Claude Monet’s Vibrant Genius
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a delightful short video on Monet’s creative genius and favorite subjects, from Sotheby;s:
Research Resources
Digital Maps
To explore the digital maps at more.artsmia.org, click on the link below:
William J. Glackens, Cap Noir – St. Pierre, 1902
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a documentary on American artist William J. Glackens. His work, Cap Noir – St. Pierre, 1902, is currently in Gallery 323.
William J. Glackens documentary
Degas, Little Dancer gets a new tutu
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video from the Met on the conservation of their Little Dancer by Edgar Degas:
IPE CE required session, Sept. 29 or Oct. 11, 2018
Here are video links to our IPE required training, offered on September 29 and October 11. Videos from both sessions are posted here, and while the content is the same, the video for September 29 also includes an introduction to Jeanine Pollard, Mia’s research and project manager for the Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts.
September 29th session:
Part 2 09.29.18
October 11th session:
Feedback form for the training:
Fall required training feedback 09.29 or 10.11 2018
Links to the NAEA study referenced by Juline are here:
To watch the NAEA report delivered, click on this link: http://stream.
And to read the complete findings, click here: NAEA-AAMD Research Study
Here is the PPT from the September 29th session:
And here is the PPT of the Master Plan presentation:
IPE CE required session, May 3, 2018
Here are the video links to our final required session, on May 3, 2018:
This is a link to the feedback form:
Feedback form for May 3 training
Link to excerpt on We Ned to Talk: The Dollhouse: https://flownonfiction.com/talk
Mia page on The Dollhouse: https://new.artsmia.org/mias-dollhouse/
Best Practices for Tours and Art Carts
This document will continue to be updated every few months as we learn from observations and debrief conversations of more best practices.
Slow Art Movement
From your colleague Margo Squire, a great article about the move to more reflection in the museum. This article references Glenstone, a new museum in Maryland:
“It is self-consciously a museum built in the spirit of the nascent “slow art” movement, which is a reaction to larger forces afoot in the art market, democratic culture and the age of Instagrammable art.”
This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist?
Smart History (also at Khan Academy)
This is a fantastic resource for information on many areas of art history. Find informative brief essays and videos to introduce you to artists and cultures:
Arts and Humanities/Art History at Khan Academy
As an example of the types of content available, here are a couple examples that connect to objects in our own collection, generally and specifically.
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.”
Gift of Native American Textiles to SLAM and Mia
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, an article about a major gift of Native American textiles made to St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) and Mia:
National Docent Symposium Council
From your colleague Fran Megarry, Midwest Director of NDSC, is a link to the “Interchange” page on the website of the NDSC. According to the website, “In this part of our website, you will find articles and links about emerging as well as challenging topics facing our institutions that affect our docent practice. We hope this initiative will encourage exchange of ideas among our peers. The first topic for Interchange is Inclusion and Diversity.”:
Math and Art Study Group Tour Outline
Here is a generous tour-related document developed by the Math and Art study group, led by David Fortney.
September 2018 book tour, The Submission
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a summary of an article on the garden at the 9/11 Memorial:
“Today’s ArtDaily Newsletter had a great article about the new GARDEN at the 9/11 Memorial in NYC. I have included a Word Doc (only 2 pages long as opposed to the 5 page one) but it does include a photo.
Since The Submission (one of our Fall Books for tours) concerns this topic I thought we should have it available for the docents who get assigned for this tour.”
Information on silversmithing from curator
From your colleague Susan Arndt, some informative video links shared by Curator Ghenete Zelleke on silversmithing:
“Lastly, I thought to send you the links to four short videos I worked on while at the Art Institute of Chicago showing how a piece of silver was made from modeling it in red wax, making molds from the wax, pouring the silver and assembling the whole. I chose a 17th century silver horse and rider that I had purchased for Chicago and filmed Ubaldo Vitali, a great friend and silversmith, in all the stages of its creation. I thought you and your parents might be interested in seeing them. All you have to do is click on the following to be directed to the videos.”
LaunchPad: Silversmithing, Part 1—Sculpting in Wax – YouTube
LaunchPad: Silversmithing, Part 2—Making Molds – YouTube
LaunchPad: Silversmithing, Part 3—Casting Silver – YouTube
LaunchPad: Silversmithing, Part 4—Hammering the Stand – YouTube
Kaywin Feldman article
From your colleague Linda Goldenberg, an article by our director, Kaywin Feldman, in Apollo from May 2018 that discusses museum leadership in a time of crisis:
Museum Leadership in Time of Crisis
Here is a small excerpt:
“As long as the staff and trustees at American museums remain predominantly white, it will be difficult for museums to tackle the often painful but important contemporary issues that we must address. Many museum traditionalists, most of whom grew up in a different America, do not understand why younger and more diverse audiences insist that museums engage in contemporary issues. Museums, however, risk irrelevance unless they step up to address formidable and pressing societal issues.”
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: