introducing the art cart prototype
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Docent TrainingApril 25, 2012
Jane Winchell The Sarah Fraser Robbins Director
Art & Nature Center
Meg Winikates Art & Nature Program Specialist
Lisa Incatasciato Family Programs Coordinator
What’s Up in the Art & Nature Center?
O Ripple Effect + ongoing ANC displays O Close on July 8, 2012
O Interim ANC O Open from mid/late July 2012 — spring 2013
O New ANC + “Artist—Animal Collaborations”O A-A open from June 2013 — March 2014
Interim ANCO “Greatest Hits” modelO Sampling from ongoing displays
O Select objectsO Hands-on drawers
O Favorite interactivesO Books and Boxes ZoneO Drop-in ActivitiesO Prototyping station
New Art & Nature Center
O Same footprint — new designO Separate, adjoined exhibition
areasO Ongoing displaysO Changing exhibitions
O 9 month run times
O Art studiosO 2 studiosO Moveable divider wallO Adjacent large storage room
“Artist-Animal Collaborations”(working title)
O Summary: creative outcomes of artists working collaboratively with live animals.
Art Carts at PEMPrototyping July 201 — April 2013
GoalsO Serve all agesO “Activate” galleriesO Visitor directed (but facilitated)O Multi-sensory experiencesO Promote deeper connectionsO Foster social interactionO Focus on key objects and processes
Touchable ObjectsO Art materialsO ReplicasO PropsO ToolsO Multi-sensory options
Art Activity IdeasO SketchingO Rubbings, embossing,
stamping, paper-craftO Alternate materials:
weaving, mosaics, blocks
Gallery Extension IdeasO CostumesO PuppetsO StoriesO Inquiry
Cards/GamesO Puzzles
Media InteractivesO iPads with video and audio files
O Contextualize objectsO Show art processes
Proposed Galleries for Prototyping
O Japanese Art O American Art (Seamans Gallery)O EIMH, interim Native American
GalleryO Maritime Art (Putnam)
We Need Your Help!O What objects or
galleries provoke lots of questions?
O Which questions could a cart interactive help answer?
O What props or tools might help interpret these objects/galleries?