Learning Practices in a Museum Art Studio: Designing a Learning Framework for an Arts-Based Learning Team

Abstract

This design case explores the design of a learning framework at a museum. Specifically, the case explores the development of learning practices (LPs) for an arts-based learning space and uses these practices to explain and design for learning and deepening engagement. These LPs represent a means for developing a common language across studio educators for the kinds of learning and engagement they sought to support in the museum Art Studio. This framework aligns with the mission and vision of the museum, and the development process helped form the team’s common language. In all, this work contributes to research on educator professional teams as well as works attempting to articulate what it means to engage in arts-based learning within a museum setting.