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RESOURCES:
Chapters 1–4 in Legacy: Walter Chrysler Jr. and The Untold Story of Norfolk’s Chrysler Museum of Art
HOMEWORK:
Read:
—“Refocusing Museums on People: my dreams for museums in a post-COVID world”, Isabel Singer for artmuseumteaching.com
—Elements of Art & Principles of Composition short essay sections from Look at This! An Introduction to Art Appreciation, Asa Simon Mittman
SLIDES
HOMEWORK:
Do/Write:
—Tour Review #1 due February 22 (see details)
Listen:
—Museums Abide episode of Museum Confidential podcast (2022)
Watch:
—The Art of Relevance talk from Nina Simon at TEDxPaloAlto
—SUGGESTED: The Story of Walter Chrysler and the Chrysler Museum
Suggested Reading:
—Museums as Sites of "Being in Conversation": A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, Randy C. Roberts, pp 1-4 & 22-39.
—“Change and Complexity in the 21st Century Museum”, Museum News, Lois H. Silverman and Mark O’Neill (Nov/Dec 2004).
HOMEWORK:
Watch:
—Toledo Museum of Art visual literacy video
—SUGGESTED: Visual Literacy Gallery Tour, High Museum of Art
Read:
— “Introduction”, Art Museum Education, Olga Hubard, 2015 (pp1-7).
— “Object-Oriented Learning in Art Museums”, Roundtable Reports, Paterson Williams, 1982.
— “Inclusive Memory: How to promote social inclusion, wellbeing and critical thinking skills within a museum context”, Object-Based Learning and Wellbeing, ed Thomas Kador & Helen Chatterjee, 2021.
Prepare A Bite of Art History presentation (only for Feb 22 presenter)
HOMEWORK:
Do/Write: 1-minute Object Story (see details)
Watch: Playwork as Unlearning video with Megan Dickerson, 2021
Listen: Reacting to Art with Our Bodies with Rachel Ropeik, The Art Engager podcast episode
Read:
—“A Theory of Play in the Art Museum”, Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum, Elliott Kai-Kee, Lissa Latina, Lilit Sadoyan, 2020 (pp 48-75).
—“The Elements of Play”, The Journal of Play, Scott G. Eberle, 2014 (pp 214-233).
— “How Does This Artwork Make You Feel? Considering the Role of Emotions”, Art Museum Education, Olga Hubard, 2015 (chapters 8-9, pp 101-137).
—SUGGESTED: “Playful Exhibition Design for Everyone”, Margaret Middleton, 2023.
SLIDES ON THEIR WAY
HOMEWORK:
Hand-in: Tour Review #2 (see details)
Resources: Storytelling standards for Grade 3
Watch:
—How I learned to stop hating and love museums talk from Nick Gray at TEDxFoggyBottom.
—Quilt of Stars video from LACMA’s Andell Family Sundays Anytime.
Listen:
—Choose two episodes to listen to from two different storytelling podcasts and be prepared to discuss their varying storytelling styles. Suggestions: The Moth, Sound Detectives, and Welcome to Night Vale.
—Episodes 2 (“One Bottle, Any Bottle”) & 4 (“A Portrait”) of The Memory Palace podcast in partnership with The Met. NOTE: the other episodes on this page are also strong examples of object-based storytelling if you want more.
Read: The Purposes and Functions of Art in Prebles’ Artforms (2019)
SLIDES ON THEIR WAY
HOMEWORK:
Do/Write: Prepare Presentation #1 for April 11 (see guidelines)
Watch: —Visual Thinking Strategies demo video
—Thinking Routines intro video, Project Zero
Browse: —Thinking Routines at Project Zero’s website
—Chapter 3 of Project Zero’s Artful Thinking Final Report, 2006
Read: —The Annotated Mona Lisa, "The Renaissance: The Beginning of Modern Painting" (pp 32-45) & "Impressionism: Let There Be Light" through “Post-Impressionism” (pp 96-122), Carol Strickland Ph.D. and John Boswell, 1992.
CHECKOUT: Smithsonian Lab: Project Thinking Routines Resource
SLIDES ON THEIR WAY
HOMEWORK:
Resources: Open-ended question planning sheet
Read: Handouts on China, Japan, India, and Islamic art; Tang Dynasty essay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Listen: Audio about Tang Dynasty sculpture
Watch: 82nd & 5th video from Jason Sun about a Tang Dynasty sculpture
Review: Resources from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Vocabulary and Pronunciation sheet which is from a host of resources provided by Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; also this hub for Museum Educators teaching about Asian Art
SLIDES ON THEIR WAY
HOMEWORK:
Read/Review: Greco-Roman Art Handouts from today
Artful Thinking Handouts from today
Prepare: Presentation #2
You might also:
Watch: Chelsea Pierce on McKinnon Reinstallation
Learn: more about Ebony G. Patterson, who we dived into today, review her work and biography at this site and watch this video by the High Museum of Art and/or this longer video, if you have time.
Presentation #2 (May 9*): Present two works of art comparing and contrasting them. The works of art have to be in the same gallery or juxtaposing gallery due to time constraints. You can look at artworks on Chrysler Museum’s 40 Works or glass catalogue lists as key sources of inspiration, but you do not have to limit yourself to works on those list. We leave the selection up to you. However, it should be works that would be ideal for 3rd graders, fit one of the school tour themes, and we also encourage you to think about practicing an Artful Thinking Routine. Finally, we suggest and highly encourage, you to select two new artworks and try not to repeat the artwork you presented on March 28.
This presentation should be no longer than 12 minutes, including your transition time between the two works of art. This presentation should be prepared for 3rd graders--but you will be presenting to your peers, mentors, and PEL staff.
HOMEWORK:
Do/Write: Prepare Tour Review #4 (see details)
Watch: —The Case for Copying by The Art Assignment
—Ideas at Ford: Barkley L. Hendricks
Read: Contemporary Art, an introduction by Dr. Virginia B. Spivey
Review: —resources at Smarthistory.org, especially Art since 1980
—EDUCATOR GUIDE Texture Play African American Artists in the Collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art
HOMEWORK:
Read: —The Annotated Mona Lisa, "Renaissance and Baroque” to “Birth of Isms” (pp 46-95), Carol Strickland Ph.D. and John Boswell, 1992.
—GLASS: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art, “Building a Collection” (pp 13-30), Wright, Diane C., ed (2017).
HOMEWORK:
Prepare: Presentation #3 for June 27 (see details)
To co-tour with a mentor (see details)
Read: —Annotated Mona Lisa, "Early Expressionism" through "Color Field"
(pp 123-167), Carol Strickland Ph.D. and John Boswell, 1992.
—Priya Parker “Decide Why You're Really Gathering”, The Art of Gathering
(pp1-34)
—Olga Hubard “What Counts as a Theme in Art Museum Education”, Art
Museum Education (pp 51-61)
Listen: Claire Bown, “How to Build Rapport in Museum and Gallery Programmes”
episode of The Art Engager podcast
Watch: —Independent Cohort June Session: Visual Thinking Strategy
—A Decade of Glass at the Perry Glass Studio
—All About Glass Blowing (Introductory Class)
—Nick Cave: Thick Skin (SHORT) | Art21
Optional (if you have access to Netflix): Season 1, Episode 1 of Blown Away
HOMEWORK:
Finish —Any Tour Reviews that are still outstanding
—Co-touring assignment with your mentor by July 30 (see details sent via email)
Read: Understanding Basics of VTS
Browse: —Thinking Routines at Project Zero’s website
—Chapter 3 of Project Zero’s Artful Thinking Final Report, 2006,
—“Complete Engagement: Embodied Response and Multimodal Facilitation”, Developmental Overview: 3, 6, and 10th grades
Watch: —Thinking Routines Sample video
—Rachel Ropeik demonstrating VTS facilitation video
Listen: The Power of Inquiry, Curiosity, and Questioning with Trevor MacKenzie episode of The Art Engager podcast (2024)
Mittman, Asa Simon (2023), Look at This! An Introduction to Art Appreciation. Chico, CA: California State University
"The Purposes and Functions of Art", Prebles' Artforms chapter 2.
Kossak, Steven M. & Edith W. Watts, The Art of South and Southeast Asia, The Met
Online Museum Education Resources in Asian Art from Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Albiol, Lou-Ann (2020), "The myths surrounding the harem and its female slaves focusing on Odalisques" on All Access Arts (a community resource hub for arts information)
Wolcott, Renée, ed. Descriptive Terminology for Works of Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
Depth of Knowledge chart
Harvard's Project Zero Thinking Routines
Visual Thinking Strategies guidelines
Podcasts
Hodge, Susie (2018). The Short Story of Art. London, England: Laurence King Publishing. Ltd. (224 pgs)
Strickland, Carol (2017). The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to the Present. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McNeesl Publishing. (222 pgs)
Wilkes, Angela, ed. (2019), The Story of Painting: How Art was Made. DK Publishing (360 pgs)
Wright, Diane C., ed (2017). GLASS: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. (225 pgs)
Blandy, Doug and Bolin, Paul (2018). Learning Things: Material Culture in Art Education. New York, NY: Columbia University. (133 pgs)
Hein, George (2012). Progressive Museum Practice: John Dewey and Democracy. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. (254 pgs)
Henry, Carole (2010). The Museum Experience: The Discovery of Meaning. Alexandria, VA: National Art Education Association. (106 pgs)
Hubard, Olga (2015). Art Museum Education: Facilitating Gallery Experiences. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press LLC. (191 pgs.)
Kador, Thomas and Chatterjee, Helen (2021). Objective-Based Learning and Well Being: Exploring Material Connections. New York, NY: Routledge. (224 pgs)
Langer, Adina (2022). Storytelling in Museums. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing. (293 pgs)
Porter, Jason and Cunningham, Mary Kay (2022). Museum Education for Today's Audience: Meeting Expectation with New Models. Lanham, MD. (291 pgs)
Vatsky, Sharon (2023). Interactive Museum Tours: A Guide to In-person and Virtual Experiences. Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing. (217 pgs)