Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today (eBook)

Joni Boyd Acuff is assistant professor of art education at the Ohio State University. Laura Evans is assistant professor of art history and art education and the director of the Art Museum Education Certificate at the University of North Texas.

List of TablesIntroduction and ContextJoni Boyd Acuff and Laura EvansSection 1: Museum Educators as Change AgentsChapter 1: “Stuck” is where you need to pay attention: Some barriers to creating truly inclusive art museumsMarianna Adams and Judy Koke Chapter 2: Stimulating change through story-telling: Art museum educators of color share their lived experiences with multicultural issuesNatasha ReidChapter 3: Excellence and equity?: A reflection on the diversification of museumsWendy Ng and Syrus Marcus WareChapter 4: Unheard: Voices of women of color in the museumFlavia Zuñiga-WestSection 2: Inclusion versus ExclusionChapter 5: Collaborating with communities: New conceptualizations of hybridized museum practiceTraci Quinn and Marianna PegnoChapter 6: Multiculturalism and the Supported Interpretation (SI) Model: Embracing cultural diversity through inclusive art exhibitionsPat Villeneuve and Alicia VieraChapter 7: Enabling access at the Meadows Museum: An ongoing journey to inclusivityAllison Davidson and Maria Carmen SmithChapter 8: Undisciplined space: Indian craft heritage sites as texts for critical practice Manisha SharmaChapter 9: Class exclusion: Challenges of an art museum trying to connect with its blue collar communityYuha JungChapter 10: Code switching in the museum: Increasing access for English learnersSofia Gutierrez and Briley RasmussenSection 3: Collaboration with Diverse AudiencesChapter 11: Feminist art and adolescents in museums: A closer look Cheri Eileen EhrlichChapter 12: Engaging Latino audiences: Visitor-driven change at The Denver Art MuseumVerónica Betancourt and Madalena SalazarChapter 13: “Today I Am Here”: A Smithsonian heritage outreach initiativePhilippa Rappoport Chapter 14: Community curation as an alternative strategy for interpreting exhibitions: myaamiaki iši meehtoseeniwiciki: How the Miami people liveCynthia Collins and Vesta DanielSection 4: Responsive PedagogyChapter 15: Taking it personally: Coming to know oneself and others through interpretations of artTerry Barrett Chapter 16: Thoughtful words: Toward critically multicultural language in art museum interpretive materialAndrea Severin GoinsChapter 17: Experiencing Indigenous ways of knowing as embodied in a museumChristine Ballengee-Morris and Patricia StuhrChapter 18: Using Multicultural Critical Reflective Practice in the art museum Melissa Crum and Keonna Hendrick Chapter 19: I cannot tell a lie: White privilege in museum educationMelinda M. MayerClosing ThoughtsJoni Boyd Acuff and Laura EvansIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors