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It’s Not Always about You: Facilitating Critical Self-Reflection in Others
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series on ArtMuseumTeaching.com during August that focuses on the recent book Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today (2014). Find links to additional posts in this...
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Status Update: Facebook as a Reflection Tool
Written by David Bowles, Assistant Museum Educator for School Programs, Metropolitan Museum of Art Cross-posted with Museum Questions, a blog authored by Rebecca Herz that is dedicated to questions...
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The Interpretive Value of a Chair: A Personal Reflection
Written by Susan Spero “For the understanding of a picture, a chair is needed. Why a chair? To prevent the legs, as they tire, from interfering with the mind.” –Paul Klee I’m pushing myself, and I’m...
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The Sun Will Still Rise Tomorrow: Responding to the Election
Written by Sara Egan When we originally scheduled visits to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for the classes at a Boston high school in our School Partnership Program, we didn’t consider the date of...
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Carrots and Peas: Disrupting Patterns of Thought through Mindfulness in...
Written by Amanda Tobin Earlier this month, I had the honor of leading a gallery teaching demonstration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a group of colleagues during the NAEA Pre-Conference for...
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Towards a More Human-Centered Museum: Part 3, Bringing Our Whole Selves to...
Written by Mike Murawski Through a recent series of posts, I’ve been exploring the idea of a human-centered museum, why this is a meaningful way to think about the work of museums, and what changes we...
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Self-Care and Nature: An Interview
Reposted from the Museum Education Roundtable blog, a space created to address timely issues that we face in the field of museum work, reflect on member events, and expand upon recent Journal of Museum...
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Writing in a Time of Crisis: Open Call for Submissions
Right now, I realize that we are all affected by the current coronavirus pandemic in wide-ranging yet different ways. From the realities of severe economic downturn and the daily experience of physical...
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Art Therapy at the Manchester Museum
Written by Chloe Sykes This guest post from Chloe Sykes, Art Therapist Trainee, is reposted with persmission from the Manchester Museum’s hello future blog. As a trainee art psychotherapist, I was very...
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Written by Mike Murawski In an April conversation with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about leadership in times of crisis, business expert Dov Seidman stressed the need for business leaders...
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“It’s Been Two Years Since…”– Reflecting on being laid off & where I am now...
IMPORTANT NOTE: I want to let the Art Museum Teaching community know that I am moving my writing over to my new Substack publication called “Agents of Change.” I started this publication around the...
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