In-Person Docent Training Cohort Hub

HOMEWORK:

Read: 

—“Refocusing Museums on People: my dreams for museums in a post-COVID world”, Isabel Singer for artmuseumteaching.com

—Elements of Art & Principles of Composition short essay sections from Look at This! An Introduction to Art Appreciation, Asa Simon Mittman

HOMEWORK:

Do/Write:

—Tour Review #1 due February 22 (see details)

Listen: 

—Museums Abide episode of Museum Confidential podcast (2022)

Watch:

—The Art of Relevance talk from Nina Simon at TEDxPaloAlto

—SUGGESTED: The Story of Walter Chrysler and the Chrysler Museum

Suggested Reading:

—Museums as Sites of "Being in Conversation": A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, Randy C. Roberts, pp 1-4 & 22-39.

—“Change and Complexity in the 21st Century Museum”, Museum News, Lois H. Silverman and Mark O’Neill (Nov/Dec 2004).

HOMEWORK:

Watch: 

—Toledo Museum of Art visual literacy video

—Think-Aloud modeling video

—SUGGESTED: Visual Literacy Gallery Tour, High Museum of Art

Read:

— “Introduction”, Art Museum Education, Olga Hubard, 2015 (pp1-7).

— “Object-Oriented Learning in Art Museums”, Roundtable Reports, Paterson Williams, 1982.

— “Inclusive Memory: How to promote social inclusion, wellbeing and critical thinking skills within a museum context”, Object-Based Learning and Wellbeing, ed Thomas Kador & Helen Chatterjee, 2021.

Prepare A Bite of Art History presentation (only for Feb 22 presenter)

HOMEWORK:

Do/Write: 1-minute Object Story (see details)

Watch: Playwork as Unlearning video with Megan Dickerson, 2021

Listen: Reacting to Art with Our Bodies with Rachel Ropeik, The Art Engager podcast episode

Read:

—“A Theory of Play in the Art Museum”, Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum, Elliott Kai-Kee, Lissa Latina, Lilit Sadoyan, 2020 (pp 48-75).

—“The Elements of Play”, The Journal of Play, Scott G. Eberle, 2014 (pp 214-233).

— “How Does This Artwork Make You Feel? Considering the Role of Emotions”, Art Museum Education, Olga Hubard, 2015 (chapters 8-9, pp 101-137).

—SUGGESTED: “Playful Exhibition Design for Everyone”, Margaret Middleton, 2023.

HOMEWORK:

Hand-in: Tour Review #2 (see details)

Resources: Storytelling standards for Grade 3

Watch:

—How I learned to stop hating and love museums talk from Nick Gray at TEDxFoggyBottom.

—Quilt of Stars video from LACMA’s Andell Family Sundays Anytime.

Listen:

—Choose two episodes to listen to from two different storytelling podcasts and be prepared to discuss their varying storytelling styles.  Suggestions: The Moth, Sound Detectives, and Welcome to Night Vale. 

—Episodes 2 (“One Bottle, Any Bottle”) & 4 (“A Portrait”) of The Memory Palace podcast in partnership with The Met. NOTE: the other episodes on this page are also strong examples of object-based storytelling if you want more.

Read: The Purposes and Functions of Art in Prebles’ Artforms (2019)

HOMEWORK:

Do/Write: Prepare Presentation #1 for April 11 (see guidelines)

Watch:    —Visual Thinking Strategies demo video

—Thinking Routines intro video, Project Zero

Browse: —Thinking Routines at Project Zero’s website

—Chapter 3 of Project Zero’s Artful Thinking Final Report, 2006

Read: —The Annotated Mona Lisa, "The Renaissance: The Beginning of Modern Painting" (pp 32-45) & "Impressionism: Let There Be Light" through “Post-Impressionism” (pp 96-122), Carol Strickland Ph.D. and John Boswell, 1992.

CHECKOUT:  Smithsonian Lab: Project Thinking Routines Resource 

HOMEWORK:

Resources: Open-ended question planning sheet

Read: Handouts on China, Japan, India, and Islamic art; Tang Dynasty essay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Listen: Audio about Tang Dynasty sculpture

Watch: 82nd & 5th video from Jason Sun about a Tang Dynasty sculpture

Review: Resources from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Vocabulary and Pronunciation sheet which is from a host of resources provided by Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; also this hub for Museum Educators teaching about Asian Art

HOMEWORK:

Read/Review: Greco-Roman Art Handouts from today

Artful Thinking Handouts from today

Prepare:  Presentation #2

You might also: 

Watch: Chelsea Pierce on McKinnon Reinstallation

Learn: more about Ebony G. Patterson, who we dived into today, review her work and biography at this site and watch this video by the High Museum of Art and/or this longer video, if you have time.

Presentation #2 (May 9*): Present two works of art comparing and contrasting them.  The works of art have to be in the same gallery or juxtaposing gallery due to time constraints.  You can look at artworks on Chrysler Museum’s 40 Works or glass catalogue lists as key sources of inspiration, but you do not have to limit yourself to works on those list.  We leave the selection up to you.  However, it should be works that would be ideal for 3rd graders, fit one of the school tour themes, and we also encourage you to think about practicing an Artful Thinking Routine.  Finally, we suggest and highly encourage, you to select two new artworks and try not to repeat the artwork you presented on March 28.  

This presentation should be no longer than 12 minutes, including your transition time between the two works of art.  This presentation should be prepared for 3rd graders--but you will be presenting to your peers, mentors, and PEL staff.

Presentation 2 full guidelines

HOMEWORK:

Do/Write: Prepare Tour Review #4 (see details)  

Watch: —The Case for Copying by The Art Assignment

—Postmodernism

—Ideas at Ford: Barkley L. Hendricks

Read: Contemporary Art, an introduction by Dr. Virginia B. Spivey

Review: —resources at Smarthistory.org, especially Art since 1980

—EDUCATOR GUIDE Texture Play African American Artists in the Collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art

—EDUCATOR GUIDE Portraits and Presence African American Artists in the Collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art

—Artworks To Discuss Social Justice Issues With Students

HOMEWORK:

Read: —The Annotated Mona Lisa, "Renaissance and Baroque” to “Birth of Isms” (pp 46-95), Carol Strickland Ph.D. and John Boswell, 1992.

—GLASS: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art, “Building a Collection” (pp 13-30), Wright, Diane C., ed (2017).

HOMEWORK:

Prepare: Presentation #3 for June 27 (see details)

To co-tour with a mentor (see details)

Read: —Annotated Mona Lisa, "Early Expressionism" through "Color Field"

(pp 123-167), Carol Strickland Ph.D. and John Boswell, 1992.

—Priya Parker “Decide Why You're Really Gathering”, The Art of Gathering

(pp1-34)

—Olga Hubard “What Counts as a Theme in Art Museum Education”, Art 

Museum Education (pp 51-61)

Listen: Claire Bown, “How to Build Rapport in Museum and Gallery Programmes” 

episode of The Art Engager podcast

Watch: —Independent Cohort June Session: Visual Thinking Strategy

—A Decade of Glass at the Perry Glass Studio

—All About Glass Blowing (Introductory Class) 

—Nick Cave: Thick Skin (SHORT) | Art21 

Optional (if you have access to Netflix): Season 1, Episode 1 of Blown Away

SLIDES

HOMEWORK:

Finish —Any Tour Reviews that are still outstanding

—Co-touring assignment with your mentor by July 30 (see details sent via email)

Read: Understanding Basics of VTS

Browse: —Thinking Routines at Project Zero’s website

—Chapter 3 of Project Zero’s Artful Thinking Final Report, 2006,

—“Complete Engagement: Embodied Response and Multimodal Facilitation”, Developmental Overview: 3, 6, and 10th grades

Watch: —Thinking Routines Sample video

—Rachel Ropeik demonstrating VTS facilitation video

Listen: The Power of Inquiry, Curiosity, and Questioning with Trevor MacKenzie episode of The Art Engager podcast (2024)