Teaching philosophy
I am committed to mentoring by example and to creating educational environments that promote excellence and inquisitiveness in artistic expression. I communicate openly to students about my own thoughts and challenges, creating an accepting and nurturing space. I also expect a strong work ethic, informed dialogue, and a high level of performance. I bring an interdisciplinary approach to teaching, as well as an awareness of contemporary art practice and theory in a global context. By exposing students to a diversity of voices, artistic approaches and cultural experiences, students are invited to embrace a world where their own definitions of identity, place and representation are challenged and reinvented as they come into their own.
Hand in hand with teaching and developing photography curricula as Chair of Photography and Professor at the Corcoran College of Art + Design (1995-2016), Program Chair and Professor at the George Washington University (2016-18) my work extends to engaging communities across borders and socio-cultural divides in a dialogue about personal and collective memory and history. I am now Professor Emerita at George Washington University and Visiting Artist at the Hartford Art School's MFA Interdisciplinary Arts program. I founded and direct Laberinto Projects, a transnational, cultural memory and education initiative that fosters contemporary art practices, social inclusion and dialogue in El Salvador and its U.S. diaspora, through exhibitions, art education, artist residencies and community engagement.
For a full listing of teaching experience, visiting artist lectures and workshops, please check out my CV, listed and downloadable on the website.
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University of New Mexico Art Museum, ARTE VOZ, Talk + Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, 2022. |
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Houston Center for Photography, “Beyond the Record,” Artist Talk, Houston, TX, Sept. + Nov. 2022. |
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Rutgers University, Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Estelle Lebowitz Endowed Visiting Artist Lecture, April 5, 2022. |
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Tufts University Art Galleries, ARTE VOZ Workshop: Muriel Hasbun, March 2022. |
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Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, “Telling Our Stories: Latinx Youth,” Arts Club workshops in collaboration with Key Bilingual School, September 2021. |
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Walters Art Museum, LIVE Artist Talk: Muriel Hasbun, with Dr. Ellen Hoobler, Feb. 4, 2021. |
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Laberinto Institute, EDUCA, “Visual Literacy as a Tool for Cultural Proficiency in the Classroom: El Salvador as a Case Study,” August 2018 and June-August 2019. |
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Laberinto Institute, “The Artist and the Archive,” workshop, Lake Coatepeque, El Salvador, 2017. |
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International Center of Photography, “Women Picturing Revolution,” panel discussion, New York, NY, 2016. |
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National Gallery of Art, “Artist + Artist: Muriel Hasbun,” Washington, D.C., 2016.
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School of Visual Arts, Master’s in Digital Photography, i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration Lecture Series: Muriel Hasbun, New York, NY, 2016. |
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Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Jornadas 10, keynote speaker, “Incorporando a los de allá: La educación y prácticas fotográficas desde una mirada transnacional y plural,” Uruguay, 2014. |
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The Phillips Collection, “Photography: Defining the Global Contemporary,” Creative Voices D.C., panelist, Washington, D.C., 2013. |
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Society for Photographic Education National Conference, “Conferring Significance Across Borders: Photographic Education in a Transnational Context,” Chicago, IL, 2013. |
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The Washington Post Review of Academy 2012 |
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La Prensa Gráfica Article about Corcoran students in El Salvador & 2 Museums, 2 Nations, 1 Identity, 2012 |
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Corcoran Press Release for 2 Museums, 2 Nations, 1 Identity, 2012
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Art Museum of the Americas Press Release for 2 Museums, 2 Nations, 1 Identity, 2012
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City Paper Review of NEXT 2012
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The Washington Post Going Out Guide's Review of NEXT 2012 |
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Washington Post Review of NEXT 2012 |
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Brightest Young Things Review of NEXT 2012
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Complex Review of NEXT 2012
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, FotoWeek D.C. Noon Lecture: “Conversación: Muriel Hasbun and Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Washington, D.C., 2011.
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City Paper Arts Desk Best Photographs of 2011
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The Washington Post Review of On the Lakeshore and Other Stories, 2011 |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, “Intersecciones/Intersections,” moderator, 2010. |
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PDN: "Found in Translation" 2010 |
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The Washington Post Review of Fotoweek DC, 2010 |
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The Washington Post Review of FotoViajeros, 2008 |
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Mexico Place and Narrative Class Blog 2012:Arroz y Frijoles |
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El Salvador International Experience/Transnational Identity Class Blog 2012: Miramar |
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Mexico Place and Narrative Class Blog 2011: 6 Mujeres |
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El Salvador Class Blog 2008: FotoViajeros |
