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Art Education Lecture Series

2011 Lectures

Thursday, March 31
5–6 PM
Art Building, Room 1.120

Howard Taylor, Director, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

"Just Do It!"
Being a socially responsive institution involves risk, pain and going beyond the norms and expectations of what many suppose to be the limits of their mission. The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts from its beginning has said that it is "not just about art on the walls but art in our lives" and that "the community is the greatest work of art." The museum, through its programs and community involvement, has ventured far beyond the realm of where most museums are willing to go in terms of community involvement. The museum's director Howard Taylor will present some vivid examples and case studies that exemplify this unique commitment.

Thursday, April 21
5–6 PM
Art Building, Room 1.120

Peter Samis, Associate Curator, Interpretation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Dramas of Context, Communities of Interest: Using Digital Media in the Art Museum
Peter Samis will discuss the virtues and vices of standard "white cube" museum gallery presentation, and the context it strips away. He will share examples of how the SFMOMA staff has used digital media to restore context—e.g., videos, rich media websites, podcasts, multimedia tours, and apps. He will end with questions for this next generation audience about how they see social media enabling the creation of communities of interest/practice among visitors and practitioners around museums and their collections in the future.

Past lecturers have included :

• Terry Barrett and Christine Marme Thompson (2010)
• B. Stephen Carpenter and Melody Milbrandt (2009)
• Dipti Desai and Laurie E. Hicks (2008)
• Olivia Gude and Kenneth Krafchek (2007)
• Vesta Daniel and Doug Blandy (2006)
• Kristin Congdon and Lois Langford (2005)
• Paul Bolin, Frances Thurber, Terry Barrett, and Mary Wyrick (2004)
• Graeme Sullivan (2003)
• Peter Smith and Candace Stout (2002)
• F. Graeme Chalmers (2001)
• Paul Duncan (2000)
• Tom Anderson and Doug Blandy (1999)
• Elizabeth Garber and Willis "Bing" Davis (1998)
• Richard Tarnas (1997)
• Harold Cohen, Tim Binkly, and Daniel Nathan (1996)
• Paul Bolin (1995)
• Elliot Eisner, Jerome Hausman, Mary Ann Stankiewicz, and Brent Wilson (1991)
• Philip Yenowine, Terry Barrett, and Brent Wilson (1986)