1. Toledo Museum of Art
Recent Educational Initiatives
2011-2013

3. Center for Visual Arts
Glenwood Church
Glass Pavilion

5. Toledo Museum of Art
Our purpose: Art Education
Through our collection and facilities we provide
access to works of art and information about them
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6. Basic Principles
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Art must be connected to all that we do
Always seek to add value
Plan, implement, evaluate
Our people are our greatest asset
Integrate art into people’s lives
Money follows good ideas
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7. Key Steps
– Organizing our budget around our core
objectives, rather than traditional
departments
– Re-organizing the staff to better align with
the Strategic Plan (FY13)
– Formulating a 2020 Vision for TMA that will
be realized through each of the strategic
objectives (FY13)
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8. Staff Restructure: Executive Team
Associate
Director
COO
Head of
Visitor
Engagement
Chief
Information Officer
Senior
Curator
Chief
Curator
CFO
Director
of
Education
Facilities
Director

9. Organizational Chart
Board of Directors
Director
Resources/
COO
Content/
Engagement
Assoc Director
Fellows/
Assistants
2 PST assistants
for area
Finance
Human
Resources
Development
2 PST assistants
for area
Facilities
Assistant
Controller
Management
/Training
Dev
Coordinator
Maintenance
Special
Events
HRIS/Payroll
Asst Director
Grounds
Retail
Protective
Services
Membership
/Visitor
Services
Utility
Tech/AV
Equip
Volunteers
Asst
Manager/
Capital
Projects
Information
Chief Curator
Visual
Literacy
Asst Systems
Officer
Curators
Docents
Systems
Analyst
Conservator
Outreach/
Family
Center
Asst Network
/Software
Management
Head
Librarian
Assistant
Director
Visitor
Engagement
Communications
Exhibitions/
Publications
Social Media
Glass Studio
PR & PI
Interpretation
& Editing
Design
Studio
TSO
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10. Five Strategic Objectives
2011-2015
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Expanding Access to the Collections
Teaching Visual Literacy
Increasing Visibility
Developing Museum Assets
Working with Artists

11. Teaching Visual Literacy
The ability to construct meaning from
everything you see.
Teaching Visual Literacy is fundamental
for shaping today's youth into
tomorrow’s leaders, and to living a fully
sensed life.
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12. Teaching Visual Literacy
School Tours
Baby Tours

13. 90% of our information is
received by our eyes.

14. For infants, the
neurons in the
brain are
developing at a
rapid pace
during this time.

15. There are many
more neuron
connections in an
infant’s brain in
comparison to an
adult (Klugar,
2009). This
suggests that
infants are quite
capable of
learning from a
stimulating
environment.

16. If the brain is not
provided with
stimulating
experiences
during this time,
these neuron
connectors die
off. It is difficult to
get them back!

17. Early Development
The visual
system and
the limbic
system
develop very
rapidly over
the first few
weeks
(Dodwell,
Humphrey, &
Muir, 1987).

18. After extensive research with babies
around the world…

19. Baby Introductions

20. What we learned
• Babies like both abstract and representational works of
art, they prefer bright colors, portraits of babies, and
portraits with big eyes.
• The tour can be no longer than 30 minutes.
• You can only spend a brief time in front of each work.
• Parents need some coaching so that they know how to
interact with their child.
• Babies are great at selecting their own paintings that
they like.
• Our ‘research’ supports the findings in previous
research – babies like bright, bold and colorful works of
art.

21. TMA is producing a suite of publications
about Visual Literacy

24. Toddler Time Tours
Starting in February
2014, toddlers will get
the chance to
experience Docent-led
tours designed
specifically for them.

25. TMA has redesigned its docent program and prepared a
new curriculum, including brain science, vision and
perception studies, and Visual Literacy methodologies.
TMA Docent Program 2012
Curriculum
Human Visual Perception and the Brain

26. The Toledo
Museum of
Art is
preparing an
iBook for
use within
its docent
curriculum
and in online
training
courses

27. Training Programs
Training Programs in Visual Literacy and its methodologies
are being offered to TMA staff, gallery guards, volunteers,
board members, donors, sponsors, educational and health
service providers.
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28. The Toledo Museum of Art has launched
a new website, dedicated to Visual
Literacy
http://www.vislit.org/

29. THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL
VISUAL LITERACY
CONFERENCE
The Art of Seeing: From Ordinary to
Extraordinary.
Toledo Museum of Art
November 5 to 8, 2014