Photo of the month (above): The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has been working on a collaborative project with Common Good of Atlanta for several years to bring art into Whitworth Women’s Facility, a prison in northeast Georgia. The exhibition “Art is a form of freedom” features works selected by the woman incarcerated there. Exhibition photo courtesy of Georgia Museum of Art
High School Portfolio Day at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (video above)
Hammer Museum’s Hammer Channel provides broad access to public programs through streaming
Treaty One Nation and Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Vermont's Shelburne Museum will be fully powered by renewable energy by the end of 2021 due to two solar arrays on museum property. Image courtesy of Shelburne Museum
The Morgan Book Project connects NYC students with medieval manuscripts
Shelburne Museum goes solar, welcomes pollinators
The Wexner's WorldView connects students to artists and each other
Nic Nicosia’s "bighands" created opportunities for kinetic learning and a discussion of how hands can be a means to experience the world for those without sight. Image courtesy Nasher Sculpture Center
Museum of Latin American Art hosts twice-montly food drives for community (Long Beach, CA)
Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College partners to provide art access for K-6 students on and offline (Winter Park, FL)
Free summer lunches for kids in Utica, NY, thanks to partnership with Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute
From the Henry Art Gallery's Set in Motion exhibition: Genevieve Gaignard, "Frontline (Nothing to Hide)," 2017. Image courtesy of the artist/Sound Transit.
Currier Museum expands veteran art therapy programs with help from CARES Act grant
AGO Virtual School Programs reach thousands of students in Canada and beyond
Exhibition commemorates ten years of Frye programs for people with dementia
At the start of the pandemic, Corning Museum of Glass staff found many ways to help their communities, including using 3D printers to create face shields and other PPE. Here, John van Otterloo of the Chemung County Library Distric and Ryan Langile, Corning Museum of Glass, pose with some of these 3D printed face shields. Photo by Sarah Langille, courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.
Museums donate PPE to hospitals and healthcare workers
Virtual Museum Education Resources from AAMD museums
Jenny Bevill, Missoula Art Museum educator and outreach specialist, conducting a Museum as Megaphone pilot session. Photo courtesy of Missoula Art Museum
Missoula Art Museum launches remote access platform to reach more Montana students
Just Us at the National Gallery of Art provides respite for memory loss patients and caregivers
Through technology, students around the world learn from Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collections
The Dali Museum’s Innovation Lab uses the strategies of visual innovation to generate resilience and empower individuals to reimagine their lives and then to step into that new world. The Dali uses this museum-based model of creative problem solving to help women living with domestic violence, or recovering from substance abuse or confinement, to reenter the work force. Photo courtesy of the Dali Museum