Contemporary Art Museum of Crete
Education Department – Workrooms of Fine Arts
Teaching year: 2019 - 2020
Section: Museum Education
SUBJECT: Scholarship from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in collaboration with the English non-profit organization ArtUK for training in Museum-School cooperation issues within the programme “Masterpieces in Schools”.
25th-29th November 2019
Description:
Dr. Sofia Trouli received one of the 6 scholarships for museum staff in Greece and represented the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete in a unique, innovative British Knowledge Exchange Programme entitled “Masterpieces in Schools”. The initiative of this scholarship belongs to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre and aims at the exchange of valuable knowledge and experiences between professionals in the field of education, arts and museology. Cultural, education charity Art UK, also funded by the SNFCC, has digitized over 220,000 paintings by more than 40,000 artists since 2003 and aims to play a leading role not only in digitizing art throughout Great Britain, but also in making art accessible to the general public.
The innovative programme “Masterpieces in Schools” emphasizes the collaboration of teachers, artists, museum educators and curators to promote art and creativity. Key point of the programme is the transfer from the museum and the display of an authentic artwork on school premises for one day.
The training included open-air and indoor exhibitions, visits to museums, libraries and workrooms in London and Manchester, where various artists and professionals presented their work. The peak of the activities was the actual attendance of “Masterpieces in Schools” at a school in Manchester (Crompton House School). There, the students had the opportunity to get in touch with two works of art (sculptures), which had been transferred from the Oldham Gallery Museum, and to attend the extensive, fully-resourced programme that was designed by professional art educators of Art UK. In other words, the Museum not only “went to school”, but also served as a link between art and students.
