In November 2023, over 130 local students from campuses across the region enjoyed the first ever College Night at the BMA, focused on Making her Mark. The event was designed, promoted, and hosted by students in Jennifer P. Kingsley’s course Museum Education for Today’s Audiences. Students spent the semester investigating informal learning models, museum visitor motivations and behavior, as well as researching college student needs, interests, and arts participation using both national survey data and formative evaluation techniques.
They also went behind the scenes, meeting with BMA Education Staff to learn more about the department’s activities, values, and goals, working especially closely with Tracey Beale, Director of Public Programs, and Anja Xkeka, Education Program Coordinator. Students designed, marketed and hosted the culminating event which invited undergraduate and graduate students from across Baltimore to experience thematic journeys through the exhibition Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, socialize and take part in artmaking activities.
