Category Archives: Bookshelf
Do Museum Educators Still Have Time to Read Books?
While many of you may immediately be thinking “heck no … I never have time to read,” the answer is actually YES. And to prove it, ArtMuseumTeaching.com is launching a new Online Book Club. As educators and museum professionals, keeping
Do Museum Educators Still Have Time to Read Books?
While many of you may immediately be thinking “heck no … I never have time to read,” the answer is actually YES. And to prove it, ArtMuseumTeaching.com is launching a new Online Book Club. As educators and museum professionals, keeping
Bookshelf: The Exemplary Museum – Art and Academia
In The Exemplary Museum: Art and Academia, Corrine Glesne takes a far-reaching survey of the state of academic art museums throughout the United States, primarily by means of detailed interviews with the diverse makeup of these museums’ constituents, including directors,
Bookshelf: The Exemplary Museum – Art and Academia
In The Exemplary Museum: Art and Academia, Corrine Glesne takes a far-reaching survey of the state of academic art museums throughout the United States, primarily by means of detailed interviews with the diverse makeup of these museums’ constituents, including directors,
Reflecting on Our Radical Roots
REVIEW: Progressive Museum Practice: John Dewey and Democracy by George Hein During an election cycle it is difficult to turn on the television, read the newspaper or listen to the radio without a candidate or pundit talking about democracy and
Reflecting on Our Radical Roots
REVIEW: Progressive Museum Practice: John Dewey and Democracy by George Hein During an election cycle it is difficult to turn on the television, read the newspaper or listen to the radio without a candidate or pundit talking about democracy and
Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content
“Often I set up a platform and ask a question, in one way or another, and then invite people to come in. It’s a conversation, a call and response.” -Keetra Dean Dixon, interview by authors (2010) Museums are often all
Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content
“Often I set up a platform and ask a question, in one way or another, and then invite people to come in. It’s a conversation, a call and response.” -Keetra Dean Dixon, interview by authors (2010) Museums are often all
Book Spine Poetry: Museum Edition
The charismatic chaos of museums, captured in book spines. While I just missed National Poetry Month, I wanted to play with an idea I encountered from Maria Popova on her always creative, interesting, and well-worth-reading site Brain Pickings. During April
Book Spine Poetry: Museum Edition
The charismatic chaos of museums, captured in book spines. While I just missed National Poetry Month, I wanted to play with an idea I encountered from Maria Popova on her always creative, interesting, and well-worth-reading site Brain Pickings. During April
Move Closer: An Intimate Philosophy of Art
“When contemplating a work of art one of the key questions ought to be: `What is this to me?’ This is asked not in the sceptical tone it sometimes takes, implying `And I think it’s pretty irrelevant to me really,’
Move Closer: An Intimate Philosophy of Art
“When contemplating a work of art one of the key questions ought to be: `What is this to me?’ This is asked not in the sceptical tone it sometimes takes, implying `And I think it’s pretty irrelevant to me really,’
Third Mind: Creative Writing through Visual Art
“Listening to works of art and participating in a conversation with them can produce exciting and shifting responses in each of us: poems, stories, self-portraits, essays, and other creative works are generated that ‘talk back’ to the visual stimulus.” (xv)
Third Mind: Creative Writing through Visual Art
“Listening to works of art and participating in a conversation with them can produce exciting and shifting responses in each of us: poems, stories, self-portraits, essays, and other creative works are generated that ‘talk back’ to the visual stimulus.” (xv)
