Internet Resources

Miao textiles and silver jewelry/hats

From Wikipedia: According to the 2000 censuses, the number of ‘Miao’ in China was estimated to be about 9.6 million. The Miao nationality includes Hmong people as well as other culturally and linguistically related ethnic groups who do not call themselves Hmong. These include the Hmu, Kho (Qho) Xiong, and A-Hmao. The White Miao (Bai Miao) and Green Miao (Qing Miao) are Hmong groups.

Here is something I found about the silver hats on display: Silver Ornaments of the Miao Ethnic Group
And an exhibition by the Bowers Museum, on Miao silver: https://www.bowers.org/index.php/current-exhibition/miao-masters-of-silver

A short video:

Miao Textiles at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

 

Bdote Memory Map project (Dakota)

From Susan Jacobsen, Multi-Generational Learning at Mia:

“These videos and audios are from Bdote Memory Map. The deep mapping project created by Allies: media/art is a partnership project with the Minnesota Humanities Center.  The website was created several years ago to help citizens of the area now called Minnesota know where they are, and to learn from the Dakota that this place and the river is not a resource, but rather a relative.”

Learning from the Dakota: Water and Place

MetCollects articles and videos resource

From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, this link below takes you to the “MetCollects” home page, where you will find many short informative videos on various works at the Metropolitan Museum:

MetCollects

 

 

Chipstone Foundation (Decorative Arts resources)

The mission of The Chipstone Foundation is to promote and enhance appreciation and knowledge of American material culture (emphasizing the decorative arts) by scholars, students and the general public.

They do this through various means, some of which are publications (Ceramics in America and American Furniture) and also videos posted on ArtBabble.

Ceramics in America and American Furniture offer excellent online articles. Click on the journal you would like to explore, and separate issues are posted with articles.

Direct link to the publications page

One of the many ways Chipstone Foundation reaches out to the decorative arts, material culture and cultural history communities is through ArtBabble. ArtBabble is a cloud based video hosting service for art content and has been called the “YouTube of the Arts”.

Link to ArtBabble contents (direct links to video series are listed on the right)

Direct link to:  The Minds of the Makers series

Digitorials at the Städel Museum

The Städel Museum produces “digitorials” in English to accompany its major exhibitions, providing some great connections between artists or give further insight into different eras or artistic movements. One current digitorial explores connections between Matisse and Bonnard, and another provides excellent insight into the years of the Weimar Republic in Germany. We have works in our own collection that correspond to those shown. On the link below, scroll down the page to click on the Digitorials. Have fun exploring!

The Städel Museum Digitorials

Asian Art Museum

“The best of Asian art at the tip of your fingers for use in the classroom or at home.” This is the blurb on the Asian Art Museum’s Education page. Explore numerous instructive videos and essays on a host of Asian cultures.

Asian Art Museum Education

Educator Resources on the Art of China, South and Southeast Asia

Attached are PDFs of Educator Resource packets from other museums (available online but PDFs are attached here) to aid in research and development of tours or activities:

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

The_Art_of_South_and_Southeast_Asia_A_Resource_for_Educators

From The Frist, Center for the Visual Arts, Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea:

Frist 2017.02.18_Buddhist_Ed_Guide

From the Freer Sackler, the Art of Buddhism:

Freer Sackler ArtofBuddhism1

Puja, online exhibition from the Smithsonian. (Go to Chapter 2 to get great background information on Puja and Hinduism.):

Puja, Guide for Educators 

Research resource for Modern Art

Here is a link to The Art Story site. This is a great research resource, with good visuals and information. Once on the site, you can search through various modern art movements (from 1860s to the 1970s) or look for information on specific modern artists.

The Art Story