Your guide, Emily Sachar, is an art historian, educator, public speaker and party planner who is an instant hit with students of all ages. She is intimately familiar with the holdings, exhibition schedules and layout of all of New York City’s museums and can speed you to the art you most want to see (she’ll also zip you to the most convenient restrooms and eating facilities). Emily deploys her iPa
d to augment your custom, private tour with videos, maps, photos and other materials to give you the sharpest insights, and socio-political context, into the art on view. An independent art historian on the faculty at New York University and Hunter College, Emily is also a senior docent and art educator at the Brooklyn Museum and a former docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has led more than 500 art tours in the past 12 years and has lived in New York City for 34 years. She enjoys art in any locale, from a Chelsea gallery to an outdoor sculpture park, from the altar of a church to the galleries of a major museum. Emily studied for her masters in art history at The City University of New York/Hunter College. Her MA research focused on the use of codes and symbols to signal an interest in homosexuality by the Magic Realists, a group of American artists who worked at the middle of the 20th century. Emily graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and American history. Esteemed by guides, educators and visitors around the world, Emily, a former journalist, is a researcher par excellence who is equally at home with Ancient Egypt and contemporary art. Emily is also a poet who hears the world in rhyme, a skill she discovered in fifth grade. As a New York City public school teacher, Emily taught eighth-grade math for one year almost exclusively in impromptu rap; her students' standardized test scores skyrocketed. Today, Emily deploys her talent to whip up clues about the art on view in New York City museums, making Heart of the Art scavenger hunt parties a visual and aural delight! Whether you're partying or seeking a custom, private New York City museum, our goal is to help you dive in, look close, learn and.....Get to the Heart of the Art!
