Educational Experience at the Minuto de Dios Contemporary Art Museum in Bogotá city: pedagogic activities regarding the exposition: abstract Sculpture in Colombia

Abstract

This written report establish a dialog between the development and implementation of workshops and educational activities, based on the exposition "La Escultura Abstracta en Colombia" (Abstract Sculpture in Colombia), made at the Minuto de Dios Contemporary Art Museum in 2007. The first approximation made by this report is the description of this pedagogical proposal stages; then, some theoretical approaches are developed, such as, the educational potential of the museum and the actual interest of establishing a direct communication with the community and other publics. Getting to know the interests and needs of these publics is based on a series of methods such as the "visitors studies" and other types of marketing, and for this matter, the communicative nature of the museum is analyzed, and potentialized through educational activities. At last, a complete evaluation of this experience in relation with the theory of education and many other elements that surrounds it, finally concluding with the strengths and weakness.