Virtual Programs

Due to COVID-19, the Hood Museum offered public programs virtually after March 2020. Beginning in April, the Hood Museum presented a total of 17 virtual public programs, attended by 831 community members. The details of those public programs are listed below.

April 8
Webinar: The Power and Impact of Images
Jessica Hong, Associate Curator of Global Contemporary Art, and Vivian Ladd, Teaching Specialist
On the occasion of the exhibition Reconstitution, which is presently inaccessible to the public, the Hood Museum will facilitate a conversation about the power and impact of images. As we find ourselves having to move into the virtual space for the time being, we will invite our audience to consider several questions: How do these images change or transform? What new issues or discussions arise? How can we create a productive, critical space for conversation?

April 16
Virtual Conversations and Connections: Artist Colleen Randall and Poet Jeff Friedman
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition In the Midst of Something Splendid: Recent Paintings by Colleen Randall. 
Artist and Dartmouth professor of studio art Colleen Randall and her husband, Jeff Friedman, poet and lecturer in English at Keene State College, will speak about their partnership and how their relationship and artistic dialogue inflects their work.

April 17
Virtual Storytime in the Galleries: Shapes
It's all about shapes! Join Museum Educator Jamie Rosenfeld for a virtual Storytime in the Galleries. Using Zoom, families can listen to stories, look at art together, and engage in hands-on activities inspired by art from cultures around the world! For children ages 2–5 and their adult companions.

April 23
Virtual Storytime in the Galleries: Shapes

April 27
Virtual Storytime in the Galleries: Shapes

April 29
Webinar: Mediated Authenticity: Art and Experience Now
Join John R. Stomberg, the Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director of the Hood Museum of Art, for a webinar discussion centered upon selected works from the museum's photography collection.

May 2
Virtual Storytime in the Galleries: Shapes

May 13
Virtual Discussion: A Closer Look: Lilly Martin Spencer's The Jolly Washerwoman
Join Barbara J. MacAdam, Jonathan Little Cohen Curator of American Art, and Vivian Ladd, Teaching Specialist, for a virtual discussion of Lilly Martin Spencer's unforgettable portrait of her servant within the context of mid-19th-century American art and culture.

May 14
Virtual Panel Discussion: Alumni in the Arts: From Dartmouth to the Art Museum
Join the Museum Club for the first in a series of Alumni in the Arts panel discussions featuring Juliette Bianco '94, Deputy Director of the Hood Museum of Art, and Megan Fontanella '04, Curator of Modern Art and Provenance at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Q&A to follow. 

May 19
Virtual Storytime in the Galleries
Let's explore art and animals! Join Museum Educator Jamie Rosenfeld for a virtual Storytime in the Galleries. Using Zoom, families can listen to stories, look at art together, and engage in hands-on activities inspired by art from cultures around the world! For children ages 2–5 and their adult companions.

May 19
Virtual Panel Discussion: Beyond the Walls: Art outside the Museum
Are you interested in experiencing art while museums are closed? Join us for a virtual panel discussion about how to experience and enjoy art wherever you are. Kathy Hart, Hood Museum Senior Curator of Collections and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming; Marlene Heck, Senior Lecturer in Art History, Dartmouth; and Anne Dennington, Director of FluxProjects, a community arts nonprofit, will explore how art can inspire people and shape community at this isolated time. Organized by the Hood Museum of Art Programming Interns Kensington Cochran and Maeve McBride.

May 20
Virtual Conversation: Art and Knowledge: Creating Spaces for Learning
Join Jami Powell, Associate Curator of Native American Art, and Jamie Rosenfeld, Museum Educator, for a conversation about how they collaborate when developing public engagement strategies and educational resources centered on the Hood Museum of Art's Indigenous collections.

May 21
Virtual Storytime in the Galleries: Animals

May 21
Virtual Storytime in the Galleries: Animals

May 27
Virtual Artist Talk: Stacey Steers 
Denver-based artist Stacey Steers, whose mixed-media installation Night Hunter House entered the Hood Museum's collection in 2012, will discuss her process of making handmade animated films by sourcing imagery from early silent cinema and fragments of 19th-century engravings and illustrations. Each film is made from thousands of individual paper collages and takes years to produce. In addition to exploring her process, Stacey will share short clips from several films, including Night Hunter and Edge of Alchemy, and will discuss the inspiration, content, and psychology of these arresting works. This conversational-style program is facilitated by Juliette Bianco, Deputy Director of the Hood Museum of Art.

June 11
Virtual Sip and Sketch
Grab some pencils, paper, and a favorite beverage for this interactive drawing experience.
Taking inspiration from works in the Hood Museum of Art's collection, participants will explore the expressive qualities of line, experiment with mark making, and create abstract compositions. No experience necessary. This free event is geared to adults.

June 17
Virtual Conversation: Impressionist Paintings Everyone Should Know 
Join special guests George Shackelford '77, Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas; and John Stomberg, the Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director of the Hood Museum of Art, for a pre-recorded conversation that will share insights on a selection of Impressionist works from a variety of artists. The program will conclude with a live Q&A with the speakers. The program was originally produced for Dartmouth on Location alumni engagement, and the Hood Museum of Art is pleased to share it with our public audiences.

24 June
Virtual Conversation: George Tooker's Farewell: A Representation of Loss
Manish K. Mishra, MD, MPH, Director of Professional Outreach and Education, the Dartmouth Institute, and assistant professor at Geisel School of Medicine; and Sienna R. Craig, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, South House Professor, Dartmouth; moderated by Katherine W. Hart, Senior Curator of Collections and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming, Hood Museum of Art
The 1966 painting Farewell by American artist George Tooker, which reflects on the loss of his mother, will be the launching point for a timely and sensitive discussion of love, loss, and rites of passage. We will also look at the differences among societies and cultures in coming to terms with the death of loved one, as well as the role of art and ritual in mediating the transition between the living and the dead.