Today I’m talking about how we can get ourselves into our best state - our most resourceful state - for when we show up to facilitate art discussions, tours, programmes or lessons. And sharing 8 different ways for you to turn up at your best! How you show up is important. Whether you’re leading a
THE JOY OF ENGAGING WITH OBJECTS WITH ALEX WOODALL INTRODUCTION I’m really happy to be talking to Dr Alex Woodall about her wonderful work with objects. We’re talking about how the joys of working with objects creatively. We’re exploring how you can use objects to spark all sorts of connections, associations and
HOW TO LOOK AT ART (SLOWLY) We’ve reached another milestone and in honour of 75 episodes, I’m releasing a new resource today which shares 31 different ways that you can look at art or objects in museums. Today I’m going to talk you through some of these different ways of looking
INTRODUCTION Today I’m chatting to Ben Street about his new book 'How to Enjoy Art: A Guide for Everyone'. We’re talking about how we can engage with art without needing to know anything about it. Ben Street is an author, educator and art historian. He’s also been a school
HOW TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE ACTIVIST PROTESTS IN ART MUSEUMS Summary Sheet for Episode 73 - Resources for talking about contentious issues Today’s episode follows on from some popular posts I shared on social media recently about how to talk about the recent activist protests in art
REACTING TO ART WITH OUR BODIES WITH RACHEL ROPEIK INTRODUCTION Today I’m talking to Rachel Ropeik about her work. We’re talking about the many ways in which we can incorporate movement into our work as educators and how it can help with engagement. Rachel Ropeik is an educator, facilitator, adventurer, experience builder
THE POWER OF VTM: WHY I CREATED A NEW APPROACH TO ENGAGING WITH ART, OBJECTS AND AUDIENCES IN THE MUSEUM Today I’m talking about why I created my method Visible Thinking in the Museum (or VTM for short) and who I created it for. Why did I go and develop a
DECONSTRUCTING THE TRADITIONAL GUIDED TOUR with HANNA PIKSEN INTRODUCTION Today I’m so happy to be talking to Hanna Piksen about deconstructing the traditional guided tour and creating a completely new experience where guides are given free rein to design and lead the tour entirely from their own perspective. Hanna Piksen is the
HOW TO USE BODY LANGUAGE TO CREATE ENGAGEMENT WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE? (AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?) Body language is defined as ‘the conscious and unconscious movements and postures by which attitudes and feelings are communicated’. When we talk about body language we’re talking about a wide range of human expression
LOOKING AT LIFE LIKE A WORK OF ART with MARINA GROSS HOY INTRODUCTION Today I'm delighted to be talking to Marina Gross Hoy about how to look, and in particular, how to look at your daily life as if you were looking at a work of art. Marina Gross Hoy is a
