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: Day of the Dead Ofrendas; In 2016, the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Day of the Dead Ofrenda program was at a turning point. An opportunity arose to transition the popular public program to an annually scheduled exhibition which would provide increased staff support, a larger budget, and dedicated gallery space, among other resources, ensuring that this community-based project would continue for generations. In this case study, we share a brief history of the program, provide overviews of the museum’s visitor-centered practices and the supported interpretation model, and describe how the 2016 exhibition was planned and developed. We conclude with visitor attendance, satisfaction and engagement data, and reflections by some of the participants, which shed light on the impact of the exhibition, its importance, and the opportunities that lie ahead for the project. Our hope is to inspire other museum professionals to explore interpretive engagement and visitor-centered exhibition practices to create more engaging and participatory experiences for visitors., edu-curation, supported interpretation, visitor-centered exhibition, art museum interpretation, Día de Muertos, Day of the Dead, Detroit Institute of Arts., This is the accepted manuscript and the publisher's version of record can be found at https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2019.1632736

: Diffusion Material for Luminous Mosaic Images; This letter-to-the-editor is a follow-up to two articles published last year in 'Color Research and Application'. It provides additional information pertaining to the topic of the two articles., Diffusion Material, Optical Diffuser, Luminous Mosaic Images, LMI, Additive Color Mixture, Travis R. Diffusion material for luminous mosaic images. Color Res Appl. 2022; http://doi.org/10.1002/col.22813, None

: Effects of Gubernatorial Political Party Affiliation & Election Year on Funding to Florida’s State Arts Agency; In this article, we investigated the effects of gubernatorial political party affiliation and election year on funding to the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (FDCA), Florida’s state arts agency. Through a comprehensive quantitative analysis of legislative appropriations to the FDCA since 1970, our study revealed that funding to the FDCA increased during Republican gubernatorial appointments. The study also revealed that election year had no effect on funding to the FDCA. This study contributes to extant knowledge about state government’s impact on funding to state arts agencies., Keywords: Cultural policy, election year, funding, gubernatorial political party, state arts agency, Publication Note: © 2018 by Antonio C. Cuyler, Juyeon Song, Jordan Duberow, & Marit Evans. All rights reserved. You may not reproduce or transmit any part of this document in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the authors., Preferred Citation: Cuyler, A., Song, J., Duberowe, J., & Evans, M. (2018). The effects of gubernatorial political party affiliation and election year on funding to Florida's state arts agency. American Journal of Arts Management, 6(1), 8.

: Engaging Communities with Supported Interpretation; During recent years, a growing number of art museums and galleries have experimented with innovative approaches to exhibition development to create more meaningful visitor experiences. However, although commendable, their efforts to make exhibitions visitor-centered have still not been consistent, partially due to the lack of existing models for practice for these kinds of projects. This chapter focuses on supported interpretation (SI), a model for developing visitor-centered exhibitions that can help museum professionals better advocate for their audiences, engage community members in the process of exhibition development, and turn visitors into active participants who feel empowered to share content during their museum visits. The authors dive deeply into the guidelines for implementing SI, discuss prior iterations of the model, share lessons learned, and explore new scenarios in order to provide current and future art museum educators and interpretive planners with an easy-to-follow roadmap for developing successful visitor-centered SI exhibitions., Co-Creation, Collaboration, Community-Based Exhibitions, Edu-Curation, Exhibition Teams, Exhibition Development, Exhibition Model, Interpretive Engagement, Interpretive Planning, Participatory Exhibitions, SI model, Supported Interpretation, Teamwork, Vis, This is a pre-print. The publisher's version of record can be found at https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7426-3.ch002

: History of Mathematics in Mathematics Education; Over the last 40 years, exploring the possible interrelations between the history of mathematics and mathematics education has gradually emerged as an interdisciplinary domain of educational research and practice, and entered a maturity stage during the last two decades. This development calls for an account of the general issues concerning the rationale and main themes underlying research and applications in its context, and the foundational issues addressed as a result of its interdisciplinary character. Therefore, after explaining the perspective characterizing work in this domain (what has been called the HPM perspective), we present the main themes along which current research is conducted and we analyze the main issues and concerns raised by current research in this domain, with due reference to recent publications. Papers in this issue further develop the key research strands shaped by these main issues and concerns from a variety of perspectives; in particular, papers address the theoretical points related to the interdisciplinary character of this domain (e.g., the role of history in promoting and developing STEM education more profoundly), and the design of innovative teaching approaches based on original sources (e.g., how non-didacticized resource material can motivate mathematically rich tasks without requiring too specialized knowledge in the history of mathematics). These papers also suggest fresh avenues for research, some bearing on potential methodological connections between mathematics, education, and history (e.g., the possibility of different readings of original sources that reveal the complex interrelations among historical knowledge, teaching objectives, and pedagogical practices), and some bearing on the implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of designs connected to the history of mathematics, in teaching at all levels of education (e.g., development of curricular material based on original texts, offering new learning opportunities in relation to core topics in university mathematics). We conclude with a brief description of each contributed paper., History of mathematics, Mathematics education, History in mathematics education, HPM domain, HPM perspective

: Humanizing Augmented Reality with Lumin; Art museums are packed with objects that connect us to the creativity of human beings from around the globe and throughout time. So, why—in this media-saturated world that confuses fiction with fact—would museums choose to disrupt this authentic connection to humanity with a handheld device that augments reality? The formative evaluation of Lumin, an augmented reality (AR) tour at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), revealed some compelling reasons., Lumin, augmented reality, art museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, This publication is open access and was also made fully available online.

: Interplay Between History of Mathematics and Digital Technologies; This article is a review of the literature on the use of history of mathematics in combination with use of digital technologies in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The review identifies 33 peer-reviewed publications (book chapters, journal articles, and papers in conference proceedings) that address an actual interplay between use of history and digital technologies. Of these, 24 concern the use of primary historical source material, i.e., mathematical texts produced by past (historical) mathematicians. Besides asking the questions of which publications actually incorporate this interplay and what purposes the use of history and digital technology serve, we also address the question of the role of mathematics education theoretical perspectives (or the lack thereof) in the identified publications. A reading of the identified publications shows that the ones involving use of primary historical source material often have a clearer connection to theoretical constructs from mathematics education research (outside the area of History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, or HPM). Still, only a small number of the identified publications make use of mathematics education theoretical constructs specifically addressing the use of digital technology., Digital technology, History and pedagogy of mathematics, Mathematics education theoretical perspectives, Primary historical sources

: Multiculturalism and the Supported Interpretation (SI) Model; Co-Creation, Collaboration, Community-Based Exhibitions, Edu-Curation, Exhibition Development, Exhibition Model, Interpretive Engagement, Interpretive Planning, Participatory Exhibitions, SI model, Supported Interpretation, Visitor Studies, This is a preprint chapter. The full published work can be found at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780759124103/Multiculturalism-in-Art-Museums-Today

: New method for observing, demonstrating, and teaching additive color mixture; The trichromatic principles of additive and subtractive color mixture have been the foundation of the color reproduction technologies for about 130 years. Yet, today, they remain a poorly understood phenomenon in much of the fine art world as well as the general public. Part of the problem stems from a lack of a simple, effective, widely accessible method for presenting additive color mixtures. This article describes a new, unique means of demonstrating additive color mixture using colored mosaic patterns displayed on computer screens in combination with a simple optical diffuser. Three illustrations composed of primary colored mosaic designs are described along with the underlying theory they are based upon. The potential for this technique as a valuable educational tool for teaching the art and science of color mixture, as well as a new approach for designs in the visual arts, is discussed. Finally, a small representational luminous mosaic image is offered as an example of the creative possibilities in this unexplored realm of art., Additive Color Mixture, Art, Color Science, Color Theory, Education, Luminous Mosaic Imagery, This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: New Method for Observing, Demonstrating, and Teaching Additive Color Mixture (Color Research and Application, Vol. 46, No. 5, Oct. 2021; John Wiley & Sons, publisher, https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22672 ). This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions., Travis, R. New method for observing, demonstrating, and teaching additive color mixture. Col Res Appl. 2021;46:954-960 https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22672

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: Revisiting the Fluorescent Mosaic Technique; A visual art technique first described in an early issue of CR&A is discussed here in the way it has been modified to expand its practicality. As a first-of-its-kind application of additive color mixture in the two-dimensional visual arts, the fluorescent mosaic technique is considered in terms of its historical context, and its conceptual and technical development are presented as it grew out of an awareness of a theoretical dissonance between the worlds of art and science. Three visual designs created in the additive fluorescent mosaic technique as proof-of-concept demonstrations are presented and discussed as they evolved from early methods requiring special lighting which severely restricted the technique's applicability, to a more broadly functional method requiring only white light that is strong in blue content, such as average daylight. Because digital photography and electronic displays capture the appearance of fluorescent mosaic images quite well, their use as an educational instrument for teaching color mixture theory on a wide-scale basis is promising. An outline of basic procedures for creating fluorescent mosaic artwork is provided. As a fine art medium, it is an area of visual expression that is virtually unexplored. Lastly, other approaches to creating visual art using luminous mosaic imagery are suggested., Additive Color Mixture, Art, Color Reproduction, Color Science, History, Fluorescent Mosaic Technique, Luminous Mosaic Imagery, This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Revisiting the Fluorescent Mosaic Technique (Color Research and Application, Vol. 46, No. 5, Oct. 2021; John Wiley & Sons, publisher, https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22643 ). This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions., Travis R. Revisiting the fluorescent mosaic technique. Col Res Appl. 2021;46:943-953 https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22643

: Supported Interpretation; Museum Exhibitions, Visitor-Centered Exhibitions, Community-Based Exhibitions, Edu-Curation, Exhibition Development, Exhibition Model, Interpretive Engagement, Interpretive Planning, SI model, Supported Interpretation, This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2014) Vol. 33 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. www.name-aam.org

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