Open Forum

Viewfinder, an online publication focused on the intersection of museum education and social justice from the National Art Education Association's Museum Education Division, is looking for abstracts and proposals for our 15th issue. We encourage museum education professionals and students of all levels to submit by the deadline of December 6, 2021.

Cries for change and ruminations on the future of museums have come and gone. Many museums have not lived up to their promises of transformation. Some have taken important steps towards equity. Many educators have willingly and unwillingly left museums, while many others have recently entered new positions. The context in which we work today is not the same as it was a year, five years, or ten years ago.

This issue asks: What is the new museum education curriculum? How can we rewrite the curriculum for museum studies and museum education studies? How can we make that curriculum accessible outside of academic programs? What is the role of the museum educator today? How should gallery education and programming be done in this current moment? What new models and resources should educators look to?

We are interested in traditional and experimental formats for submissions including:

Academic articles
Personal narratives and reflections
Artworks/poetry
Syllabi/lesson plans
Interviews
Exhibition or book reviews
Audio/video submissions
Lesson plans
Letters to emerging educators
You tell us! We want to support you and your vision.

Please follow this link to learn more and submit your proposal. We look forward to reading your submissions!
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