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Kenneth Myers: "I
think of curatorship
as a kind of teaching
by other means."
Nancy Jones: "We are
using the language
of what we call the
'friendly expert."'
explains Myers, who helps recognize
creative accomplishments as a mem-
ber of the Maas Prize Committee for
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
"The new chronological flow physi-
cally communicates the sense that the
United States was becoming increas-
ingly big, wealthy and culturally
ambitious over the course of the 19th
century"
In the American suite, the electronic
interactive has to do with the 19th-
century Aesthetic Movement as people
began to stress the importance of liv-
ing with beautiful things. The program
shows three mansions and allows
viewers to select objects presented in
black and white and then see color
reproductions or similar objects.
Museum visitors familiar with
the American works will view a new
acquisition found by Myers — a huge
Renaissance revival cabinet built by
the Pottier & Stymus firm for the
1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia. The
cabinet previously was owned by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City
"I think of curatorship as a kind
of teaching by other means," says
Myers, who has taught at Middlebury
College in Vermont and worked as
a curator at the Metropolitan and
at the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C. "The reinterpreta-
tion of the collection allowed us to put
together very teachable groupings of
objects!'
Nancy Jones, director of education
and a DIA employee for 25 years, met
with visitor committees to help with
presentation and programming chang-
es. Her responsibilities include altering
Barbara Heller: "The DIA
has hundreds upon hun-
dreds of works by Jewish
artists throughout the
galleries."
text accompanying the artworks and
scheduling children's activities.
"We see our role as the bridge
between the visitor and the art',' says
Jones, who has taught art history at
Wayne State University in Detroit. "We
want to help visitors engage in direct
experiences with the works.
"We are no longer using academic
language in our text. We are using the
language of what we call the 'friendly
expert."
Jones, who attended the Jewish
Parents Institute while growing up
and worked at Camp Tamarack, will be
offering more Sunday afternoon family
programs. The idea is to avoid interfer-
ing with the Jewish Sabbath or Sunday
morning church services.
"We still have lots of Friday night
and Saturday programs, but the family
thrust has moved:' she explains. "Every
Sunday, we're going to have some kind
of family performance or activity.
There will be puppet shows, storytell-
ing and workshops.
"We are trying to make the museum
experience fun without losing what we
are as a museum.
The Detroit Institute of Arts
stages a grand opening for the
public 10 a.m. Friday-6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 23-24; admission
is free. After the grand opening
weekend, DIA hours are 10 a.m.-
4 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays,
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays and 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays.
Admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors,
$5 children, free for DIA mem-
bers. (313) 833-7900 or
www.dia.org .