Category Archives: Museums

A Day in the Life..of a Museum Educator

Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin

Every day here in the Education Department at the Rubin Museum of Art brings new tasks, challenges, and rewards. From administrative updates to material prep to leading tours in the galleries to traveling the 5 boroughs to teach, there are … Continue reading →

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Marcos’ Top 10 Favorite Things at the Rubin Museum- a Fond Farewell

Posted on October 26, 2012 by admin

My time at the Rubin Museum has come to an end.  I’m trekking off to work with the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. I’ve grown so much at the Rubin and will miss everyone dearly. I’ll still be guest-posting on the Education  … Continue reading →

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The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

Posted on September 27, 2012 by admin

On Saturday, September 22, the School Programs team collaborated with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth on an all-day Himalayan Art Encounters program. The Center for Talented Youth (CTY) offers gifted and talented K-12 students a wide range of academic … Continue reading →

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EdLab Visits the Rubin Museum

Posted on September 26, 2012 by admin

EdLab stopped by the Rubin Museum last week to film our work with Visual Thinking Strategies and culturally specific, content rich collections. EdLab is a research, design, and development unit at Teachers College, Columbia University. After watching a full VTS … Continue reading →

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Mindful Connections Turns One on Alzheimer’s Action Day

Posted on September 21, 2012 by admin

Mindful Connections, our program for people with dementia and their caregivers, turns one today. Serendipitously, today is also Alzheimer’s Action Day. Each month, we come together at 1:30 pm to have tea with Mindful Connections participants prior to the tour, … Continue reading →

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Meeting of Minds

Posted on September 18, 2012 by admin

Recently, a group of Art Museum School Programs Managers put their heads together. Organized by Ai We Seow, Coordinator of School and Educator Programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, our group met in the Whitney’s Education Studio – … Continue reading →

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My Kind of Town

Posted on September 4, 2012 by admin

Last month I had the honor of attending  the Teaching Institute in Museum Education (TIME) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I’ll get the TIME in a moment, but first, let’s talk about Chicago. The last time … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Jogyesa Buddhist Temple in Seoul, South Korea

Posted on July 30, 2012 by admin

I get slightly jealous of participants in our programs because they get to have so much fun. Once in a while I get to go out and have fun too, and while traveling through Korea and Japan this summer to … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking Strategies and the Rubin Museum

Posted on July 24, 2012 by admin

The Rubin Museum is part of a national leadership project and initiative being conducted by Queensborough Community College (CUNY) with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences called Culture and Literacies through Art for the 21st Century or … Continue reading →

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Durga: Drawn from memory

Posted on July 12, 2012 by admin

Durga, Nepal; 13th century Gilt copper alloy, C2005.16.11 (HAR 65433)

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