Ai Weiwei interview
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a link to a 60 Minutes interview with artist Ai Weiwei:
Shared JDT Resources
Video on Italian Cassones
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger:
Video on Miro and Giacometti
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, “although this is a video about an auction of their work, it includes some great photos of both artists and speaks of the way they were changed by WWII.”
Buddhist Temple trip photos
Here are the photos from the road trip to Hampton, to visit Watt Munisotaram, a Cambodian Buddhist Temple:
Article on Calder exhibition…
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger,
“Great article in today’s ArtDaily Newsletter on the Calder exhibit at the Whitney in NYC.”
Robert Motherwell and NYC Abstract Expressionists
From your colleague, Kathleen Steiger,
“ArtDaily video on Motherwell and NYC abstract expressionist works.”
Loie Fuller video, Serpentine Dance
From docents Fran Megarry and Debbie Koller, a video of Loie Fuller, doing the Serpentine Dance that inspired our Mia table lamp, c. 1900, by Raoul-Francois Larche, 98.276.76
Serpentine Dance by the Lumière brothers
Video on Tibetan Mandala
From docents Fran Megarry and Debbie Koller, here is a short video that shows the sand painting of a Tibetan mandala:
Tibetan Monks Create Sand Mandala at Clark College in Vancover, WA
(We also have that tool shown in the video in the prop box in the guide lounge.)
Long-Lost Frank Lloyd Wright Projects Come to Life
From your colleague Brenda Wyley, a great article on bringing some of Frank Lloyd Wright’s destroyed or paper projects back to digital life:
Information on Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Below is a weblink to a great informational essay on the work of contemporary Native American artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Her work Survival: Wisdom/Knowledge, 1996 is currently on view in the Americas Galleries.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Flathead Contemporary Artist
PBS special on Tea
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger,
Great 27 minute video from PBS!
This included Tang dynasty, Chinese as well as Japanese practices.
San Francisco Opera, Dream of the Red Chamber
From your colleague Mary Ann Wark, “Not sure whether this might be useful to others, but I thought it was quite interesting. My friend Rick Hauser did a website to accompany the San Francisco Opera Dream of the Red Chamber. He used objects from Mia’s collection to explain some of the ideas of the Chinese garden.”
Article on hidden black female figures in Western art
From your colleague Josie Owens, “this piece is very insightful and perhaps something to use in the future when we talk about diversity”:
BROKEN, DEFACED, UNSEEN: THE HIDDEN BLACK FEMALE FIGURES OF WESTERN ART
Exhibition at the Norway House
From Ingrid Roberts, news of an interesting exhibition on Norwegian textiles currently on display at the Norway House:
Oleana: From Dream to Fairytale Reality Exhibit
Kemang Wa Lehulere: In All My Wildest Dreams
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger,
I did see this exhibit when I was in Chicago over Thanksgiving. I wish the video had been available BEFORE I was exposed to his art.
Story on Black Elk
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, an article on Black Elk in America Magazine, The Jesuit Review of Faith and Culture, January 23, 2017:
Black Elk, The Native American Holy Man who did not surrender all to the Jesuits
Power of Native American Art
From your colleague, Debbie Lynch-Rothstein:
“I happened to catch this film on pbs this week & it helped me appreciate the sacredness of Native American objects & the power of talking or not talking about these objects.”
NYT article on Maria Sibylla Merian
From Docent Kay Miller, a great article on scientist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian:
NYT article on Maria Sibylla Merian
Interview with Yinka Shonibare
From your colleague, Kathleen Steiger:
“This is a great interview and gives insight on his art work. None of our works by him are on view right now, but I still thought this was worth watching.”
Video series on Japanese art
From your colleague Jan Lysen, a series of videos covering the different eras on the Japanese timeline, “Little Art Talks”: