Videos

December 17 and 20, 2024 class

Here is a link to the Zoom session, focused on Artists’ Inspirations and discussion of the substitutes worksheet:

December 20 class recording

Here are the presentation slides:

12.17 and 12.20 class Artists Inspirations

Here is a link to a Google Doc, where you can share your ideas for the substitutes for the assignment.

Finally, here is the link for the schedule of January tours to participate on.

The full tour observation and participation instructions are here:

Observation and participation 2025

And here is the school tour participation reflection form:

School Guide Tour Participation Reflection Form

At the Moulin Rouge, exhibition resource page

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:

Toulouse-Lautrec labels

Here are the panels:

Toulouse-Lautrec 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.

From your colleague Deb Baumer, a video: The Surprising Life of Toulouse-Lautrec: The Painter of Parisian Nightlife

October 2024 in-gallery public tour

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).

Website for Myrlande Constant

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

Romare Bearden Foundation

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

 

Tibetan Buddhist Shrine resource page

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:

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:

Tibetan Buddhism_ Overview

Here is a link to a Mia video on the making of the Green Tara sand mandala:

Green Tara Sand Mandala at Mia

 

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)

Here is a video from the National Museum of Asian Art:  Tea and Conversation: Tibetan Buddhist Shrines

Peer resources

From your colleague Jeanne Lutz, and article from Mill City News: Historical Tibetan Shrine Room at Mia

From Kate Christianson:

“An Introduction to Buddhism,” by the Dalai Lama, translated by Thupten Jinpa; it has an excellent glossary with terms, like compassion and wisdom, defined by the Dalai Lama himself.
and
“How to Read Buddhist Art,”  by Kurt Behrendt, part of The Met’s “How to Read” book series; a nice overview of Buddhism (from a human history standpoint), with discussions of Vajrayana art and, of course, excellent examples from the Met’s collection.

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.”

 

July 2024 in-gallery public tour resource page

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

 

 

 

 

Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989

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

Korean History Overview Slide List

 

Video, Cultural Fluency Training with Mia Front of House Staff:

Understanding Korean Culture

 

Pronunciation Guide with Jung Sook Wendeborn

Video of pronunciation guide

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

Article: Hyunsoo Woo Discusses the Impact and Influence Behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Korean Art Showcase

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

Yuni Kim Lang’s website

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 website

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