Art and artists in museum MakerSpaces
Art and artists can inspire children, visitors and us to think about museums in new ways. As more and more science organisations explore possibilities for tinkering-based programmes and environments, artists can also play their part. This pre-conference workshop combines a mix of museum professionals with local artists to provide insight on how to create productive partnerships and share practical examples of experimental projects. Together we’ll discuss the vast range of artists that museum MakerSpaces can collaborate with and the varied reasons for pursuing such connections.
We’ll reflect on the pros and cons of connecting with emerging artists as well as with more established artists who may appreciate working in a different context. We’ll hear from museum professionals about how their collaborations work. Artists and makers will explain what they need from us to feel supported in programmes, residencies and events.
The session will begin with definitions of terms and raise questions from the group before working with Ida Hirsenfelder, a sound artist working in Ljubljana. After guided reflection, educators from Artencurs in Barcelona will share best practice. The afternoon will engage you in hands-on workshops and look at maker activity development from an artistic perspective.
A more detailed programme can be checked here.
Facilitator
Freiburg im Breisgau
Germany
Session speakers
Tinkering Studio R&D lead
San Francisco
United States
Sebastian will share about the role of artists in the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Marina will share how in Toulouse they developed a artist residencies program with the idea of being a platform for the artists we welcome, helping them connecting to researchers, start-ups or companies but also to makers. We’re also working on the documentation of the creation work (with a podcast to talk with artists & researchers about their R&D work, thoughts, goals, public – we are also thinking about creating newother tools to share).
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Share how OIiOli, a children's museum in Dubai works with outside artists.
ARTENCURS Institució La Vall
I will share how in the children’s art creations we find deep thinking, questions and reflexions showing their learning. How art and tinkering practices at the school widen the range of languages by which students discover the world.
ARTENCURS Institució Familiar de Educació
Raquel will share how the child understands and makes use of the processes of artistic creation and how we work them from the school's Atelier.
Ida will share about collaborating with artists and lead a hands-on workshop building one or two simple tools for detecting various frequencies then go to the field (urban or semi-urban environment) and record various phenomenons and come back to the lab and have a listening session.
