ABOVE A member of the North Park Student Council participating in an in-gallery activity before moving onto an art-making activity in the studio.
Co-curricular Engagement
Co-curricular programming generated by Isadora Italia, the Hood Museum campus engagement coordinator, hired in May 2018, aimed to cultivate a vibrant community around the museum at Dartmouth through personal outreach on campus and the activation of digital and print platforms. In July 2018, Isadora organized and hosted a student focus group with eight sophomores who volunteered to participate while on campus for sophomore summer. The focus group presentation introduced students to the new museum and solicited their ideas and feedback regarding how they would like to engage with the new space. The museum's Winter Carnival Warm-Up welcomed students in for self-guided tours as well as a BCOS-hosted viewing of works related to ice and snow. As a result of Isadora's outreach efforts, over fifteen campus centers and groups came to the museum in the 2019 winter and spring terms, including the Student Wellness Center, the Center for Social Impact, the Office of Admissions, West House, East Wheelock House, South House, North Park House, the Dartmouth Society of Photographers, the International Student Association, and the Living Learning Communities. Additional programs developed by Hood Museum staff included a collaboration with the Dickey Center for International Understanding for their Great Issues Scholars, an event for the War and Peace Fellows, and tours for the French, German, and Italian clubs.
A few notable co-curricular collaborations include a tour and brunch event with East Wheelock House; the Night at the Museum with South House, which brought over 280 South House students, faculty, and affiliates together for a reception and gallery pop-up talks centered on social justice; a print campaign centered on art and wellbeing for the Student Wellness Center's "Stall Street Journal"; a workshop centered on ethics, identity, and social impact in art for the Foundations in Social Impact program; and a collaboration with the Immersion Trips (Alternative Spring Break) program centered on ethical photography.