The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery collaborates with other organizations to bring art to a wider audience. Through partnerships with a preschool and the National Portrait Gallery, the gallery enhances engagement with exhibitions by hosting related educational programs. One collaboration involved preschoolers creating art inspired by a gallery exhibition. Another was a panel discussion attended by 230 people in response to a censorship issue. The gallery also works with other arts groups to promote emerging artists and curate joint exhibitions. Collaborations allow galleries to educate more people and expand opportunities for artists.

1. The Art Gallery and Community Collaboration and Bringing Art To A Wider Audience

2. Introduction: Dafna Steinberg Artist Curator Gallery Director

3. The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery

4. Our Mission The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery offers exhibitions and programs that enhance Jewish identity, examine issues of social importance and develop community. Through exhibitions, the gallery seeks to present authentic artwork and artifacts that address themes of social consciousness and cultural awareness. Multi-disciplinary programs are created to reflect public experience and expand the reach of each exhibition to a variety of age and cultural groups.

5. The Gallery As A Classroom:Internal Agency Collaboration During the exhibition Memory of a time I did not know…, the gallery worked with the JCC’s preschool to put together an exhibition. Preschoolers made multiple visits to the gallery in order to spend time with the work. Based on the different mediums that the artist had used, the preschoolers made their own artwork that reflected on the work in the gallery.

6. The Gallery as a Classroom

7. The Gallery As Classroom

8. The Gallery As Classroom

9. Community Response:National Portrait Gallery December 20, 2010: In response to the removal of the David Wojnarowicz piece Fire In My Belly, we held a community “Rapid Response” panel discussion to discuss what led up to its removal. Working with Transformer Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery and activist Catherine V. Dawson, we reached a wide range of people. Between 230 and 260 people attended.

10. Rapid Response Panel Discussion: National Portrait Gallery

11. Museums as Community Spaces Through a collaboration with the Bronfman Gallery, the DCJCC’s GLOE (Kurlander Program for GLBT Outreach & Engagement) and the National Portrait Gallery, we put together a private tour of the exhibition Hide/Seek with curator David C. Ward. More 60+ people showed up for the tour which lasted close to two hours.

12. GLOE Hide/Seek Tour

13. GLOE Hide/Seek Tour

14. GLOE Hide/Seek Tour

15. Promoting Art and Artists:Gallery Collaborations Two galleries working together on joint events, projects and exhibitions Curatorial exchanges Providing spaces for collectives

16. Gallery Collaborations For the current exhibition What Was There To Be Seen, held talk with artist SelinBalci, a Hamiltonian Gallery Fellow, as part of the Off The Wall artist talk series. Cross promoted with Hamiltonian Gallery and was during the run of Balci’s own exhibit.

17. Conclusion Collaborations between galleries/museums can: Provide new and interesting ways of using art to educate a greater public Give emerging artists more opportunities to showcase their work. Expand the idea of an “arts” community.

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