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Daniel Atkinson

Lecturer

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Bio

Education: BA, Studio Art, 2008, U. of Minnesota; MA, Art Education, 2011, NYU; MS, Leadership in Museum Education, Bank St College of Education. Concurrent Positions: Programmer at MCA Chicago; Lecturer at Node Center for Curatorial Studies. Interests: Radical pedagogy; public programming; museum and informal learning. Previous Positions and Institutions: Emerging Curators Institute, Co-Director, Education and Public Programs; various positions in the education and public programs departments of Museum of Modern Art; New York; Museum of the Moving Image; Dia:Beacon; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; the Walker Art Center. 

Courses

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Description

Processes in Arts Administration offers project-based engagement with timely and relevant developments in Arts Administration. Through an incubator model, students will have the opportunity to explore creative processes that take place as part of independent projects, or 'in the front of the house' and behind the scenes of arts organizations, elevating creativity in arts administration. Course work will vary and may include researching, proposing and designing curatorial projects across media, programming supporting events for multiple audiences, and designing and publishing publicity, critical, and documentation materials in conjunction with projects. Students will develop site specific projects at proposal, model, and prototype levels. Course outcomes will include presentations and documentation.

Class Number

2482

Credits

3

Description

Processes in Arts Administration offers project-based engagement with timely and relevant developments in Arts Administration. Through an incubator model, students will have the opportunity to explore creative processes that take place as part of independent projects, or 'in the front of the house' and behind the scenes of arts organizations, elevating creativity in arts administration. Course work will vary and may include researching, proposing and designing curatorial projects across media, programming supporting events for multiple audiences, and designing and publishing publicity, critical, and documentation materials in conjunction with projects. Students will develop site specific projects at proposal, model, and prototype levels. Course outcomes will include presentations and documentation.

Class Number

2483

Credits

3