University in the Art Museum: A Model for Museum-Faculty Collaboration

Abstract

The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art is the art museum of the University of Kansas. Its mission is to educate and enrich the lives of the students at the University of Kansas and the broadest audience possible through the collection, study, and presentation of works of art (Spencer Museumof Art, n.d. a). Because the Museum serves as a resource for the teaching and study of art history, fine arts, and the humanities, its collection is comprehensive in nature and comprises more than 22,000 works of art. It spans the history of European, NorthAmerican, and East Asian art. Areas of strength include medieval art; European and American paintings, sculpture, and prints; photography; Japanese Edoperiod painting and prints; and 20th-century Chinese painting. Seven galleries display selections from the permanent collection, and four additional galleries feature temporary or traveling exhibitions (Spencer Museum of Art, n.d. b).

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Notes on contributors

Pat Villeneuve

Pat Villeneuve, past Curator of Education at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas, is Associate Professor in the Department of Art Education, the Florida State University, Tallahassee. E-mail: [email protected]

Amanda Martin-Hamon

Amanda Martin-Hamon was Educator in charge of tours and audience services at the Spencer and is now Assistant Director of the Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. E-mail: Amanda.martin-[email protected]

Kristina E. Mitchell

Kristina E. Mitchell is Director of Education at the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence. E-mail: [email protected]