A new way to talk about art | Build empathy and self-knowledge at the museum.

The Art and Happiness Project

☝️This episode is for anyone who ever found themselves in a museum thinking “I don’t get this, this has nothing to do with me” .

🟧 I spoke to the amazing Sam Ramos, from the Art Institute of Chicago, who is well known for his unique emotion-driven approach to talking about art.

� Sam’s job is Director of Innovation and Creativity. His goal is to think of new ways to make museum art relevant, useful, and transformative. It’s a difficult task considering most museums still feel like sacred temples, with uninviting factual explanations, and a curation of artworks that is chronological at worst and theoretical at best.

� Sam has a different, more empathetic approach to talking and teaching the public about art. Someone who engages people emotionally, makes them relate even to art that seems remote at first. Sam is also a talented writer, a brilliant educator and someone profoundly empathetic, kind and interesting.

We talked about:

• new ways to talk about art that don’t feel like remote intellectual exercises,
• the need to change the museum experience to something more impactful and inclusive,
• and about his work using art to improve healthcare and criminal justice systems.

Credits:

👉 Find Sam Ramos here.

🟧 Artwork reference: Mater Dolorosa, 1480-1500

📝 Here are his articles on art for healthcare and legal professionals.

🎥 Extract from Manhattan, Woody Allen here.

💿 Eric Satie, Gymnopedie Numero 1.

📀 The Notorious B.I.G., Juicy.

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Sound Engineering: Raphael Pazoumian 🌷🎧