Museum/Exhibit/Design Inspiration: The American Visionary Art Museum's Seven Education Goals
What inspires you? What pushes you to think about your work in new and different ways?
Given that my previous post about Hayao Miyazaki's Museum Manifesto seemed to resonate with and inspire so many ExhibiTricks readers, I thought I would share a similar "manifesto" of sorts, courtesy of the American Vision Art Museum (AVAM) --- one of my very favorite places to visit!
If you have yet to become familiar with AVAM, it is an art museum located near the Inner Harbor of Baltimore. The buildings and exhibits pulse with energy and excitement that is infectious and the majority of the pieces on display were made not by formally trained artists but rather by an eclectic group of very creative people. To quote from the AVAM website:
"Visionary art as defined for the purposes of the American Visionary Art Museum refers to art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative act itself."
But what I'm interested in sharing today are the Seven Education Goals that guide AVAM. They strike me as admirable goals for any museum or any creative person (which really means everybody, doesn't it?)
AVAM's Seven Education Goals
• Expand the definition of a worthwhile life.
• Engender respect for and delight in the gifts of others.
• Increase awareness of the wide variety of choices available in life for all ... particularly students.
• Encourage each individual to build upon his or her own special knowledge and inner strengths.
• Promote the use of innate intelligence, intuition, self-exploration, and creative self-reliance.
• Confirm the great hunger for finding out just what each of us can do best, in our own voice, at any age.
• Empower the individual to choose to do that something really, really well.
I hope you continue this month choosing to do something really, really, well!
Paul Orselli writes the posts on ExhibiTricks. Paul likes to combine interesting people, ideas, and materials to make exhibits (and entire museums!) with his company POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.) Let's work on a project together!
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