Construction of the Columbus Museum of Art’s new wing and the renovation of the Ross Wing, an addition the Museum built in 1974 that housed the Museum’s lobby and temporary exhibition space are moving along and we’re excited to share Read More…
Middle School Redo and Role Models
My name is Alvin White, and I am a Teaching Artist at the Columbus Museum of Art. Imagine walking into a middle school classroom and you’ve become the star of 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Students are high-fiving you, asking Read More…
Posted in Musings from the Center for Creativity
Lessons from a Boxer
“This is a great place to learn about yourself. You can get in tune with a lot of learning and things you didn’t know about yourself and your family here, like patience.” Armond shared this wisdom with me as he Read More…
Posted in Visitor Stories and Conversations
Encounters with Nudity
Navigating nudity in art during a visit alone or with family and friends can be challenging for many of us. Indeed, I have been uncomfortable making sense of some works that contain nudity on view at CMA. For me, every Read More…
Posted in Visitor Stories and Conversations
Art in Bloom Photo Hunt Gallery
To celebrate Spring and our biennial Art in Bloom (where floral designers interpret museum masterpieces), we asked mobile photographers to give us their take on the theme witha special Art in Bloom Photo Hunt. More than 250 photos were submitted Read More…
Posted in CMA Photo Hunts
Inside the Strange and Wonderful World of a Museum Educator
If you’ve ever worked in the field of museum education, you know that people “on the outside” have no idea what that means. “That must be so fun,” we hear a lot. Yes, it is fun! However, no, we don’t Read More…
Posted in Musings from the Center for Creativity
