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Designing Community: Museum Outreach
Programs
Christina Alderman The Walker Art Center/ RISD
Danielle Linzer The Whitney Museum of American Art
Becky Manuel The Art Institute of Chicago
Why do we do community programs?
• What do we mean when we say community?
• How can you be a better advocate for engaging local communities?
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Stories from the Field
Questions to ask before starting a community program:
• What do you REALLY mean when you say community? (Is it marketing?)
• Why are you choosing to engage this group and who determines these choices?
• What are the barriers of different communities in your city to coming to your institution? What barriers do you identify for this specific group?
• How will the institution AND this community benefit from the program?
• Who are the stakeholders in the community you’d like to engage? Have you talked to them?
• What does the community perceive as a barrier to coming to the museum?
• What is the sustainability of this program?
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Contact Information:
• Associate Educator, Family and Teen Programs RISD Museum [email protected]
• Danielle Linzer, Director of Access and Community Programs The Whitney Museum of Art [email protected]
• Becky Manuel, Coordinator of Community Programs The Art Institute of Chicago [email protected]