Programs
February 22, 2017
Lecture PPT:
Lecture handout (list of all objects covered in the lecture):
Docent Training_02.2017_African Objects
Class video links:
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
Readings for Photography class session, March 1
Craven, Chapters 17 and 25:
Also, read on the IPE site the “History of Photography Overview,” found under References & Policies/Art Cart/Manuals/Photography Art Cart. (Scroll down the page to see the Overview file. You can also search History of Photography on the site, and the overview should be in the results.)
Finally, here is a great set of 12 short videos on the history of photography, detailing all the innovations in the photographic processes through time, from the George Eastman House:
Photographic Processes video series
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.
February 15, 2017
Lecture PPT:
2017-Docent Training Africa (1)
(No handout from class)
Class video links:
February 8, 2017
As we spent the morning and afternoon in the galleries, we do not have a lecture PPT, lecture handout, or video links.
Here are some links to information on “Let: an act of reverse incorporation.”
Let: an act of reverse incorporation exhibition
Mia Interview with artist Andrea Carlson
Concerning the “Boomin’ Out” work by Carla Hemlock: Kanienkehaka (People of the Flint) is the preferred name of the Mohawk people. According to the artsmia label: “The Indian Head and the designs within the circle are representative of the Kanienkehaka, or People of the Flint – Mohawks.”
Here is a link to a story on their connection to construction in NYC:
Here is the study sheet to prepare for the February 15 and 22 lectures on Africa:
Living Arts of Africa study sheet
Supplemental readings for these lectures are posted in the Readings folder.
Readings for Living Arts of Africa sessions, February 15 and 22
The Trouble with Tribe, short article by Chris Lowe:
African Art in the Cycle of Life:
African Art in the CycleofLife- Roy Sieber
African Masquerade:
AfricanMasquerade- Herbert Cole
Introduction to African Art:
Vogel Introduction to African Art
Africa: The Art of a Continent
Tips for touring African art with school groups:
Tips for Touring African Art with Young People
Tips for touring the African galleries:
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
February 1, 2017
Lecture PPT (Judaica):
Lecture PPT (Global Thinking Routines):
Global Thinking Routines session
Group responses, from gallery session:
Global Thinking Routines reponse 2.1.17
Lecture Handout:
(Study sheet for next class was the Americas study sheet, posted on January 18.)
Class video links:
JDT class video links for February 1
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.”
January 25, 2017
Winter Count document:
Online exhibition of Lakota Winter Counts
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.”
Independent Lens: What Was Ours (Program Info) AND link to full video
Class video links Of afternoon discussion):
JDT class video links for January 25
Further readings and reference materials received from Jill Ahlberg Yohe and Dakota Hoska will be placed with the other readings in the “Readings” folder. (These are tagged “Native American reference materials,” so if you search using those words on the IPE site, that specific posting should be the first result.)
Highlights 1600-1850 Group Tour Outlines
Attached are the brief tour planning worksheets for the junior docent highlights of world art, 1600-1850.
Group 1: (not submitted)
Group 2: Ceremonies and Celebrations Tour Sheet final
Group 3: People Who Made History Tour Sheet final
Group 4: Passion for Place tour sheet final
Group 5: Love, Honor, Betrayal tour sheet final
Group 6: Symbolism in Art tour sheet final
For better search results, the object files, if submitted, will be tagged with the Group Tour topic key word (see below). If you search for the keyword and object file, the search result should pull all tour files into the search results.
Group 1 keyword search: Fashion/Trends object file
Group 2 keyword search: Ceremonies object file
Group 3 keyword search: History-people object file
Group 4 keyword search: Passion-place object file
Group 5 keyword search: Betrayal object file
Group 6 keyword search: Symbolism-art object file
AAG Brown Bag on 1/24/17
Here are the links to the video of the AAG Brown Bag on January 24, 2017:
Readings for Judaica Session, February 1
Following are the supplemental readings for the class session on Judaica. The material from Ida Huberman’s book (Living Symbols: Symbolism in Jewish Art and Tradition), is meant to be a reference source. (In other words, no need to read the entire book, but glance through the PDF of Chapter 2 before the February 1 lecture, if you have the chance.)
Telushkin Jewish Literacy marriage
Telushkin Jewish Literacy holidays
Huberman Living Symbols (Chapter 2)
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
Readings for Americas sessions, January 25 and February 8
Reading for the afternoon session on January 25:
Art of the Americas – Cultural Considerations 2017
Supplemental readings for Americas gallery sessions, on January 25 and February 8:
Berlo and Phillips_Native North American Art
Online World Ceramics (from artsmia.org)
How pueblo pottery is made (online link)
Maria Martinez: Indian Pottery of San Ildefonso (Documentary, 1972)
Online exhibition on winter counts:
January 18, 2017
Lecture PPT:
Lecture handout:
Postimpressionism lecture handout
Study sheet for Americas lectures (on 1/25 and 2/8):
Art of the Americas worksheet 2017
Class video links:
JDT class video links for January 18
Sign up for March public tours (completed):