Civilizations, new PBS series
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:
Shared Websites
Conference for the Society of Architectural Historians
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
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
National Docent Symposium Council
Check out this website for its Resources page, with articles of interest for docents and guides:
Article about “listening” and the power of questions
From your colleague Fran Megarry,
“I have been doing the Rubin Museum Listening experience this week and found this article particularly interesting.”
The author is Krista Tippett, and the article comes from the Rubin Museum’s Listening experiences:
On Listening _ Rubin Museum of Art
Fran also recommends the Rubin Museum’s listening challenges, tied to their current exhibition The World Is Sound. Here is a link to the sign-up page, and all the past challenges are also available:
Rubin Museum’s listening challenge
Information on Hinduism
This is a great online resource for educators that Susan Arndt found. It is from the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and was tied to an exhibit on Hinduism titled Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion:
http://www.asia.si.edu/pujaonline/puja/lesson_contents.html
Resources for research on Islamic ceramics
From your colleague Susan Arndt, we have a recommendation for finding some great information on Islamic ceramics. Check out these links to the Ashmolean Museum’s collection:
http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/
and
http://www.ashmolean.org/collections/
Norton Simon Museum, resource for Indian/SE Asian art
From docent Josie Owens:
I had the good fortune to visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena two years ago and was amazed by its Indian/SE Asian art collection. It is housed in a Frank Gehry building and is serene. The vast collection has so many examples of what we specifically discussed in docent class. Please see the links below:
https://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/gallery.php?collection=SAH
and
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/18/entertainment/la-et-jones-appreciation18-2009dec18