Here is a recording of the Jody Folwell show training, with your colleagues Marne Zafar and Josie Owens:
October 10 training in Jody Folwell O’Powa O’Meng
Here is the PDF prepared by Marne Zafar, to reference for a tour:
Here is a recording of the in-gallery training with Curator Tom Rassieur, in the Dark Visions print exhibition in G344:
October 9 Gallery 344 Dark Visions training
Below is a link to the recording of Galina Olmsted’s talk on the upcoming exhibition, At the Moulin Rouge:
Recording of At the Moulin Rouge Guide Presentation 9.18.24
Here are Galina’s slides:
Olmsted_Moulin Rouge_Guide 9.18.24
Here are the labels:
Here are the panels:
Here is a video Galina recommended: Allan McNab Virtual Lecture: Toulouse-Lautrec and the Celebrity Culture of Paris | February 25, 2021
From your colleague Anna Bethune: Taylor Swift credits inspiration from Loie Fuller and acknowledged this during her Rep tour – song Dress -she had a Loie Fuller style dancer on stage… AM using this information for a teenager tour in french on Saturday – have to speak their language! FIlm is available, link here.
Here are resources for he October in-gallery public tour!
October 3 to 31 , Thursdays through Sundays, 1-3 pm; Thursday evenings, 6-8 pm
Theme: Gather around works of art to look, listen, and tell your own stories.
No tour October 11: Yom Kippur holiday
Galleries: G255, G275, G302, G322
G255 resources
For information on the Tibetan Buddhist shrine, and other things in the supporting gallery, see the Tibetan Shrine resource page on our guide website.
Note that there may be curiosity about the sand mandala process. We have the videos still linked on the Mia website, so you could show some examples of the nuns doing the sand mandala, at this link.
Here is a link to the object file for the Yamantaka Mandala.
Here is a link to the object file for the sculpture of Green Tara.
G275 resources
Here is a link to the recording of the training with Valeria Piccoli, 9.26.24
Here is a recording of Valeria’s previous training on Gallery 255 (which included some of the same artworks).
From the Indigo Arts Gallery, a bio and more information on vodou flags: Myrlande Constant artist
Elsa Gramcko: Hyperallergic review of an exhibition, The Gap Between Things and Their Names
ELSA GRAMCKO: THE INVISIBLE PLOT OF THINGS (in this article, check out the photo of Gramcko with her painting, No. 6!)
More information on No. 6, by Gramcko
Information from Rose Stanley Gilbert on Gramcko: Elsa Gramcko and oil pump– Prop and Elsa Gramcko – No. 6, 1957
G302 resources
From the Art Institute of Chicago a short video: Archibald John Motley Jr.’s Nightlife | Art Institute Essentials Tour
From the National Endowment of the Humanities: Block Party: Archibald Motley painted African Americans having a good time.
From the Nasher, some great info within an exhibition page for Motley’s first exhibition: Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist
Artist bio on Wikipedia: Archibald Motley
Biography of Victor Gatto
Khan Academy/Smart History (about a similar subject): Romare Bearden, Three Folk Musicians
Romare Bearden The Art Story (extensive biography)
Romare Bearden 3 musicians PDF (with our painting)
Elmer Bischoff: Biography
From the Marin Museum, a virtual tour of Elmer Bischoff exhibition
From the Pacific Sun: Bischoff retrospective goes on display
And an article from 1988 on Victor Joseph Gatto, from your colleague Susan Arndt (scroll to page 56 for the article): The Clarion Spring 1988
Then we have a whole treasure of Georgia O’Keeffe paintings in the gallery!
From the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: About Georgia O’Keeffe
G322 resources
Labels and panels for new artworks within this gallery
EUR252546 G322 Labels_EDIT (1) (1)
A defining thread connecting the works is the influence of Classical art, so you can trace how that appears in decorative objects, paintings, and sculptures within the gallery.
Wedgwood’s Anti-Slavery Medallion: Josiah Wedgwood’s Medallion
Voltaire, Rousseau and Franklin were often pictured together as important philosophers of the 18th century
Here is a link to the object file for the Portrait of George Washington. Note that this is also a work in the Art Adventure set, American Stories, so you can look at the entry there.
The portrait of Countess Bucquoi is in the Art Adventure set, Dressed for the Occasion, so check out the entry for more info on the artist and the sitter.
Information on Juliette Recamier from the Library of Congress and Wikipedia.
From SmartHistory: The Age of Enlightenment, an introduction
Welcome to the resource page for the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine!
We have some required cultural fluency training to complete for all guides.
Here is the video link of the Part 1 of the Cultural Fluency Training on August 26, 2024
Part 1 cultural fluency training 08.26.24
If you attended in person, here is a link to the feedback form.
If you were not able to attend, please take the time to complete the online feedback form below after watching the video, and you will receive the attendance credit:
Online form for attendance credit of Part 1, Tibetan Buddhism Cultural Fluency
Here is a link to Part 2 of the Cultural Fluency training, lecture with Matthew Welch:
9.17.24 Part 2 of cultural fluency training on Tibetan Buddhist Shrine
If you were not able to attend, please take the time to complete the online feedback form below after watching the video, and you will receive the attendance credit:
Online form for attendance credit of Part 2, Tibetan Buddhism Cultural Fluency
Here is a link to Thupten Jinpa’s lecture from the opening program:
Sacred Spaces in Tibetan Buddhism
Check out the Teacher’s Guide: Tibetan-Shrine-Teachers-Guide_FINAL-10.2024
Here is the Stop and Chat Tibetan training manual:
Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Stop and Chat 10.24.24 rev
and the additional text for the Prayer Beads:
Here is the recording of the Stop and Chat:
Stop and Chat training 10.24.24
Here are the slides from the presentation:
Stop and Chat Tibetan Buddhist Shrine (1)
And here are Debbi’s notes on an overview of Tibetan Buddhism:
Information on Tara:
Tara: A Powerful Feminine Force
Frontline: PBS, Understanding Tibetan Buddhism. Scroll to the end to open other sections.
For questions related to the Shrine Room’s provenance:
Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room Provenance Statement
Resources from staff and speakers
From Professor Namdul:
From the Mia blog: The Tibetan Sand Mandala: A Short History
Check out Understanding Tibetan Buddhism from PBS Frontline (scroll to bottom of page to click on other sections)
Peer resources
From your colleague Jeanne Lutz, and article from Mill City News: Historical Tibetan Shrine Room at Mia
From Kate Christianson:
From your colleague Mary Costello, a video on lost wax casting: Lost-wax metal casting by The Rubin Museum of Art
From your colleague Marne Zafar, a video from a current exhibition on mandalas at the Met: Artist Interview—Tenzing Rigdol Commission-Mandalas | Met Exhibitions
An article by Bruce Robbins from 2021 Muse: Art and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism Jun Muse 2021
From your colleague Deb Baumer: “Possibly this would be helpful to learn more about Tibetan Buddhism.”: Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times.
From your colleague Margie Crone, a film suggestion: Seven Years in Tibet, on Netflix
From your colleague, Lynn Brofman: “Cortland Dahl talks about Tibetan Buddhism with Sharon Salzburg on her Metta Hour podcast.
I thought it was an excellent description of unique elements of Tibetan practice.”
Here is the recording for the Guide Study presentation, with researcher Nicole MartinRogers:
Guide Study Presentation 8.12.24
Here is the recording of our training with Curator Tom Rassieur:
07.10.24 Destined for Mia training Part 1
07.10.24 Destined for Mia training Part 2
07.10.24 Destined for Mia training Part 3
(Note: Sadly, the camera battery gave out after 1.5 hours, so we missed the last four paintings, But there is plenty to learn with the rest!)
Here is the recording:
Here are the slides:
July Cross Currents: Summer Vacation! Take a break as works of art transport you on a trip around the world.
Gallery 203
Training with Curator Yang Liu on 6.27.24
Articles by Yang Liu:
Three_Eremitic_Pictures_and_a_Song_of_Despair
Fantastic_Mountains_Where_Man_Meets_Nature
Fantastic_Mountains_Chinese_Landscape_Painting
Essay from the Met: Landscape Painting in Chinese Art
From Khan Academy: Chinese landscape painting
From the Asian Art Museum: The Development of Landscape Painting in China through the Tang Dynasty (618-906) (in particular, note this statement: “In Chinese color theory, black contains all colors; thus theorists believe that people can conceive all colors in the various tones of ink.”
Lesson on Chinese landscape painting from Princeton, with some good questions under the “Lesson” heading: Chinese Landscape Painting during the Song Dynasty
Gallery 355
Worcester Art Museum Video: Matthias Waschek: Pierre Bonnard’s ‘Dining Room In The Country’
French Quarter magazine: Exploring the Intellectual Haven: The Legacy of Parisian Café Culture (Vuillard’s Place Saint-Augustin)
BBC Arts: The Pursuit of Paradise: Eight paintings tracing Paul Gauguin’s quest for the exotic in Tahiti
Gauguin, Tahitian Landscape (in /Art Adventure, People and Their Environments)
National Gallery of Art: Gauguin: Maker of Myth
Musee Giverny: Signac, the colors of water
PDF fact sheet on Salmon Fishers at Nesøya, 1891, by Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen: Eilif Peterssen – Laksefiskere på Nesøya (Salmon Fishers at Nesøya) – factsheet
Van Gogh, Olive Trees, ArtStory
Gallery 379 (Going on a road trip, boat ride, or scooter–in streamlined design)
Streamline Moderne: Speeding into the future!
From Wikipedia, a history of the Road Trip
From the Library of Congress blog: America on the Road: The Family Vacation by Car
Go on a road trip with the Tatra! Tatra 603 ad video (a later Tatra version, but good sense of how fast it could go, even in the countryside)
From Wikipedia: Tatra 87
Tatra ArtStory on artsmia.org
Classic Car Review: The Death Eaters, Chapter 1: Tatra T87
Skippy Racer Scooter history, with photos: 1938 ‘Skippy Racer’ Streamlined Scooter
From Yuko Ralston, a package of information on the new exhibition Bizen: Contemporary Expressions of an Ancient Japanese Pottery.
Guide Training_Bizen_Contemporary Expressions of Japan’s Ancient Pottery
Here is a link to the exhibition page.
Here is a video of Curator Andreas Marks’ in-gallery training:
From your colleague Rose Stanley-Gilbert:
Here is the recording:
Brown Bag for adult guides 5.15.24
Here are the slides (and note, there is a link to the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine online resource in the slides):
Here is the recording:
Tom Rassieur’s illustrated guide:
Hendrick Goltzius Timeline illustrated
Tom’s blog post on Mia’s website:
How love grows cold: The curious adage behind a visiting painting
In this Brown Bag, we discussed engagement strategies for middle and high school students, as well as covered the new school program ‘Discovery Days” and re-energizing 11:15 tour groups. Here is the recording of the Brown Bag:
Here are the slides:
Spring cultural fluency training with the Autism Society of Minnesota:
Presentation slides:
Handout:
For all guides, please complete the appropriate feedback form for attendance credit:
or
Online cultural fluency training and feedback (for those who missed our in-person session)
Welcome to the resource page for the exhibition Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989.
Please let us know of any useful resources we can post here.
Leslie Ureña’s exhibition lecture on March 7:
Shape of Time Curator Lecture 3.7.24
Mia Press Release: Minneapolis Institute of Art Explores complex array of Contemporary Korean Art in New Exhibition
Korean History with Dr. Frank Chance on March 19:
Video of Korean History lecture
Presentation slides:
Korean History Overview Slide List
Video, Cultural Fluency Training with Mia Front of House Staff:
Pronunciation Guide with Jung Sook Wendeborn
Shape of Time pronunciation session with Jung Wendeborn
Teachers Guide by Bridget Gallagher-Larkin:
Shape of Time Teachers Guide_FINAL
List of heads for Michael Joo’s piece:
JOO, Michael_Heads from Headless_032924
Additional Information on Eulji Theatre:
JUNG, Yeondoo_Eulji Theatre_supplementary information
Final panels and labels:
Large Print:
GCA242231_SoT_LargePrintLabels V1
Final checklist:
SoT at Mia_Checklist_03072024 final
Exhibition layout:
(to come)
Content resources
From your colleague Cara Richardson, Memory of the Dead and Responsibility of the Living : Noh Suntag’s Forgetting Machines (2006-2007)
An article about the exhibition: Craft and Stone, Korea’s Artistic Odyssey from 1989 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
From your colleague Margie Crone, more information about Kyeok Kim, on Instagram video
From your colleague Margie Crone, an Instagram post on artist Minouk Lim: Minouk Lim info on canes
From Hyperallergic, a review and information on artist Minouk Lim: Stories That Need to Be Told.
Minouk Lim article: South Korean Artist Minouk Lim Talks About Her Creative Practice And Being Part Of Para Site’s ‘Curtain’
Kyungah Ham, An Artist Unites North and South Korea, Stitch by Stitch
Do Ho Suh, from Art 21: “Some/One” and the Korean Military
Ju Se-kyun: Instagram post from the PMA
Ju Se-kyun: New Grammar of Representation to Shed Determined Representations
From your colleague Margie Crone, a video of Korean performance using mats, in connection to Suki Seokyeong Kang’s works: Traditional Korean Performance Story Ep.13 춘앵무 (Chunaengmu)
Suki Seokyeong Kang: A conversation in Ocula
From Frieze: Suki Seokyeong Kang’s All-Enveloping Landscape
From your colleague Jung, the dance performed for Suki Seokyeong KANG’s artwork.
Also from Jung, a Korean article with photos of the mat.
From K-Art Now: Artist Son Donghyun, From Traditional Portraits of Contemporary Figures to Studying Korean Paper in the Spirit of Traditional Korean Landscape Painters
Article on Donghyun Son: Portraits of a pop artist called Jacko
Interview : Yoo Eui Jeong, céramiste (you need to translate the website to English)
Interview (includes the piece Headless): MICHAEL JOO
DAM Blog post, includes info on Michael Joo work: Art that Speaks to Race, Gender, Climate & Other Current Issues
Article: SANG HEE YUN–BEWARE LACQUER
Sang-hee Yun: ‘Ottchil’ artist reshaping Korean craft with modern twists
Byron Kim, Synecdoche, 1991-present: National Gallery of Art label
Byron Kim: Art History Perspectives on Synecdoche
Heinkuhn OH: Left Face
Heinkuhn Oh bio and other information from Korean Artist Project
From your colleague Jung Wendeborn, a video of students performing the national gymnastics.
Context resources
From your colleague Margie Crone, an article on the popularization of Korean culture:
The “Korean Wave” and the Expansion of South Korean Culture
Portraits of Korean Kings: Rare portraits provide a peek at kings
From your colleague Martha Bordwell, her memoir, Missing Mothers, is in part about Korean adoption. She has also published some articles in the Korean Quarterly. Her book is available through online retailers, or you can reach out to Martha for it, too.
From your colleague Deb Baumer, info on a Korean exhibition running now at the Hammer Museum
Here is a recording of Curator Valéria Piccoli’s training in Gallery 255, of Latin American Art at Mia:
This Brown Bag gave an update on spring school tours and offered tips for behavior management in the galleries.
Here is the recording:
And here are the slides:
Exhibition labels and panels:
GCA242167_GordonParks_Panels V2
GCA242167_GordonParks_SubPanels FINAL
GCA242167_GordonParks_Labels FINAL
Curator Casey Riley’s talk:
Here are the videos for Part 1, from 12.13.23:
Here is the video for Part 2, from 12.20.23:
Here are the complete slides:
12.13 and 12.20.23_New on View