Museum Studies @ University of the Arts

		Who are the students?
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STUDENTS

The mixture of people and their backgrounds is one of the most dynamic aspects of the program. We have a diverse international body of students who have come from Europe, Asia and Canada just to attend the program.

FACULTY

Museum Education


	Anne El-Omami Director, Museum Education Acting Co-Chair, Graduate Programs in Museum Studie Associate Professor		BFA, BA, University of Nebraska
			MA, University of Nebraska
			Ph.D. coursework, History of Art & Visual Anthropology, Northwestern University. Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association, 1999. Director, Museum Education Division, NAEA 1988-1993. National Art Museum Educator of the Year, NAEA, 1992. Western Region Museum Educator of the Year, 1988. Director, Getty Institute for Arts Education Professional Institute for Art Specialists 1990-1995. Division Director, Education and Academic Affairs. Cincinnati Art Museum. Assistant Professor and Curator of Education, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas. Curator of Education, Joslyn Art Museum. Consultant to the National Endowment for the Arts. Consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Editorial Board, Journal of Aesthetic Education. Editorial Board, Art Education: the Journal of the National Art Education Association. Coordinator, Creative Leadership Seminars, Hallmark Cards, Inc.

	Paul Adorno Adjunct Assistant Professor		AB, Georgetown University
			MSEd, University of Pennsylvania



	Ed Bedno Adjunct Professor		BFA, Art Institute of Chicago
			MS, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
			Formerly Director of Exhibitions, Field Museum of Chicago.
			Formerly Chief of Exhibitions, National Air and Space Museum, Wash., DC.
			Professor of Exhibition Graphics, Museum History and founder of the Graduate Program in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, since 1991..
			Partner, Bedno/Bedno, Exhibition and Graphic Design, Chicago.
			My work in exhibitions and education materials has received over 150 awards of excellence.As partner in Bedno/Bedno, I was engaged primarily in the design of museum exhibitions. Project budgets ranged from $50,000 to $2,000,000. Museums included: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Adler Planetarium, Lincoln Park Zoo, Henry Crown Space Center, Pritzker Children's' Zoo, National Archives and Records Administration. Awarded two NEA research grants for the design of audiovisual learning materials. Wrote "Museum Exhibitions: Past Imperfect, Future Tense", Museum News.


	Jane Bedno Director, MEPD Acting Co-Chair, Graduate Programs in Museum Studie Professor		BA, Roosevelt University
			JD, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary
			Founding director of the Graduate Program in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design.
			Formerly Associate professor, director of the Center for Design Studies, Memphis State University.
			Formely taught at School of Design, University of Illinois, Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Columbia College, Chicago.
			President, manager, and senior designer, Bedno/Bedno Incorporated, engaged in the creation of exhibits and educational graphics, conceptualizing, designing, and supervising the fabrication of a number of prize-winning exhibits for museums, visitor centers, educational institutions, and corporations. Her experience includes all phases of exhibition planning and design. Bedno's work has received a number of awards, including IDSA/Business Week Gold Medal and AAM Curators' Committee top award for design excellence, and has been featured and reproduced in a number of books and periodicals. Consultant to international and U.S. museums and institutions. Advisor on copyright, trademark, and exhibition and museum-related legal matters. Carried out research and projects funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the U. S. Information Agency and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Invited speaker and panelist at international, national and regional professional conferences, and author of articles including "Training for a Changing Profession" in Museum International; and "Museum Exhibitions: Past Imperfect, Future Tense", and "Museum Exhibition Education" in Museum News. Other articles include "Creativity in Teams", "Current Literature on Museum Exhibition Development and Design", "Designing for Family Interactions in Museums", "What Fabricators Need to Know When Working with Museums", "Training Museum Exhibition Professionals in a Graduate Program", and a number of reviews of professional publications. She was the invited co-author of Draft Standard for Museum Exhibitions and Indicators of Excellence, sponsored by the SPC Council of the American Association of Museums.

	Allegra Burnette Senior Lecturer		BA, Dartmouth College
			MFA, The University of the Arts
			Creative Manager, Digital Media, MOMA
			Formerly, Media Department Director, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Inc.
			AWARDS: USA Today On-Line, Hot Site Award for www.gamefaceonline.org; ID Annual Design Review - Design Distinction Award for "50 Years of TV and More", Honorable Mention for the Hall of Planet Earth and Hall of the Universe, AMNH; IDSA - Bronze Award for the Steuben Flagship Store; Art Directors Club of New York - Distinctive Merit Award for the Hall of Planet Earth and Hall of the Universe, AMNH, Merit Award for "50 Years of TV and More"; SEGD - Honor Award for "50 Years of TV and More" and the Steuben Flagship Store.


	Larry Mitnick Associate Professor		BArch, The Cooper Union
			MArch, Harvard University
			Formerly Chairman of Department of Architectural Studies, University of the Arts
			Visiting critic at Harvard University, Lehigh University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Internationale Somerakademie Fur Bildende Kunst Salzburg, Austria, Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne, Switzerland.
			He has exhibited architectural projects, paintings and graphic work as well as published his poetry. His work has appeared in Progressive Architecture and Boulevard, a literary journal. Publications include: articles sponsored by the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; student work featured in a publication sponsored by the EPFL of Lausanne Switzerland; article in Journal of Architectural Historians; co-authored a project funded by NEA grant entitled "John Hejduk: Riga Project" and an article in an accompanying publication. In addition to his academic work, he continues in private practice.

	Susan Clarke Plumb Adjunct Assistant Professor		BA, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia
			ME, Pennsylvania State Univerity
			ME, Harvard University
			PhD, Pennsylvania State Univerity [candidate]
			Graduate Assistant Teaching Faculty in Art Ed at Pennsylvania State University.
			Curator of Education/Department Founder, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
			Executive Director, Founder, Spring Creek Arts Centre, Bellefonte, PA.
			Presenter: Uganda National Museum: Current Museum Education Research at the Uganda National Museum; Annual Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference/Workshop Session: Puppets With a Purpose: Using Puppetry for Social Change; Pennsylvania State University - Graduate Research Exhibition; Poster Session: African Museums Meeting the Challenges of Political Exonomic and Cultural Change: A Case Study of the Uganda Museum.

	Kenneth Sakatani Associatet Professor		BFA, Visual Design, University of Southern California
			MA,Interdisciplinary Arts, California State University, San Francisco
			PhD, Art Education, Stanford University
			Dr. Sakatani teaches courses in art education and educational media. His research interests are in digital media and art learning, with an emphasis on emerging technologies, such as virtual reality. His educational philosophy is based on a constructivist approach to teaching and learning, where students and teacher work together to "construct" their own meanings from their experiences in art and technology. He has shown his mixed-media paintings in a number of shows and exhibits.


	Portia Hamilton Sperr Adjunct Associate Professor		Diploma in Pedagogy, Assoc. Montessori International
			BA, Barnard College
			Founding Director of the Please Touch Museum .

	Barbara Suplee Chairman, Art Education Assistant Professor:		BFA, West Chester University
			MEd, Temple Univerity
			PhD, Pennsylvania State Univerity