Fabric is like air, it’s everywhere. —Artist Woomin Kim As a maker and museum worker, I’m often struck by how art making mimics acts of cooking. Wedging clay for ceramics uses muscles that become useful when you’re kneading bread, and…
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The Russo Atrium might be a space you walk through without taking note of your surroundings. If you are a Dartmouth student, you might be grabbing a snack at the Courtyard Café, passing through the area to drop off your…
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Since joining the Hood Museum of Art’s staff as a visitor services guide a few months ago, I have met a broom squire who was overjoyed that a broom was on view in the galleries, seen Dartmouth geography students become…
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Imagine entering an art museum or gallery and finding every work of art lying on the floor. Disturbed? What I’ve just described is a world without mounts or mount makers. Thankfully, this is not the world we live in, unless…
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Unlike the work of mathematicians, that of most museum staff is not meant to be seen. The results must instead appear effortless, almost as though the building itself manifested the art in the galleries without the help of human hands.…
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The Hood Museum of Art’s exhibition current exhibition, ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, traces the history of printmaking and the vital role Chicano graphics played in early social movements. The exhibition, originally…
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The Advancing Pathways grant is a distinctive project developing new synergies between the Hood Museum of Art and Dartmouth College Library. The grant sets a trajectory for long-term partnership through shared governance, linked technological infrastructure, and the creation of innovative…
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One of the first things you discover as a visitor services guide is that anyone who enters the museum will quickly find several beautiful, fascinating, thought-provoking, and socially conscious works of art—there is no shortage of them within these walls.…
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In the winter of 2022, the Hood acquired its first medieval reliquary. Purchased with the support of a grant from the Henry Moore Foundation, this sculpture filled an important gap in the Hood’s collection of medieval and Renaissance sculpture. Popular…
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As a Mutual Learning Fellow in the Curatorial Department, one of the opportunities I have is to research and recommend acquisitions to the curatorial team. In keeping with the spirit of the fellowship—which encapsulates “learning by doing”—I dove right into…
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