From Yuko Ralston, a package of information on the new exhibition Bizen: Contemporary Expressions of an Ancient Japanese Pottery.
Guide Training_Bizen_Contemporary Expressions of Japan’s Ancient Pottery
Here is a link to the exhibition page.
Here is a video of Curator Andreas Marks’ in-gallery training:
From your colleague Rose Stanley-Gilbert:
Welcome to our resource page for Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan (June 25, 2022 – September 11, 2022).
We will also post any relevant materials here for the Van Gogh and the Olive Groves exhibition (June 25, 2022 – September 18, 2022), for guides volunteering for the Stop and Chat station. As materials become available, we will post them.
Recording of Andreas Marks’ lecture:
Dressed by Nature exhibition lecture 06.16.22
Guide training resource document, with small pictures of artworks and labels:
Guide Training_Dressed by Nature_Textiles of Japan June 2022_v3
Stop and Chat training
Stop and Chat training 06.30.22
Stop and Chat slides
Update on storage of Stop and Chat:
Storage of Stop and Chat cart and garment forms
Labels
Panels
Exhibition Layout (also a print version is posted in the Guide Lounge)
FAQ for Dressed by Nature:
Dressed by Nature Fact Sheet 5-25-22
Videos:
How to video: Bingata technique: 【Ryukyu Bingata】OKINAWA STRUCTURE Vol.1 – Resist-dye technique of Japan
How to process for banana fiber cloth (bashofu)
How to Video: Banana fiber cloth
Shibori (includes hari hitta shibori): The art of Japanese tie-dyeing (shibori)
Indigo dye process video: Short film (less than 2 minutes)
Indigo dye for ikat process: Long video of Japanese ikat process (29 minutes)
Van Gogh and the Olive Grove (see resources from Dallas Museum at end of page)
Lecture by Matthew Welch:
Van Gogh and the Olive Groves 06.23.22
Exhibition labels and panels:
EUR221407_VG_Scientific_Panels_V5
Exhibition layout (also a print version is posted in the Guide Lounge)
FAQs for Van Gogh
Van Gogh and the Olive Groves FAQs
All Olive Grove paintings, in chronological order, left to right, top to bottom:
Peer resources
Dressed by Nature
Here are articles and videos shared by guides, connected to the exhibition:
Articles on Mia’s blog:
From Susan Arndt, the posted link to the May Friends’ lecture, by Anna Jackson: “Drawing on the works to be featured in the MIA exhibition Dressed by Nature, and on those in the V&A and other collections, this lecture will explore what these textiles they can tell us about the lives, beliefs and tastes of those who created and consumed them. In doing so, it will pull together the common threads that bound rural villages to fashionable city streets and connected farmers and fishermen to merchants and entertainers. It will also examine the value and meaning these works have today and the efforts being made to preserve the skills and artistry they embody.”
link to the May Friend’s talk by Anna Jackson, “The Social Fabric”
Susan Arndt also shares some great articles:
The Art of Turning Fish into Leather
From Prejudice to Pride (an article about the Indigenous Ainu culture)
The Secret Language of Salmon Skin Coats
From Kay Miller:
‘Kimono Style’: A Beautiful Painting You Can Wear
From Margie Crone, a site with some information on Ainu patterns: Ainu-Siriki are patterns inscribed on the tools and clothes of Ainu. Ay-us-siriki and morew-siriki, which are whirling designs, are the most popular patterns.
From Pat Gale, a long article on the Ainu, including information on the tattoos women received: AINU: THEIR HISTORY, ART, LIFE, RITUALS, CLOTHES AND BEARS
Peer resources
Van Gogh
From the Mia blog:
Touched by Van Gogh: What a newly discovered fingerprint tells us about a Mia masterwork
From the Dallas Museum of Art, a lecture: Exhibition Talk: Van Gogh and the Olive Groves
From Dallas Museum of Art, online article and images: Virtual Van Gogh and the Olive Groves
From the Van Gogh Museum: Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut off His Ear?
From Lyn Mierswa, an information page at the Van Gogh Museum: Vincent van Gogh FAQ’s
Van Gogh and Japan (examples of the influence of Japanese art on Van Gogh)
From Lucy Hicks, a great podcast episode focused on Van Gogh’s sister-in-law:
Episode #96: Cherchez La Femme, or The Woman Behind the Art–Johanna Van Gogh (Season 11, Episode 5)
and another article about Jo’s efforts to publicize Van Gogh’s work:
From Pat Gale: How Japanese Woodblock Prints Transformed Van Gogh’s Dreams of Utopia
From Deb Baumer, a chapter from the book Vincent van Gogh in Saint-Paul de-Mausole concerning the options for treatment for mental illness in Van Gogh’s time:
Insanity History and Therapies in Van Gogh’s Century
A field guide of plants seen in Japanese paintings of the Edo period:
Here are the labels from the current Cargill exhibition, Yoshitoshi: Master Draftsman Transformed:
Here are training materials for the rotations in the Japan galleries 219, 221, 222, 223 and 239:
Docent Training Gallery Partial Rotation for G219, 221, 222, 223_December 2019
From the curatorial department, here are training materials for the new exhibition “Abstract Prints by Hagiwara Hideo,” up from December 14, 2019 – December 6, 2020 in Gallery 226, 227, 237.
Docent Training_Abstract Prints by Hagiwara Hideo, Rotation 1, Dec. 2020
From the artsmia website:
“Originally a painter trained in oil, Hagiwara Hideo (1913–2007) became ill with tuberculosis and turned to printmaking in 1954. From the start his prints were of an abstract nature, and for 50 years he was a constant innovator in his choice of motifs, style, and technique. This first major U.S. retrospective exhibition of Hagiwara’s work showcases his enormous versatility. More than 30 prints span his early work of the 1950s to the Greek Mythology series in 1965, and from his celebrated series of novel views of Mount Fuji in the 1980s and 1990s to his enormously laborious prints of the Face, Memory, and Mandala series.
This exhibition will be presented in two rotations: Rotation 1: December 14, 2019 – June 21, 2020. Rotation 2: June 27, 2020 – December 6, 2020.”
Here is a video of Curator Aaron Rio’s lecture on the rotations in the Japan and Korea galleries in fall 2019:
Japan and Korea gallery rotations 10.23.19
Here is Aaron’s PowerPoint:
Updated Power Point Presentation for Fall 2019 Rotation
Here are supporting documents for the rotations:
Docent Guide Training Gallery Rotation Fall 2019 for G206, 220, 221, 222, 223
The video of Aaron Rio’s lecture on Wednesday, October 23:
to come
Here are the supporting materials for the new installations within the Japan and Korea galleries:
Docent Guide Training Fall 2019 for G219
Docent Guide Training Fall 2019 for G224-5
Docent Guide Training Gallery Rotation Fall 2019 for G206, 220, 221, 222, 223
Here is information on the Spring 2019 rotations for our Japanese and Korean galleries:
Docent Training Gallery Rotation Winter-Spring 2018-2019
Docent Training Gallery Rotation Winter-Spring 2018-2019 G226, 227, 237, 238, 239
Love Affairs: The Tale of Genji in Japanese Art is going to have Rotation 2. Here are training materials for the Rotation:
JKA Docent Training Winter 2018 Genji Rotation 2
UPDATE: Message from Curator Aaron Rio, on 11/28/18:
Dear docents and guides,
I hope you have been enjoying “Love Affairs: The Tale of Genji in Japanese Art” and have had a chance to review the packet of information for part 2 of this exhibition, which opens this Saturday. For reasons that could not be avoided, the following two works from part 1 will stay on view for the duration of the exhibition. Both have been very popular and well utilized on tours, so I am sure this will make some of you very happy.
Gallery 253, 2013.29.14.1-2, Scenes from The Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons
Gallery 237, 2013.29.374, Wedding robe with design of standing curtains, maple trees, and large drum
This means that the following two works slated to appear in part 2 will not be exhibited after all:
Gallery 253, 2013.29.301.1-2, Scenes from The Tale of Genji on Silver Ground
Gallery 237, 2013.29.1140, Wedding robe with design of carriages and bridges
As always, please let me know if you have any questions. I also hope to see many of you at the Genji-related talks here at Mia on the morning of December 8.
Warm wishes,
Aaron
Attached are two PDFs from Curators Aaron Rio and Andreas Marks detailing the rotations (summer 2018) within the Japanese galleries, including objects selected for the upcoming exhibition, Love Affairs: The Tale of Genji in Japanese Art.
JKA Volunteer Training Summer 2018 G219,224-5 Final
JKA Volunteer Training Summer 2018 Genji, G226-7,237-9,251-3 Final
From Curator Aaron Rio:
Below, please find a complete list of recent and upcoming changes to the Japanese and Korean galleries, including everything from minor rotations and to exhibitions. Moving forward, I will try to do a better job of alerting you to these changes, but also please never hesitate to ask if you are planning a tour and concerned that something may come off view.
Here is the YouTube link to the video of the training session (with curators Andreas Marks and Aaron Rio) in the Japan Galleries on September 14, 2017. Just a note–the file is large, so it may take a while to load. Enjoy!
