Art Education As A Radical Act Untold Histories Of Education At Moma

This comprehensive volume highlights and centers untold histories of education at the Museum of Modern Art (Mo MA) from 1937 to 2020 using the critical voices of artists scholars designers and educators. Exploring these histories as transformative and paradigm-shifting in museum education it elevates Mo MA educators as vocal advocates for harnessing the educational power that museums inherently possess. Divided into three interlinked parts the first sheds light on the early educational endeavors of the museum while analyzing the context of art education in the United States. The second part focuses on the tenures of Victor D’Amico and Betty Blayton utilizing the Mo MA archives as a primary resource. It includes essays by Ellen Winner Luis Camnitzer Susan E. Cahan Michelle Millar Fisher HECTOR (Jae Shin & Damon Rich) Gregory Sholette Carol Duncan Moreen Maser Nana Adusei-Poku Carmen Mörsch Rika Burnham Donna M. Jones and José Ortiz. The third part presents the perspectives of William Burback Philip Yenawine Patterson Sims Deborah F. Schwartz and Wendy Woon as former Mo MA Directors of Education in their own words and considers the forces that shaped their work. This timely and unique exploration ultimately aims to trace and understand the fundamental and evolving concerns of a seemingly underexamined profession constantly striving to maintain relevance in an environment marked by institutional social and political uncertainty. Exploring the radical acts undertaken to keep the museum true to its original promise it delineates the paradox whereby education is both central and invisible to the identity of Mo MA and museums more broadly and re-centers the conception of the museum as an educational institution. It is designed for scholars researchers and post-graduate students interested in arts education visual literacy museum studies and communication studies. |Art Education as a Radical Act Untold Histories of Education at MoMA