“Finally, education brings these activities together. The museum believes that representation of the other is not enough (for example, by collecting works from far-flung cultures) and that it needs to find new forms of mediation and solidarity between the intellectual culture of the Reina Sofia and social movements. The museum’s education program, therefore, is not limited to the usual art-appreciation classes for children, young adults, and students – these all continue to exist, although their content has somewhat shifted (such as the workshop “Viewing the Viewers,” in which teenagers are made aware of the museum as a discursive apparatus). The museum’s education budget has been directed toward the maintenance of long-term programs, such as the “Programa de Prácticas Críticas” (Program for Advanced Studies in Critical Practices), a free six-month seminar for young artists, researchers and activists who, due to the recession and high unemployment, constitute one of the most disaffected groups in the city.”
(pages 44-45)
Claire Bishop, Radical Museology: Or What’s Contemporary in Museums of Contemporary Art? London: Koenig Books, 2013.
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