Listening To Self: An Appeal for Autoethnography in Art Museum Education

Laura Evans, Assistant Professor of Art History and Art Education and the Director of the Art Museum Education Certificate, University of North Texas, and Jeremy Blair, Academic Liaison and Public…

How Much Transparency is the Right Amount? A Museum Visitor Response Case Study

Jessica Keyes, Manager of Interpretation, Baltimore Museum of Art

It is broadly accepted that transparency is one of the necessary…

An Active Practice: Reflections on Professional Development from Senior Museum Educators

Brigid Globensky, Senior Director of Education at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Anne Manning, Director of Education at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Jackie Terrassa, Woman’s…

Uncovering OASIS: Critical Thinking Made Transparent in a Student Residency Program

Theresa Sotto, Assistant Director of Academic Programs, Hammer Museum

How can I encourage students to slow down and look closely at…

Change & Bread

Nicole Claris, Manager of School Programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

A bakery changed my approach to docents.

This was not an epiphany I reached through a frosting-induced sugar high. This was not through a vision…

Learning by Writing

Gallery Demonstration Lesson Plans and Reflections from the 2015 NAEA Museum Education Pre-Conference

Viewfinder Issue 3 — Professional Development: Letter from the Editors

Sara Egan, Emily Jennings, and Chelsea Emelie Kelly, Viewfinder Editorial Board

What does professional development mean to you? Does your institution…

Viewfinder Issue 2 — Transparency: Letter from the Editors

Sara Egan, Emily Jennings, and Chelsea Emelie Kelly, Viewfinder Editorial Board

How can clarity, openness and willingness to share improve our practice and…