Celebrating 20 Years of MoNA Link: A Conversation About Art Education

About this episode

This episode discusses the evolution of MoNA Link, featuring insights from key individuals involved in the program over the past 20 years.

This episode of MoNA Moments highlights the original vision and evolution of MoNA Link, MoNA's School Partnership Program through a conversation with three individuals who shaped the program over the past two decades. You'll hear from the founder of the program, Margaret Groff, a studio artist currently living in Port Townsend. She was the first Education Director at MoNA, from 2000 to 2008. She has also worked as a museum educator at the WSU Museum of Art in Pullman, WA and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI. You'll also hear the perspective of Christine Wardenburg-Skinner, who lives in Edison. She worked at the MoNA from 2010-2014, first as MoNA Link Education Director then as the first Director of Outreach. She is a practicing artist and has spent the last four decades as an art educator in both Skagit and Whatcom Counties. Finally, you'll hear Nicolette Harrington, the current coordinator of the MoNA Link Program and textile artist, painter and printmaker working out of Wingshadow Studios in La Conner. She has an MS in Art Education from Mass College of Art, and was the Art Specialist in Fairfax County, VA and Oak Harbor, WA for many years. The conversation…

People in this episode

Guests: Margaret Groff, Christine Wardenburg-Skinner, Nicolette Harrington

Topics covered

• art education
• MoNA Link
• museum education
• professional development

Keywords

• MoNA
• School Partnership Program
• art educators
• community outreach

Mentioned in this episode

Products: MoNA Link Program

Books & works: this MoNA Moment

Places: Port Townsend, Pullman, WA, Sheboygan, WI, Edison, Skagit, Whatcom, La Conner, Fairfax County

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