List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Bob Beatty
Introduction
Rebecca Bush and Tawny Paul
1. Visual Art and the American Experience: Creating an Art Gallery
in a History and Culture Museum
Tuliza Fleming
2. Citizenship and Caricature: Teaching the American Past with
Images
Jennifer M. Black
3. Investigating the Past through Art: Opportunities for Museum
Education
Megan Clark and Heidi Moisan
4. “The art museum does history?”: Building Connections and
Relevancy within Multidisciplinary Museums
Rebecca Bush
5. Coming Face-to-Face with the Past: Exploring Scottish History
and National Identity through Portraiture
Tawny Paul
6. Framing the Collaborative Process
Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Julia Brock, and Kirstie Tepper
7. A Call for Proactive Public Historians
Nancy Dallett
8. Savannah's Hidden Histories: Using Art and Historical Markers to
Explore Local History
Holly Goldstein and Christy Crisp
9. Travelers, Tale-telling, Truth, and Time
Rebecca Keller
Conclusion
Rebecca Bush and Tawny Paul
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Rebecca Bush is Curator of History/Exhibitions Manager at the
Columbus Museum in Georgia. Her professional interests include
local history in all its variations, especially in rural
communities, and multiple-perspective interpretation. She often
focuses her research on social history of the American South in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rebecca earned a BA
in History from Kansas State University and a MA in Public History
from the University of South Carolina.
Tawny Paul is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of
Exeter (UK). Her work combines academic and public history.
Alongside research in eighteenth-century British social history,
she has an interest in contemporary uses of the past and in how
academic histories can be presented to wider audiences, and has
worked professionally as an interpretive planner. Tawny earned her
BA in History from Vassar College and holds a PhD in Social History
from the University of Edinburgh.
It is high time this book came out. Contained herein are a group of
wonderfully disparate, lively essays about the intertwining of art
and public history that inspire and provoke. This book will be a
pleasure for aficionados of art and history museums, and a must
read for any professional serious about complicating and refreshing
the definition of public history.
*Deborah Schwartz, President, Brooklyn Historical Society*
Art and Public History is an essential contribution that explores
the integration of the two disciplines. Based in a diverse set of
case studies, the contributors present practical applications that
include K-12 educational curricula, professional collaboration in
museums, and public outreach. The volume is an excellent “how to”
resource for engaging audiences, challenging histories, and making
meaning in both public history and fine arts contexts.
*Robert Connolly, professor, Louisiana State University*
Art and Public History provides a creative playground with which to
brainstorm ideas for creating collaborations between artists and
historians. The authors make a compelling case for the power of
such collaborations to bring the stories of under-represented
communities to life. Case studies chronicle an impressive range of
efforts, creating both professional guidance and a jumping-off
point for envisioning new endeavors
*Susan Ferentinos Ph.D, Public History Researcher, Writer, and
Consultant and Author, Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and
Historic Sites*
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