Category Archives: Visitor Experience

The Presence of Art in a Space

Posted on April 22, 2011 by admin

As I browsed through “I went the MoMA and…”, a site where the MoMA has posted responses to that question, one response stood out at me. “I went to the MoMA and… could still feel Marina Abramovi?’s presence where she … Continue reading →

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There’s nothing like a thank you letter

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

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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Patterns of a Culture

Posted on March 28, 2011 by admin

Lately I have been thinking about Carpets and have found myself staring at the floor a lot more.  What is it about carpets you ask that keeps my mind occupied?  Well in April, the Rubin Museum of Art will be … Continue reading →

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The Long and Arduous Road

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin

Walking to the museum I remembered what the building looked like.  It was beautifully designed from an era long before the Rubin Museum of Art had opened its doors.  Before today I was a visitor then a candidate but now … Continue reading →

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Crossing water

Posted on February 9, 2011 by admin

Last Tuesday I traveled from my home in Astoria to P.S. 65 in Staten Island to lead a pre-visit lesson for a group of 1st grade students to help prepare them for their museum visit the following day. That morning … Continue reading →

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Ritual Endings

Posted on January 13, 2011 by admin

While making dinner the other night, I received a difficult phone call that led me to think carefully about my work at the Rubin – particularly our recent exhibition, Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife. The woman who had been … Continue reading →

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What I Have Learned From Museums

Posted on January 11, 2011 by admin

This will be my last post on the Rubin Museum Education Blog. I will be moving on to work at the at a non-profit arts foundation. I’ve felt so privileged to be able to work at the Rubin Museum of … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Family Learning

Posted on December 31, 2010 by admin

When “family learning” comes up in museum literature, it often references how parents with young children interact in museums.   Our field has done a lot of research on how parents or caregivers spend time exploring exhibits with their 0-12 year … Continue reading →

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Full Disclosure

Posted on December 30, 2010 by admin

As the year comes to a close, I find myself in a contemplative mood. But unlike other years, I’ve practiced in advance: The new RMA education blog, a group effort spearheaded by our fearless Eleanor Whitney and wholeheartedly supported by … 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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