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Stacy Fuller
I am the Director of Education at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. In this role, I work with a talented team of fifteen museum educators to ensure the development, execution, and evaluation of the Amon Carter’s mission-focused educational programs and resources for various audiences. With experience as a museum registrar, in curatorial work, and designing professional development programs for educators, I have a passionate love for works of art and also accessibility—making sure that visitors of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities are able to enter, access, and engage with museum collections.
My philosophy of art education stems from my knowledge that art—whether viewing it, making it, talking about it, or all three—truly changes lives. Art has the power to help us see the world from another perspective, learn from the past to creatively solve problems, escape our daily stresses by contemplating beauty, and realize the similarities we share with other cultures. But in order to see, learn, escape, and realize, we must have access to art. Museum collections, exhibitions, and programs are one conduit for these connections, and it is the responsibility of museum educators to ensure that all individuals feel welcome and wanted inside our institutions’ doors. For it is then when museums transform from storehouses of objects to partners in developing human potential.
I earned a B.A. in museum management from Centenary College of Louisiana and a M.A. in art history from Texas Christian University. I currently serve on the Board of Directors for the Museum Education Roundtable (MER) and as the NAEA Western Region Representative–Elect for the Museum Education Division. I was honored to be named NAEA’s Western Region Museum Art Educator of the Year for 2011 and can’t wait to welcome you all to the Amon Carter and Fort Worth when NAEA’s national convention arrives here in March 2013!
Amon Carter Museum of American Art: http://www.cartermuseum.org
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