Mindful Museum Education
Rikki Asher and Marcos A. Stafne
Thursday 08 November, 2012
7 - 8:15pm, $0
The Graduate Center, Science Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 4102
Rikki Asher studied Ch'an (Zen) meditation and yoga with the late Chan Master Sheng Yen in 1976. She is a graduate of the City University of New York (CUNY) with a Master's in Fine Arts and of Columbia University with a Doctorate in Art Education. She combines her background in art and education with meditation utilizing mindfulness techniques in her CUNY Queens College art education courses and work with inner-city youth. She has taught yoga and meditation in synagogues, YMCAs, the Omega Institute and the Dharma Drum Meditation center since 1999.
Marcos Stafne is the Head of Education and Visitor Experience for the Rubin Museum of Art where he oversees Development, Family Learning, University Programs, and Museum Tours and Services. He has worked in museum education for 16 years at the Orlando Science Center, Orange County Historical Center, Orlando Museum of Art, and as the Director of Public Programs and Traveling Exhibitions at NYSCI. He also is adjunct faculty at Eugene Lang College, The New School in Education Studies.
The second annual CUNY Mindfulness Lecture Series will bring together scientists, scholars and students to present and discuss cross-disciplinary research and theory relative to the science and practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness will be explored through physics, neuroscience, philosophy and psychology. This series will offer CUNY students and the community opportunities to participate in the advancement of learning in this field.
Marcos Stafne is the Head of Education and Visitor Experience for the Rubin Museum of Art where he oversees Development, Family Learning, University Programs, and Museum Tours and Services. He has worked in museum education for 16 years at the Orlando Science Center, Orange County Historical Center, Orlando Museum of Art, and as the Director of Public Programs and Traveling Exhibitions at NYSCI. He also is adjunct faculty at Eugene Lang College, The New School in Education Studies.
The second annual CUNY Mindfulness Lecture Series will bring together scientists, scholars and students to present and discuss cross-disciplinary research and theory relative to the science and practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness will be explored through physics, neuroscience, philosophy and psychology. This series will offer CUNY students and the community opportunities to participate in the advancement of learning in this field.
