Friday, October
26, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
- Registration (Uris Center for
Education)
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
- Welcome (Bonnie J.
Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
Peggy Fogelman, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chairman of
Education, The Metropolitan
Museum of Art
10:20 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Keynote Speaker (Bonnie J. Sacerdote
Lecture Hall)
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Rethinking the
Museum Experience: Museum as Educational, Social, Intellectual and Aesthetic
Journey Through the Senses (Bonnie J.
Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
Discussion Leader:
Nina Levent, Director, Art Beyond Sight and Flip Phillips, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Skidmore College
Speakers: John Falk, Professor of Free-Choice Learning, Oregon
State University, Author,
Identity and the Museum Visitor
Experience
Rachel Herz, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown
University, Author, The Scent of Desire:
Discovering our Enigmatic Sense of Smell
Martin Tröndle, Professor for the study of cultural business operations and art
research, Zepellin University, Switzerland, Mapping Museum Experience Project
Volker Kirchberg, Professor for Cultural Distribution
and Cultural Organization in Applied Cultural Sciences, Leuphana University of Lueneburg,
Mapping Museum Experience Project
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Lunch break (on
your own)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Concurrent Sessions A
Experiencing Art
Through the Senses: Artists’ Perspectives
·
Interactive Art (Seminar Room)
Learn about an
art world where multimedia artists use software, computer processors,
microcontrollers, or 3D modeling machines to create jewelry, sculptures and
sound.
Artists: R. Luke Dubois, composer, artist and performer; Jesse Louis-Rosenberg, multimedia artist, and Jessica Rosenkrantz, multimedia artist, Nervous System; Daniel Rozin, artist, educator and developer
·
Taste: Explicit and Implicit (North Classroom)
The sense of taste, from survival
value to molecular gastronomy to altered perceptions.
Artists: Emilie Baltz, art director, designer,
photographer, educator, artist and curator; Jennifer Rubell, performance
artist and food curator; Mihir Desai; Kimberly Kelly, researcher,
designer, artist
·
Touch: Making touch matter (Art Study Room)
Explore works of
art through touch. Discover how the sense of touch influences these artists and
the objects that they create.
Chair: Daniel
Mason, independent curator and writer
Artists: Mia Westerlund Roosen, William
Tucker
·
Sight: Seeing Things Differently, Part I (Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
Learn about how an individual’s way of
perceiving the world influences art-making.
Chair: Jacqueline
Terrassa, Managing Museum Educator for Gallery and Studio Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
Artists: Stephen Lapthisophon, Professor of Studio Art and Art History, University
of Texas, Arlington; Paul Bloodgood, artist
and curator
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Coffee break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions B
(Roundtables)
Experiencing Art
Through the Senses: Museum Perspectives
·
Navigating Art Space (Bonnie J.
Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
Artists and
scientists discuss ways to create multisensory gallery experiences using scent,
running water, air currents, haptics and/or motion-responsive LED screens.
Participants:
Sofia Paraskeva, artist; Martin Tröndle, Professor for the study of cultural business
operations and art research, Zepellin University, Switzerland, Mapping Museum Experience Project; Volker Kirchberg, Professor
for Cultural Distribution and Cultural Organization in Applied Cultural
Sciences, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Mapping Museum Experience Project, Phoebe
Hui, artist and researcher
·
The Role of Touch in Learning and Teaching in Museums (Art Study Room)
This roundtable
discussion explores the benefits of incorporating touch into museum teaching
practices.
Participants: Alan Balicki, Chief
Conservator for Library Collections, New York Historical Society; Pamela Lawton, artist and contractual
educator, The Metropolitan
Museum of Art; Joaneath Spicer, James A. Murnaghan Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art, The Walters
Art Museum; Geerat Vermeij, Professor of Geology, University of California, Davis
·
Artists’ Tools and Process and Multisensory Learning (Carroll Classroom)
Museum educators
discuss how artists’ tools and process can be an integral part of multisensory learning.
Participants: Jane Samuels, Manager
for Access and Equality, British
Museum; Calder Zwicky, Associate
Educator for Teen of Community Programs, Museum of Modern Art ; Halldóra Arnardóttir, Hospital Virgen
de la Arrixaca in Murcia, Spain;
Rashaad Newsome, artist
·
The Art of Description, Part I: The Evolving Technology of Description (North Classroom)
How mobile
technologies and modern sensing techniques are changing exhibit description.
Participants: Larry Goldberg,
Director, National Center
for Accessible Media; Steven Landau, Creative Director, Touch Graphics,
Inc.; Nancy
Proctor, Head of Mobile Strategy and Initiatives, Smithsonian Institution
Saturday, October 27, 2012
9:00 a.m.
– 10:00 a.m. - Registration (Uris Center for Education)
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. - Introduction and
recap of Day 1 (Bonnie J.
Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Rethinking Art: The Multilayered Art
Museum Experience and the Senses (Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
Discussion Leader: John Kennedy, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University
of Toronto, Author, Drawing and the Blind
Speakers: David
Freedberg Professor
of Art History, Columbia University, Author, The Power of Images: Studies in
the History and Theory of Response
Margaret
Livingstone, Professor
of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Author, Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
Bonnie
Pitman, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, the University of Texas at
Dallas, Author, Ignite the Power of Art:
Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. - Lunch break- Bag lunch provided
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Concurrent sessions C
Experiencing Art
Through the Senses: Artists’ Perspectives
·
Scent as Art (the Studio)
A “nose-on”
exploration of fragrances and olfactory art.
Participants: Christophe Laudamiel, Master Perfumer and Scent Sculptor, President DreamAir LLC; Jim Drobnick, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Ontario College of
Art and Design; Mary John Baumann,
certified wine expert, Nose in the Glass; Andreas Keller, artist and olfactory researcher, Smell Study, Rockefeller University
·
Sound Art, Music, and the Soundscape of the Museum (Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
Hear about how
artists use sound in a variety of ways, including as a backdrop for the museum
experience.
Artists: Lou Mallozzi, sound artist, Experimental Sound Studio; Bruce Odland, composer and sound artist; Stephen Vitiello, electronic musician and media artist
·
Thinking Through the Drawing Process, Part I (Art Study Room)
How does drawing
lead to discovery? What effect does the act of drawing have on the
understanding of art for people with and without vision? In this session we
will discuss the complex relationship between drawing and thinking.
Chair: Angela Brew
Participants: William
Crow, Managing Museum Educator for School and Teacher Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, artist; Michelle Fava; Andrea Kantrowitz, artist and
teacher; Rebecca McGinnis, Museum Educator, Access and
Community Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Discussant: t.b.d.
·
Sight: Seeing Things Differently, Part II (Carroll Classroom)
Explore different ways of looking in this
hands-on workshop. Participation in
Sight: Seeing Things Differently, Part I not necessary.
Deborah Lutz, artist, contractual educator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Stephen Lapthisophon, artist, Professor of Studio Art and Art History, University
of Texas, Arlington
2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. - Coffee break
2:50 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. -
Concurrent Sessions D (Roundtables)
Experiencing Art
Through the Senses: Museum Perspectives
·
Designing Multisensory Exhibitions and Experiences (Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall)
This roundtable
conversation will explore how we can design exhibitions that allow for more
encompassing multisensory experiences.
Chair: Shannon Mattern, School
of Media Studies, The New School, New York, NY
Participants: Jim Drobnick, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Ontario College of
Art and Design; Johannes Goebel, Experimental
Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC); John Weber, Dayton Director, Frances Young Tang Teaching
Museum and Art Gallery ; Siegfried Saerberg, Curator and Professor of Sociology and Disability Studies, Germany
·
Putting Theory into Practice: Museum Interpretation and
Sensory Engagement (Art Study Room)
This session addresses some of the multiple methods employed to engage
the senses in museum programming.
Chair: Georgia Krantz, Senior Education
Manager, Adult and Access Programs, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Participants: John Bramblitt, artist; Marie Clapot, Art Beyond Sight; Doylene Land, Curator of
Education, Ellen Noël Museum; D. Lynn McRainey, Chief Education Officer and Elizabeth F. Cheney
Director of Education, Chicago History Museum; John Shields, Manager of Docent and
Internship Programs, the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
·
The Art of Description, Part II: The Voice of
Description (the Studio)
How the
narrator, the language, and the delivery impact the non-visual museum
experience.
Participants: Halsey Burgund, sound artist,
musician; Amanda Cachia, curator; Lou Giansante, producer and writer; Carolyn
Halpin-Healy, contractual educator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, executive director, Arts
& Minds; Matthew Kaplowitz,
Executive Director, Bridge Multimedia
·
Thinking Through the Drawing Process, Part II (Carroll Classroom)
Try your hand at “thinking through the drawing process.” This drawing
workshop will take place in the galleries. Participation in Thinking through
the Drawing Process, Part I not necessary.
William Crow, Managing Museum Educator for School and Teacher Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, artist; Andrea Kantrowitz, artist and
teacher
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Conference Recap
and discussion (Bonnie J. Sacerdote
Lecture Hall)
Sunday,
October 28, 2012
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - New York City Museum and Gallery
Tours, Demonstrations, and Observations
Access programs at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art are made possible by 
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.
Access programs are also made
possible by the generous support of Filomen M. D'Agostino Foundation.
Additional
support has been provided by The Ceil & Michael E. Pulitzer Foundation,
Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust, Estate of Susan D. Rich, Jane B.
Wachsler, Allene Reuss Memorial Trust, The Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman
Charitable Trust, Estate of Doris Alperdt, and Dorothy S. Fried Trust.
Art Beyond Sight public programs are
supported by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and Clifford Chance, as
well as these generous donors Blair Axel, Edgar D. and Nancy P. Aronson, Robert
J. and Susan Bishop, Joseph M. and Barbara Cohen, Jay and Pam Greenblatt,
Richard and Marianna Kilbride, Gary and Sarah Wolkowitz, and Nicholas R. and
Whitney Williams.
Art Beyond Sight also thanks the
Travelers Foundation and the many NYC Travelers employees who have volunteered
to make this conference possible since 2005.