Each summer, the DMA hosts a week-long program called Museum Forum for Teachers: Modern and Contemporary Art. Over the course of the week, teachers spend a full day at five different art museums: The Rachofsky House (a private contemporary art collection located in Dallas), the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the Dallas Museum of Art. This year, the Forum will be held from July 23-27.
Melissa discusses the Silence and Time exhibition during Museum Forum 2011
As its title suggests, the focus of Museum Forum is modern and contemporary art. The DMA day this summer will focus on the exhibition Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz’s Impressions of Dallas, 1952, as well as selected works from our contemporary collection. This will be my fourth year to lead the Museum Forum, and for me the week is always an opportunity to feel refreshed and rejuvenated. It’s rare that I have an opportunity to spend five consecutive days in the galleries, and I love the conversations and ideas that emerge over the course of the week. I also feel like I walk away from the Forum learning just as much from the teachers as they do from me.
Teachers examine a painting during Museum Forum
If you want to feel reinvigorated by modern and contemporary art, I encourage you to apply for this year’s Museum Forum for Teachers. The Forum is open to middle school and high school teachers of all disciplines, and enrollment is limited to twenty-five participants. We are currently accepting applications, and a 10% discount will be given to all teachers who apply by our early application deadline of March 30. The regular application deadline is May 25, and all teachers will be notified of their acceptance by June 8. I hope you’ll consider joining us!
Talking about On Kawara during a past Museum Forum
Shannon Karol
Manager of Docent Programs and Gallery Teaching
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