Blog 16

Describe your most meaningful learning experience in a museum or art gallery. What elements made it so. Relate this experience to Dewey's notion of a "good" experience.



I think that the most meaningful learning experience I had was when I went to the Glenbow Museum for the first time. I was most intrigued by the "Art of Asia" sculptures because I became intensely interested in the history of each individual god's statue and awed by the fine craftsmanship. It opened my eyes to different media in sculpture, and brought culture into art in a meaningful way. I think this fits Dewey's notion of a "good" experience because it was interesting and enlightening - I learned as I experienced.