Category Archives: Gallery Tours

To sleep, perchance to dream…

Posted on January 22, 2011 by admin

What do you dream about? Lately at the Rubin Museum, we’ve been thinking a lot about dreams. Our 2011 Brainwave series will focus on the intersection of dreams and prophecy, and our fabulous Producer, Tim McHenry, has collected a number … Continue reading →

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Thresholds

Posted on December 14, 2010 by admin

Into this wilde Abyss, The Womb of nature and perhaps her Grave, Of neither Sea, nor Shore, nor Air, nor Fire, But all these in thir pregnant causes mixt Confus’dly, and which thus must ever fight, Unless th’ Almighty Maker … Continue reading →

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Falling in love with Himalayan Art and Fierce Deities

Posted on December 8, 2010 by admin

I first came to the Rubin when it opened, in 2004 as a part-time Guide. I had no background information about the art, I was not an art history major, and I really didn’t know what to expect out of … Continue reading →

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Timeless Tools

Posted on November 30, 2010 by admin

Exploring art from multiple perspectives is one of the great joys of museum educators. Learning to see in new ways keeps us engaged, fresh, and curious. As many of us have discovered, often it’s the museum visitor who teaches us … Continue reading →

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Special Guest: Alice S. Kandell

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

The week before last while viewing the Tibetan Shrine Room, from the Alice S. Kandell Collection, with a group of 6th graders from Shuang Wen School (PS 184) on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, I encountered two well-dressed guests headed in … Continue reading →

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Going there with VTS

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

I recently attended a Visual Thinking Strategies Professional Development Institute (Level 1) in September. The methodology is well-known by its acronym, VTS, and I entered the institute with some pretty strong preconceived notions about VTS (or at least “modified” VTS, … Continue reading →

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Getting to Know the Rubin Museum of Art

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

I recently joined the Rubin Museum of Art as the newest member of the Full-Time Guide team. I have had an incredible time the last 6 weeks becoming acquainted with the museum’s collection through the six exhibitions currently on display … Continue reading →

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What it means to be in a Learning Community at a Museum

Posted on November 15, 2010 by admin

One of the many reasons I love working at the Rubin is that the entire staff works really  hard to be a community of learners.  It’s not every institution that tries to go above and beyond daily tasks to share … Continue reading →

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What to emphasize when training teens to give tours at the museum?

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Pauline

This year, we’re really excited to have 17 enthusiastic, talented high school students from last year’s RMA Teens Program back for a second year in our new Teen Guide Council Program. One of their main responsibilities this year will be … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Culture with a Capital “C” in the Galleries

Posted on October 21, 2010 by admin

Last week, I carved out just enough time in my otherwise busy, administrative life to lead a tour for a group of college students from Parsons School for Design, which is just around the corner from the Rubin Museum of … Continue reading →

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