Description: Practitioner Research in the Art Museum
Practitioner Research in the Art Museum
Welcome to a refreshed PRAM – the Practitioner Research in the Art Museum blog – that explores what it means to be a practitioner researcher in the art museum. It looks at how research and practice operates in art museums today and by whom and explores how we might expand on current models to re-shape and broaden our understandings. My background is in art practice, gallery education and research and I have a longstanding interest in widening access to art through supporting visitors and curators to engag
In this blog I worry away at questions relating to knowledge, creativity, expertise, rigour and authority and look at models of collaborative and practice based research being employed in art schools, universities and schools to see how these can be applied in the art museum. I ground my ideas by learning at first hand from art institutions that are developing innovative cross-disciplinary and collaborative research-led practice, both in the UK and internationally. And I draw attention to writers and think