SP2019FA351.MuseumAsMedium

R esponse #1:6 A visit to Light Work Photography Labs Site Visit date: 03.29.19 Response due date: 04.05.19 Prior to our trip, please link to Light Work's website +  for information listed on the web. Link: LightWork.org *  a great deal of information is on the website. Pease pruise through it to assist you in your informative response. Your response should direct information to the reader about: How old is the lab / how it began / individuals involved? Is it a public or private institution?  Does the institution receive federal/state funding and what kind? Other? Different titles of current individuals who work directly with the gallery paid employees / unpaid The institution's Mission Statement  Direct your writing focus to the database collection; the number of images digitally stored; the accessibility to the base; for what purpose can you see it being used? Do you foresee any issues that may become problematic in the future?

Student responsibilities & expectations  Students need to keep up with excellent note taking skills in their Museum as Medium Binders.                 This includes  complete with notes from lecture, from our site-visits, student research, essay notes, etc, and will include all written responses and on-site take-aways, website materials, etc. Binders will be collected for grading at Midterm and in the final week of classes. It is the student’s responsibility to be prepared with all assignments in a thoughtful and fully engaged manner.   Students need to be wary of time management concerns and restraints of the term.   Site Visits Include T he Hubbard Collection at the Cazenovia Public Library  https://www.cazenoviapubliclibrary.org/museum-gallery/museum/collection-description/ Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY https://sqhap.org The Matilda Josyln Gage Foundation, Fayetteville, NY http://www.matildajoslyngage.org The Everson Museum of Art, Syr

Do Museums Still Matter?   Ted talk video link M I D  T E R M  project Published on Feb 21, 2012 Increasingly, our world is filled with tablets, smar, phones and laptops. We move at a pace that would have been unimaginable only a few decades ago. Steven Conn's book "Do Museums Still Need Objects."   video length 53:55 Individuals: Steven Conn  . Columbus Ohio -- author of  "Do Museums Still Need Objects" and  "What are Museums For" Glenn D. Lowry  - Museum of Modern Art, NYC Caitlin Kelly  - Freelance Journalist for  The New York Times Janet Carding  - Director & CEO of The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Jaye Robinson  - Member of the Toronto City Council with video notes What are museums? Humans have an impulse to collect We like the idea of the   authentic  artifact or art work Cabinets of Curiosity and   Wunderkammers Living History museums have been around since the 19th century These are excellen