Toward an Even More Participatory Culture in Art Museums
“The value of museums begins and ends with the relationship with our visitors. It’s a contract that is renewed each and every time they engage with us, and if we don’t live up to it, we will be usurped.” —
Toward an Even More Participatory Culture in Art Museums
“The value of museums begins and ends with the relationship with our visitors. It’s a contract that is renewed each and every time they engage with us, and if we don’t live up to it, we will be usurped.” —
Gravity and Grace: Cross-Departmental Collaboration at the Brooklyn Museum
If I were stitching a sampler about some of my recent museum education work, it might start like this: A is for Anatsui. B is for Brooklyn. C is for collaboration. Where the rest of the alphabet would go, I’m
Gravity and Grace: Cross-Departmental Collaboration at the Brooklyn Museum
If I were stitching a sampler about some of my recent museum education work, it might start like this: A is for Anatsui. B is for Brooklyn. C is for collaboration. Where the rest of the alphabet would go, I’m
The Landscape of Arts Inclusion in Public Schools
Emily Shallman and I started talking about exclusion in arts and education while we were both working on our respective Master’s degrees. Lately, I have been eager to ask her to blog about her extensive research in inequitable access to
The Landscape of Arts Inclusion in Public Schools
Emily Shallman and I started talking about exclusion in arts and education while we were both working on our respective Master’s degrees. Lately, I have been eager to ask her to blog about her extensive research in inequitable access to
NAEA 2013 Breakdown – Museum Edition
Once again, art and museum educators from across the country (and outside the US) begin to pack their bags and prepare to head to Fort Worth, Texas, next week for the National Art Education Association annual conference (March 6-10). And
NAEA 2013 Breakdown – Museum Edition
Once again, art and museum educators from across the country (and outside the US) begin to pack their bags and prepare to head to Fort Worth, Texas, next week for the National Art Education Association annual conference (March 6-10). And
Reimagining Peer Networks in a Digital Age
By Mike Murawski, Portland Art Museum; Dana Carlisle Kletchka, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, National Writing Project, University of California Berkeley “People’s relationships remain strong—but they are networked. Neighbors, and neighborhoods still exist, to be sure,
Reimagining Peer Networks in a Digital Age
By Mike Murawski, Portland Art Museum; Dana Carlisle Kletchka, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, National Writing Project, University of California Berkeley “People’s relationships remain strong—but they are networked. Neighbors, and neighborhoods still exist, to be sure,
Sweet Spots for Engaging Parents in Family Spaces
Museum Educators know that providing experiences for family audiences are a valuable way to advance the museum’s mission, expand its audience, and strengthen its place within the community. A relatively new way many museums are providing for families is with
Sweet Spots for Engaging Parents in Family Spaces
Museum Educators know that providing experiences for family audiences are a valuable way to advance the museum’s mission, expand its audience, and strengthen its place within the community. A relatively new way many museums are providing for families is with
A Teaching Interview: THE Audition for Museum Educators
Stricken with those awful nerves that overcome your system while you try to remember those lines you were up past midnight cramming into your head, you cling to your crumpled, dingy papers for dear life – the papers that contain
A Teaching Interview: THE Audition for Museum Educators
Stricken with those awful nerves that overcome your system while you try to remember those lines you were up past midnight cramming into your head, you cling to your crumpled, dingy papers for dear life – the papers that contain

