Category Archives: Gallery Tours

Week-in-Review: September 10 – 16, 2011

In an effort to showcase the amazing and interesting things that happen in Education over the course of a week, I’m starting a new blog Week-in-Review column. Our week starts on a Saturday with Family Art Labs.This week families worked … Continue reading

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School Outreach: Pounding the Pavement

The school year has begun, and the Rubin’s School Programs and Teen Programs teams are pounding the pavement, visiting neighborhood schools to distribute flyers and share resources with local teachers. We’ve got a free Educators’ Open House on Wednesday, October … Continue reading

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August 2011: Asian Studies Circle | Curricular Connections with Serinity Young

The Asian Studies Circle met  August 31, 2011 for a lively evening of discussion and inquiry with Serinity Young, Professor of Asian Studies at Queens College and adjunct faculty at Eugene Lang College, The New School. Professor Young reviewed plans … Continue reading

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a haiku for summer

summer partnership with english language learners create, discuss art

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Evaluation: K-12 Visitor Profiles

The academic year runs from September to August, and summer is a time for the School Programs team to reflect on, evaluate, and improve what we do during 60-minute gallery tours with K-12 groups for the coming year. Throughout the … Continue reading

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Mindful Connections

I recently traveled to Houston (as you may know, from other posts), where the American Association of Museums (AAM) annual conference took place. This year’s conference focus was The Museum of Tomorrow. I got to thinking about this focus after … Continue reading

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The Himalayas in Flushing

  Last Wednesday night, Rukhshan, Marilyn, Anqi and I traveled to Flushing to help children, families, and teachers get creative as we represented the museum at an exciting celebration of student art, learning, and self-expression at PS 32Q. Over 80 … Continue reading

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April 2011: Asian Studies Circle | Curator Talk with Christian Luczanits

The Asian Studies Circle met for an initial meeting at the Rubin Museum on April 13, 2011. Evening events included a private tour of the exhibition Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection and a lively discussion on the gallery floors from 5:30-6:00pm with … Continue reading

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There’s nothing like a thank you letter

I wanted to share some informal evaluation data that my colleagues Marilyn Casey, Irene O’Hare, and I received after a series of recent museum tours with second grade students from P.S. 193. Just click on the images below to enlarge … Continue reading

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Where will my feet take me today…?

This weekend we welcomed Kids Club Thirteen family members to the museum for a Franny’s Feet Adventure. If you don’t know about Franny’s Feet, it’s a great animated PBS Kids program about a young girl who hangs out in her … Continue reading

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