Laura E. Evans

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

• Joni Acuff and Laura Evans (Eds.). (2014). Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today. Lanham, Maryland, Alta Mira Press.

Book Chapter

• Evans, L., Armstrong, J., Legari, S., Palamara, A., Tulgan Ostheimer, R., , E. (2024). Towards a More Human-Centered Museum: A Narrative of an Imagined Visit to a Trauma-Aware Art Museum. Art Education in Canadian Museums: Practices in Action. Intellect Books.
• Evans, L.E. (2018). Embodying the Museum: Feminist Embodied Learning in Art Museum Education. Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption, Change. 388-417. Edinburgh, MuseumsEtc.
• Evans, L.E. (2015). Setting the Table: The Role of University Art Museums in Creating Communities of Awareness Around Eating Disorders. On Food and Health. Edinburgh, MuseumsEtc.
• Evans, L.E., Nardi, E., Angelini, C. (2014). Building a Bridge?: Understanding the Multicultural Impact of Islamic Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Best Practices: A Tool to Improve Museum Education Internationally. Rome, Edizioni Nuova Cultura.
• T. Constantino and B. White (Ed.). (2013). Food for Thought: Idiom, Empathy, and Context in Lauren Greenfield's THIN. Aesthetics, Empathy, and Education. New York, NY, Lang Publishers.
• Stefanie Jandle and Mark Gold (Ed.). (2012). Setting the Table: The Role of University Art Museums in Creating Communities of Awareness Around Eating Disorders. A Handbook for Academic Museums: Exhibition and Education. Edinburgh, MuseumsEtc.

Book Review

• Evans, L.E. Review: Famous Works of Art and How They Got That Way by John B. Nici. Studies in Art Education. 58 (3)

Instructor's Manual

• Evans, L.E., McGrath, M. (2015). From the Rubble. Educational Resource Pack for the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
• Evans, L.E., McGrath, M. (2015). Tracey Moffatt: Kaleidoscope. Educational Resource Pack for the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Journal Article

• Evans, L.E. (2024). How Artist-Made Reproductions Can Strengthen Museums and Their Communities: A Case Study. Museums, Decolonisation, and Restitution: A Global Conversation (published in English and Mandarin). The ICOM International Museum Research and Exchange Centre.
• Evans, L., Amstrong, J., Legari, S., Palamara, A., Tulgan Ostheimer, R., Wiskera, E. (2021). Weaving Trauma Awareness Into Museum Education. Journal of Museum Education.
• Evans, L. (2020). Artist-Made Reproductions as a Result of Reparation: How Museums Can Benefit From The Return of Original Objects To Source Communities. Other.
• Evans, L. (2020). Home Is Where the Art Is: A review of Discriminating Thieves: Nazi-Looted Art and Restitution at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Other. University of Illinois, Chicago.
• Evans, L.E., Kraehe, A. (2019). That depends on how you define it: Reflections on inclusivity language as a flashpoint in docent development.. Viewfinder: Reflecting on Museum Education. (9) National Art Education Association.
• Evans, L.E. (2017). Body talk: Examining a collaborative multiple-visit program for visitors with eating disorders at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. 42 (2) 345-353.
• Evans, L.E., Blair, J. (2016). Listening to Self: An Appeal for Autoethnography in Art Museum Education. Viewfinder: Reflecting on Museum Education. 2 National Art Education Association.
• Evans, L.E. (2015). Making the Best of the Worst: How the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Turned Its Loss Into Gain. Journal of Art Crime. 14 39-46.
• Laura Evans. (2014). Struggling Artist: A Vignette. Visual Arts Research. 40 (1) 35-36.
• Laura Evans. (2013). Body Language: A Feminist-Informed Analysis of Visitor's Narrative Responses to THIN. The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. 6 (1) 121-130.
• Evans, L.E. (2013). Trigger Finger: A Narrative Exploration of Women andTrophy Hunting in David Chancellor's Safari Club. Visual Culture and Gender. 8 45-55.
• Laura Evans. (2011). Little Red Riding Hood Bites Back. Visual Arts Research. 37 (2) 128-132.
• Barrett, T., Chevers, I., Evans, L., Girardot, K. Kundu, R., Savage, S. (2009). A Conversation About Mentoring. Visual Arts Research. 35 (2) 1-10.
• Evans, L.E. (2002). Looking Past Disability: The Life and Work of Five Artists with Disabilities. Other. Ann Arbor, Michigan State University.

Popular Press Article

• Laura Evans. (2011). Eating Our Words: How Museum Visitors and a Sample of Women Narratively React to and Interpret Lauren Greenfield's THIN.

Position Paper

• Evans, L., Palamara, A., Legari, S., Wiskera, E., Tulgan Ostheimer, R. (2020). Trauma-Aware Art Museum Education: Principles & Practice. Other. https://artmuseumteaching.com/2020/06/29/trauma-aware-art-museum-education-principles-practices/
• Evans, L., Wiskera, E., Palamara, A., Legari, S. (2020). Trauma-Aware Art Museum Education: A Conversation. Other. https://artmuseumteaching.com/2020/05/04/trauma-aware-art-museum-education/

Webpage

• Evans, L.E., Acuff, J. (2014). Building Canopies for Multiculturalism: (Re)Turning to the Visitor. Retrievable at Art Museum Teaching: A Forum for Reflecting on Practice. http://artmuseumteaching.com/2014/08/04/multi- culturalism

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

• Evans, L., "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Onstead Institute/Kinfolk House Fellowship in Community Art Education," sponsored by Onstead Institute and Kinfolk House, Local, $8000 Funded. (2022).
• Evans, L., "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Onstead Institute/Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fellowship in Art Museum Education," University of North Texas, $8200 Funded. (2020).
• Evans, L. (Other), "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Meadows Museum of Art/Onstead Institute Fellowship in Art Museum Education," University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2019).
• Evans, L. (Other), "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Onstead Institute/Crow Collection Fellowship in Museum Education," University of North Texas, $8200 Funded. (2017 - 2019).

Grant - Research

• Evans, L., "UNT Art People: Art Museum Educators in Residence," sponsored by Rea Charitable Trust, National, $40000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
• Evans, L., "University of North Texas Art People: Art Museum Educators in Residence at Schools.," sponsored by Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust and Bank of America, National, $25000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Evans, L., "UNT Art People: Art Museum Educators in Residence," sponsored by Rea Charitable Trust, National, $40000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Evans, L.E., "Scholarly and Creative Award," sponsored by College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Evans, L.E. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Award," sponsored by College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2015 - 2016).

Grant - Teaching

• Du, Y. (Co-Principal), Evans, L.E. (Co-Principal), Roeschley, A. (Co-Principal), Sharma, M. (Co-Principal), Hyland, P. (Co-Principal), "Stewarding Cultural Heritage: Latino Art, Museums, and Preservation Fellowship (LAMP Fellowship)," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $396362 Funded. (2023 - 2026).