Next Members' Meetup

Everyone connected to NEMO member organisations are invited to join the next NEMO Members’ Meetup to share updates, discuss recent projects, and connect with peers. These informal sessions also offer an opportunity for peer learning through short presentations delivered by fellow members.

The next NEMO Members’ Meetup will take place on Monday 13 April from 11:00-12:00 CEST. We will meet online via Zoom.

  • No registration is needed. We will share the Zoom link per email. Please include the link in your calendar or join us directly. 
  • If you have any questions or didn't receive the link, please get in touch with office@ne-mo.org.

This session will focus on how museums can collaborate and work together to foster wellbeing, resilience, and connection. Participants will gain insights into cross-border collaboration, discover how museum-based art psychotherapy can support mental health, and learn about NEMO’s newly established Working Group on Resilience and Care. The Meetup also highlights cultural resilience in practice, with perspectives from a Ukrainian museum and opportunities for open discussion and exchange with speakers and among members.

Programme

11:00

Welcome

Introductions and agenda of the meeting.

Moderated by Hanna Belz, NEMO Project Officer

11:05

Building mindful and connected museums: Insights from the Balkan Museum Network

Aida Vežić, Secretary General Balkan Museum Network

Aida will introduce the Balkan Museum Network, its members, and how they collaborate. She will also provide an overview of key themes and current priorities for museums across the region. As part of illustrating how the Network supports its members and strengthens cross-border cooperation, Aida will present the objectives and outcomes of the Headley Southeast European Cultural Heritage Fund, which the Network manages. She will also highlight one of the Networks' current cross-border projects, which deals with digital wellbeing and audience engagement.

11:15

Art, healing and museums. Presenting the latest NEMO publication

Brina Casey, Education Manager: Special Projects, and Sinéad Rice, Head of Education & Public Programming, National Gallery of Ireland 

The authors of the NEMO publication on museum‑based art psychotherapy will introduce the publication and its key messages. “Art, healing and museums. Exploring museum‑based art psychotherapy practices with a focus on the No Words programme at the National Gallery of Ireland”, commissioned by the NEMO’s Working Group LEM – The Learning Museum, was published in December 2025 and explores how museums can support mental health and care, with a spotlight on No Words, the Gallery’s pioneering museum‑based art psychotherapy programme.

11:30

Building resilient and caring museums: Get to know NEMO’s new working group

Presented by the leaders of the NEMO Working Group Resilience and Care: Olivia Braun, Museum Development and Structural Planning Unit, and Elfi Carle, Officer for Cultural Participation, Landesmuseum Württemberg 

The leaders of the NEMO Working Group Resilience and Care will introduce their goals for the new established working group and tell us about the upcoming study visit, taking place from 10-11 June in Stuttgart, Germany.

11:40

Building cultural resilience: The Korsak Museum's projects + first impressions of being a NEMO Trial Member

Sandra Baranovska, Manager of the Korsak Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art 

Representing one of the 2026 NEMO Trial members, Sandra Baranovska will give a brief presentation and introduce the work of the Korsak Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art.

11:50

Open discussion and exchange

Ask the speakers questions and share your perspective and comments in the open discussion.

12:00

End of Members' Meetup

The Members' Meetup is planned to take place three times per year. If you would be interested to deliver a 15-minute presentation in the next session, get in touch with office@ne-mo.org.

We ask all participants to respect each other’s privacy, especially if sharing sensitive information and personal experiences. In accordance to NEMO' Code of Conduct, please be reminded that information received and everything said at NEMO events can be cited and shared, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) may be revealed nor attributed to keep discussions safer and authentic.