From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a recommendation for an article posted on NPR.
“This article was in NPR news feed (under Education). ALL Docents and Guides should read it especially if they do Artful Stories tours with Pre-K children. Also good for all parents!”
What’s Going On In Your Child’s Brain When You Read Them A Story?
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, an excellent short video on the color within Mughal paintings, from the Getty Museum:
Exploring Color in Mughal Paintings
“Court painters from the Mughal empire in India created detailed portraits of some of the most powerful and wealthy figures of the 17th century. These paintings traveled to Europe through trade, where their fine lines and majestic subjects inspired artists like Rembrandt. Learn how the Mughal painters employed a variety of natural pigments in their brilliantly colored images of emperors and elites.
This video accompanies the exhibition “Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India” (March 13, 2018 – June 24, 2018) at the Getty Museum.”
From your colleague Judy Ericksen, a recommendation for a great movie (now streaming on Amazon) about artist Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun.
From your colleague, Kathleen Steiger:
For information on how the Chinese worked gold for jewelry and other objects, check out this series of videos from the Art Museum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong:
Gold wire and engraving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCihYXMpX3M
Gold and silver inlay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVSSXUQCc8
Splashing method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06v1pY91AvU
Granulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmLcRxly2iA&t=15s
Twin Cities Art Museum Guide Collaborative (TCAMGC) and the Weisman Art Museum invite you to join us to tour
Vanishing Ice
Friday, May 4, 2018, 11:00am
Showcasing the beauty, significance, and vulnerability of Earth’s frozen lands, Vanishing Ice visualizes the environmental and social impact that climate change has had on alpine and polar regions. A world without ice holds profound consequences for plant and animal habitats as well as human culture. One quarter of Earth’s population (1.9 billion people) relies on glacier-fed rivers for life-sustaining water.
Vanishing Ice offers a glimpse into the rich cultural legacy of the planet’s frozen frontiers. International in scope, the exhibition traces the impact of glaciers, icebergs, and fields of ice on artists’ imaginations – giving another perspective on why ice matters.
Tour limited to 30 people
Meet at WAM’s front desk
Please remember that by signing up for outreach tours you are making a commitment to your colleagues. If you need to change your plans, please cancel your reservation on the web site so that your spot can be given to someone on the waiting list.
Frome your colleague Richard Lemanczykafka, a reminder that the new PBS series on art history, Civilizations, has begun! Here is a link to the PBS site with synopses of the episodes:
From your colleague, docent Liz Short, here is a link to the Society of Architectural Historians Conference, held in St. Paul this week, April 18th through the 22nd. If anyone is interested in volunteering for the conference, there is a reduction to the cost of attending the conference with 6 hours of volunteer work. Contact the SAH directly if interested.
Society of Architectural Historians
From your colleague Lynn Dunlap. a useful reference to flowers and plants used in AIB designs, recently updated in January 2020. According to Lynn:
“Each year, we have a few plant books in the lounge but it’s hard to find some plants due to names, clarity of photos, etc. It seems docents often are trying to figure out which plant is ‘green trick’ or what’s that plant with the red tinged leaves.
This database includes common names, botanical names, two photos and additional notes, such as the symbolism of flowers.”
From your colleague Judy Ericksen:
An Indigenous Artist’s Futuristic Vision of Traditional Transformation Masks
From Dr. Meghan Tierney, an article on the use of gold in some ancient cultures in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia:
From Alison Beech, Community Engagement Manager at Northern Clay Center:
The Twin Cities Art Museum Guide Collaborative and Northern Clay Center invite you to tour:
Expatriate Ceramics, NCC Residential, and the Northern Clay Center facility.
At Minneapolis museum, a tiny doll provokes a big conversation around race! See this article by Gail Rosenblum in the Star Tribune:
Star Tribune article on the Dollhouse
Here is a video recommendation from our DYS speaker, Maria Genne:
Here are some common pronunciations for objects in the Power and Beauty Show, courtesy of Mingjen Chen.
From your colleague Josie Owens, some information on the current installation in Gallery 261 of Robert Rauschenberg’s Opal Gospel:
Prosperity Gate Art Story (Word document)
Gate-Art-Story (PDF)
From your colleague Josie Owens, an idea for a tour capped by a participatory activity connected to Native American Art.
Josie says, “If anyone wants to use my supplies, I am happy to share them. They are all laminated and very nice. I shared the tour idea and a photo of the curatorial decisions reached with Jill who loved it.”
Here are the instructions:
You Be the Curator tour and activity
And here is a photograph that shows how the final layout looked:
From your colleague, Rose Stanley-Gilbert, a New Yorker article on the work of Naoya Hatakeyama:
A Japanese Photographer Traces How Cities Are Built and Destroyed
(Connected to the exhibition, Excavating the Future City: Photographs by Naoya Hatakeyama)
From your colleague Lucy Hicks, an article on a local FLW Home, The Francis and Mary Little House!