Toledo Museum of ArtRecent Educational Initiatives

2011-2013

Glenwood Church

Center for Visual Arts

Glass Pavilion

Toledo Museum of ArtOur purpose: Art Education

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Through our collection and facilities we provide access to works of art and information about them

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Art must be connected to all that we do Always seek to add value Plan, implement, evaluate Our people are our greatest asset Integrate art into people’s lives Money follows good ideas

Basic Principles

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Key Steps

– Organizing our budget around our core objectives, rather than traditional departments

– Re-organizing the staff to better align with the Strategic Plan (FY13)

– Formulating a 2020 Vision for TMA that will be realized through each of the strategic objectives (FY13)

Staff Restructure: Executive Team

• Director

• COO

• Director of Develop-

ment

• Chief

Informati-on

Officer

• Director of

Human

Resource

s

• CFO

• Facilities Director

• Director of

Education

• Chief

Curator

• Senior

Curator

• Head of Visitor

Engage-men

t

• Director of

Commun

-ications

• Associate Director

Organizational ChartBoard of Directors

Director

Resources/ COO

Finance

Assistant Controller

Special EventsRetailTech/AV EquipTSO

Human

Resources

Management/Training

HRIS/Payroll

Protective Services

Volunteers

Development

Dev Coordinator

Asst Director

Membership/Visitor Services

Facilities

Maintenance

GroundsUtility

Asst

Manager/ Capital Projects

Information

Asst Systems Officer

Systems Analyst

Asst Network /Software Management

Head Librarian

Fellows/ Assistants Content/ Engagement Assoc Director

Chief CuratorCurators

Conservato

r

Visual

LiteracyDocentsOutreach/ Family

Cente

rAssistant Director

Visitor

Engagement

Exhibitions/ Publication

sGlass

StudioInterpretation &

EditingDe

sign

Studio

Communicatio

nsSocial Media

PR & PI

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Five Strategic Objectives2011-2015

• Expanding Access to the Collections• Teaching Visual Literacy• Increasing Visibility• Developing Museum Assets• Working with Artists

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The ability to construct meaning from everything you see.

Teaching Visual Literacy is fundamental for shaping today's

youth into tomorrow’s leaders, and to living a fully sensed life.

Teaching Visual Literacy

Teaching Visual Literacy

School Tours

Baby Tours

90% of our information is received by our eyes.

For infants, the neurons in the brain

are developing at a rapid pace during this

time.

There are many more

neuron connections in

an infant’s brain in comparison to an adult (Klugar,

2009). This suggests that

infants are quite capable of

learning from a stimulating

environment.

If the brain is not provided with stimulating experiences during this time, these neuron connectors die off. It is difficult to get them back!

Early Development The visual

system and the limbic system develop very rapidly over the first few weeks (Dodwell, Humphrey, & Muir, 1987).

After extensive research with babies around the world…

Baby Introductions

What we learned• Babies like both abstract and representational works of art,

they prefer bright colors, portraits of babies, and portraits with big eyes.

• The tour can be no longer than 30 minutes.• You can only spend a brief time in front of each work.• Parents need some coaching so that they know how to

interact with their child.• Babies are great at selecting their own paintings that they

like. • Our ‘research’ supports the findings in previous research –

babies like bright, bold and colorful works of art.

TMA is producing a suite of publications about Visual Literacy

Toddler Time Tours

Starting in February 2014, toddlers will get

the chance to experience Docent-led

tours designed specifically for them.

TMA Docent Program 2012Curriculum

Human Visual Perception and the Brain

TMA has redesigned its docent program and prepared a new curriculum, including brain science, vision and perception

studies, and Visual Literacy methodologies.

The Toledo Museum of Art is preparing an iBook for use within its docent curriculum and in online training courses

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Training Programs in Visual Literacy and its methodologies are being offered to TMA staff, gallery

guards, volunteers, board members, donors, sponsors, educational and health service providers.

Training Programs

http://www.vislit.org/

The Toledo Museum of Art has launched a new website, dedicated to Visual

Literacy

THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL VISUAL LITERACY

CONFERENCE

 The Art of Seeing: From Ordinary to Extraordinary.

Toledo Museum of Art

November 5 to 8, 2014