The “Museum Planning” blog is a resource for board members, museum staff and museum consultants working in the field of interactive museums. Blog topics include; museum planning of new museums and centers, planning and the development of interactive exhibitions and the project management of exhibitions.
Today, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, an excellent Museum. The Museum makes use of Tactile Graphics in their painting gallery. Tactile graphics are images that are designed to be touched rather than looked at. The content of the graphic is represented by a set of symbols selected to be easily read and understood.
I have been been traveling in Asia for almost six months now. The last two months I have been volunteer teaching English and Art here in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
Here in Bali everyone belongs to a Banjar, the Bajar is your local village and the Banjar is the local form of government. Each Banjar has at least one temple and also governs the schools. I asked to be introduced to the KepalaDusan the “Mayor” of the Banjar and expressed an interest in teaching English and Art to the local kids.
The KepalaDusan was very excited and set a meeting for the next day to introduce me to the Principal of the local school, SekolahDasarNegeri 1. The KealaDusan expressed that the local kids don’t have much to do in the afternoon and would I be interested in teaching in the Banjar? So two days a week I teach in the public school and two days a week I teach in the Banjar. In the public school I teach grades 4, 5 and 6, and at the Banjar I teach ages 6 to 12. The classes are an hour long and have between 30 and 40 students per class.
James Ossi - I met James in 1990 and it changed my life. An artist who makes machines that create square bubbles?!! He was living in a farmhouse with a studio in the back and teaching.
Ron Arad - Industrial Designer, started by making Hi fidelity stereo equipment out of concrete, went on to have a furniture studio and now an architecture firm.
