Art museums and community

Abstract The Brooklyn Museum Education Division records documents the varied activities of the Education department between 1930 and 2024. The collection is divided into series based on internal divisions between departments including Youth and Family; School Services; Adult Learning; Public Programming; and Community Services. Several departments overlap in activties and execution. This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, exhibition development and interpretation files,...

Abstract The Community Gallery records document the administrative and exhibition activities of the gallery from its founding in 1968 until its closure in early 1986. In 1967 members of the artist group FICE demanded that the Brooklyn Museum exhibit from the local community and display artwork created by BIPOC artists. In repsonse, the Museum created the Community Gallery and hired Henri Ghent, the first Black man in a Director/administrative role at the Museum. Ghent, and later Richard Waller in the...