The Art Engager Ask Me Anything: Your Questions on Museum Engagement and Facilitation
In today's solo episode, host Claire Bown celebrates the one-year anniversary of The Art Engager book with our first-ever Ask Me Anything format. She answers 10 practical questions from listeners about facilitating guided experiences in museums.
From how long to let people look at artworks to building psychological safety with established groups, Claire tackles the real challenges educators and guides face every day. Does everyone have to talk to be actively engaged? How do you pull a group back when disengaged? What's a good way to redirect someone who's going on too long? When should you share the artist's perspective if the group's discussion is quite different?
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Book anniversary quick survey
- The Art Engager: Reimagining Guided Experiences in Museums (Claire's book)
- Episode 148: How to create active engagement on guided experiences
- Episode 142: Building Trust and Psychological Safety on guided experiences
- The 10 Questioning Practices (QPs) from The Art Engager
- The Thinking Museum® Approach
The Art Engager is written and presented by Claire Bown. Editing is by Matt Jacobs and Claire Bown. Music by Richard Bown. Support the show on Patreon.
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