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July 24, 2015 | Events & Programs

Breaking Down Barriers: A Continuing Tradition of Access Programs at MoMA

Posted by Francesca Rosenberg, Director of Community, Access, and School Programs

A Meet Me at MoMA program for individuals with Alzheimer's or dementia and their family members or care partners at The Museum of Modern Art. © The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Jason Brownrigg

The appreciation of art can be a powerful point of human connection. People come to MoMA from all over the world, each with rich, diverse personal experiences. A moment in front of an artwork at MoMA could be the spark for two seemingly different people to share a connection, conversation, and inspiration. Access to these fundamentally enriching experiences is imperative. MoMA’s commitment to access for all is embedded in the history of the institution itself, beginning with one of the Museum’s earliest innovations in art education

May 30, 2014 | Intern Chronicles

Belonging, Equality, and Movement: Tracing Accessible and Inclusive Practices in San Francisco Museums

Posted by Berat Ornek, 12-Month Intern, Community and Access Programs

After a long and cold winter in New York, I found myself waiting outside the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco on a warm and sunny day. As I was waiting for my appointment with the museum’s Education and Access Manager, I was already comparing San Francisco with New York, and my hometown of Istanbul, in terms of accessibility and whether museums in these cities are relevant to people with disabilities.

July 24, 2012 | Artists, Events & Programs

Masters of Puppets

Posted by Carrie McGee, Carrie McGee, Associate Educator, Community and Access Programs

Soft sculptures by LAND artists. Photo by Kyle Bowen

LAND (League Artists Natural Design) is a unique studio and gallery program of the League Education & Treatment Center in DUMBO, Brooklyn. At LAND, adult artists living with disabilities develop their skills in a nurturing environment, while their work is marketed to the community in a vibrant and inclusive manner.

June 26, 2012 | Intern Chronicles, Viewpoints

The Language of Access

Posted by Laura Steefel-Moore, Twelve-Month Intern in Community & Access Programs, Department of Education

The Louvre at sunset

How do you say “accessibility” in French? As the Community and Access Programs Twelve-Month Intern at MoMA, I had the opportunity to venture to Paris and see how museums there provide access for people with disabilities.

June 8, 2012 | Events & Programs, Family & Kids

Assorted + Associated + Arranged: An Exhibition of Access Programs Participants’ Artwork

Posted by Meryl Schwartz, Assistant Educator, The Alzheimer’s Project

Participants in The Department of Education’s Access Programs create collages. Photo: Kirsten Schroeder

I’m not an artist. If someone set a blank canvas and some paint down in front of me with the instructions to “go at it,” I’d have a hard time. It’s intimidating!

November 11, 2011 | Behind the Scenes, Events & Programs

Inked Identity: MoMA Honors Veterans

Posted by Carrie McGee, Carrie McGee, Associate Educator, Community and Access Programs

Participants in the Inked Identity exhibition and Veterans Support Center staff join MoMA educator Sally Paul.

As today is Veterans Day, I’d like to share a little history about MoMA’s commitment to veterans, as well as some news about what we’re doing now. The Museum has a long history of serving veterans—dating back to the creation of the War Veterans’ Art Center

May 10, 2011 | Events & Programs

Taking Time to Celebrate Older Adults at MoMA

Posted by Meryl Schwartz, Assistant Educator, The Alzheimer’s Project

The Department of Education has a long history of working with an array of audiences in its mission to make the collection accessible to people of all abilities, backgrounds, and ages. Over the years we’ve come to recognize what a major part of the Museum audience senior citizens are—which makes sense since, according to statistics from the American Association of Retired Persons, individuals age 65 and over constitute one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. population.

March 16, 2011 | Events & Programs

The MoMA Alzheimer’s Project Presents: Imagination and the Changing Mind

Posted by Meryl Schwartz, Assistant Educator, The Alzheimer’s Project

Admiring a painting by Mark Rothko during a Meet Me at MoMA program. Photo by Jason Brownrigg

For The MoMA Alzheimer’s Project, my colleagues and I work to expand upon MoMA’s programs for individuals with dementia and their caregivers, which currently include gallery conversations and art-making programs at MoMA as well as off-site visits to assisted-living facilities.

March 17, 2010 | Events & Programs

Create Ability: An Exhibition of Their Own

Posted by Kirsten Schroeder, Coordinator, Community and Access Programs

Photograph by Michael Nagle

In September, one of the participants of Create Ability, MoMA’s monthly program for individuals with learning or developmental disabilities and their families, asked me, “Why don’t we have our own exhibition?” We were returning to the classroom to create our own art after a gallery tour wherein we’d discussed The Moroccans by Henri Matisse, Harlequin by Pablo Picasso, and the neon-colored sculptures by Franz West outside in the Sculpture Garden. I immediately began gathering artwork created each subsequent month, and on Thursday, March 4, the opening reception for the first exhibition of work produced by Create Ability participants was held.

January 29, 2010 | Design, Events & Programs

Anything but a Guidebook

Posted by Ingrid Chou, Assistant Creative Director, Department of Advertising and Graphic Design

An unusual approach is one of the key strategies that signal an ideological shift.

When approached by Francesca Rosenberg to design the Meet Me publication for MoMA’s Access Programs, we were given three criteria:

1. Must use hot-pink color. (I’m not kidding. If you know Francesca Rosenberg, MoMA’s Director of Access and Community Programs, you would know that this is a legitimate request.)

2. Don’t make it look like a guidebook (even though, in its essence, it is a guidebook).

3. Make the content accessible to three diverse audiences: museum professionals, care organizations, and individual families.

The unusual color request was just one sign of how MoMA’s Access Program educators were contributing to an ideological shift in the way both institutions and individuals think about Alzheimer’s disease. This was not going to be just another black-and-gray manual. The intention was to create a book that was uplifting in both function and form, focusing on the fact that life can still be meaningful and joyful for these families, a book that embodies the mission and focus of the Meet Me at MoMA program. This was going to be a book about inspiring meaningful interactive experiences, making connections between people and art, and making art accessible. It would be anything but a guidebook.

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