With over 100 museums to visit and explore in LA County alone, it's all we can do to visit the larger museums once a year much less seek out the smaller, niche museums that have long been on our "someday-I'll-get-there" list. The "Museum Madness" SDG will be a great way to finally visit some of these niche museums in and around Los Angeles.
This 12-week SDG will be organized differently from standard SDGs. One week will be focused on discussing the history, collections, artists and special exhibitions at a particular museum and the following week will be spent visiting that museum and seeing the art up close and personal.
There will be no textbooks. Each participant will research the exhibits for their assigned museum and select topics, artists, representative works and study materials for distribution to the group. Discussion Outlines can be submitted separately or combined with PowerPoint presentations so we can see and discuss specific works prior to seeing them in person.
Have no fear--the discussions will have the usual rigor expected of PLATO SDGs with the added bonus of field trips! And for those of you who can spare the time, we can arrange to get together before or after the field trips and enjoy lunch or happy hour at a local eatery.
Weeks 1 & 2: Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City
Weeks 3 & 4: Museum of Neon Art, Glendale
Weeks 5 & 6: Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles
Weeks 7 & 8: Gene Autry Museum, Los Angeles
Weeks 9 & 10: MOCA Geffen and/or MOCA Grand, DTLA
Weeks 11 & 12: Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
TBD