publications

Art Writing on Glasstire

Dario Robleto: Between Art and Science

Must an Exhibition About Women Artists be Contextualized by Men?

Jody Klotz on Art Dealing from Abilene

Making Mistakes: Ben Muñoz on the Grant Opportunity that Launched His Career

“Surrealism and Us” and a Path Forward

Celia Álvarez Muñoz: Art, Life, and Eternity

Redefining the U.S./Mexico Border: Works from the “2024 Border Biennial”

El Paso’s Museums Refocus on Local Communities

Echoes Across Time and Place: “Afro-Atlantic Histories” at the Dallas Museum of Art

Powerful Pairings in “Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now”

The Marfa Lights and the Light in Marfa

Experiencing Objects, Space, and Memory with Mona Hatoum

Fort Worth’s Shifting Art Scene

The Case for Multilingual Museums

A Wave of Emotions: Performances at “Soy de Tejas” in San Antonio

Reflections from “I’ll Be Your Mirror” at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Historical Figures, Food, and Feminism

Revisiting Rufino Tamayo’s “El Hombre” at the Dallas Museum of Art

Outside Perspectives: Co-Curated Exhibitions in Fort Worth and Wichita Falls

Latino History is American History: Latino Art & Culture Comes to the Smithsonian

La Bandera: Latino Artists and the U.S. Flag

One Work, Short Take: Charles White’s “Love Letters” at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

scholarly publications

NAEA VIEWFINDER: Shared Authority as Pedagogy and Practice

Jessica Fuentes and Alli Rogers Andreen investigate museum education case studies as examples of shared authority in action and reflect on their application outside of museum programs.

ART EDUCATION JOURNAL: Redefining “American”: Expanding the Canon by Connecting With Students’ Lives

This resource shares three lessons that demonstrate ways in which art educators can create mirrors for students of color to see themselves in the story of American art and windows for White students to consider experiences other than their own, investigating the work of Louise Nevelson, Justin Favela, and Dawoud Bey.

CREATING MEANINGFUL MUSEUM EXPERIENCES FOR K-12 AUDIENCES: Representation Matters: Diversifying School Tour Curriculum

This chapter details steps taken by the Amon Carter Museum of Art’s teaching team to dramatically shift our school tour curriculum to better serve and reflect our K-12 audiences.

JOURNAL OF MUSEUM EDUCATION: The Need for Educators of Color in K-12 Museum Tours

While student demographics have changed over the last century, the demographics of museum educators, particularly those leading K-12 tours have remained predominately White. Though this is common knowledge across the museum field, little research has gone into quantifying these numbers.

MASTERS THESIS: Learning From Each Other: Narrative Explorations of Art Museum Self-guided Materials

By engaging in collaborative arts-based and arts-informed narrative inquiry with my six-year-old daughter, we explored self-guided materials in art museums in the North Texas area. Though the field of art museum education is increasingly participatory, most academic research related to self-guided materials has fallen short of exploring visitors' experiences with these materials.

blog highlights

DMA UNCRATED: Camp and Community

Reflections on Museum Camp with Nina Simon at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

ART MUSEUM TEACHING: Hands-On Learning: Not Just for Kids

Informal evaluations of how adults engage with participatory learning at the Dallas Museum of Art’s Center for Creative Connections.

DMA UNCRATED: So What? One Question Evaluations at the DMA

Two case studies on informal evaluations in art museum education.

ART MUSEUM TEACHING: The Creative Spiral: Evolving Practice in the DMA's Art Spot

A look at the creative practice within a hands-on art-making space the Dallas Museum of Art.

DMA UNCRATED: The Signs They Are A-Changin': Bilingual Museum Signage

The significance of bilingual signage in art museums.

Sensory Sensation

An overview of visitor experience evaluations in the “Divine Felines: interactive space at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Musical Musings

An interview with Clint Niosi and Claire Hecko about creating music inspired by artworks at the Dallas Museum of Art.

DMA UNCRATED: Finding Yourself at the DMA

A Dallas Museum of Art visitor finds a photograph on view in the galleries depicting her as a college cheerleader.

jessica fuentes

publications

Art Writing on Glasstire

scholarly publications

blog highlights