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Connecting with the Collection: The Culture & Comfort of Ceramic Pillows

Published May 25, 2022 by Hood Museum of Art

Connecting with the Collection: The Culture & Comfort of Ceramic PillowsA young women leans down to take a closer look at two ancient Chinese ceramic pillows on a table.

Recently, while going through art handling training (AKA becoming official art touchers), I found that there are a couple of Chinese ceramic pillows in the Hood Museum’s collection. For those not familiar with ceramic pillows, I can imagine how it…

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Collaborative Teaching: Conversations with the Center for Cartoon Studies

Published April 11, 2021 by Hood Museum of Art

Collaborative Teaching: Conversations with the Center for Cartoon StudiesKatsushika Hokusai, "Ehon Teikin Orai", 1828, book of color woodblock prints on paper. Gift of Robert W. Christy; MIS.997.4.5.

In November 2020, Dan Nott, instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies located in White River Junction, Vermont, invited the Hood Museum of Art to join a virtual class session and discuss the Hokusai Manga works in the collection. Due…

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