AAM ANNUAL MEETING THOUGHT LEADER SESSION

The Museum Group will proudly sponsor

Peter Sellars
Theater director and artistic innovator
Tuesday May 25, 2010 at 2 p.m.

The Museum Group is pleased to be sponsoring a “thought leader” program with Peter Sellars at the American Association of Museums 2010 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles: Museums without Borders. Sellars’ presentation will be on “Art as Social Action,” on Tuesday, May 25 at 2 p.m.

Peter Sellars is a visionary and innovative theater director. His work “illuminates the power of the arts in seeking shared solutions to contemporary political and social issues.” Sellars is also currently a professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA. At a recent presentation to Museum Educators of Southern California, he argued that it’s important that museums be spaces in which to discover rather than be told. One educator in the audience reports that he noted the importance of educators, who work with part of the public that hasn’t already made up their minds about the art inside, people who are discovering who they are. She appreciated the way he deconstructed the words “recognize” – re-cognize or becoming aware again – and “discover” – dis-cover or to lift the cover. This promises to be a an opportunity to look at our work through fresh eyes and think again about our role as creators of experiences in the arts.

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