https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-med-schools-requiring-art-classes
Why Medical Schools Are Requiring Art Classes
Art Museum Education
Artist Kara Walker Promises Art, Not Answers
“I am tired, tired of standing up, being counted, tired of ‘having a voice,’ or worse, ‘being a role model,’ Tired, true, of being a featured member of my racial group and/or my gender niche.” Those words come at the beginning of an artist’s statement making a splash on the internet since Tuesday afternoon, when it was released by Kara Walker — who, it so happens, has long been heralded as one of the most prominent and talented black female artists, praised for making work about her race and gender.
ABE FRAJNDLICH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
START AT HOME: Art from the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center Collection
The exhibition runs from August 22 through November 4, 2017. Artwork will be on view at the Urban Arts Space, the King Arts Complex, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Global Gallery, The Ohio State University Main Library, and Hale Hall.
A full slate of associated programming including talks, tours, educational opportunities, and more will be announced in the coming months.
https://odi.osu.edu/hale-black-cultural-center/art/hale-art-work-on-public-view.html
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Visitors of Color
We envision this as a space for museum folks to be able to learn from the perspectives of marginalized people. We also see this as a form of activism–giving folks who may not feel safe or welcome in our institutions a little bit of agency in their relationships with museums.
Although we’re called Visitors of Color, we wish to include voices from people of various marginalized communities–ability, gender, sexual orientation, class and so forth. Ultimately, we wish to allow space for the voices of marginalized people to be heard.
Our passion is museums, our focus is people, our position is intersectionality.
Read more about this project here.
Nursing Mom Makes the Breast of It After Museum Tells Her to Cover Up
“The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has apologized to a breastfeeding visitor who says she was told to cover up.
The woman, who posts on Twitter as @vaguechera, says she had “flashed a nanosecond of nipple” in the museum’s courtyard when she was told to conceal her breasts. Instead of bearing that in silence, she busted out her phone and started tweeting.
She ribbed the V&A, pointing out that the museum seemed totally fine with some bare bosoms — as long as they were made of stone instead of flesh.
‘I will throw you out of this museum with your naked breasts!’ ‘But I’m made of marble!’ ‘Oh sorry you’re fine then’ @V_and_A pic.twitter.com/HL0py3vJ7I
— Vaguechera (@vaguechera) August 5, 2017“
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The Role that Museums Play in Social Activism
“Should museums be seen as a place of dialogue for social change? Is it their responsibility to do so?
Recently, articles have come out addressing this topic—for example, MuseumNext conducted a survey asking “Should museums be activists?” Among the responses, data showed that “younger audiences respond very positively to the idea of museums taking a stand.”
The choice of museums to take a stand is unique to each institution, and it’s complicated, layered, and specific to the geographical location and political climate of the region. In the meantime, artists will continue to create works that question our existence and boundaries; be responsive to the emotional, social, political, and religious world around them; and ask the important questions that move us all forward as aware global citizens. Museums and cultural institutions that support contemporary artists will continue to support them, whether through curatorial or educational programming. Supporting artists will also mean empowering youth voices through museum settings and allowing young artists to continue to push boundaries, respond to the world around them in an empathetic and critical way, and ask important questions for the rest of us to listen.”
http://blog.americansforthearts.org/2017/08/02/the-role-museums-play-in-social-activism
How Are Museums Changing?
How are museums changing from institutions of the elite to places that ‘promote humanity?’
KELLY MOFFITT | ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
Activating Diversity and Inclusion: A Blueprint
ACTIVATING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: A BLUEPRINT FOR MUSEUM EDUCATORS AS ALLIES AND CHANGEMAKERS
“In this article, the authors Wendy Ng, Syrus Marcus Ware, and Alyssa Greenberg provide a blueprint for a rigorous approach to how museum educators can activate diversity and inclusion to create social change. The authors critically analyze the problematic power dynamics that maintain white supremacy in museum work, and introduce guiding principles of allyship and practical reflection strategies for enacting equitable relationships with visitors and staff across lines of social difference. This guide is designed to help you develop a critical practice that is conscious and constant, and engage in anti-oppressive museum work internally and externally.”
Children’s Books Illustrated by Artists
“As the infinitely quotable Pablo Picasso once said: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” A child raised on these nine books might have a pretty good shot. From Andy Warhol’s early work as a commercial illustrator to Yayoi Kusama’s mesmerizing take on The Little Mermaid, here’s a selection of artist-illustrated children’s books to satisfy the youngest generations of art lovers.”
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-your-kids-will-love-these-children-s-books-illustrated-by-famous-artists?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm-editorial-evergreen&utm_content=fb-8-artist-illustrated-childrens-books
Kress Interpretive Fellow at the Spencer Museum of Art
Apply now to join the Spencer team as our Kress Interpretive Fellow to help us develop educational content for visitors of all backgrounds and abilities. The application deadline is July 26:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=25752&siteid=5541&AReq=9354BR