Museum Studio Spaces VI

The Kohler Art Preserve offers small notebooks titled Art Preserve Writer and book pockets with prompts to “aid in your exploration of this space” and an invitation to “reflect on your time here after you’re back home: take notes, ask questions, and draw pictures”. The card prompts titled Remember, Record, Revisit, Reflect, and Report include suggestions for entries. For example the Reflect card introduces the concept of windows and mirrors (“a window is a view into a new perspective and a mirror is something you relate to”) and invites viewers to ask themselves as they look at each artist area, “Is this a window or a mirror for me?” and suggests recording ideas next to the floor maps at the beginning of the writer or on the following blank pages.

After we spent a few hours at the Art Preserve we drove to the Kohler Arts Center for lunch and a peek at the art studio. The art studio facilitator used another word beginning with Re as she introduced the space as an opportunity for guests to Respond after exploring the current exhibition of the work of Bernard Langlais.

The Kohler Arts Center art studio is designed with adult guests in mind and has made some coronavirus adaptations. Materials are now stored in individual “ready to create” boxes.

The guest responses to Bernard Langlais are being displayed to create a collaborative piece.

We didn’t have time to spend in the art studio but I definitely will on our next trip!