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Learning & Engagement Idea Center

Art Bridges Learning & Engagement helps partners create programs to connect with new audiences, engage current ones in new ways, and highlight interdisciplinary elements.

Photos courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum

Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
Youth and Family,
Learning,
Diversity,
Breadth

Black History Month Family Festival at the Crocker Art Museum

By collaborating with community partners, as well as local and regional BIPOC artists, the Crocker Art Museum’s Black History Month Family Festival created an atmosphere of joy and connection for its visitors, surrounding the Art Bridges Collection loans by Elizabeth Catlett, David Clyde Driskell, and Jack Whitten.

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Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Youth and Family,
Depth

Storytime in the Galleries

The Wichita Art Museum (WAM) engaged young learners with Richard Diebenkorn's "Cityscape #3" in a new in-gallery storytime experience.

Innovative,
Artist Collaborations,
Breadth

Monster Drawing Rally at the Westmoreland

In this program, local artists competed in a speed drawing competition.

Community Building,
In Gallery,
Tours and Talks,
Access,
Diversity,
Depth

Tours in Translation

Utilizing audio transmitters and receivers, tours of the exhibition "Between Worlds: Stories of Artists and Migrations" were offered in 15 languages.

Community Building,
Youth and Family,
Artist Collaborations,
In Gallery,
Interdisciplinary,
Perception,
Diversity,
Depth

Nellie Mae Go! Intergenerational Community Art Program

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts piloted a suite of intergenerational art workshops and in-gallery activities inspired by Nellie Mae Rowe that combined interdisciplinary elements and educational standards.

Innovative,
Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Access,
Community Building,
Reach,
Breadth

Urban Design at the Hyde Collection

The Hyde Collection created a sensory experience in which visitors were invited to create their own 3D cityscape, drawing inspiration from "Richard Estes: Urban Landscapes."

Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
Learning,
Diversity,
Depth

Storytelling Through the Art of Julie Buffalohead

This immersive, student-led community event invited participants to explore Indigenous history and themes in Julie Buffalohead’s painting through guided reflection, artmaking, film, and conversation, culminating in the creation of a memory bead necklace.

Innovative,
Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Students,
Depth

Sound Activation and Curated Music in the Galleries by Jordan Munson

Jordan Munson, professor of Music Technology at Herron School of Art and Design, worked closely with museum staff, local performers, and musicians to activate Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ “Untitled” (L.A) through immersive in-gallery experiences.

Community Building,
Innovative,
Interdisciplinary,
Youth and Family,
Breadth

Festival of Animals

This event integrated artwork with interactive biology and conservation activities.

Interdisciplinary,
Community Building,
Artist Collaborations,
Diversity,
Depth

Artist Commissions at Delaware Art Museum

The Delaware Art Museum hosted "There Is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art," which was complemented by the latest iteration of Shakira Hunt’s photographic series "Bring Me My Flowers—Soft Petals" and community programs that celebrated diversity.

Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
Youth and Family,
Learning,
Diversity,
Breadth

Black History Month Family Festival at the Crocker Art Museum

Community Building,
Innovative,
Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Breadth

Poems While You Wait

The Contemporary Arts Center captured visitors’ first impressions of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ work “Untitled” (L.A.) through impromptu poems written by artists in the Poems While You Wait collective.

Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
Reach,
Youth and Family,
Tours and Talks,
Access,
Breadth

A Luminous Life Dusti Bongé and Her Contributions to Modern Art

The Columbia Museum of Art provided a guided tour, a pop-in workshop, and take-home art kits to engage diverse audiences, including adults and families, through in-depth curatorial insights and a hands-on artmaking activity inspired by artist Dusti Bongé. This programming accompanied an exhibition in the American South Consortium Spotlight series, which was created through a multiyear, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.

Guest speakers and attendees at the lecture “For Which It Stands: Brick by Brick: Black Women Breaking New Ground”, hosted at the Avery Research Center at College of Charleston, July 2022. Courtesy of the Gibbes Museum of Art (Charlston, NC). Programming inspired by the exhibition Fights for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice. The exhibition is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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