So I left teaching and went back to school, but before I could finish my degrees (bachelors and masters in Art History) I was offered a job at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art as an education curator. At first I thought that this would be a distraction from the original plan and that I wasn't qualified for it. But I realized the second time they offered it to me that I could do that job. It took me a good year and a half to really understand what I was doing, but I got it eventually. And I'm so glad that I did. Learning how to do my job there has been and will continue to be the preparation that I need for opening the school up here in Oklahoma City!
James really had encouraged me (and I know that he has guided my thinking too...in a good way) to envision working with the museum, but I don't yet know how that's going to work out. I'm trying to devise a plan for presenting my ideas to the board, to where we could work together. I have a feeling that they aren't going to want to do that because this will be my business and not theirs. We'll figure it out somehow. I just want to do something that allows me to do what I love (work with kids of all ages...including senior adults) and to provide a community based learning experience.
I'm going to be posting ideas for things along the way. In fact, that's the reason for this blog. I want to document the progress of the building project, but I also want a place where I can keep my ideas for future learning opportunities when I discover them!
Jam Session 2.0 from Cain Mosni on Vimeo.
Wouldn't it be cool if the school could have connections with people from all over the globe and have a jam session like that through skype or some other format of communication?
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