LEFT Sienna Craig teaches Anthropology 3 in BCOS. Photo by Brian Wagner.
Campus and Community Programs
Chapter two
ABOVE Three smart study galleries within the Bernstein Center for Object Study. Photograph © Michael Moran.
Learning and teaching with objects has always been at the center of what we do at the Hood Museum of Art, both in the galleries and behind the scenes. This section outlines the curricular and co-curricular programs that the museum offers for campus, public, and K–12 audiences.
When the original Hood Museum building opened in 1985, one small classroom on the ground level was available for Dartmouth class visits to see objects from the collection. By 1989, in order to expand the museum's capacity for teaching with objects from storage, and with the support of Hood board member and Dartmouth parents Raphael and Jane Bernstein, the museum established a second classroom in the museum's art storage area. The success of the work in those spaces eventually led us to where we are today, with a large new facility dedicated to teaching—the Bernstein Center for Object Study—that enables us to use objects for learning in broader and deeper ways than ever before. Our campus engagement itself has also expanded well beyond the core pedagogical support that the museum staff and collections offer to Dartmouth faculty and students. It now encompasses co-curricular activities for students, faculty, and Dartmouth staff. Hood Museum internships in curatorial, education, campus engagement, and other special projects offer in-depth paid experiences for up to eight students a year. Many of our new campus programs have both learning and social components, creating experiences that are anticipated and shared through a variety of social media platforms. The newly formed Museum Club is another new vehicle for empowering students to get more involved in what we do and how we do it.
All engagement at the museum starts with easy access: the Hood Museum's programs are free, and most are open to everyone. This year, visitors of all ages joined the 21 building and highlights tours we offered. They participated in the "conversations and connections" program series with curators, scholars, and artists. Our once-a-season "mindfulness in the museum" afternoon breaks and sip-and-sketch evenings in the galleries attracted over 150 people. Family days and workshops provided activities for parents and children to think critically about collection objects and make art together. Friends connected at the museum opening and exhibition receptions, and the auditorium was full to capacity for the May 2019 symposium titled Art, Artists, and the Museum. Programs for area K–12 schools have continued to be both innovative and robust. The museum provided hundreds of thematic tours and offered its signature multiple-visit programs for schools throughout northern New England this year.
ABOVE Museum Club members during a visit to the Bernstein Center for Object Study. Photo by Rob Strong.
Campus Engagement: Curricular and Co-Curricular
Curricular Engagement
Dartmouth faculty and students have enthusiastically embraced the Bernstein Center for Object Study (BCOS) and the museum's galleries for their coursework and research. Over 25 departments, ranging from English to environmental studies, psychology to Spanish, have visited the museum in the first two terms of 2019 to explore a breadth of disciplines and topics. For example, a religion class on gender in Islam, a film class in advanced animation, and a music class on timbre and form all used works from the collection in one of the new object-study galleries.
Responses from our post-visit faculty survey have been overwhelmingly positive. For example:
"It was wonderful. Students were engaged with the beauty, utility, and technology of design and materials for objects used for hunting, clothing, protection. . . . Students were assigned to select an object to accompany a short essay on contemporary Arctic issues. Their writing assignment will be made better from the thought process evoked by the Hood visit. [Senior Curator of Collections and Curator of Academic Programming] Kathy Hart and [Associate Curator of Native American Art] Jami Powell were fantastic!"
"Engagement from the beginning of the process to the end was a model of efficiency, professional competence, and good cheer."
"The staff of the Hood are, and have long been, very helpful and knowledgeable. The new Hood and BCOS are nothing short of amazing. Thank you!"
"I will try to bring music classes to the Hood teaching spaces during every term going forward. It is a fantastic resource. Just scratching the surface of what is possible."
"It was *extraordinary*."
BCOS has also enabled teaching with objects in greater depth. In the winter term, the museum hosted every session of Professor Allan Hockley's Japanese prints course, allowing students to look carefully at prints during each class visit. Two classes are already scheduled to teach full time in BCOS in 2020. Students, particularly in studio art and art history, have also visited individually to research specific objects, from Berenice Abbot photographs to Picasso prints.
Courses That Utilized the Hood Museum of Art and Its Bernstein Center for Object Study
*cross-listed courses
*African and African American Studies 83.8 (see Anthropology 33)
African and African American Studies 88.17, Art History 50.21: Filmmaking and Visual Culture
Jesse Shipley, John D. Willard Professor of African and African American Studies and Oratory
*African and African American Studies 90.1 (see Latin American and Caribbean Studies 80.2)
Anthropology 3: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Sienna Craig, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 3: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Chelsey Kivland, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 7: Haiti and Its Visitors
Chelsey Kivland, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 11, Native American Studies 11: Ancient Native Americans
Deb Nichols, Professor of Anthropology, William J. Bryant 1925 Professorship
Anthropology 12.26, Geography 68: Environmental Justice
Maron Greenleaf, Lecturer and Research Associate
Anthropology 32, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 26: Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas
Kenneth Bauer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology
Anthropology 33, African and African American Studies 83.8, Latin American and Caribbean Studies 38: Global Caribbean
Chelsey Kivland, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 50.04: Digital Heritage
Meredith Ferguson, Neukom Post-Doctoral Fellow
Anthropology 50.18: Anthropocene Imaginaries
Tracey Heatherington, Visiting Associate Professor
Anthropology 64: The Evolution of Pregnancy
Zaneta Thayer, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Art History 2: Introduction to the History of Art II
Mary Coffey, Associate Professor of Art History
Joy Kenseth, Professor of Art History
Art History 15.1: Gothic Art
Jane Carroll, Assistant Dean and Senior Lecturer in Art History
Art History 40.04, Latin American and Caribbean Studies 30.09: Mexicanidad: Constructing and Dismantling Mexican National Identity
Mary Coffey, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 41.03: European Art, 1750–1850
Allan Doyle, Visiting Faculty, Senior Lecturer
Art History 41.04: European Art, 1850–1900
Allan Doyle, Visiting Faculty, Senior Lecturer
Art History 48.06, Latin American and Caribbean Studies 32: Borderlands Art and Theory
Tatiana Reinoza, Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows
Art History 48.05: Satire: Art, Politics & Critique
Kristin O'Rourke, Senior Lecturer
Art History 48.07: Michelangelo's Modernism
Allan Doyle, Visiting Faculty, Senior Lecturer
Art History 48.08: The Photographic Medium
Allan Doyle, Visiting Faculty, Senior Lecturer
*Art History 50.21 (see African and African American Studies 88.17)
Art History 61.71: Italian Renaissance Architecture
Nicola Camerlenghi, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 62.3: Japanese Prints
Allen Hockley, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 91: Honors I
Allen Hockley, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 92: Honors II
Allen Hockley, Associate Professor of Art History
*Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 26 (see Anthropology 32)
Asian Society, Cultures and Languages 10.03: Introduction to Japanese Culture
Allen Hockley, Associate Professor of Art History
Classical Studies 17, History 94: Roman History: The Republic
Roberta Stewart, Professor of Classical Studies
Classical Studies 22: City States and Panhellenic Sanctuaries
Margaretha Kramer-Hajos, Senior Lecturer
College Course 21: What's in Your Shoebox?
Prudence Merton, Associate Director for Faculty Programs and Assessment
Francine A'ness, Research Associate
Comparative Literature 10.21: Coming to America
Gerd Gemunden, The Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities
Creative Writing 10.02: Writing and Reading Fiction
William Craig, Lecturer
Engineering Sciences 7.02: Climate Change
Mary Albert, Professor of Engineering
English 7.47: Tales of the Avant-Garde
Andrew McCann, Professor of English, Chair of the English Department
English 7.5: Writing Wild
Patricia McKee, Edward Hyde Cox Professorship
English 22: Rise of the Novel
Alysia Garrison, Assistant Professor of English
*English 32.01 (see Native American Studies 35)
*English 53.02 (see Native American Studies 32.01)
English 53.10: Immigrant Women Writing in America
Melissa Zeiger, Associate Professor of English
English 75.2: Climate Fiction
Alysia Garrison, Assistant Professor of English
Environmental Studies 7: Ecopsychology
Terry Osborne, Senior Lecturer
Environmental Studies 15: Environmental Issues: Earth's Cold Region
Ross Virginia, Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science
Film Studies 7: Fame and Hollywood Stardom
Mary Desjardins, Professor of Film and Media Studies
Film Studies 38: Advanced Animation
Jodie Mack, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
Film Studies 44.02, Studio Art 17.19: Cut-and-Paste Cinema
Jodie Mack, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
French 8: Exploring French Culture and Language
Annabelle Cone, Senior Lecturer
French and Italian in Translation 37.07: US and Italian Engagement
Matteo Gilebbi, Lecturer
Geography 11: Qualitative Methods and Research Process in Geography
Abby Neely, Assistant Professor of Geography
*Geography 68 (see Anthropology 12.26)
Government 81.25: Defying Convention: Human Rights in the United States and the United Nations
Lisa Baldez, Professor of Government and of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies
*Government 84.6 (see Latin American and Caribbean Studies 80.2)
History 7.3: Civil War Photographs
Robert Bonner, Professor of History
History 21: Modern American Thought and Culture
Leslie Butler, Associate Professor of History
History 47: The French Revolution
Darrin McMahon, Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor of History
*History 94 (see Classical Studies 17)
Humanities 3.02: Two Empires under the Sun
Roberta Stewart, Professor of Classical Studies
Gil Raz, Associate Professor of Religion
Latin 1: Introductory Latin
Margaretha Kramer-Hajos, Senior Lecturer
Scott Arcenas, Lecturer
Jenny Lynn, Senior Lecturer, Language Program Director
Bryce Walker, Lecturer
Latin 3: Intermediate Latin
Inger Kuin, Senior Lecturer
Scott Arcenas, Lecturer
Bryce Walker, Lecturer
*Latin American and Caribbean Studies 30.09 (see Art History 40.04)
*Latin American and Caribbean Studies 32 (see Art History 48.06)
*Latin American and Caribbean Studies 38 (see Anthropology 33)
Latin American and Caribbean Studies 80.2, Government 84.6, African and African American Studies 90.1: Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies, Identities and Power in the Americas
Lisa Baldez, Professor of Government and of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies
Latino Studies 41: Latinos in Media and Arts
Douglas Moody, Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
Music 3.02: American Music: Covers, Theft, and Musical Borrowing
Richard Beaudoin, Assistant Professor of Music
Music 23: Timbre and Form
Richard Beaudoin, Assistant Professor of Music
*Native American Studies 11 (see Anthropology 11)
Native American Studies 30.10: Language, Landscape, Identity
Bernard Perley, Visiting Lecturer
Native American Studies 30.17: Trickster re: Meditations
Bernard Perley, Visiting Lecturer
Native American Studies 30.18: Indians Who Rock the World: Native American Contemporary Music
Davina Two Bears, Eastman Fellow
Native American Studies 32.01, English 53.02: Indian Killers: Murder and Mystery
Melanie Benson Taylor, Associate Professor of Native American Studies
Native American Studies 35, English 32.01: Native American Literature
Melanie Benson Taylor, Associate Professor of Native American Studies
Native American Studies 41: Native American Literature and Law
N. Bruce Duthu, Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies
Native American Studies 81.03: Pen and Ink Witchcraft: Native American History in Treaties
Collin Calloway, Professor of History, John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professorship
Psychological and Brain Sciences 7.03: Why People Believe in Weird Things: Credulity, Science and Pseudoscience in the Study of Human Behavior
John Pfister, Senior Lecturer
Religion 28.4: Gender in Islam
Candace Mixon, Lecturer
Religion 30.1: Sacred Cities: Rome
Christopher MacEvitt, Associate Professor of Religion
Russian 28: Intermediate Russian
Alfia Rakova, Research Assistant Professor, Director of the Language Program
Spanish 7.05: Transforming Public Space: Mural Art in Mexico and the United States
Douglas Moody, Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
Studio Art 15.01: Drawing I
Kathryn Zazenski, Lecturer
Studio Art 15.01: Drawing I
Jack Wilson, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 15.02: Drawing I
Jack Wilson, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 15.03: Drawing I
Viktor Witkowski, Lecturer
Studio Art 15.03: Drawing I
Karol Kawiaka, Studio Lecturer
*Studio Art 17.19 (see Film Studies 44.02)
Studio Art 23: Figure Sculpture
Leslie Fry, Lecturer
Studio Art 25: Painting I
Jennifer Caine, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 27: Printmaking I
Sarah Amos, Visiting Lecturer
Studio Art 28: Printmaking II
Sarah Amos, Visiting Lecturer
Studio Art 29: Photography I
Christina Seely, Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 29: Photography I
Virginia Beahan, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 30: Photography II
Virginia Beahan, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 31: Painting II
Jennifer Caine, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 65: Architecture I
Jack Wilson, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 65: Architecture I
Karol Kawiaka, Studio Lecturer
Studio Art 66: Architecture II
Karol Kawiaka, Studio Lecturer
Studio Art 68: Architecture III
Karol Kawiaka, Studio Lecturer
Studio Art 72: Painting III
Jennifer Caine, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 75: Photography III
Virginia Beahan, Senior Lecturer
Studio Art 76: Senior Seminar I
Jennifer Caine, Senior Lecturer
Writing Program 5: Right to Write
Peggy Baum, Lecturer
Writing Program 5: Reviewing Ourselves: Critical Writing and Personal Values
William Craig, Lecturer
Writing Program 5: Criticism: How to Do It and Why
Paul Carranza, Lecturer
Writing Program 5: Expository Writing
William Craig, Lecturer
Writing Program 5: Food for Thought
Sarah Smith, Senior Lecturer
Writing Program 5: The View from the Balcony: Learning How You Learn
Prudence Merton, Lecturer
Writing Program 5: Memoir Craze
Ellen Rockmore, Lecturer
ABOVE A member of the North Park Student Council participating in an in-gallery activity before moving onto an art-making activity in the studio.
Co-curricular Engagement
Co-curricular programming generated by Isadora Italia, the Hood Museum campus engagement coordinator, hired in May 2018, aimed to cultivate a vibrant community around the museum at Dartmouth through personal outreach on campus and the activation of digital and print platforms. In July 2018, Isadora organized and hosted a student focus group with eight sophomores who volunteered to participate while on campus for sophomore summer. The focus group presentation introduced students to the new museum and solicited their ideas and feedback regarding how they would like to engage with the new space. The museum's Winter Carnival Warm-Up welcomed students in for self-guided tours as well as a BCOS-hosted viewing of works related to ice and snow. As a result of Isadora's outreach efforts, over fifteen campus centers and groups came to the museum in the 2019 winter and spring terms, including the Student Wellness Center, the Center for Social Impact, the Office of Admissions, West House, East Wheelock House, South House, North Park House, the Dartmouth Society of Photographers, the International Student Association, and the Living Learning Communities. Additional programs developed by Hood Museum staff included a collaboration with the Dickey Center for International Understanding for their Great Issues Scholars, an event for the War and Peace Fellows, and tours for the French, German, and Italian clubs.
A few notable co-curricular collaborations include a tour and brunch event with East Wheelock House; the Night at the Museum with South House, which brought over 280 South House students, faculty, and affiliates together for a reception and gallery pop-up talks centered on social justice; a print campaign centered on art and wellbeing for the Student Wellness Center's "Stall Street Journal"; a workshop centered on ethics, identity, and social impact in art for the Foundations in Social Impact program; and a collaboration with the Immersion Trips (Alternative Spring Break) program centered on ethical photography.
ABOVE Museum Collecting 101 students look at photographs at Benrubi gallery.
Museum Collecting 101
In 2019, the museum once again offered its long-running co-curricular program Museum Collecting 101. Since 2002, Dartmouth students in this program have chosen over two dozen photographs for the Hood Museum's collection. This year, a group whose members included a sophomore ('21) majoring in economics with a minor in art history, a senior ('19) majoring in geography, and a Tuck student gathered to learn about the museum's acquisition process. The program culminated in a trip to New York to view potential acquisitions, and the students ultimately chose two photographs, by Marie Hupfield and Polly Penrose, respectively.
Museum Club
The Museum Club launched in the fall of 2018, ahead of the Hood Museum of Art's reopening, with a mission: to engage students and empower them to further connect the museum to campus. With the promise of a new museum (and lots of pizza), we saw immediate interest from students across all class years and majors, ranging from art history to psychology and biology. By October, the inaugural cohort was meeting weekly to learn about the Hood, gain a better understanding of museum practice, and use their knowledge to launch new student engagement initiatives.
As part of their learning, the students met with different Hood Museum staff members to learn about their work and how it contributes to the larger institution. Meetings were also dedicated to student engagement opportunities. As the museum planned its student opening party, the group provided ideas and feedback that helped make the event a success. Over 1,300 students (20 percent of the student body) showed up to the event on January 31! Continuing that success, the club organized a new once-a-term event series called Hood after 5 that brings students together over art, food, drinks, and more. It's a chance for students to return regularly with their friends to see what's new (and what's cool) at the Hood Museum.
In April, a small club cohort went to Harvard Art Museums' Third Annual Student Museum Conference to learn from other students in the region about how they contribute to their museums, and to share their own experiences. Topics of discussion included tech and new media, difficult histories, curation and decision making, accessibility and outreach, and campus engagement.
ABOVE Students discuss works on view in Lathrop Gallery. Photo by Rob Strong.
Feedback from Students
Some students shared their impressions and thoughts about what they learned in co-curricular programs through post-program surveys and social media. We also saw positive responses from Foundations in Social Impact students on the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact's social media channels:
"Hello hello! My name is Francesca Wood and I'm a '22 from Caracas, Venezuela. I am currently interning in the Fund Development department of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (@tndcsf ), a housing non-profit in San Francisco, as part of the Center for Social Impact's DPCS SF Summer Cohort. . . . I've been really enjoying the art scene of San Francisco and have gone to as many museums, galleries, and exhibitions as possible. In my visits, I remembered the Foundation's meeting at the @hoodmuseum, where we talked about the historical contextualization of art and the symbolism behind all the different methods and materials artists use in their work. I loved this session, and my museum visits have brought many similar reflections!" (Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B08BblHgcq0/)
"Reporting to you live from España! This summer, I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Santander, Spain, with the Dartmouth LSA+ program, where I took several classes related to Spanish literature and art. . . . Through[out] our weekly excursions around different sites on campus and our subsequent discussions, the time that I spent with the Center last year has really made me look at everything in the world through a social impact lens. Thanks to our visits to the @raunerlibrary and the @hoodmuseum, I learned to critically analyze repositories of knowledge production, which has been immensely helpful in all the museums and cathedrals that we've visited (really, almost too many cathedrals now)"—John Cho '22 (Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1OIoI_gZ4K/)
All student programs from the reporting period are included in the list of programs.
ABOVE 2018-19 Levinson Intern Jules Wheaton installing her A Space for Dialogue exhibition Society Engraved with Head of Exhibitions Design and Planning Patrick Dunfey. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.
Interns
For decades, the Hood Museum's internship program has given many Dartmouth students from a variety of majors experience in the field. This year, the museum had seven full-time interns working in three different roles: curatorial, programming, and campus engagement. Along with their Space for Dialogue projects, all interns completed role-specific work for their supervisors. Intern Victoria McCraven'19 reflected that she was especially pleased to "be able to redefine how the museum is seen, bringing the museum to a place where black people live and socialize, ultimately creating an education space that people can feel comfortable in."
There was a diverse group of intern projects this year. Armando Pulido '19, the Class of 1954 Intern, assisted Jessica Hong, associate curator of global contemporary art, in the conceptualization of the exhibition New Landscapes: Contemporary Responses to Globalization, including research and editing didactics. Armando also worked on several exhibition-planning teams with Juliette Bianco, deputy director, and Amelia Kahl, associate curator of academic programming, creating curatorial reports, communicating with object lenders, and participating in the preliminary exhibition layouts.
Victoria McCraven'19, the Homma Family Intern, primarily assisted Bonnie MacAdam, Jonathan Little Cohen Curator of American Art, in researching and cataloguing works in the collection. Her research on the museum's Romare Bearden screenprint In the Garden led to the theme of her powerful Space for Dialogue project, which she titled Black Artists on the Cross. Victoria also organized a highly successful multidimensional program titled Malcolm, Memories, and Murals: Our Legacy to Lead, which introduced fellow students to the Florian Jenkins Temple Murals in the Shabazz Center.
Dillen Peace '19 and Hailee Brown '20, the two Native American art interns funded by the Hood Museum's Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative (DAMLI) grant, spent much of the year co-curating Unbroken, a ceramics show drawn from the Hood Museum's collection that will be on view during the spring and summer of 2020. This ambitious curatorial project was conducted in lieu of individual Space for Dialogue projects. Dillen and Hailee also filmed an interview with artist Diego Romero about his work for use in their show and for the museum's records.
Annabelle Bardenheier '19 and Charlotte Grussing '19, both Conroy Interns in student programming, offered programs to raise student awareness of and interest in the museum. They presented two programs for students each term, including hands-on art-making events paired with tours of the galleries—one in collaboration with a campus improv group that used humor and improvisation as tools for interacting with the museum's collections—and a spring bash for seniors. The final event drew students from many different social groups, in part because the night featured nine speaking and musical performances by class members.
Jules Wheaton '19, the Levinson Intern working in campus engagement, helped organize, promote, and execute student events and programs including the Student Opening Party and the Museum Club. She also assisted with new campus outreach initiatives, including the Winter Carnival Warm Up event and student-related social media efforts. In the spring of 2019, Jules partnered with Isadora Italia, campus engagement coordinator, to record the first-ever video for Dartmouth Admissions promoting the Hood to current and prospective students.
ABOVE Sketching sculpture in Engles Gallery at a Sip and Sketch event. Photo by Rob Strong.
Programs for Campus and the Community
Public Programs
11 July
Hood Downtown
Workshop
Tapping into Your Write Brain: A Workshop for the Creatively Inclined
26 July
Hood Downtown
Sip and Sketch
13 September
Hood Downtown
Hood Downtown Celebration
4 October
Book Discussion: The Lady in Gold
Spotlight discussion on provenance and book discussion
Katherine Hart and Megan Coleman, Howe Library
11 October
Manton Foundation Annual Orozco Lecture
White Zombies and Black Labor: Specters of Slavery and Rebellion in José Clemente Orozco's Epic of American Civilization
Mary Coffey, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth
8–9 November
Symposium
Futures Uncertain: Contemporary Art in the Age of the Anthropocene
Organized by the Department of Art History and the Hood Museum of Art, and made possible through support from the Associate Dean for the Faculty of the Arts and Humanities, the Andrew W. Mellon Endowment at the Hood Museum of Art, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society, and the Dartmouth Centers Forum. This program is part of the Forum's 2018¬–19 theme: Envisioning the World We Want.
26 January
Hood Museum of Art Grand Reopening
27 January
Building Exploration Tour
27 January
Building Exploration Tour
2 February
Hood Highlights Tour
3 February
Family Day
Meet the Museum
6 February
Hood Highlights Tour
8 February
Building Exploration Tour
13 February
Conversations and Connections
Contemporary Australian Artists Talk about Their Work
Barayuwa Mununggurr, Gunybi Ganambarr, artists; Will Stubbs, Director of the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre in Australia; Henry Skerritt, Curator of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia
15 February
Mindfulness in the Museum
16 February
Hood Highlights Tour
20 February
Hood Highlights Tour
22 February
Art after Dark
27 February
Hood Highlights Tour
1 March
A Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk
SFD 92: Consent: Complicating Agency in Photography
Gina Campanelli '18, Ashley Dotson '18, Tess McGuiness '18, Kimberly Yu '18
1 March
Building Exploration Tour
2 March
Storytime in the Galleries
2 March
Hood Highlights Tour
2 March
Family Workshop
Recycle, Repurpose, Recreate!
6 March
Conversations and Connections
Dartmouth Professors Discuss the Assyrian Reliefs
Susan Ackerman, Department of Religion; Jesse Casana, Department of Anthropology; Ada Cohen, Department of Art History
7 March
Adult Workshop
The Art of Engagement
30 March, Saturday
Hood Highlights Tour
5 April
Building Exploration Tour
6 April
Storytime in the Galleries
6 April
Family Workshop
Color, Shape, and Line
10 April
Conversations and Connections
Museums and the #MeToo Movement
Sachi Schmidt-Hori, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures and Amelia Kahl, Associate Curator of Academic Programming
12 April
Art after Dark
Gallery Competitions
13 April
Hood Highlights Tour
17 April
Hood Highlights Tour
25 April
Adult Workshop
The Stories Our Bodies Tell
27 April
Hood Highlights Tour
28 April
Family Day
Circle, Circles Everywhere!
1 May
Hood Highlights Tour
3 May
Symposium
Art, Artists, and the Museum: A Conversation
8 May
Conversations and Connections
Expanding the Frame: (Re)Appropriating Native American Portraiture
Jami Powell, Associate Curator of Native American Art, and Jennifer O'Neal, 2019 Henry Roe Cloud Fellow, Yale University
9 May
Panel Discussion
Curating Black Experiences in Museums
9 May
Performance
Dartmouth Contemporary Music Lab
10 May
Mindfulness in the Museum
10 May
A Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk
SFD 93: Los Mojados: Migrant Bodies and Latinx Identities
Armando Pulido '19
11 May
Hood Highlights Tour
15 May
Hood Highlights Tour
16 May
Sip and Sketch
23 May
Manton Foundation Annual Orozco Lecture
"José Clemente Orozco and the Epic of 'Greater America'"
Mary Coffey, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth
25 May
Hood Highlights Tour
29 May
Hood Highlights Tour
31 May
Art after Dark
Improv
15 June
Storytime in the Galleries
20 June
Lecture and Book Signing
"A Rivalry of Dianas: Saint-Gaudens, MacMonnies, and the Goddess Stripped Bare"
Suzanne Hinman, PhD
21 June
A Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk
SFD 94: Society Engraved
Jules Wheaton '19, Levinson Intern
28 June
Adult Workshop
Tapping into Your Write Brain
29 June
Hood Highlights Tour
ABOVE Dartmouth students in the galleries at the After-Hours Takeover: Dartmouth Student Opening Party. Photo by Rob Strong.
Programs for Dartmouth Student Groups, Dartmouth Faculty and Staff, and Hood Museum Affiliates
16 October
Trivia Night
18 October
Tour: The Epic of American Civilization
Center for Private Equity
19 October
Hood Board of Advisors Tour
23 October
Tour of Public Art on Campus
For Dartmouth staff and students
7 November
Tour of The Epic of American Civilization
For Ivy+ Housing Conference Attendees
12 November
Student Program at One Wheelock
29 November
Tour of the Hood Museum of Art for U-Arctic
7 December
Maker Night
Hosted by the Office of Pluralism and Leadership for international students, combining a presentation about the reinstallation, tour of the Orozco murals, opportunities in the studio, and a meal
23 January
Hood Museum Constituent Department Preview Tour and Coffee
24 January
Staff Opening Luncheon
24 January
Jonathan Little Cohen Portrait Dedication
24 January
Hood Board of Advisors Tour
24 January
Dinner for Museum Building Donors
25 January
Press Preview
25 January
Dartmouth Dedication Ceremony
25 January
A Conversation with the Architects
John Stomberg, Tod Williams, and Billie Tsien
26 January
Director's Circle Breakfast and Tour
29 January
Dartmouth Native American Community Preview
Tour and reception
30 January
Faculty Reception and Open House
With tours for all Dartmouth faculty
31 January
After-Hours Takeover: Dartmouth Student Opening Party
6 February
Jag Productions Facilitated Experience
African American theater group
6 February
Geisel School of Medicine: Engaging the Senses
Facilitated experience for medical students
7 February
Office of Visa Immigration Services Staff Tour
7 February
Student Wellness Center Staff Tour
8 February
French Club Facilitated Experience
8 February
Winter Carnival Session in BCOS
Facilitated experience for Dartmouth students
8 February
Winter Carnival Warm Up
Light fare, Q&A with students
8 February
Office of the Provost Tour
11 February
German Club Facilitated Experience
12 February
Tour for Dartmouth Centers Forum
12 February
Australian Artists' Conversation with Museum Club
13 February
Valentine's Day at the Hood
Drop-in art making for Dartmouth students
14 February
Dartmouth Center for Social Impact Facilitated Experience
Alternative Spring Break students
15 February
Living, Learning Community Tour
16 February
Nathan Smith Society Facilitated Experience
20 February
Dartmouth Center for Social Impact
Facilitated experience for Foundations students
20 February
Dartmouth Admissions Office Tour
21 February, Thursday
Gallery Conversation for Studio Art Majors and Faculty
22 February
Dartmouth Family Fellows Tour
Liberal Arts and Hands-On Seeing: Teaching and Touring at the New Hood Museum of Art
22 February
Italian Club Facilitated Experience
22 February
Office of Pluralism and Leadership: International Student Mentors Tour
28 February
Tuck Campaign Tour
1 March
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Student Tour
7 March
Geisel: Healthcare Foundations Facilitated Experience
7 March
Campus Partners Reception
8 March
Latino Hispanic Council Tour
25 March
Professional Development Workshop
28 March
South House: Night at the Museum
Facilitated experiences, entertainment, reception
29 March
Arts & Sciences Diversity Lecture
Discussion with Dean of Arts and Humanities Barbara Will and Studio Art Professor Enrico Riley
30 March
Dartmouth Anthropology Working Group Tour
30 March
East Wheelock House Brunch/Tour
1 April
Office of Student Life Tour
3 April
Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity Staff Tour
4 April
Hood after 5: Meet Your Museum!
Student social event hosted by Museum Club
5 April
The Dickey Center for International Understanding: Global Health Initiative
5 April
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine Board Tour
5 April
Admissions Tour Guide Discovery Stop
11 April
Admissions: Dimensions Tour
Self-guided tour for prospective students/parents
11 April
Tuck Africa Club
Facilitated experience and reception for Tuck students
12 April
Small Corp Program
13 April
TEDX Self-Guided Tour
13 April
Improv Performance
Facilitated experience for students in the galleries by student programming interns
18 April
West House Tour
19 April
Mandelas Group
Facilitated experience for retired doctors
19 April
Tour for Dartmouth Society of Photographers
25 April
Admissions: Dimensions Tour
Self-guided tour for prospective students/parents
25 April
Dartmouth Center for Social Impact Tour
25 April
Dartmouth after Hours
Reception and self-exploration for Dartmouth employees
30 April
Dickey Center for International Understanding: Great Issues
Facilitated experience for students
1 May
Finance and Administration Tour of the Hood Museum of Art
1 May
Dickey Center for International Understanding: Great Issues
Facilitated experience for students
2 May
Humanities Department Wisdom Group
Facilitated experience for humanities faculty
2–3 May
Symposium
Art, Artists, and the Museum: A Conversation
4 May, Saturday
First-Year Family Tour
10 May
Dartmouth Admissions Tour Guides
10 May
Tuck Partners Tour
10 May
Senior Celebration
Reception, performances, exploration for the senior class
17 May
Geisel: Art of Clinical Observation
Facilitated experience for medical students
21 May
The Temple Murals
Facilitated experience for students and faculty at Shabazz House
22 May
Food Sovereignty Session
Student-curated special viewing for Dartmouth's Foodways Conference
22 May
North Park House Student Council
Facilitated experience for student council members
24 May
First-Year Student Enrichment Program Tour
25 May
Class of 1968 Tour
3 June
Irving Institute Tour
7 June
Mimosas at the Museum
Reception and self-exploration for graduating students and families
10 June
Class of 1964 Tour
10 June
Class of 1964 Tour
10 June
Class of 1959 Open House
14 June
Class of 1994 Tour
15 June
All Classes Tour of Public Art on Campus
15 June
Class of 2005 Tour
15 June
Dartmouth LGBTQIA+ Alum Association (DGALA) Tour
21 June
Geisel School of Medicine
Facilitated experience for residents
27 June
Tour for Women of Dartmouth Upper Valley
Winter term
Museum Collecting 101
6 sessions
Ongoing
Museum Club Meetings
8 sessions per term
ABOVE Regional schoolteachers at the first Evening for Educators program since the museum's reopening. Photo by Rob Strong.
Special School Community Events
16 August
Tour: The Epic of American Civilization
Self-guided, Kimball Union Academy
20 October
Tour: The Epic of American Civilization
Self-guided, Emmanuel College
5 November
Tour: The Epic of American Civilization
Self-guided, Community College of Vermont (CCV)
7 February
Evening for Educators
Regional schoolteachers
19 February
Currier Museum Docents and Staff Tour
11 March
Community College of Vermont Tour
27 March
Teacher In-Service
Dresden District teachers facilitated experience
28 March
Teacher Workshop
The Art of Engagement
Regional teachers
2 April
Upper Valley Educators Institute
Facilitated experience to train educators
2 April
Hartford District: 8th-Grade Career Day
Middle school students job shadow and tours
8 April
University of Vermont (UVM) Health
Facilitated experience for doctors
23 April
Smith College Museum Colleague Tour
24 April, Wednesday
New Hampshire Tourism Board: Governor's Conference Tour
29 May, Wednesday
Kendal at Hanover Tour
Facilitated experience for Whittier residents
19 June, Wednesday
Fleming Museum Colleagues Tour
27 June, Thursday
Kendal at Hanover Tour
Facilitated experience for Whittier residents
28 June, Friday
Northeast Small College Art Museum Association (NESCAMA) Meeting
Programs for Schools
School programs were robust this year, with an anticipated steep spike in school activity once the Hood Museum reopened. In the preceding months, education staff had the unique opportunity to consider the whole museum installation together, identify themes and synergies between installations, and, from there, develop teaching strategies for our regional school tours. Out of this research and extended conversations with teachers emerged the concept of thematic tours. This year we offered the following thematic tours: The Art of Engagement, Artists as Innovators, Across Cultures and Time, Meet the Museum, and Sustaining Culture. Response to individual audience needs remains a priority, however, so we continued to offer customized tours when teachers articulated specific curricular, social, or emotional goals for their students. While each tour differed in focus and objects selected, all tours were designed to nurture wonder and curiosity in students of all ages.
In addition to a positive response among regional schools participating in single museum visits, the Hood Museum enjoyed another successful year in our multiple-visit school programs, Images and ArtStart. This year, eighteen classes (grades 4–6) participated in the Images program and visited campus five times. Ten classes (grades 2–3) participated in the ArtStart program and visited campus four times. Teachers and students were thrilled to be able to reenter the galleries after the extended closure. Many students participating in the multiple-visit programs cited their comfort in the museum by the end of the school year.
Individual school tours combined with the multiple-visit programs comprise a high percentage of Hood Museum tour activity in the galleries. Through school tours, we served New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine. The 222 school tours we offered yielded 4,247 K–12 student visits this year. Education staff and our volunteer docent corps facilitate the school programs. To prepare for the anticipated school tour demand after the reopening, we trained a new class of six docents who began working with tour groups in January, which brought our docent class to fifteen.
School tour success is inextricably linked to our relationship with teachers, so we focused heavily on teacher outreach both before and after the reopening. We led two focus groups to learn more about student needs, offered one teacher workshop, and hosted an Evening for Educators event just after we reopened, both to generate interest in the collections and to introduce our approach to teaching. Additionally, by request, we developed an in-service program for an entire district of social studies teachers interested in using the collections to facilitate conversations related to diversity and equity.
Schools That Participated in the Hood Museum's Multiple-Visit Programs
Barnard Academy
Grantham Village School
Haverhill Cooperative Middle School
Hanover Street School
Lebanon Middle School
Mount Lebanon Elementary School
Newton Elementary School
Plainfield School
Richards School
Samuel Morey Elementary School
Sharon Elementary School
Unity School
Waits River Valley School
Westshire Elementary School
White River School