Frank Lloyd Wright Home (Francis and Mary Little House)
From your colleague Lucy Hicks, an article on a local FLW Home, The Francis and Mary Little House!
Research Resources
African American Artists with work in Mia’s Collection
From your colleague Bruce Robbins and librarian Meg Black, this is a document that lists African American artists who have works in Mia’s collection (not on loan objects). As we become aware of new additions, these can be added:
Ideas for touring from author Tracy Chevalier
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger:
Interesting Ted Talk about touring galleries from an author.
This was on ArtDaily this morning but it is also a Ted Talk.
The author is Tracy Chevalier, who wrote Girl with a Pearl Earring:
Robert Wilson interview in Apollo Magazine
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger:
Interview with Kaywin Feldman
From your colleague Judy Ericksen, a great article from MinnPost:
Gallery activity ideas from the Getty…
Here is an article with some gallery activity ideas from a Museum Mashup that happened at the Getty. Enjoy!
IPE CE required session, January 18 and 20, 2018
Here are the video links to the training session on January 18:
This is the PPT from the training:
CE session January 18 2018 final
Here are some additional links to materials connected to the training:
TED Talk: Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie
Where are you really from? article
Where are you really from? Video
A teacher mispronouncing a student’s name can have a lasting impact, Article from PBS newshour.
(Please be aware that this video contains some objectionable language): Video: How microaggressions are like mosquito bites
4 steps to becoming a culturally responsive teacher
Whiteness and Museum Education
Roman silver
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a great article and video from Khan Academy. The video actually was produced by the Getty Museum, and if you look under Research Resources/Online Resources, you will find a link to the Getty museum playlist, with many other interesting videos on materials and techniques.
PBS special on Snow Monkeys
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger:
I just watched the PBS Nature episode on Snow Monkeys and would recommend it to ALL Docents and Guides planning to use the Minol Araki piece: Snow Monkeys at Play in Autumn and Winter.
In the frigid valleys of Japan’s Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and privilege where each knows their place. Their leader is still new to the job and something of a solitary grouch. But one little monkey, innocently unaware of his own lowly social rank, reaches out to this lonely leader, forming a bond with him that manages over time to warm his less than sunny disposition. It is a rare and remarkable gesture that alters both their lives. Changing seasons bring new babies to care for, a profusion of insects and blossoms to eat, family disagreements to squabble over and tragedies to overcome. Mating season brings competition for females as the days grow shorter and colder in a rush toward winter. But with their now confident leader to guide them and their families to shelter and care for them, this troop of snow monkeys is ready to face the world.
Check it out!
Coursera offerings from MOMA
From your colleague Bryan Peffer, some interesting online courses offered from the Museum of Modern Art through Coursera. You can enroll for free or if you want a certificate on completion, you need to pay a fee:
Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom
MetCollects videos, Bandjoun ceremonial crest
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video about the Crest (Tsesah) from the Cameroon Grasslands.
Explore MetCollects videos and other videos from the Metropolitan Museum:
Monet and Louis Vuitton!
From your colleague Suzanne LeRoy, a photo of the Jeff Koons’ Louis Vuitton bag with the Claude Monet design:
IPE Required CE: Cultural Responsiveness with Equity Alliance
The IPE required CE session on Cultural Responsiveness was held on December 7 and 9. If you were unable to attend, please watch one of the recordings, either the December 7 OR December 9 session:
Here is a video link to the December 7 training in the Villa Rosa Room:
Equity Alliance December 7 training
We also recorded our training session on December 9, in the Target Reception Hall, with the IPE camera:
Video links to December 9 training
Here is a scan of the two handouts used by participants:
Here are the slides from the presentation:
This is a link to a reflection form on the training. If you were not able to attend either of the training sessions in person, please watch the video before completing the form.
Reflection form for cultural responsiveness training
The Harvard implicit bias test was mentioned in the presentation. If you are interested in taking a test or learning more about Project Implicit, click on the following link:
TCAMGC tour at the Walker on January 26
The Walker Art Center invites the Twin Cities Art Museum Guides to tour
Adios Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950.
Guides and Docents, because of the popularity of Adios Utopia, the Walker has added another tour date for Twin CIties Museum guides.
The second tour date is January 26 at 11am and the capacity is 45 people.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR 1/26 TOUR
Meet the tour guides in the main lobby of the Walker (just inside the entrance at 725 Vineland Place), near the information desk.
Please note that guides who were on the waitlist for the first tour who I will be adding to the RSVP list for this second tour.
This tour is free and each guide is invited to bring one guest. Space is limited.
If you are unable to attend the tour after you have registered, please cancel your reservation so that we may open your spot up to someone else.
TCAMGC Outreach Tour at ASI
From Robert Nicholl, American Swedish Institute:
The American Swedish Institute invites the Twin Cities Art Museum Guides to tour:
Fest! Merry Mansion – Nordic Holidays
Friday December 8, 10:00am-11:30am
Meet the tour facilitators in Paulson Hall on the lower level of the historic Turnblad Mansion.
Coffee at 10:00am, tour starts at 10:30am
Register yourself and a guest: 38380.blackbaudhosting.com/38380/TCAMGC-Tour-08Dec2017
Fest! is a demonstration in detail of the dramatic ways in which to celebrate the holiday season. Experience one of the region’s most talked about seasonal destinations with Fest! Merry Mansion, the American Swedish Institute’s 2017-18 exhibition of Nordic Holiday Rooms. Explore the unique displays of customs and traditions from the five Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, all set under one elaborately decorated roof, the historic Turnblad Mansion! ASI annually invites a special community guest to participate in the holiday exhibits in the Turnblad Mansion. This year we celebrate the holiday traditions of Romanian origin in an installation produced by the Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans.
This tour is free for you and you are invited to bring a guest with you. Register through the link above. Space is limited. If you are unable to attend the tour after you have registered, please contact Robert Nicholl at robertn@asimn.org or 612-870-3344.
National Docent Symposium Council
Check out this website for its Resources page, with articles of interest for docents and guides:
Claude Monet’s failing eyesight
From your colleague Lynn Dunlap, a summary of her notes “from Ross King’s Mad Enchantment which detail Monet’s vision problems, especially in the 1920s when he was painting our Japanese Bridge (61.36.15).”
Anne and Hadlai Hull Objects
From your colleague Lynn Dunlap, a document that record the many gifts of Anne and Hadlai Hull. Detailed information and research is provided for Jean Metzinger’s Fields of Flowers in Bloom, near Caen, 1904.
Anne Dalrymple Hull biography
From your colleague Lynn Dunlap, here is a biography of Anne Dalrymple Hull, with more information on the painting she gifted to Mia, Jean Metzinger’s Fields of Flowers in Bloom, near Caen, 1904, 2012.83.