Here is a handout/resource packet for the IIMP I'll be prototyping in the museum galleries this afternoon.  I did switch to artwork we worked with today -- we responded to Anselm Kiefer's "Burning Rods."

Enjoy!  I hope to upload more resources before the end of the week (just in case anyone finds them useful).…

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Here is a link to the latest KDHX radio arts interview featuring yours truly.  It's a short interview, and they always cut out the really good stuff, but I thought it was fun.  Nancy Kranzberg is one of the biggest supporters of the arts in St. Louis, and she has been doing this short radio spot for decades.  Always good to be connecting these ideas to a broader community.…

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This week, we're going to be connecting with a couple short readings/posts from a site I recently launched called ArtMuseumTeaching.com -- a collaborative forum for reflecting on practice in my field of museum education.

We've provided copies of the 2 short readings in your folders, but I also wanted to provide direct links (since the posts have links in them, and include Comments from other educators). …

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...along with what Steven Johnson, David Kelley, David Eagleman et al. Are writing about: Helpful language and concepts that help us wrap our heads and arms around the powerful work we are doing. What do you think?

What would our book articulate to the world?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/imagine-by-jonah-lehrer.html?pagewanted=all