’Art is our contemporary’ : preparing art educators of socially disadvantaged children for meaningful museum education at the Ludwig Museum Budapest

Abstract

Teaching about contemporary art is a problematic curricular area with a constantly growing knowledge base and methodological repertoire from teachers. This paper presents an effort to mentor art educators of disadvantaged educational institutions to appropriate socially focused contemporary arts with special relevance for their students. The programme is based on constructivist educational methodologies and critical arts pedagogy practices. We briefly introduce the venue: the Ludwig Museum of Budapest, placed spiritually and geographically at the intersection of Eastern and Western Europe, and discuss the contents, assessment methods and results of the mentoring programme.