During the month of August, ArtMuseumTeaching.com is taking a close look at the newly published book Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today (Rowman & Littlefield 2014).  Edited by Joni Boyd Acuff and Laura Evans, the book’s chapters and case studies address critical issues facing museums today such as cultural misrepresentation in the museum, inequality as it relates to resources, and the exclusion of certain voices in the museum.

 

Acuff and Evans kicked off the series of posts last week with “Canopies for Multiculturalism: (Re)Turning to the Visitor” which provides an excellent framing of the book, its importance, and its context. http://artmuseumteaching.com/2014/08/04/multiculturalism/

 

Stay connected to ArtMuseumTeaching.com for additional posts throughout August by several of the book’s authors and contributors.

 

Online Book Club Discussion – August 20^th

 

Join the ArtMuseumTeaching.com community along with several authors of Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today for a live Online Book Club discussion via Google+ Hangout.  Here are the details:

 

     When: August 20th, starting at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern

     Where: Google+ Hangout on Air

     https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cavnvfonaued56hsd894k19ttug

 

Don’t Have Your Copy of the Book Yet?  No problem.  As part of this collaboration with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers through this series of posts about Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today, we are able to offer ArtMuseumTeaching.com readers a special discount.  Learn more about this discount by reading related posts on the site.

 

Special thanks to Briley Rasmussen for helping to coordinate this series of posts on ArtMuseumTeaching.com; to Rowman & Littlefield for partnering with us on this series; and to Joni Boyd Acuff, Laura Evans, and all the book’s authors who have been willing to contribute additional perspectives and voices to this important dialogue.