Peer Sharing

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.

https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/getty-museum/antiquities/roman-silversmiths/a/the-roman-silversmith-drinking-cups-of-the-elite

https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/getty-museum/antiquities/roman-silversmiths/v/roman-silver-cup

 

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.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/snow-monkeys-snow-monkeys/8736/
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!

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.

Tour: All that glitters is not gold

Your colleague Dick Ploetz, a member of the Legacy Study Group, is sharing a tour he developed for the McQuinn Silver Gallery featuring legacy gifts from the McQuinn and Bell families. Corresponding object files for the tour will be posted under Permanent Collection, Decorative Arts.

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD

ArtBabble

From Kara, ArtBabble collates video content from museums around the world! You can search video content by theme or by period/style. Have fun exploring!

ArtBabble

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