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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Breadth,
Artist Collaborations,
Access,
Learning

Visiting Artist Series at Gibbes Museum of Art

The Gibbes Museum of Art invited visitors to interact with two local artists working in painting and mixed media during open studio hours held in conjunction with the “Black Refractions” exhibition.

Youth and Family,
Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Breadth

Interactive Felt Wall at El Paso Museum of Art

The El Paso Museum of Art created an interactive storytelling space with a response wall inspired by Rachel Rose’s “Lake Valley,” featuring a variety of felt pieces that visitors could rearrange into an abstract collage narrating their own vision.

Innovative,
Interdisciplinary,
Wellness,
In Gallery,
Breadth

Plantable Postcards at Chrysler Museum of Art

The Chrysler Museum of Art offered a selection of postcards near Edward Steichen’s “In Exaltation of Flowers” for guests to take home. Each card featured an image of a flower, was embedded with flower seeds, and could be planted.

Innovative,
Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Breadth,
Tours and Talks

Parlor Nights at Boise Art Museum

The Boise Art Museum immersed visitors in the world of “Women in American Impressionism” through an in-gallery experience, complete with period furniture, lighting, and music.

Community Building,
Innovative,
Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Diversity,
Perception,
Access,
Depth

Homecoming for a Native Son at Memphis Brooks Museum

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art hosted two improvised musical performances — featuring local musicians, artists, poets, and dancers — around Terry Adkins’ “Native Son (Circus).”

Reach,
Community Building,
Students,
Depth,
Tours and Talks

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Love, Art, and the LGBTQ+ Experience at Cameron Art Museum

The Cameron Art Museum connected with the LGBTQIA+ community through an interactive lecture by a local professor that engaged attendees with Feliz Gonzalez-Torres' work, using it as a catalyst to discuss the artist’s impact on LGBTQ+ art and culture.

Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
Artist Collaborations,
Tours and Talks,
Diversity,
Awareness,
Depth,
Reach

Deeper Than Skin: Music Showcase at Mattatuck

The Mattatuck Museum welcomed local rappers, spoken word artists, poets, and singers to perform pieces inspired by artworks in the “A Face Like Mine” exhibition.

Community Building,
Interdisciplinary,
Artist Collaborations,
Breadth

Music Under the Dome: The Romantic River at Hudson River Museum

The Hudson River Museum hosted a concert, presented by the Chaminade Music Club, in its Planetarium. Music interpretations of artworks by Jacob Lawrence and Archibald John Motley Jr. accompanied immersive projections inspired by the Hudson River and its surrounding landscapes.

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

Thinking Through the Arts at the Katonah Museum of Art

The Katonah Museum of Art offered Thinking Through the Arts, an in-school multidisciplinary program connecting language arts, visual art, creative writing, and movement inspired by Marsden Hartley’s “Give Us This Day.”

Interdisciplinary,
In Gallery,
Youth and Family,
Breadth

Typewriter Trail at Springfield Museums

The Springfield Museums encouraged visitors to enjoy all three of its museums by creating a Typewriter Trail that featured vintage typewriter stations in each building with varied prompts exploring ideas around the use of a typewriter.

Community Building,
In Gallery,
Students,
Artist Collaborations,
Diversity,
Breadth

Making Space at Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University

The Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University partnered with a student group on campus to bring local artist Uzumaki Cepeda to install her work in conversation with Joe Overstreet’s "Boxes."

Innovative,
Interdisciplinary,
Youth and Family,
Students,
Learning,
Access,
Breadth

Explore, a Microsite at El Paso Museum of Art

The El Paso Museum of Art worked with a web development firm, Hello Amigo, to create a microsite that provides engaging content related to the works of Jeff Koons, Robert Gober, and Richard Prince.

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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