Carissa Maria DiCindio

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• DiCindio, C. M. (2018). Local Roots: Bridging Southern craft and museum audiences through materials and engagement. In Makers, crafters, educators: Working for cultural change(pp xx). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis.

Journals/Publications

• DiCindio, C. M. (2020). Driven by Curiosity: Creating Opportunities for Exploration in Art Museums. Art Education, 73(2).
• DiCindio, C. M. (2018). The Past in the Present: The Relevancy of the History of Museum Education Today. Journal of Museum Education.
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  Introduction as guest editor of this journal.
• DiCindio, C. M. (2019). Self-taught art in a museum: Material investigations create surprises. Trends, The Journal of the Texas Art Education Association, 52-55.
• DiCindio, C. M., & Burke, E. (2019). Staying gold: How a group of university students created intergenerational connections through art museum programming. The International Journal of Lifelong Learning in Art Education, 2, 59-68.
• DiCindio, C. M., & Steinmann, C. (2019). The influence of the Works Progress Administration on museums and museum education. Journal of Museum Education, 44(4), 354-367.

Presentations

• DiCindio, C. M. (2019, June). Changing the Conversation: University Students as Art Museum Docents. Association of Academic Museums and Galleries. Minneapolis, MN.
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  Facilitating and participating in panel discussion on university student docents with Rebecka A. Black, Visual Arts & Community Programs Coordinator, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Kathryn Medill, Audience Experience Coordinator for the ASU Art Museum, and Sage Kincaid, Associate Curator of Education, Georgia Museum of Art
• DiCindio, C. M. (2019, March). Makers, Crafters, Educators. National Art Education Association Conference.
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  Serving as moderator for breakout discussion in session led by Elizabeth Garber, Lisa Hochtritt, and Manisha Sharma.
• DiCindio, C. M. (2019, May). Museum Education and Community Collaboration through Stay Gold: An Intergenerational Arts Program for the LGBTQIA+ Community. Alliance of American Museums. New Orleans, LA.
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  Presenting on program for LGBTQI youth and elders with Eli Burke, doctoral student in art and visual culture education
• DiCindio, C. M., & Ahlschwede, W. (2019, October 7). Crafting a Mutually Beneficial Museum-University Collaboration. Western Museums Conference. Boise Idaho.
• DiCindio, C. M., & Shirai, Y. (2019, June). Creating an Art Exhibition Through the Shared Experiences of Grief: Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and University Students. the annual meetings of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. St. Paul, MN.: the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
• DiCindio, C. M., & Shirai, Y. (2019, September). Creating an Art Exhibition through Shared Experiences of Grief Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and University Students. Fall Museum Lecture Series 2019. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona, Museum of Art.
• DiCindio, C. M. (2018, March). University Professor Wanted: The Hiring Process in Higher Education. National Art Education Association.
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  Presented with Bryna Bobick, associate professor, art education, University of Memphis
• DiCindio, C. M. (2017, May). Gallery Talk: Angels from Heaven and Earth by Purvis Young. Gallery Talk. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.
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  Gave a gallery talk focusing on a work of art by self-taught artist Purvis Young at the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.
• DiCindio, C. M. (2017, May). Gallery Talk: Patchwork/Terry by Sam Gilliam. Gallery Talk. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.
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  Gave a gallery talk focusing on an abstract work of art by Sam Gilliam at the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.
• DiCindio, C. M., & Miller, T. (2017, January). Museum Inside Out: Bringing Behind-the-Scenes to the Public. Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries Annual Conference. Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia.

Others

• DiCindio, C. M. (2017, January). Exhibition Essay: Appreciation: Radcliffe Bailey's 7 Steps. Expanding tradition: Selections from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection.
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  Essay in exhibition catalogue, published by the Georgia Museum of Art, edited by Shawnya Harris