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MCA Curator Lynne Warren, and contemporary artists Nathan Carter, Aaron Curry, Kristi Lippire, Jason Meadows, and Jason Middlebrook provide insight on the exhibition.
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Fuller's grandson, Jaime Snyder, provides insight on the exhibition.
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MCA Chief Curator Elizabeth Smith, Director of Collections and Exhibition Services Jennifer Draffen and Senior Preparator Brad Martin examine the exhibition from multiple angles: interpretation, installation and caring for the artworks.
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How do artists see the familiar anew, and how can viewers do the same? In this opening conversation, MCA curator Lynne Warren engages artists Jason Meadows and Jason Middlebrook, and Calder Foundation registrar and scholar Jessica Holmes in a discussion about creative reuse in sculpture, relating contemporary methods of art making to Calder's process and work.
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In his latest series of paintings and drawings, renowned artist Kerry James Marshall takes up as his subject the presence of the Black artist in his or her studio. Marshall discusses these visually stunning works and invites us to reflect on this question: how do portrayals of famous artists in their studios influence our perceptions of who is an artist?
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Internationally renowned artist Andrea Zittel speaks about her work and describes how her studio in the high desert of California serves both as a space for exploration and as a place for crafting and presenting objects, materials, spaces and ideas. Zittel's sculptures and installations transform everything necessary for life -- such as eating, sleeping, bathing, and socializing -- into experiments in living.
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Featuring a different theme each month, Educator Salons engage teachers in explorations of timely pedagogical issues, provide access to provocative speakers, and promote an open exchange among peers and colleagues. The Salon is an intimate gathering of educators with the goal of creating a community to raise questions and explore ideas. |
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How can educators help students decipher issues about contemporary identity? What can we contribute to the idea of otherness? How is the representation of cultural others manifested in the classroom? Who gets to tell this story? How do artists working today reveal and question ideas about contemporary identity?
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How can teachers help young people decipher, negotiate, and counter mass media? What can we learn from contemporary artists who successfully deconstruct and re-contextualize popular media messages? How can schools make room for media activist practices that empower children to address social issues that are important to them?
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What role should educators play in shaping an environment in which authentic learning occurs? What does a model learning community look like? How can teachers help young people assume a stewardship role over their own environments?
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How do we describe that combination of emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities that distinguishes a teacher leader? What are those values, characteristics, and professional ethics that influence a teacher's approach toward educating young people? How do artists and arts educators conceive of and define high quality teaching? And to what extent do these dispositions influence an educator's capacity for personal growth?
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