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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“So . . . um . . . is the Kusama currently on view?” I asked (blurted out to) my new colleagues during our first tour of the Hood Museum of Art, my cheeks flushed, my face kawaii. I had…
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Members of the Visitor Services Guides team have varied backgrounds and knowledge bases. Each member of the team brings something new and unique to the table. When the museum was closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members…
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent museum closure, the Hood Museum of Art started experimenting with an array of digital tools and strategies in an effort to keep its audiences engaged with the collection. Prior to the pandemic, the…
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The reinstatement of the privilege to gather in person, even in small groups, has felt like an enormous win. We felt this acutely when we welcomed campus back into the museum through Tiny Tours and Tiny Visits this winter and…
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In January 2021, Dr. Rosita Worl, president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, invited the Hood Museum of Art to a virtual visit with her organization. Based in Juneau, the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) perpetuates and enhances the Indigenous cultures of…
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In 2016, the Hood Museum of Art acquired the complete archive of award-winning photojournalist and war photographer James Nachtwey ’70. The James Nachtwey collection documents over 40 years of war, violence, genocide, famine, health crises, and environmental disaster around the…
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When the museum reopened in 2019, galleries with works by artists of primarily European descent were intentionally installed alongside galleries containing works by Native American artists. These adjacent galleries were designed to invite dialogue between objects and to serve as…
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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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How you experience art is subjective. The ideas, opinions, and knowledge that you bring to viewing works of art or objects is rooted in your own history and life experience. That unique experience offers an opportunity to connect with what…
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