This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats with Dana Hawkins-Simons, Director of Development & CommunicationsMontclair Early Music. In this episode, they discuss the upcoming Medieval Fest coming to MAM,  the intersection of renaissance and baroque music and museums, and the importance of supporting local nonprofits.

Recorded on 08/08/2025

Buy tickets to Medieval Fest here—https://www.montclairearlymusic.org/events/medievalfest-2024

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats with Georgette Gilmore, Engagement Editor at Montclair Local. In this episode, they discuss the importance of reporting on the art world, how journalists should be approaching the arts, and the impact of reporting, about the arts and beyond, on the local level.

EDITORIAL NOTE:

This episode was recorded on 08/01/2025 and refrences the removal of President Trump's impeachments from a Smithsonian exhibition. Upon release of this episode the Gaurdian and other news outlets have since reported that the Smithsonian, "will restore Trump impeachment exhibits in ‘coming weeks’".

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM. In this episode, they discuss recent headlines in the art world including how a Jackson Pollock painting failed to sell at auction, and that another million dollar bananna was eaten while on view in an exhibition in France.

Recorded on 07/24/2025

This week on "Maybe, Actually, Museums Are for Me," Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), sits down for a conversation with friend and artist Katie Truk (@ktruk on Instagram). Katie creates dynamic fiber sculptures using pantyhose and is the perfect person to talk about abstraction. In this episode, Alex and Katie dive into what abstract art really is, how to perceive and approach it for the first time, and the wide range of artwork that is often labeled (or mislabeled) as abstract.

You can see a video of Katie at work in her studio here: https://youtu.be/v372zahTlgQ?si=Vn9gUZ7CHgyeRpr6

Recorded on 07/22/2025

Join Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), as he sits down again with Audrey Roclore, MAM's Curatorial Assistant to discuss the purpose of gallery rotations, how a show closing informs what replaces it, working closely with artists, and what new is coming for the Montclair Art Museum in the fall.

Episode recorded on 07/15/2025

This episode of "Maybe, Actually, Museums are for me," is a little different. While Alex is busy prepping upcoming episodes, we thought we’d talk about what to expect for the show this summer, and re-air our very first episode for new listeners of the show who may not have heard the episode which started it all.

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM. In this episode, they answer some more burning questions asked by our listeners. They chat about things like how curatorial get large artworks into the Museum? Why MAM staffers choice to work in the arts and museum industry? And what are some museum recommendations in the Northeast?

Recorded on 07/01/2025

Join Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), as he sits down with Katherine Woodward, MAM's Assistant Registrar to discuss the purpose and importance of loaning artwork, why museums do it, how it happens, and what works of MAM's are on view elsewhere in the world.

Recorded on 06/17/2025

This week, Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM), chats again with his colleague Melissa Casale, Digital Marketing Manager at MAM. In this episode the two cover the recent breaking news that the Louvre's staff has gone on strike in protest against overcrowding, lacking infastructure, and understaffing. They also discuss, without any influence or experience in museum design, how they would address some of the presented concerns.

Recorded on 06/17/2025

This week on "Maybe, Actually, Museums Are for Me," Alex Pavljuk, Digital Content Strategist at the Montclair Art Museum (MAM) is flying solo, talking about the imporance of public programs, the Museum's first-ever Food Truck Fest & Cocktail Crawl, and why community is so vital in the genetic make up of cultural institutions big and small.

Recorded on 06/10/2025