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New York City Museum Educators Annual Conference 2001
Fresh Eyes: New Approaches to Museums and Education
Monday, June 11, 2001
The Sackler Center for Arts Education
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, New York
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
NYCMER's Annual Conference 2001 will be a day of dynamic discussions and
hands-on experiences about issues essential to the advancement of the
museum education field. Participants along with moderators,
speakers, and panelists, will generate ideas and participate in workshops
to look at museum education in new ways and to encourage change within
the field. During this conference we will refine our goals and roles as
museum educators and go beyond the “nuts and bolts” of our field, armed
with ideas and plans to move forward and create change.
Sample of the Day’s Program
Keynote Address: Richard E. Lapchick
Acknowledged as "the racial conscience of sport, " Richard E.
Lapchick brought his experiences as a civil rights activist, scholar, and
author to Northeastern University where he is founder and director of the
Center for the Study of Sport in Society. Since its inception in 1984,
the Center has attracted national attention to its pioneering efforts to
ensure the education of athletes from junior high school through the
professional ranks.
Panels
- Young Lives at Stake: Teens Finding Themselves in Museums
- Tolerance Schmolerance: Making it Meaningful in Exhibitions and
Programs
- Match Made in Heaven? Museum Education, Humanities Classroom and
Curatorial Collaborations
- Restructuring the Galleries: Creating Meaningful Partnerships between
Museum Educators and Teachers
Workshops
- Visitor Studies for You and Me: A Hands-On Introduction
- Expanding the Visual Arts Through the Performing Arts
Poster Sessions
- Three Years of Digital Day Camp: A Model for Art and Technology
Education Programs
- New Media and the Museum: Innovative Uses of Video Conferencing
- Distance Learning Demonstration
- Interpreting the Third Dimension: Using Technologies to Explore
Holography
- S.P.A.R.K.S. at the Bronx Zoo (Supporting Parents in Advocacy, Reform
and Knowledge in Science) A Model for Building
Parent-Teacher-Museum Partnerships
- Winter in Washington: A Student Exhibition at the Decatur House
Museum
- Special Tour of “A Year With Children”
For a brochure, please contact:
Felicia Liss
NYCMER Conference Chairperson
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Felicia Liss
Museum Education Specialist
Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership
7 West 22nd Street
New York, New York 10010
(212) 989-2624, ext. 308
Fax (212) 727-1702