Randi Evans, manager of public practice and community partnerships
The Jule extends our congratulations to our Manager of Public Practice and Community Partnerships, Randi Evans, for being selected to participate in the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC)’s 2025 Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI).
JIMI is an 8-day immersive experience for a select, 20-member cohort of emerging museum professionals seeking to broaden their understanding of museum operations to advance to management or leadership roles in the overall museum field. Participants learn best practices across both visitor-facing and behind-the-scenes work. Held at Villa Ospo in the Jekyll Island Historic District in Jekyll Island, Georgia, the Institute provides its cohort with an overview and better understanding of various roles within a museum that work together toward the function of the overall institution.
As manager of public practice and community partnerships, Evans has built relationships between Auburn’s art museum and a variety of community organizations, organizing public programming opportunities for the Auburn University community and the surrounding area. Most recently, she led the inaugural Museum in Motion initiative, Sew Their Names, a partnership between Auburn’s art museum and the Mt. Willing Quilters that aims to honor the erased and forgotten lives of enslaved people of Alabama through the stitching of names into commemorative quilts.
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About The Jule
Located at a nationally ranked land grant institution committed to interdisciplinary research and an elevated student experience, The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University advances meaningful creative scholarship, outreach and education through the study and stewardship of art objects. Since 2003, the museum has cared for the over 3,000 objects that comprise the university art collection, grounded in American modernism and spanning the 17th to 21st centuries. With regularly changing exhibitions, artist residencies and scholarly forums, The Jule champions art and cultural inquiry across disciplines to instill lifelong learning, improve relationships and cultural understanding, and inspire curiosity and wellbeing. Admission is free. Visit jcsm.auburn.edu for more information.
About the Southeastern Museums Conference:
The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), a nonprofit membership organization, is an association of museums, museum staff, independent professionals and corporate partners. We focus on the Southeastern United State including: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands.
SEMC works to:
- Provide educational and professional development opportunities
- Improve the interchange of ideas and information
- Encourage respect and collegiality
The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming conference experience for everyone. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form.
For more information about the Southeastern Museums Conference, visit https://www.semcdirect.net/
