Museum3D

December 23, 2014

Happy New Museum3D Year!

Thanks to everyone who followed along with our year of Museum3D programs at the Art Institute of Chicago. We couldn’t have done it without the generous support for innovative programs from the IMLS, the Art Institute for allowing us to experiment with new programs and the many talented collaborators along the way. The team has…

November 25, 2014

Museum3D: IMLS Capstone Celebration

Wrapping up a year long project with support from the IMLS Sparks! Ignition grant, this video highlights the Museum3D project showcasing a variety of museum education programs using 3-D technologies to engage audiences with the museum’s collection. As a culminating event, the capstone celebration brought professionals from a diverse range of museums, universities, libraries, and zoos, as…

September 17, 2014

Teen Lab 3D: Understanding and Making Meaning in Objects…with Teens…with a 3D Printer

Interview with Stephanie Zhao By Maura Flood Teen Lab at the Art Institute of Chicago is the Museum’s after-school program run in partnership with After School Matters (www.afterschoolmatters.org). Under the guidance of two teaching artists, students meet in the Ryan Education Center studios for 10 weeks, 3 days per week, to experiment with new ideas and media, meet with Museum staff and artists, hangout in the galleries, and make lots of art. Through connection with the Museum’s collection and within the context of the institution, teens investigate conceptual practices and their identities as creative producers. In spring 2014, Teen Lab was give access to a 3D printer supported through the…

September 17, 2014

Intern Appreciation: Meet Noah Coleman

We are proud to introduce Noah Spencer Coleman who comes to Museum3D as our second SAIC intern for the summer. Pursuing an MFA degree in the Art & Technology Studies program at the School of the Art Institute, Noah’s unique background in sculpture and interest in 3D printing and education technology has easily led him to become a valuable team member. We’ve…

September 15, 2014

The Diwali Festival

On November 9, 2013, we held the 5th annual Diwali Family Festival, initiated to encourage family visits to the Alsdorf gallery of Southeast Asian Art in order to create a deeper, more meaningful engagement with the artwork. This was the first of the Museum3D events. We were very ambitious in our planning, Family Festivals at…

September 12, 2014

Getting Through the Glass, Getting Hands On! New Tour Experiences using 3D Printing

“Maybe I’m not an artist or artistically inclined, but touching the piece wakes something up inside of you.” The Art Institute of Chicago serves a broad spectrum of diverse and intersecting audiences in an array of approaches and opportunities for engagement. Technologies such as 3D printing open up new ways for visitors with disabilities to…

September 9, 2014

Join Us! Museum3D Capstone Event

Museum3D Capstone Celebration Engaging Audiences Using 3-D Printing and Scanning Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:30-7:30 p.m. The Art Institute of Chicago cordially invites you to participate in the Museum3DCapstone Celebration highlighting a year-long IMLS Sparks! Ignition grant led by the Department of Digital Experience and Access and the Department of Museum Education. * Engage with…

July 18, 2014

Intern Appreciation: Meet Mark Kamish

Museum3D is proud to introduce Mark Kamish, our 2014 spring semester Co-Op student from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A recent graduate having studied in the Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design Object’s program at the school, Mark brought his talents and skills in 3D modeling and printing supporting the Hands On! Adult Tours…

January 29, 2014

Art Institute Museum3D Guest Speaker: Pippa Hough from the Science Museum of London

The Science Museum of London celebrated a ‘3D Summer’ full of events exploring the ideas of 3-D design and printing. These events fed into the development of the exhibition 3D: printing the future at the museum through mid-June. More than 600 3-D printed objects fill an exhibition wall telling stories of how these technologies are poised…

December 9, 2013

Art Institute Museum3D Guest Speaker: Don Undeen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

For our second Museum3D advisory team meeting, Don Undeen, Senior Manager of the Met Media Lab, shared his experiences organizing a teen 3-D program run at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York last summer.

About Museum3D