The Department of Art & Design at Southern Utah University will host an Evening for Educators event at the Southern Utah Museum of Art Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 6–9 p.m. This evening will focus on the importance of preservation, investigate the artwork of Joseph Cornell, and talk about pocket galleries and collecting, documenting, and saving important artifacts. Participants will embellish a personal “museum in a box” as a memento and receptacle for their own memories. The event is free and open to the public.
Evening for Educators will begin with refreshments and social time from 6 to 6:30. Dr. Jackie Grant, director of the SUU Frehner Museum of Natural History; Ryan Paul, curator of the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum; and Reece Summers, director of the Southern Utah Museum of Art will present a panel discussion about diverse types of museums from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will be a brief tour of the museum and a hands-on activity making a own museum-in-a-box to take home.
“For six years, I have been delighted to host Evening for Educators events in collaboration with the StateWide Art Partnership and Springville Museum of Art staff,” Deborah K. Snider, associate professor of Art Education said. “We have welcomed art teachers from around the state, SUU students, and community members to programs including Day of the (Walking) Dead, Why (Art) Foundations Matter, Catalyzing Change: Artist as Activist, and Art Echoes. This year, we are thrilled to host E4E in the new Southern Utah Museum of Art. Our year-long theme for school tours is preservation, thus our E4E theme is museum-in-a-box.”
This event is sponsored by the StateWide Art Partnership and the Springville Museum of Art. Spaces are limited to 30 participants. Reservations can be made by calling (435) 586-5425 to reserve a space.
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