Museum Voices is an art program aimed at decolonizing the patriarchal narrative in the traditional museum voice. The goal of this program is to empower our next generation by providing them with the chance to engage with art and connect with their community within a museum context.
We are currently seeking community partners and participants in the Honolulu area to help make this program a reality. Over time, Museum Voices has the capacity to build diversity within the museum profession and change the way art is portrayed in our community. Participants will explore social justice themes while engaging in artistic practices.
Museum Voices offers interactive and engaging museum tours, hands-on learning experiences using a museum’s lending collection, and instruction on how to recreate works of art that inspire the students. The program will culminate in a social justice-themed exhibition curated by the students, in which they will use their voice and ideas to tell stories from their perspective. The art of the participants will be displayed side-by-side with art objects, as well as references to the original works they are replicating.
This museum education program has the potential to make a lasting difference in the lives of teenagers in the Honolulu community. Participants will gain comfort in the museum environment and be empowered to express their values publicly. They will learn to use art as a means of self-expression and activism. We will provide them with the tools they need to continue exploring the world of art and to develop their own artistic skills and abilities. By providing them with possibilities to connect with our community through museums, we hope to inspire a new generation of artists, thinkers, and leaders.
Museum Voices will act as a catalyst for positive change in the lives of youths in the Honolulu community, by providing them with the chance to engage with art and connect with society in meaningful ways. We will be working with local high schools and participants from social service organizations that transition youth from the foster care system. These young adults are ready to engage and need more entrance points to the culture around them.
ginger mf daley+project leader
artist+curator+educator
Honolulu-based artist Ginger MF Daley has worked as a curator, writer, and museum educator. After a career in marketing and design she received a Master of Arts in Museology from the University of San Francisco, with a strong theme of social justice. Her most current work entails arts and culture education that focuses on reuniting the children of Hawai’i to the ancient history and the nature of the islands; creating the next generation of visual storytellers. She receives inspiration for her art work from the ocean-centric world in which she lives and shares her passion for sea life through murals, mixed-media painting, and digital art. Receiving constant love and support from her ohana of two adult daughters, one elementary school son, two grandchildren and one doting husband, she strives to strike passion in her community for the arts.
