Location:
Chicago Cultural Center
Garland Gallery (1st floor)
78 E. Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
How to Make a Smart Museum: The Act of Participating
The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago and the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University invite you to join us for a dinner and conversation as we together consider the question:
How do museums foster and support active participation?
Sit, eat, and share ideas with museum professionals, artists, students, and others. Participants will present case studies from their work and facilitate dialogue with guests to address questions related to participation.
Featured presenters include:
Susy Bielak
Associate Director of Engagement/ Curator of Public Practice, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University
Ariana Jacob
Artist and educator
Prerana Reddy
Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement, Queens Museum
Co-presented by the Smart Museum of Art and the Block Museum of Art, and hosted by the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
About the series
The Smart Museum’s 40th anniversary season is nestled within a period of tremendous debate over the function and future of museums. Questions of audience engagement and access, technology, institutional sustainability, cultural representation and authorship, creative placemaking, and responsible stewardship—all permeate the museum landscape.
During the year, the Smart will be speculating on the future of museums (and ours in particular) in five public events. We invite you to wonder out loud with us.
The How to Make a Smart Museum programming series was made possible by the Efroymson Family Fund. Additional support was provided by the Illinois Humanities Council and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.