Participatory experiences top the list of expectations for today’s visitors to historic house museums and other cultural institutions, which presents both challenges and opportunities for the field. One new avenue for audience engagement is the incorporation of Virtual Reality (VR) technology. Humanities New York spoke with Deborah Emmons-Andarawis, Acting Director of Historic Cherry Hill, and Krysta Dennis and Michael Lounello from Siena College’s Creative Arts Department to discuss the debut of VR at the Albany History Fair in May 2018. Historic Cherry Hill and the college’s Creative Arts Department laid the groundwork for this VR experiment through last year’s celebration […]
Skirball Talks: Echart Tolle Awakening Consciousness in Higher Education
Please join the NYU Office of Global Spiritual Life and the Eckhart Tolle Foundation for a night of spiritual teaching and discussion with Eckhart Tolle. Reka Prasad, Assistant Director of MindfulNYU and the NYU Office of Global Spiritual Life, will facilitate a Q&A. Presented as part of the new SKIRBALL TALKS series. Mondays at 6:30 during the academic terms, SKIRBALL TALKS hosts visionaries from the worlds of politics, the arts, sciences, academia, and more. RSVPs to this event will become available starting Monday, March 5, 2018. Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author who was born in Germany and […]
