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Join us this spring for a special "hybrid" edition of LEAP 580A4: Museum Management, a course that examines the breadth and depth of what museums do by exploring their history and some of the critical issues they face today, considering what excellence means in a 21st-century museum. Through March, students will participate in the class asynchronously. During April, there will be a two-week window in which the non-residential students will join local students in Fort Collins to be immersed in the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art and its holdings on the CSU campus. For onsite timing in Fort Collins, we’re currently aiming at April 11-21 (with final dates TBD). Students will focus on their work in class while also intersecting with students and events in the hybrid version of LEAP 660: Community Engagement in the Arts. Students will also be able to engage with places and cultural events in the greater Northern Colorado region.
Throughout the class, students will develop an understanding of ways in which museums engage with accessibility, authorship, authenticity, diversity, engagement, ethics, interpretation, identity, stewardship, and storytelling, and the ways in which these elements are administered. Readings will include historiography, theory, and contemporary news articles, enhanced by lectures by and discussions with guest museum professionals.
NOTE: This hybrid course is designed to allow students to participate in both Museum Management and the hybrid version of Community Engagement (LEAP 660, sections 701/402). It’s an opportunity to participate deeply with a lived experience across the community and to see how a range of skills can fully integrate.
Restrictions (GR) or Professional (PR); LEAP 500 (Leadership in the Arts)
Please check the CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.
Lynn Boland, Ph.D. joined CSU as the director of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art in July 2017, bringing more than 20 years of experience in various academic and university museum roles. From 2009 until starting at CSU, they were the Pierre Daura Curator of European Art at the Georgia Museum of Art and adjunct professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Boland received an undergraduate degree in art history from the University of Georgia and a master’s and doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Their publications and exhibitions have received awards from the College Art Association (CAA), the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC), and the American Alliance of Museums (AAM); their research and publications have received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kress Foundation, and the Getty Foundation, among others. Dr. Boland specializes in 20th- and 21st-century art and issues around museum access and equity.