Brown Bag sessions

Brown Bag, school guides, 10.2.24

We had a faulty camera, so we only have the slides from this Brown Bag session:

Brown Bag for School Guides 04.16.24

In this Brown Bag, we discussed engagement strategies for middle and high school students, as well as covered the new school program ‘Discovery Days” and re-energizing 11:15 tour groups. Here is the recording of the Brown Bag:

Brown bag 04.16.24

Here are the slides:

4.16.24 Brown Bag for School Tours

Brown Bag for School Guides, January 10, 2024

This Brown Bag gave an update on spring school tours and offered tips for behavior management in the galleries.

Here is the recording:

Brown Bag January 10 2024

And here are the slides:

1.10.24 Brown Bag for School Tours

Brown Bag: School Guides, Fall 2023

Here is our school guide Brown Bag from 9.27.23, with a focus on Art Adventure tours, upcoming gallery changes, and discussing nudity with students/chaperones:

Brown Bag school guides 09.27.23

Here is a PDF of the slides:

Brown Bag for School Guides_ AA tours 09.27.23 full

Brown Bag for school guides, 10.27.22

Review of tour procedures, resources, and lead guide responsibilities.

Recording:

Brown Bag for School Guides on 10.27.22

Slides:

Brown Bag for School Tours

Starting areas for routes of topic tours

Art Adventure Guide Brown Bag

Here is the video of the Brown Bag on September 24, 2020:

AAG Brown Bag 09.24.20

And here is the chat file:

AAG Brown Bag chat 09.24.20

Here are the slides from the Brown Bag:

Art Adventure Guide Brown Bag 9.24.20

AAG Brown Bag, Conversation on 04.17.20

Here is a recording of the follow-up conversation to the training with Chezare Warren:

AAG Conversation 04.17.20

Here is Ann’s PowerPoint:

AAG Empathy Discussion 4_17_2020

AAG check-in on April 7, 2020

Below is a link to a recording of the Zoom video check-in with AAGs on April 7. (To get to the start of the meeting, fast-forward to minute 10):

AAG check in 4.7.20

AAG Brown Bag on February 5, 2020

Here are the materials and resources for our AAG Brown Bag on February 5, 2020:

Video of the Brown Bag

Ann’s PPT slides:

Art Adventure Guide Brown Bag 2.5.20

Some additional research resources:

Self-Taught Artist Clementine Hunter Painted the Bold Hues of Southern Life

Africa House at Melrose Plantation

AAG Brown Bag, Dressed for the Occasion, 11/12/19

Here are the narrated videos covering each of the 6 artworks in the DFO set:

Hmong, Laos, Ceremonial skirt
Yoruba, Nigeria, Crown
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Countess Maria Theresia Bucquoi
James VanDerZee, Wedding Day, Harlem
Richard Hunt, Transformation mask
Germany, Armor

Video of the Brown Bag:

AAG Brown Bag 11.12.19 part 1

AAG Brown Bag 11.12.19 part 2

PowerPoint from the Brown Bag:

11.12.19 AAG Brown Bag

Resource sheet for Dressed for the Occasion:

Dressed for the Occasion Resource Sheet

AAG Brown Bag, Artists’ Inspirations, 10/16/19

Video of Brown Bag:

AAG Brown Bag 10.16.19

PowerPoint slides:

AAG Brown Bag 10.16.19

Resource Sheet (with live links to articles and videos):

Artists’ Inspirations Resource Sheet

AAG Brown Bag, Cultural Reflections in Art, 9/17/19

Here are the materials from the Brown Bag on September 17:

Video links:

Part 1 on 9.17.19

Part 2 on 9.17.19

Powerpoint slides:

AAG Brown Bag 9.17.19

The new questions and key ideas Amanda referred to in her presentation are posted on IPE. See this link.

We also discussed using the Elaboration Game with the Han Money Tree. See this link to information about this thinking routine.

Cultural Reflections in Art Research Resources:

Cultural Reflections in Art Resource Sheet

AAG Brown Bag on 2/12/19, Africa and the Americas Galleries

Here are the slides from the Brown Bag on Tuesday, February 12:

AAG Brown Bag 2.12.19

These are links to the recording:

Part 1

Part 2

Here are some links to various resources:

Article: Artwork Taken from Africa, Returning to a Home Transformed

Exploring Africa, an online source with great information on the history of the continent: Exploring Africa

Art and Life in Africa, from the University of Iowa. To reach the page where all videos are posted, click here.

Bwa masquerade (short video clip)

12.4.18 AAG Brown Bag – Gallery Techniques

12.4.18 Brown Bag Gallery Techniques

Unveiling Stories Howard Desk

AAG Brown Bag, 11.6.18

We didn’t record the Brown Bag on November 6 as we were up in the galleries for most of the session, practicing inquiry using Artful Thinking Routines and VTS. The routines we practiced and an object suggestion list are posted here.

PPT for the intro of the session: 11.6.18 AAG Brown Bag Inquiry

Here is a brief video we watched, to consider different biases in art: A Portrait Session with a Twist

Here is the object selection list and Artful Thinking Routines:

11.6.18 AAG ArtfulThinkingVTS Brown Bag

AT Beginning Middle End

AT Step Inside

AT Ten Times Two

(For a refresher on VTS, search for “VTS Freshman AAG” on the IPE site, and you will find the materials for one of the nw AAG classes in September 2018.)

AAG Brown Bag, 10.2.18

At this Brown Bag, the new curriculum on the moccasins was shared by Amanda Lesnikowski, and we had a discussion of the “Favorites” and “Challenges” from the AAG sets.

AAG Brown Bag 10.2.18

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