Indianapolis Museum of Art: Dashboard Topic Education

The Toby Attendance = 13,833 visitors

lhand — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:16:21 -0500

DESCRIPTION
The number of attendees to IMA public programs in The Randall L. and Marianne W. Tobias Theater, "The Toby", since it opened in November 2008. The Toby is the newest place to experience culturally adventurous performances, speakers and cinema in Indianapolis. Programming includes cutting-edge performers, thought-provoking conversations with artists, designers and museum directors, and international films and art cinema.

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This statistic is tracked in a spreadsheet maintained by the Museum's education department with data collected from the IMA's ticketing system.

Total Educational Tour Participation = 18, 428 students

wwilkerson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:48:33 -0400

DESCRIPTION
Guided tours of the IMA galleries are available to educational groups (universities, preschools, after-school programs, home school groups and traditional classrooms) for grades preschool and up. Tours are free of charge if scheduled at least three weeks in advance. These tours are conducted by professionally trained volunteer educators (docents) who are specifically assigned to the tour.

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IMA Videos on ArtBabble = 162 videos

kfranzman — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:26:25 -0400

DESCRIPTION
The Indianapolis Museum of Art created the Web site ArtBabble.org as a place where everyone is invited to join an open, ongoing discussion about art. It is intended to showcase video art content in high quality format from a variety of sources and perspectives. Partners whose videos are featured on ArtBabble include MOMA New York & San Francisco, Art21, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The New York Public Library, and The Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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