Art Museum Education: Facilitating Gallery Experiences

Olga Hubard

Palgrave Macmillan UK, Oct 12, 2015 - Education - 191 pages

How can museum educators facilitate experiences with artworks that are meaningful to viewers? How might educators negotiate divergences between visitors' perspectives and official information? What is the place of emotions and bodily sensations in art viewing? This book explores these and other questions key to generative gallery teaching.

About the author

Olga Hubard is Associate Professor of Art Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA and collaborates in education initiatives with art museums around the world. She has deep experience as a museum educator, museum administrator and teaching artist.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Art Museum Education: Facilitating Gallery Experiences
• Author: Olga Hubard
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015
• ISBN: 1137412879, 9781137412874
• Length: 191 pages
• Subjects: Art / General; Art / Museum Studies; Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; Education / General; Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects; Education / Schools / Levels / Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten); Education / Teaching / General; Education / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Sociology / General