Engaging Communities Through Civic Engagement in Art Museum Education

As art museum educators become more involved in curatorial decisions and creating opportunities for community voices to be represented in the galleries of the museum, museum education is shifting from responding to works of art to developing authentic opportunities for engagement with their communities. Current research focuses on museum education experiences and the wide-reaching benefits of including these experiences into art education courses. As more universities add art museum education to their curricula, there is a need for a text to support the topic and offer examples of real-world museum education experiences. Engaging Communities Through Civic Engagement in Art Museum Education deepens knowledge on museum and art education and civic engagement and bridges the gap from theory to practice. The chapters focus on various sectors of this research, including diversity and inclusion in museum experiences, engaging communities through new techniques, and museum and university partnerships. As such, it includes coverage on timely topics that include programs and audience engagement with the LGBTQ+, refugee, disability, and senior communities; socially responsive museum pedagogy; and the use of student workers. This book is ideal for museum educators, museum directors, curators, professionals, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in updated knowledge and research in art education, curriculum development, and civic engagement.

Table of Contents Foreword xvi--Preface: Civic Engagement and Art Museum Education xix--Acknowledgment....xxii--Section 1 Multiple Voices and Engaging Experiences in Art Museum Educatio Chapter 1 Engaging Refugee Audiences Through Process and Performance in Multivocal, Community- Based Programs....1--Chapter 2Marianna Pegno, Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, USA1 33--Chapter 3 Building a Racial Identity: African American Students' Learning Experiences at the Florence County Museum.58--Chapter 4Beyond Inclusion: Meaningfully Engaging Visitors With Disabilities Kayleigh L. Kozyra, University of Arizona, USA 78--Section 2School Partnerships in Art Museums Chapter 5 Re-Discovering Graphics: A Transformative Museum-School-Community Partnership 97 Pamela Harris Lawton, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA97--Chapter 6 School and Teacher Partnershops at the Memphis Brosks Museum of Art, Mary Weber, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, USA 126--Chapter 7 Bringing Arts Integration to Youth (BRAINY) at Colorado Stute University Claire Chien Colorado State University, USA 141--Section 3 Ting Fong Parol G. Fakey, Coloma Staw University, USA --Chapter 8 University-Museum-Community Collaborations170--Chapter 9 Thoughts and Highlights Involving an Urban Museum Education Partnership and a University 186 Bryna Bobick, University of Memphis, USA 186--Chapter 10 Shelly Gone Highland Yah Garden, USA 205--Chapter 11 Deconting Up a Few Acres of the Rocky Mountains: Engaging Art and Design Students in a Hee House Museum225--Section 4 Adult Learning and Interpenerational Connections to Museum Programs Chapter 12 Docenes and Meseum Education: The Past, Present, and Future.238--Chapter 13 Stay Gold: An IntergenerationalRebecka A Black Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Heather Presaman, Molly Brown House Mazesan, USA El Barke, Museum n of Contemporary Art Tacson, USA Harrison Orr, Independent Researcher, USA Carissa DiCine, University of Arizona, USA LGBTQIA Arts Program Jennifer Schers, Virginia Communcealth University, USA269--Chapter 14 The 50 Year Reunion: Considering Adults 55 and Better as an Essential Audience in the Art Museum290--Compilation of References.314--About the Contributors.343--Index..348