Arts & Sciences Spring 2024

E-Museums Up Close D oes the word “museum” conjure visions of hushed rooms, locked exhibit cases or dusty relics? While that may have been a common experience in decades past, today’s art institutions are finding innovative, accessible and meaningful ways to connect people with their collections. In so doing, they’re helping people see the world differently through objects and works from different eras, media and cultures. A&S faculty are working closely with the SU Art Museum to use its expansive collections to create timely, hands-on teaching and learning resources for students and faculty. Beyond appreciation for aesthetics, these resources present brand-new perspectives on long-standing questions. Seeing that the museum’s thousands of artworks and objects can spark new lines of research and collaboration, Mike Goode, professor of English and William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities, and Kate Holohan, curator of education and academic outreach at the SU Art Museum, recently worked with a team of students to create 15 “e-museums” as part of the Art, Ecology and Climate Project, the first of its kind at the University.

Ferdinand on Daytona Beach, Florida. Berenice Abbott, 1954.

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