans more than two decades later.
Opinion
Museum Rentals Are a Recipe for Disaster
This is what happens when boozed-up patrons party next to priceless mosaics, statues, and vases.
Opinion
That Moment When You Win Your Museum's Union Election
"A fine mist filled my eyes and I caught myself holding back the tears," writes Dereck Stafford Mangus, an artist and a security guard at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Opinion
Why We Need Unions at Art Museums
A colleague once told me “You live better when you work in a union, especially in an art museum because you work for elitists.”
Opinion
Can an Exhibition Selected by Museum Guards Address Inequality at Museums?
Guarding the Art has the chance to become the model for how museums honor and respect the dignity of their guards moving forward.