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LABOR ARTS NEWS
Maryland-based Bethesda Game Studio unionizes
Employees at Bethesda Game Studios have voted to unionize with the Communications Workers of America. The workers, who include 241 developers, signed a union authorization card or indicated they wanted union representation. Microsoft recognized the union, making it the first wall-to-wall union at a Microsoft video game studio. Read more »
Rosie gets a gold medal
A long-overdue tribute was paid to the iconic “Rosie the Riveter” and the millions of resilient women who worked on the WWII home front when Rosies were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on April 10, at the United States Capitol. Read more in the latest issue of THE RIVETER from the Rosie the Riveter Trust
Dereck Stafford Mangus, Beloved Baltimore Artist and Museum Guard, Dies at 46
Dereck Stafford Mangus, a beloved Baltimore-based artist, writer, and cultural worker, passed away on Sunday, July 7 at the age of 46. Mangus worked as a museum guard as well as a prolific, award-winning writer. He leaves behind a vast collection of essays and reviews at Hyperallergic, Artblog, the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) Full Bleed, BmoreArt, and Frieze, where he was the 2018 winner of the Frieze Writer’s Prize. After experiencing a successful workers union at the Harvard Art Museums, Mangus helped guide the effort toward unionization at the BMA in 2022. – Cara Ober, Hyperallergic; photo: Guarding the Art curators, with Dereck Mangus standing fourth from left next to BMA Director Asma Naeem (photo courtesy the Baltimore Museum of Art) Read more >>
What to See at 5 Top Art Museums? We Asked Guards for Their Favorite Works
The New York Times asked five guards at five of the world’s most renowned museums to share their favorite pieces, and why. They find them deeply meaningful, and you might too. Read more >> photo by Emilie Lemakis
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