Peer Sharing

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?

 

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.”:

NDSC Interchange

 

 

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.”

Design for 9-11 memorial from ArtDaily Newsletter 5-31-2018

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:

MetCollects