2019 exhibition

Artists Respond and Artists Reflect

Welcome to the exhibition resource page for Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 and Artists Reflect: Contemporary Views on the American War.

Here are the resources common to both of these exhibitions. 

Lecture on the exhibitions by Robert Cozzolino:

PPT of exhibition lecture:

VIDEO from the Cultural Fluency session on September 23, with the veterans’ perspectives:

PowerPoint from cultural fluency session on 9.23.19, with microaggressions:

VIDEOS of the Teach-In, held on September 28, with artist interviews:

Here are the labels for Artists Respond:

Here are the panels for Artists Respond (no panels are available for Artists Reflect):

Here is a link to the timeline for Artists Respond:

Here are the labels for Artists Reflect:

Here is the timeline for Artists Reflect:

Here is the exhibition checklist for Artists Reflect:

Here is the exhibition layout:

From your colleague Manju Parikh: Eight Writers Share Their Must-Read Books from Vietnam and the Diaspora

Bob Cozzolino’s blog story: Why the Vietnam War still matters: Connecting the art of the 1960s to our time

Here is the Teacher’s Guide for the exhibition, written for Grades 6-12:

Mia_ArtistsRespond_Teachers_Guide_V2

From your colleague Susan Arndt, a recommendation for the podcast Saigon 1965 from Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History series.

From your colleague Marne Zafar, books about the Native and African-American experiences in Vietnam.

1) Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War
2) Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War – An Oral History

From your colleague Emily Shapiro, a NYT article on artist Hans Haacke: Hans Haacke, Firebrand, Gets His First U.S. Survey in 33 Years

From your colleague Margie Crone, a YouTube video with a choice of the Top 5 Vietnam War songs. As those touring know, a Spotify playlist is also available for visitors to listen to as they go through the exhibition. Here is a Mia blog post on how and why the playlist came to be, written by Curatorial Fellow Esther Callahan: How we created a playlist for “Artists Respond,” an exhibition of Vietnam War-era art

From your colleague Joy Yoshikawa, a good podcast series: The American War

From your colleague Manju PArikh,, an article on Hans Haacke: Hans Haacke, at the New Museum, Takes No Prisoners

From your colleague Jane Mackenzie, a great podcast on MPR about the soldiers who opposed the Viet Nam War: Soldiers for Peace

Resources specifically for Artists Reflect: Contemporary Views on the American War. 

This is an excellent TPT documentary on the Hmong involvement in the secret war run in Laos by the CIA:

America’s Secret War: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam

Another  informative PBS video: The Hmong and the Secret War

Information on Cy Thao’s series of 50 paintings (16 of which are on display: 1, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 35, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, and 50): Cy Thao – U of M 18

Additional information on Cy Thao from your colleague Joy Yoshikawa:

Cy Thao Hmong Migration

From Curator Bob Cozzolino, some websites with more information on artists within Artists Reflect:

HUONG NGO AND HONG-AN TRUONG

DINH Q. LÊ

An-My Lê

Cy Thao

TUAN ANDREW NGUYEN

PAO HOUA HER

For more information on our local Southeast Asian community, check out the SEAD Project website:

The SEAD Project started in 2011 with the vision of a group of Southeast Asians who wanted to not only connect with their roots and heritage but to think bigger and beyond preservation. We’re growing a diaspora movement.

Mia blog post: The American War: “Artists Reflect” recounts the Vietnam War from the Southeast Asian perspective

Pronunciation of artists’ names:

Name pronunciation_Artists Reflect

 

 

Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists

Welcome to the exhibition resource page for Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists.

Below is the video link to the training lecture on May 2/4:

HoOP Training May 2

Here is a PDF of the gallery layout, as of May 2, 2019:

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Here are the gallery panels and labels for objects:

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HOOP_Deck_Labels_16May19

Regarding the multi-linguistic approach, here is a brief story by Juline Chevalier, Head of Interpretation and Participatory Experiences:

Why We Translated an Exhibition’s Labels Into Dozens of Native Languages

Pronunciation Guide:

Native Nations pronun guide

Here is the audioguide transcript:

TRANSCRIPT HOOP AUDIOGUIDE

Here is a FAQ developed for VE volunteers, with lots of great information on the exhibition:

Hearts of Our People FAQ

These three documents were given to the VE volunteers and staff who are working the exhibition, with some top FAQs and also information on microaggressions to be aware of while giving tours or when you are within the galleries:

FAQ Top Five

Microaggression HoOP2

Say this, not that

Here is the special edition of the Docent Muse, devoted to the exhibition:

HOOP Muse May, 2019

From your colleague Angie Seutter: I heard a great interview with Dakota Hoska on KFAI, along with two MIA guides. They talk a lot about HOOP and the Native American collection in general. It starts around the 75 minute and runs until the end mark of 120 minutes.

From your colleague Elizabeth Winga, an article on the origins of the jingle dress:
And from Kathleen Steiger, an additional article on the Jingle Dress:
From your colleague Margi Crone: TPT will be airing original productions that share stories of Native Americans in Minnesota. This collection of programs and events gives everyone the opportunity to learn more about themselves, their neighbors and their world.
An article on Rose B. Simpson, and her El Camino:
An article written by Rose B. Simpson, discussing her journey to becoming an artist:
And here are some fun facts directly from the artist Rose Simpson:
From Ann Isaacson, a resource on trauma from Native Hope:
Various articles from national publications on the exhibition:
Ian Frazier, Staying Native. Review of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
by David Treuer, in New York Review of Books. HoOP artist Joan Hill’s work is embedded in the article.
Here is the Native community’s video on visiting Mia to see HoOP:
Mia’s Teachers’ Guide: