Shelburne and Rokeby, along with other regional museums that focus on bygone days, are reaching out to artists for inspiration as they plan for meeting the future interests and needs of museum visitors. Collaborations, such as the two I recently took part in, give me hope that small, locally supported museums, like those that raised my awareness as a kid about the world around me, will continue to thrive. Their welcoming openness to new ideas is commendable.
Read MoreThis year, Rokeby Museum announced the launch of a new partnership with Kasini House designed to engage contemporary artists as interpreters of the museum’s unique history. Ric Kasini Kadour, Curator and Project Director of Contemporary Art at Rokeby Museum, invited the artist team of Dan Snow Stoneworks (Elin and Dan) to a series of workshops and discussions designed to foster the integration of history and contemporary art into an artist’s practice. We joined ten other artists from around the U.S. and Canada at the museum last month for four days of thought-provoking research and an exercise in project development.
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