Academics, Artists, and Museums

Irina D. Costache is Professor of Art History, and Director of the Broome Gallery, at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI), USA. She is an experienced exhibition curator and a former President of Art Historians of Southern California.Clare Kunny is a US based art historian, educator, and administrator, with 30 years of experience working in and with museums. Focused on building bridges between the academy and the museum, she is the founder and director of Art Muse Los Angeles.

• Introduction 1. The Art Museum and the Art School: Negotiating Collaboration in Chicago 2. Encouraging American Genius": Creative Exchange at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Corcoran College of Art + Design 3. IDEAS: The Art Museum as Laboratory for Learning 4. A Woven History: These Baskets All Started with a Story 5. The Museum as Classroom: Expanding the Boundaries of EFL Curriculum in Korea 6. Framing Art History in the Liberal Arts: The Academy and Museum in Interdisciplinary Dialogue 7. The Museum: Culture, Business and Education 8. The Art of Attending Arts-Based Observation Training for Health Professions Students at the University of South Florida 9. The Politics of Space and the Critical Role of Art in Historical Museums 10. Exhibitions as a Field of Production 11. Attract, Engage, Partner: Forming Museum-Academic Relationships 12. The Project Series at Pomona College Museum of Art: Artists in the Academic Context 13. The Art Museum as a Generative Site: A Case Study of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 14. A Third Place: the &/ project

"Academics, Artists, and Museums advocates for the museum as an experimental ‘laboratory’ where academia, art and the museum profession can combine to engage new audiences. It is a useful resource for museum professionals, artists, scholars, and students interested in collaboration and innovative practice."Book Authority