Programs

Readings for Photography class session, March 1

Craven, Chapters 17 and 25:

Photography – Craven

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

 

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:

Sky Walking

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:

The Trouble with Tribe

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

AFRICA 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:

Touring the African Galleries

January 25, 2017

Winter Count document:

MIA Winter Count 2002-163

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

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.)

Intro to Jewish Days

What is a Jew

Telushkin Jewish Literacy marriage

Telushkin Jewish Literacy holidays

Huberman Living Symbols (Chapter 2)

Online link to other chapters in Huberman

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:

NorthAmericanIndianArt_Intro

TheEarlyYearsOfNAArt_Intro

Lincoln_navajo silver

Mauer_determining quality

Berlo and Phillips_Native North American Art

NorthAmerica_ArticleOnBeads

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:

Lakota Winter Counts

 

Participatory Activities assignment

The PPT below includes all the photos and brief descriptions of each group’s activities.

Participatory Activities Debrief

The groups which submitted their activity’s instructions or worksheets follow. As I receive additional materials, I will post. If you have any questions, contact one of the group members directly.

G2 Revised Participatory Experience Assignment – Word

G3 Participatory Experience

G4 Participatory Experience

G5 Pair Project – Douglas & Bourke-White Photos

G9 Academic Realists part 1

G10 Questioning the Art – A Participatory Exercise

G11 Exercise sheet for Participatory Experience 2

G11 Questions to Discuss for participatory exercise

G12 Participatory Activity tour

G13 Participatory Activity

G15 participatory activity

Here are the instructions for the assignment:

PA instructions

And here are the sign-up sheets, for the group presentations taking place on February 8, 15, and 22:

PA Signup 2017

This is the list of suggested objects:

PA objects