Tag Archives: Museum education

Teens and Art: An Intern’s Experience

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

This past semester, I was fortunate enough to have a talented, dedicated art education student named Jessica Janzer interning as a teaching assistant for the Satellite High School Program. Jessica worked hard every Thursday and Friday on all of the … Continue reading →

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On Tim Gunn and Gallery Teaching

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

A few weeks ago, I walked home from work at around 7 PM. The city was already dark and the lights of the office buildings were still sparkling, and I was still thinking about my teens in the Satellite program. … Continue reading →

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Hip-Hop in the Galleries, Inspired by Art

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Scratching, turntables, bass, melodies, rhythm. Not exactly vocabulary you’re used to hearing about in an art museum, is it? In an experiment with H2O Milwaukee Music/the Peace Propaganda Project, an urban music education organization, we put teens, music educators, and … Continue reading →

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“Help Harmony Blossom”–Art Xpress 2011

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

This summer, fourteen teens from all around the Milwaukee area came together for three packed weeks with a hefty task: to create a mural for the side of a Milwaukee County Transit System bus that would address an important issue … Continue reading →

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