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:
Here are the slides:
This Brown Bag gave an update on spring school tours and offered tips for behavior management in the galleries.
Here is the recording:
And here are the slides:
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:
Review of tour procedures, resources, and lead guide responsibilities.
Recording:
Brown Bag for School Guides on 10.27.22
Slides:
Starting areas for routes of topic tours
Here is the video of the Brown Bag on September 24, 2020:
And here is the chat file:
Here are the slides from the Brown Bag:
Here is a recording of the follow-up conversation to the training with Chezare Warren:
Here is Ann’s PowerPoint:
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):
Here are the materials and resources for our AAG Brown Bag on February 5, 2020:
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
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:
PowerPoint from the Brown Bag:
Resource sheet for Dressed for the Occasion:
Video of Brown Bag:
PowerPoint slides:
Resource Sheet (with live links to articles and videos):
Here are the materials from the Brown Bag on September 17:
Video links:
Powerpoint slides:
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
Here are the slides from the Brown Bag on Tuesday, February 12:
These are links to the recording:
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)
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
(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.)
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.
Prosperity Gate Art Story (Word document)
Gate-Art-Story (PDF)
Power Point Best Practices for tours