PoemsWhile You Wait
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Library Art Workshop Seriesat the Rollins Museum of Art
Tying programming to Philip Guston’s “Cigar,” the Rollins Museum of Art hosted a series of block printmaking workshops in neighborhood libraries to introduce local youth to artists and the shared history of social justice.
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This Library Art Workshop series introduced young library patrons across neighboring communities to the socially conscious art of Philip Guston and explored how artists use their craft as a tool for activism. After a period of COVID-related closures and the resulting focus on virtual programming, these workshops represented Rollins Museum of Art’s reintroduction to its nearby districts and virtual visitors. K-12 students, primarily ages 10-13, created block prints inspired by artworks that made critical commentary on issues of racial injustice. All the prints created by participants were compiled into zines featuring their collective visual messages, and copies were put on display at each of the libraries.
Intended Outcome
The museum hoped to engage 96 new K-12 students who live within an easy-travel radius. Another goal was for program participants to make critical connections between social issues of the mid-twentieth century and the current lived moment.
Actual Outcome
Hosting these workshops in collaboration with three local libraries gave museum staff an opportunity to engage with new K-12 audiences. This helped introduce new families to the museum and its youth and family programming. Additionally, it allowed virtual family audiences—cultivated during the pandemic and through past partnerships with the local library system—to finally interact with museum staff and programming in person. Across these local library programs, the Rollins Museum of Art engaged with 38 people.
Advice Post Project
After a period of closure, offering off-site programs is a great way to deepen existing partnerships, transition virtual engagement to in-person engagement, and solidify a new museum presence to specific age groups within local communities.
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PoemsWhile You Wait
The Contemporary Arts Center captured visitors’ first impressions of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ work “Untitled” (L.A.) through impromptu poems written by artists in the Poems While You Wait collective.
Nature's PaletteForaging for Color at the Allentown Art Museum
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CORE Subschool
Workshops encouraged Oglethorpe University’s faculty members to incorporate the "Estampas De La Raza" exhibition into their curricula for undergraduate students.
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