In my 15 years as a museum educator, I have experienced many transformative moments in teaching. In recent years, technology—notably online resources, webinars and social media—have had a profound influence on how I work with teachers and students.
Posts tagged ‘Education’
September 14, 2012
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Events & Programs,
Family & Kids
Material Lab Volunteer Stories
Material Lab volunteer Diana Rudner. Photo by Ruth Nordenbrook
Material Lab, MoMA’s popular interactive space for families, recently closed after a year-and-a-half run with over 72,000 visitors. Material Lab was staffed by fantastic facilitators and a rotating roster of 65 dedicated volunteers.
September 11, 2012
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Events & Programs
Pop-Up Play @ MoMA
Pop-Up Play @ MoMA. Photo: Kirsten Schroeder
How often do kids get to hear, “You can do whatever you want with any of the materials you see”? Well that was the case one Friday in August for visitors to Pop-Up Play @ MoMA.
September 6, 2012
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Events & Programs,
Family & Kids
MoMA Teens TRASH Our Galleries! In the Making Summer 2012
A house made from recycled materials by the Dumpster Diving teens
The walls are lined with stained strips of cardboard, 40-ounce bottles half-full of malt liquor and cigarette butts hang from plywood structures, a three-foot long plaster condom lays strewn across the marble floor, the words “F*CK IT” stretch across a wall—carved into a pile of SAT test prep books…
August 23, 2012
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Collection & Exhibitions,
Videos
Form Follows Fun
Young at Art Children’s Museum. Image © Doug Snower
The people you meet when you immerse yourself in design for kids—the practitioners who dedicate themselves to this uniquely challenging and generally unglamorous area—tend to be experts. Exuberant, experimental, extraordinary. Two of them are also Exleys.
August 21, 2012
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Behind the Scenes,
Events & Programs,
Family & Kids
Material Lab Is a Happening Space
Material Lab at MoMA. Photo by Michael Nagle
As the Emily Fisher Landau Education Fellow, I work cross-departmentally to evaluate MoMA’s interpretive resources (labels, audio guides, etc.), exhibitions, programs, and new initiatives by interviewing, observing, and using other methods to help MoMA offer the best visitor experiences possible.
August 20, 2012
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Artists,
Events & Programs,
Family & Kids,
Videos
VIDEO: Rashaad Newsome X Cross-Museum Collective
For seven sessions last spring, the Cross-Museum Collective teens worked alongside artist Rashaad Newsome to create a work of collaborative art.
July 26, 2012
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Events & Programs,
Family & Kids
Creating Connections/Creating Community: Our Second Biennial Community Partner Art Show
Photography from our Community Partners at Project Luz
Since 2007, MoMA’s Community Partnership program has been working with nonprofit and community-based organizations throughout New York City to create new ways of accessing MoMA’s collection across a variety of educational frameworks. Or at least that’s the nice, compact way that we like to describe the program to others.
July 24, 2012
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Artists,
Events & Programs
Masters of Puppets
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.
July 6, 2012
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Events & Programs,
Family & Kids
Designing for Accessibility: Material Lab
Third-grade students who are blind or partially-sighted visit Material Lab. Photo: Kirsten Schroeder
As a coordinator of programs for visitors with disabilities at MoMA I am constantly thinking about ways to make the Museum more accessible and engaging.
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