{"id":14,"date":"2020-10-28T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-01-24T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:46:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mission-and-goals\"><\/div>\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>The mission of Boyden Gallery of St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland is to serve as an educational and cultural resource for students, faculty and staff of the College and the broader Southern Maryland community.<\/p>\n<p>Boyden Gallery and Collection are guided by the conviction that engagement with visual art, media and culture is a key component of a liberal arts education. The Gallery promotes visual literacy, object-based learning and the understanding of visual art in its historic and cultural context through exhibitions, educational programs, interdisciplinary exploration, and community engagement.<\/p>\n<h2>Goals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Present diverse and engaging exhibitions and educational programs that foster creativity, curiosity, investigation, and active engagement with the visual arts<\/li>\n<li>Serve as an educational and cultural resource for the college and broader community<\/li>\n<li>Elevate all phases of operation to meet national standards and best practices as established by the American Alliance of Museums and Association of Academic Museums and Galleries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Memberships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"highlight-box row\">\n<div class=\"one-hallf first\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Alliance of Museums (Tier 3 member)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamg-us.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Association of Academic Museums and Galleries<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Council of Museums<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"one-hallf last\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdmuseums.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Museums Association<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midatlanticmuseums.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/smallmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Museum Association<\/a><br \/>\n<!--<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarysartscouncil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St Mary\u2019s County Arts Council<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n--><br \/>\n<!--<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegeart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College Art Association<\/a>--><\/div>\n<div id=\"social-media\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission The mission of Boyden Gallery of St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland is to serve as an educational and cultural resource for students, faculty and staff of the College and the broader Southern Maryland community. Boyden Gallery and Collection are guided by the conviction that engagement with visual art, media and culture is a key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":35,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-14","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/boyden-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}