Amy Hayes is the women’s softball coach at Bradley University, where she has lead her team to two championships in the last seven years. Her student-athletes have been recognized for every Bradley Athletic Department Award – 11 honorees in the last 7 years. I have been thinking lately about how a museum director or department headContinue reading “How do you create a team with a shared vision? Interview with Amy Hayes”
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What role do museums play in a small city? Interview with Patrick Urich
Patrick Urich is the City Manager of Peoria, Illinois. As City Manager, he is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the City of Peoria, including the budget and all city departments and employees. What role do museums play in Peoria? Museums provide cultural vitality to a community of our size. They provide an experienceContinue reading “What role do museums play in a small city? Interview with Patrick Urich”
How do museums in small cities gain and wield soft power? Interview with Ngaire Blankenberg
Ngaire Blankenberg is Director, Europe and Principal Consultant at Lord Cultural Resources, where she has worked for the past eight years. Lord Cultural Resources is one of the largest consultancies specializing in museums and urban cultural planning. Ngaire is the co-editor of the book Cities, Museums and Soft Power. Can you define “Soft Power” forContinue reading “How do museums in small cities gain and wield soft power? Interview with Ngaire Blankenberg”
What do Stories Do? Interview with Lane Beckes
A few weeks ago I shared a post questioning whether storytelling was an appropriate or useful format for museums exhibitions. This post received a number of comments, including people suggesting that stories evoke emotions, and that emotions are important for learning. In order to better understand how stories work, I interviewed Lane Beckes, Assistant ProfessorContinue reading “What do Stories Do? Interview with Lane Beckes”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Sarah Schertz
Sarah Schertz has a Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education from New York University. She was a part of the 2015 Peoria Playhouse Teacher Team. She teaches kindergarten at Methodist Family Child Care Center in Peoria, IL. Sarah brought her ten five- and six-year-old students to the museum for aContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Sarah Schertz”
What type of media is a museum? Interview with Twyla Gibson
For the past year, I have been wondering about Marshall McLuhan’s ideas of “hot” and “cool” media, and how they might apply to museums. Marshall McLuhan was an influential voice in media theory, and thought a great deal about popular culture, and how the dominant media shapes the way we think. (If you aren’t familiarContinue reading “What type of media is a museum? Interview with Twyla Gibson”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Kylie Peppler
Kylie Peppler is Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Director of The Creativity Labs at Indiana University Bloomington. An artist by training, her research focuses on the intersection of arts, new media, and informal learning. How does your research relate to museums? I’m a learning scientist, which means I study learning in real world contexts.Continue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Kylie Peppler”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Anna Cutler
Anna Cutler is the Director of Learning at Tate in the United Kingdom. Before joining Tate Anna was the director of Creative Partnerships Kent, where she was involved with research into learning in the visual arts. Why offer school tours? Students’ horizons have been so concertinaed into one perspective – museums offer an expandedContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Anna Cutler”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Anne Kraybill
Anne Kraybill is the Distance Learning Project Manager at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, where she is developing an online for-credit course for high school students in the state, and eventually the nation, to take online. She was formerly the Museum’s School and Community Programs Manager, where she oversaw the implementation of the WillardContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Anne Kraybill”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Cindy Foley and Caitlin Lynch
The Columbus Museum of Art has spent the last seven years rethinking the museum’s value and the visitor experience. Much of this work is documented in the July 2014 issue of the Journal of Museum Education. Rethinking value and visitor experience has led museum staff to reconsider school programs, including the field trip. Cindy Foley is the Executive Assistant DirectorContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Cindy Foley and Caitlin Lynch”
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