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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 Calderma@risd.edu

•  Danielle Linzer, Director of Access and Community Programs The Whitney Museum of Art Danielle_Linzer@whitney.org

•  Becky Manuel, Coordinator of Community Programs The Art Institute of Chicago rmanuel@artic.edu