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All lectures are held in the Arthur M. Loew Auditorium on the lower level of the museum. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Click here to download the museum's 2008 general brochure, which includes information about all of the year's exhibitions
10 January, Saturday, 2:00 P.M.
Introductory Tour of European Art at Dartmouth
13 January, Tuesday, 5:00 P.M.
Museum galleries
Member reception and sneak preview of Focus on Photography
14 January, Wednesday, 6:00 P.M.
Arthur M. Loew Auditorium
Opening Lecture and Reception
TO SELL OR NOT TO SELL: LOOKING FOR FORGOTTEN BASKETRY TRADITIONS IN NATIVE NEW ENGLAND
Dr. Ann McMullen, Curator and Head of Collections Research and Information, National Museum of the American Indian
Co-sponsored with the Dartmouth College Department of Native American Studies
18 January, Sunday, 12:00 NOON-5:00 P.M.
Family Day
Explore European Art
Have fun exploring great works of art in the museum's European exhibition-paintings that look so real you feel as if you could step into them, sculptures full of movement and energy, contemporary works that look like puzzles. Then experiment with a variety of art materials to create your own "masterpiece." For children ages six to twelve and their adult companions. No pre-registration required. For information, call (603) 646-1469.
20 January, Tuesday, 12:30 P.M.
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SELECTED OLD MASTER PAINTINGS
Colleen Randall, Associate Professor, Studio Art Department
24 January, Saturday, 2:00 P.M.
Introductory Tour of Spirit of the Basket Tree
26 January through 16 February, Mondays, 3:30-5:00 P.M.
Museum galleries and conference room
Member Course: European Prints and Drawings at the Hood Museum of Art
27 January, Tuesday, 12:30 P.M.
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
PHOTOGRAPHERS ON PHOTOGRAPHY: A CONVERSATION WITH VIRGINIA BEAHAN AND BRIAN MILLER
28 January, Wednesday, 12:00 P.M.
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
SPIRIT OF THE BASKET TREE: WABANAKI ASH SPLINT BASKETS FROM MAINE
Alex Bortolot, Assistant Curator, Special Projects
28 January, Wednesday, 7:00 PM
Adult Workshop
Explore European Art
Join this lively, discussion-based program to explore the Hood's collection of European paintings, drawings, and sculpture. We'll touch upon some of the major ideas in European art history and then experiment with various drawing techniques and materials in the studio. No previous art experience necessary. Participation limited to sixteen. Pre-registration required by calling (603) 646-1469.
3 February, Tuesday, 12:30 P.M.
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIFE: THE REAL AND IMAGINED
Subhankar Banerjee, photographer and artist-in residence, Studio Art Department
Subhankar Banerjee is a well-known photographer of landscapes and people in the northern regions of Alaska. As an artist and a sought-after public speaker, Banerjee has fought to stop drilling and the dumping of toxic waste in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other remote regions near the Arctic circle.
7 February, Saturday, 2:00 P.M.
Introductory Tour of Focus on Photography
10 February, Tuesday, 12:30 P.M.
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN PORTRAITURE
Emily Burke, Assistant Curator for Special Projects Join the curator of Focus on Photography for a discussion of themes in contemporary portraiture, including images of adolescence, the negotiation of cultural identity and stereotypes, the power of representation and self-representation, and a focus on process.
11 February, Wednesday, 3:30 P.M.
Location to be announced
Lecture and Reception
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TENOCHITLAN'S SACRED PRECINCT: DIGGING IN THE HEART OF THE AZTEC CAPITAL
Leonardo López Luján, Senior Researcher and Director of INAH's (Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute) Templo Mayor Project in Mexico City
As director of the excavations of the Aztec ruins located in the center of Mexico City, Dr. López Luján has overseen recent major archaeological finds at the site, which include the largest Mexican stone monolith and possibly the first Aztec royal tomb ever discovered. Organized by the Department of Anthropology and co-sponsored by the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Robert T. and Catherine L. McKennan Fund, and the Hood Museum of Art.
15 February, Sunday, 12:00-2:00 P.M. and 3:00-5:00 P.M.
Family Program
ADVENTURES IN ART: SPIRITED BASKETS
From simple containers to baskets shaped like acorns and pumpkins, we'll explore baskets old and new made by Native American artists of the Wabanaki tribes of Maine. Then, using a variety of materials, we'll create our own baskets in the studio. For children ages six to ten and their adult companions. Limited to twenty participants at each time slot. Pre-registration required by calling (603) 646-1469.
21 February, Saturday, 2:00 P.M.
Introductory Tour of European Art at Dartmouth
24 February, Tuesday, 4:30 P.M.
Lecture and Reception
ANDREA MODICA: TREADWELL AND FOUNTAIN
Andrea Modica, photographer
Known for her haunting photographs of young girls in upstate New York, Andrea Modica creates images that are caught between a dream world and reality, fantastic scenes that hint at the narrative within. Cosponsored by the Studio Art Department.
25 February, Wednesday, 4:30 P.M.
Arthur M. Loew Auditorium
Lecture
INTERPRETING THE DARTMOUTH CLAUDE AND ORIGINS OF THE LIBER VERITATIS
Hilliard Goldfarb, Associate Chief Curator, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Claude (1600-1682), known as Le Lorrain after the duchy in which he was born, greatly influenced landscape painting during his lifetime and well into the nineteenth century through his paintings and over thirteen hundred drawings. The Hood's picture by this artist produces its own visual poetry, reflecting a taste for pastoral subject matter that permeated the period.
4 March, Wednesday, 7:00 PM
Adult Workshop
Spirited Baskets
Join this lively, discussion-based program to explore the Hood's exhibition of ash-splint baskets made by Wabanaki artists from the nineteenth century to today. We'll look at basketry not only as a beautiful art form but also as a means of survival and an integral part of Native American culture. Then, we'll try simple basket weaving in our studio. No previous art experience necessary. Participation limited to sixteen. Pre-registration required by calling (603) 646-1469.
7 March, Saturday, 2:00 P.M.
Introductory Tour of Focus on Photography
HOOD HIGHLIGHTS TOURS
Explore a selection of objects in the museum's collection with an experienced guide on selected Saturdays. See the Calendar of Events on the museum's Web site or watch for Valley News transaction ads announcing the dates and topics for these tours.
ARTVENTURES
Interactive tours for children ages eight and older are offered on select Saturdays at 10:00 A.M. Dates and topics are noted on the Calendar of Events on the museum's Web site and listed in Valley News transaction ads two weeks in advance. Limited to twenty children on a pre-registration basis. For information, call (603) 646-1469.
GROUP TOURS
Free guided tours of the museum’s collections and exhibitions are available by appointment. Contact the museum’s education department at (603) 646-1469 or hood.museum.tours@dartmouth.edu.
The museum also offers a wide range of programs for Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff, and for regional schools.
The museum is open every Wednesday evening until 9:00 p.m., so please visit after work!
All museum exhibitions and events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For the safety of all of our visitors, the Hood Museum of Art will enforce legal seating capacity limits at every event in accordance with RSA 153:5 and Life Safety Code 101.
Assistive listening devices are available for all events.
The museum, including the Arthur M. Loew Auditorium, is wheelchair accessible. For accessibility requests, please call 603-646-2809 or e-mail Access-Hood@Mac.Dartmouth.edu.
