Museum Resources for Faculty (2020-2021)

Teaching with Art & Material Culture Resources for Faculty

The Museum has developed practical and dynamic resources to support faculty during the 2020-21 academic year, adapted for the new 7.5 week modular schedule. Below please find a menu of pre-packaged and customized offerings, which can be incorporated into remote classes. For more information, or to schedule a Museum session for your class, please contact Ellen Alvord at ealvord@mtholyoke.edu.

Resources for Remote Visits
Use of Digital Images
 

Pre-packaged virtual resources:

• Video introductions to current exhibitions, gallery installations, and object spotlights (i.e. Money Matters exhibition, Teaching with Art exhibition, object spotlight on Bisa Butler's Broom Jumpers, etc.)
• Video introduction to the Skinner Museum and/or the Art Museum
• Tutorials (i.e. how to search the 5C collections database)
• Virtual Engagement offerings, including a 3D Museum Tour
   

Customized experience options:

• Live close-looking session with Museum staff (supports visual literacy, close reading, critical thinking, evaluating evidence, and questioning assumptions skills); can range from 15-50 minutes
• Discussion questions to support Department Learning Goals
• 5-15 minute curator talks (live or recorded)
• Q & A session with curator (live or recorded)
• Reflection, creative response, and research-based assignments
• Visual materials for teaching such as hi-res image links or slide presentations
• Virtual Exhibition project (a longer more involved commitment, but can be done for a select number of courses per 7.5 week module)