Museum Gallery Activities by Sharon Vatsky

Museum Gallery Activities by Sharon Vatsky

During the course of an interactive museum tour an educator will be able to elicit a range of responses, conversation, and new discoveries that engage the broadest spectrum of museum learners. To engage the entire group in the interpretive process, museum educators frequently employ gallery activities to enlist other sensory components and learning styles to more fully experience the art. This handbook provides a compendium of successful gallery activities: WritingDebatingDrawingMovementMusicCritical observationTouch and tactility Features include: Photographs of youth and adults participating in gallery activities Sidebars with favorite gallery activities contributed by museum educators at many museums across the countryPlanning templates

This book is a tried-and-true toolbox—a companion for any educator who knows, or is curious about, the benefits of active, participatory teaching and learningVatsky makes a convincing case for why learners (and educators) should shift from being viewers to doers, and provides us with a treasury of practical activities that expand the interpretive possibilities of art. An essential guide for anyone who wants to make art—or just about any subject—more accessible and relevant. -- William B. Crow, PhD, Educator in Charge, Teaching and Learning, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This practical guide of museum gallery activities should be on the shelf of every museum and art educator. It is full of engaging ideas for developmentally appropriate gallery activities and interactive learning experiences for audiences of all ages and abilities. Particularly appealing are suggested gallery activities that include elements of play. -- Nancy Walkup, Editor-in-Chief, SchoolArts Magazine, Davis Publications

Sharon Vatsky, Director of School and Family Programs at the Solomon. R. Guggenheim Museum oversees programs for youth, families and teachers. She brings her experience as a lifelong arts educator, museum educator and artist to considering the role of multi-modal explorations in responding to works of art.
She has conducted workshops for teachers and museum educators at universities and art museums in the US and internationally and taught graduate level courses in Museum Education at the City University of New York and Teachers College, Columbia University as well as undergraduate courses in drawing, painting, design and art history and arts education.
Prior to joining the Guggenheim in 2000, she was Curator of Education at the Queens Museum in New York for more than a decade.

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ISBN 13	9781538108642
ISBN 10	153810864X
Title	Museum Gallery Activities
Author	Sharon Vatsky
Series	American Alliance Of Museums
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield
Year published	2018-08-28
Number of pages	168
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.