Examining Museum-School Partnerships:
LACMA's Gallery Installation at Charles White Elementary School
Friday, Mar. 1
1–4 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
An Alliance "One Good Thing" workshop
Join local colleagues as we learn about LACMA’s ongoing partnership with Charles White Elementary School, built on the former site of the OTIS School of Art and Design. Since 2006, LACMA has worked with the administration of Charles White Elementary to have regular exhibits and programs in the school’s professional-quality gallery, utilizing utilize this space to create engaging, hands-on learning opportunities for students.
Who Should Attend
Cross-departmental teams are encouraged to attend, including museum educators, exhibitions planners, audience research and evaluation professionals, development staff, public programs staff, PR and marketing professionals, visitor services/experience staff and museum directors or senior staff looking to develop or revise education-related programming pan-institutionally.
How Will I Benefit?
By participating in this program, attendees will be better able to:
- Consider effective models of museum-school partnerships
- Discuss the broader implications of the synergy between formal and informal learning institutions
- Advocate for museums as essential education institutions.
All Alliance “One Good Thing” programs feature practical information, local facilitators, skills-building activities and opportunities for discussion and networking. This program will feature a Twitter conversation using a specific hashtag so that others can participate virtually.
Presenters
Sarah Jesse, associate vice president of education, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Agenda*
| 1:00 p.m. | Introductions and overview of the partnership and program |
| 1:30 p.m. | Time to explore gallery |
| 1:50 p.m. | Hands-on training/activity |
| 2:30 p.m. | Roundtable discussion and reflection |
| 3:50 p.m. | Wrap up |
*Subject to change
You will a receive registration confirmation email within 24 hours and further instructions via email closer to the live event.
For more program-related information, contact Greg Stevens.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation requests for Alliance professional development programs must be received in writing no later than one week prior to the event date to receive a full refund of your registration fees. Refund requests will not be accepted after that date. The Alliance reserves the right to cancel any program at any time, for any reason. In the event of a program cancellation by the Alliance, attendees will receive a full refund of their registration fees. For face-to-face programs, the Alliance is not responsible for any travel or hotel expenses incurred as a result of your participation or cancellation of an event.