Art / Inclusion / Practice
This is a repost from @MarDixon's blog http://www.mardixon.com/wordpress, on the #CultureAccess Day, organized for CultureThemes.com, on August 29, 2012. August 30th, 2012mardixonCulture, International I wrote this for CultureThemes.com A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our August theme #CultureAccess. The theme was related (loosely) to the London 2012 Paralympics and our acknowledgement …
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This is a repost from a discussion on the LinkedIn Group Emerging Museum Professionals, a subgroup of American Association of Museums. These are the answers from the participants, to the question "Which are the books that every museum empolyee should read?". Of course, this list could be infinite (and will be updated in the future), …
TrendsWatch 2012: Museums and the Pulse of the Future TrendsWatch is a new annual report that helps museums paint a picture of the future, and find practical applications for the information presented in CFM's e-newsletter, Dispatches from the Future of Museums. The inaugural issue of TrendsWatch—TrendsWatch 2012: Museums and the Pulse of the Future—highlights seven …
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Museums: Helpful Hints to Assure a Meaningful and Memorable Visit for Blind and Visually Impaired By Patricia M Brown 1. First and foremost, be sure to follow American's with Disabilities Act 1990/ADA (amended) accommodation recommendations. These recommendations are important to the safety and accessibility of your Blind and Visually Impaired individual. Be familiar with amended …
"Since there are no standard visitors, there are no standard tours", is the introduction on documenta 13's dTours program, which are non-linear and creative encounters of people in the spaces of the exhibition of the world-famous art event in Kassel, Germany. But read for yourself: How would a gardener inspire and frame a dTOUR through …
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----- English version (Translated by us from a post on http://gvam.es/blog //// Versión original en español abajo) ----- What do our Facebook fans need? On 30 January 2012 GVAM launched a survey with the aim of getting to know our Facebook fans a bit better. The conclusions of this survey were as revealing as they were interesting. …
The Smithsonian Institute has started a new initiative to make its enormous collection more accessible. It includes a series of 3D printed models of its archive items and a digital archive of scanned objects. These could be exhibited at museums, schools and other places to enable more people to have access to them. CNET reports …
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The Design for All Foundation Awards recognise projects which use Design for All as a tool to improve quality of life and, in so doing, draw international attention to organisations undertaking exemplary work in this field. This year there were almost 60 entries from 17 different countries, and the quality of the entries made the …
The Beta version of Museum Analytics shows the online and offline visitors of international museums. The Metropolitan Museum is among the Top 3 of both categories, as well as in the category of Facebook Likes. The Museum of Modern Art is first in followers on Twitter, while the Louvre is leader in "real" visitors, in …
------ ENGLISH VERSION BELOW ----- Taller de creación escénica “A ciegas”. Convocatoria pública Hablar en Arte lanza una convocatoria pública para participar en un taller de experimentación teatral y de danza, cuyos alumnos -invidentes y videntes- investigarán a través del cuerpo y la voz sobre experiencias, clichés y otros conceptos sobre la ceguera. El taller …
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