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Art Education as a Radical Act

Untold Histories of Education at MoMA
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This comprehensive volume highlights and centres untold histories of education at MoMA from 1937-2020, using the critical voices of artists, scholars, designers, and educators. Exploring these histories as transformative and paradigm-shifting in museum education, it elevates MoMA 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 MoMA archives as a primary resource. The third part presents the perspectives of William Burback, Philip Yenawine, Patterson Sims, Deborah F. Schwartz and Wendy Woon as former MoMA 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 MoMA and museums more broadly and re-centres 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.

Author Biography:

Sara Torres-Vega is Associate Professor at Complutense University (Spain) and Lecturer at New York University in Madrid. Wendy Woon is on New York University’s Steinhardt School faculty and was the former Deputy Director for Education at MoMA.
Release date Australia
May 20th, 2024
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by Sara Torres-Vega
  • Edited by Wendy Woon
Illustrations
24 Halftones, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
272
ISBN-13
9781032611549
Product ID
38433894

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