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Looking IN at OUTreach: <br />Community building as outreach at MoMA<br />Nathan Sensel<br />Associate Educator<br />Young Adult and Public Programs<br />Museum of Modern Art<br />New York, New York<br />e: nathan_sensel@moma.org<br />

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OUTREACH<br /> Active Engagement with a target group<br /> (community building)<br /> Focus on the mission of the institution<br />

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How can we create a deep connection?<br />Involve the ideas and staff at our institutions?<br />And allow for an interchange?<br />

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DEVELOPED OFFSITE OUTREACH<br />At MoMA: • Community Partnerships• School Programs • Library Programs<br />

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Create Ability<br />Housing Works<br />

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QUALITIES OF OFFSITE OUTREACH<br />Working with separate, discreet communities<br />Merging institutions resources with the community’s needs and values<br />Targeting communities that are under-served or neglected<br />Providing a service to the specific community<br />Outcomes developed for high success-rate, low-risk<br />Programming for familiarity and comfort<br />

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What if we considered onsite community- building <br />as a form of outreach?<br />

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EMERGENT ONSITE OUTREACH<br />At MoMA:<br />Free Teen Nights <br /> * weekly drop-in events<br />2. In the Making: Art Making Classes &<br />Museum Studies and Conservation Classes<br /> * application based serial programs<br />Youth Advisory<br />* targeted outreach group<br />

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QUALITIES OF ONSITE OUTREACH<br />Integrating representatives from multiple communities<br />Creating a space for the community to decide on its own beliefs and values<br />Targeting communities that are under-served<br />Working with the community to create solutions—empowerment <br />Success determined by the group and the museum, high-risk<br />Creating situations for participants to break out of comfort zones<br />

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OUTCOMES<br />DEVELOPED OFFSITE OUTREACH<br />EMERGENT ONSITE OUTREACH<br />• Opportunity to expand social group in a 3rd space<br />• Ownership over connection to museum<br />• Participants bring friends, family, teachers to see results<br />• Teens actively shaping the community and the affect it has on the museum<br />• Participants feel comfortable within their social groups<br />• Ownership over their own space<br />• Participants bring friends, family, teachers to see results<br />

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QUESTIONS<br />• What is the impact on the institution?<br />• How is outreach success measured? <br />• Do these outreach concepts apply to other audiences? <br />

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Perhaps one more image?<br />Say of teens juxtaposed with lord of the rings?<br />