Distinguished Speaker

  • “Museum Education & Progressive Values in the Digital Age.” The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Annual Lecture in Museum Education, Frick Museum, New York, May 11, 2012.

  • “The Museum As Generator.” Communicating The Museum: The Power of Education, The Louvre, Paris, France, June 22, 2017.

  •  “Museums and the Future.“ International Internal Seminar on Art Education, National Museum for Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, April 25, 26, 2017. 

  •  “Why Art Matters in the Digital Age: A Museum Educator’s Perspective.”  Conference: Faz Forum, Frankfurter Allgemeine Forum, Berlin, Germany,  November 26, 2015.

  • “Engaging Globally: The Future of Museum Education,” 50th Anniversary of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, June 24, 2015. 

  •  “Blurring Boundaries: Museum Education in the Digital Age.” Blurring Boundaries and Bridging Gaps, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Museum, Oslo, November 13, 2014. 

  • “Museums and Education in the Digital Age.” Qatar Museum Authority, Doha, Qatar, December 4, 2013. 

  •  “Museum Education in the Digital Age.” Athens, Benaki Museum and the US Embassy, Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, October 15-19, 2013.

  • “Museum Education in the Digital Age.” The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 19-24, 2012. 

Public Conversations, Panels

  • “Radical Change and Cultural Mediation.” Modes and Institutions: Exchanges and narratives of experience in national and international institutions, in conversation with Igor Simões and Leonardo Castilho.  SESC RJ, Rio de Janeiro, November 9, 2022.

  • The New Era in (Re)Gathering.” Site Santa Fe Innovative Thinker Summer Speaker Series, Priya Parker, in conversation with Wendy Woon. Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 26, 2022.

  • “The Shape of the Museum.” Art Gallery of Ontario ThursdayTalks online,  Wendy Woon in conversation with Anna Cutler, Director of Learning and Research at TATE Gallery, May 14, 2020.

  •  “Construçåo de um.” Index Arts #2: Art and Technology online, in conversation with Inés Moreira, Braga, Portugal, May 20, 2020.

  • “Art Education As A Radical Act. ”Leading artists and thinkers discuss the role of arts education in today's divisive world. Featuring Carol Becker, Anna Deavere Smith, Kate Fowle, Hank Willis Thomas, and Félix V. Matos Rodríguez. Wendy Woon introduction, moderator. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, December 11, 2019.

  • “Humanizing the Museum: Making Space for People at New MoMA.” Summit on Empathy and Museums, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, November 4, 2019. 

  •  “Humanizing the Museum: 3 Stories.” Fostering Universal Ethics and Compassion Through Museums Summit with His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India,  November 1, 2018.  

  •  “MoMA Education @80.” United States Education Study Tour, Central Academy of Fine Arts/China National Art Fund Fellowship Program, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, December 1, 2017.  

  •  “Theory vs. Practice: The New Meaning of Art Education.” Works in Conversation, PAHC/studio, Ketchum, Idaho, August 2, 2017.  

  •  “Learning Communities in Modern Art and Design.” The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, June 12, 2017.  

  •  “Institutional Leadership.” Janklow Arts Leadership Program, Syracuse University, New York City, New York, January 9, 2017. 

  • “Art is... ‘Art is...’" with Wendy Woon, New York City, New York, February 6, 2017.

  •  “Participation and Engagement in Museum Practice.” International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management New York University, New York City, New York, March 16, 2017. 

  •  “Between the Physical and the Digital: The Emergence of the Porous Museum.” Connection-Engagement: A China-US Museum Education Exchange Forum, American Alliance of Museums and Central Fine Arts Academy, Beijing, and Shanghai, China, November 30-December 5, 2016.  

  •  “Ready for Prime Time: Older Adults Make Their Mark at MoMA.” Case study for The Seminar on the Social Role of Museums, International Council of Museums (ICOM) & La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona, Spain, October 20-21, 2016. 

  •  “Victor D’Amico at MoMA and Experimental Pedagogy, 1937-1969.” Black Mountain School, Black Mountain, North Carolina, May 28, 2016. 

  •  “How Art Education prepares you for the Future.” panel discussion, 150th Anniversary of The School of The Art Institution of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, April 1, 2016.  

  •  “Bridging the Gap: The Physical and Digital Learning Space.” 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Colorado, June 26-July 2, 2013.  

  •  “Learning from Early Museum Educators and Directors.” Moderator. American Alliance of Museums conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 30, 2013.  

  •  “Focus versus Distraction in the Museum.” MoMA Research & Development Salon #2, The Museum of Modern Art, December 11, 2012. 

  •  “Learning Environments for the 21st Century.” Moderated Conversation with Howard Gardner and Andrew Gardner, MoMA, November 7, 2012. 

  •  “Museum Confidential: Some thoughts on art museums, art schools, and artists' practices.” Pratt Institute, New York, October 7, 2012. 

  •  “How can museums foster new communities of learners globally?” Communicating the Museum, New York, June 27-29, 2012. 

  •  “Learning in the Spaces In Between.” The 8th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil, November 11-12, 2011.  

  •  “Archive, Project, Publication.” Reconfiguring Publics: Art, Pedagogy & Participation, The Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, November 7-10, 2011. 

  •  “Brazilian Education Institute: A MoMA Exchange.” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 21-22, 2011.

  •  “Mining Modern Museum Education.” Conceived and hosted a conference on the forgotten history of modern museum education, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 6, 2010.

  •  “Museum Education: An Exchange between MoMA and Mexican Museums.” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 7-10, 2010.    

  •  “MoMA and México: Museum Education.” Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla, México, April 12, 2010.