Here are some resources for preparing for the in-gallery (Cross Currents) May public tour:

G259

Check out info on Virgil Ortiz, Jagg and Gage, minute mark 14:30 in this new accessions video.

Jeffrey Gibson’s punching bags: Jeffrey Gibson on the origins of his beaded punching bags

Jeffrey Gibson at the Venice Biennale 2024

Rose Simpson’s monumental sculptures: Rose B. Simpson in “Everyday Icons” – Season 11 – “Art in the Twenty-First Century” | Art21

Rose Simpson at the Jack Shaiman Gallery

Avis Charley: New to Nevada: Avis Charley

The Growing Thunder Collective

Pathfinder: 40 Years of Marcus Amerman

From the New York Times: Kay WalkingStick: Reframing the American Landscape

G301 (Reimagining Native/American Art) Feel free to walk into 302 as well.

(NOTE: This exhibition closes on May 27. For the May 30 and 31st public tours, guides will station in the Prairie School galleries, G300)

Watch Jill and Bob’s training on this gallery installation.

Wing Young Huie, Kids Playing in Frogtown (see Art Adventure set, American Stories, for information)

Christi Belcourt, here is the PDF of some of the flora and fauna depicted:

It’s a Delicate Balance – flora and fauna

Eva Zeisel–Town and Country by Eva Zeisel

Eva Zeisel in Chicago Tribune: EVA DOES IT

Charles Biederman: The Sage of Red Wing

G364 (American Gothic)

From the Mia blog: The Minnesota legacy of Gordon Parks, a life of seeing and being seen

Here is a link to the training with Curator Casey Riley, from January 9:

Training on Gordon Parks exhibition

Here are the panels, labels, and subpanels in the exhibition:

GCA242167_GordonParks_Panels V2

GCA242167_GordonParks_SubPanels FINAL

GCA242167_GordonParks_Labels FINAL

G373 (and feel free to wander into G374)

Check out Dennis Jon’s training on Part 2 of this Collage/Assemblage exhibition.

If you go into G374, Joe Minter’s assemblage provokes lots of conversation. Learn more about Joe Minter by listening to Mia’s podcast, The Object: Yard Show:  The World According to Joe