LEFT Associate Curator of Native American Art Jami Powell talks to students in Chelsey Kivland’s Anthropology 3 class. Photo by Amelia Kahl.
2019–20 Annual Report: Campus and Community Programs
Chapter two
ABOVE Museum Club member Sophia Swanson '23 speaks with students about Lin Tianmiao's "Focus No. 30" (2003) during the winter 2020 Hood After 5 student party. Photo by Lars Blackmore.
This chapter outlines the programming that the Hood Museum of Art offered for campus, public, and K–12 audiences. Section narratives detail highlights from specific program areas.
Between academic programming, campus engagement, public programs, and educational initiatives for K–12 teachers and students, hundreds of classes, tours, lectures, gallery talks, conversations, social events, workshops, and customized experiences filled the museum calendar throughout the year. The collections and installations inspired a wide range of programs for all audiences.
Key to the success of programs was collaboration—across museum teams and with faculty and campus partners, teachers, and artists and curators outside of the Hood. At no time was this more evident than when the museum closed in March and programming turned virtual. The drive to engage online quickly led to more than a dozen inventive virtual programs, all of which were well received by our publics. Through dogged experimentation and refinement, we produced lectures and interactive programs that allowed us to maintain connections to our local campus and community audiences while reaching farther afield to new audiences beyond the Upper Valley.
ABOVE Katherine Hart. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.
Curricular Engagement
It has been a robust year for Academic Programming. We have worked with faculty and classes in thirty-one different departments and programs. One developing trend is the integration of the museum into introductory classes. Anthropology 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, taught multiple times over the year by two different faculty members, centers the museum as a site for anthropological investigation. Students observe visitors in the galleries, interview museum staff, and write object-based essays on works in the collection.
Associate Professor Sienna Craig reflected on the students' experience:
"It is not an overstatement to say that having the museum open fundamentally reoriented the intro. class. We are trying to capture the attention of a very diverse group of students in their knowledge of and interest in the subject matter. The imaginative act as well as the critical thinking that can come from working with works of art can engage a class in ways that are pedagogically meaningful and (in a good sense) leveling."
Art history professors Mary Coffey and Chad Elias curated the exhibition New Humanisms for their students in Art History 5, Introduction to Contemporary Art. The show brought together a diverse group of works ranging from a beaded statue by Joyce Scott to a shaped landscape photograph by Michael Namingha and A Box of Smile by Yoko Ono. As Mellon Faculty Fellows, Jennifer Lynn, language program director in the Classics Department, and Marcela di Blasi, in Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies, studied the collection in depth, developing strategies to integrate it into their teaching.
Academic Programming has also developed creative and innovative class sessions with Introduction to African American Studies, Introduction to Archaeology, Film History I (Silent to Sound), History 02: #EverythingHasAHistory, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 10: Sex, Gender and Society. We support introductory studio art classes in drawing, sculpture, panting, architecture, and photography, as well as introductory language classes in French, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese. For Humanities 01: Dialogues with the Classics we partnered with the Dartmouth College Library so that over 90 students could look at Hood objects and Rauner Special Collections Library books side by side in the Bernstein Center for Object Study. Through these objects, the class broadened their views of the society described in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.
With the closing of the museum in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our team quickly reoriented to remote teaching. We provided high-quality images to faculty who wanted to integrate them into their lectures, developed new pedagogical strategies, and learned new technologies (including Zoom and VoiceThread) to teach synchronously and asynchronously. Faculty continue to work with the Hood Museum, to use our collection as the basis for scholarly inquiry, and to collaborate with academic programming staff to plan meaningful, rich learning experiences for students.
The impact of Academic Programming across the campus is due in large part to Katherine Hart. Kathy was the first curator of academic programming at the Hood Museum (and in the nation) and developed teaching with the collection to such an extent that her contributions cannot be overstated. Her success led to the expansion of the department and demonstrated the necessity of the Bernstein Center for Object Study. She retired at the end of June and we will deeply miss her, both professionally and personally.
Courses That Utilized the Hood Museum of Art and Its Bernstein Center for Object Study
African and African American Studies 7.05: Imagining Black Freedom in America since the Civil War
Julia Rabig, Assistant Professor of History
African and African American Studies 10.01: Introduction to African American Studies
Trica Keaton, Associate Professor of African American Studies
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
Anthropology 03: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Chelsey L. Kivland, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 05: Introduction to Archaeology
Nathaniel Kitchel, Robert A. 1925 and Catherine L. McKennan Postdoctoral Fellow
Anthropology 7.05: Animals and Human
Laura A. Ogden, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 11, Native American Studies 11: Ancient Native Americans
Nathaniel Kitchel, Robert A. 1925 and Catherine L. McKennan Postdoctoral Fellow
Anthropology 12.26* (See Geography 68)
Anthropology 13.01* (See Classical Studies 12.03)
Anthropology 15: Political Anthropology
Elena Turevon, Visiting Lecturer
Anthropology 37: Legacies of Conquest: Latin America
Elena S. Turevon, Visiting Lecturer
Anthropology 39: Archaeology of the Middle East
Jesse Casana, Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 50.17: Rites of Passage
Sienna R. Craig, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology 50.33: Cartographic Encounters
Kenneth M. Bauer, Senior Lecturer
Anthropology 75: Ecology, Culture and Environment
Deborah L. Nichols, William J. Bryant 1925 Professor of Anthropology
Art History 01: Bodies and Buildings
Steven E. Kangas, Senior Lecturer, and Nicola Camerlenghi, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 05: Introduction to Contemporary Art
Mary Coffey, Associate Professor of Art History, and Chad Elias, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 7.05: Pompeii in Antiquity and in the Modern Imagination
Steven E. Kangas, Senior Lecturer
Art History 10.01: Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
Steven E. Kangas, Senior Lecturer
Art History 11.01: Art in Ancient Greece
Ada Cohen, Professor of Art History
Art History 28.08: Italian Art from Renaissance to Baroque: Crisis and Intervention
Elizabeth A. Kassler-Taub, Assistant Professor of Art History
Art History 41.03: European Art 1750–1850
Allan Doyle, Senior Lecturer
Art History 48.02: History of Photography
Katie Hornstein, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 48.05: Satire: Art, Politics, Critique
Kristin O'Rourke, Senior Lecturer
Art History 50.21* (See African and African American Studies 88.17)
Art History 62.30: Japanese Prints
Allen Hockley, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 63.13: Bad Art!
Katie Hornstein, Associate Professor of Art History
Art History 89.05: Art History: Theory and Methods
Elizabeth A. Kassler-Taub, Assistant Professor of Art History
Asian Societies, Cultures, & Languages 61.06* (See Religion 19.31)
Classical Studies 04: Classical Mythology
Simone Oppen, Visiting Lecturer
Classical Studies 06: Introduction to Classical Archaeology
Julie Hruby, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
Classical Studies 12.03, Anthropology 13.01: Who Owns the Past?
Jessa Casana, Professor of Anthropology, Chair of Department, and Julie Hruby, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
Classical Studies 20: Prehistoric Greek Archaeology
Julie Hruby, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
College Course 21: What's in Your Shoebox?
Prudence Merton, Associate Director for Faculty Programs and Assessment, and Francine A'ness, Research Associate
Comparative Literature 10.21: Coming to America
Gerd Gemunden, The Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities
Creative Writing 20: Intermediate Fiction I
Peter M. Orner, Dartmouth Professorship in English and Creative Writing
Engineering Sciences 7.02: Climate Change
Mary R. Albert, Professor of Engineering
English 7.47: Tales of the Avant-Garde
Andrew L. McCann, Professor of English, Chair of Department
English 52.10: Vox Clamantis: Wilderness in 19th-Century American Literature
Michael A. Chaney, Professor of English
English 62.03, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 48.09: 19th-Century British Women Writers
Carolyn Dever, Professor of English
English 74.05: Word-Image Theory
Michael A. Chaney, Professor of English
Film Studies 20: Film History I (Silent to Sound)
Mark Williams, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
Film Studies 41.17: Golems, Vampires and Robots
Gerd Gemunden, Professor of Film and Media Studies
Film Studies 03: Digital Arts and Culture
Mary Flanagan, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities, and John Bell, Lecturer
French 2.03: Introductory French II
Kelly F. McConnell, Senior Lecturer of French
Geography 11: Qualitative Methods
Abigail H. Neeley, Assistant Professor of Geography
Geography 37: Climate for Human Security
Justin Mankin, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Geography 68, Anthropology 12.26: Environmental Justice
Maron E. Greenleaf, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer
German 03: Intermediate German
Klaus Mladek, Associate Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature, and Lisa Oberberger, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant
Government 49.04, Latin American/Caribbean Studies 52.01, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 31.01: Sex and the State in Latin America
Lisa Baldez, Professor of Government and Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies
Government 49.05: Protest and Parties in Latin America
Lisa Baldez, Professor of Government and Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies
History 02: #EverythingHasAHistory
Matthew Delmont, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History, and Matt Fraser, Postdoctoral Fellow
History 9.01: America: From Invasion to Independence
Paul P. Musselwhite, Associate Professor of History
History 23: American History since 1980
Julie Rabig, Assistant Professor of History
History 43.02: European Intellectual and Cultural History
Darrin McMahon, Professor of History
History 96.08* (See Native American Studies 81.03)
History 96.31: The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages Reconsidered: Art, Artists, and Cultural Change in the "Northern Renaissance," 1350–1575
Walter P. Simons, Professor of History
Humanities 01: Dialogues with the Classics
Andrea Tarnowski, Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Humanities 02: The Modern Labyrinth
Timothy Michael Baker, Senior Lecturer in Religion
Italian 03: Introductory Italian III
Damiano Benvegnu, Senior Lecturer of Italian
Italian 10.06: Culture of Food in Italian Literature
Mateo Gilebbi, Lecturer
Italian 14: Introduction to Italian Culture
Tania Convertini, Research Assistant Professor
Latin 3.01: Intermediate Latin
Jennifer K. Lynn, Senior Lecturer, Language Program Director, and Simone Oppen, Visiting Lecturer
Latin 3.02: Intermediate Latin
Simone Oppen, Visiting Lecturer, and Margaret Graver, Aaron Lawrence Professor in Classics, Chair of Department
Latin 3.03: Intermediate Latin
Roger Ulrich, Ralph Butterfield Professor of Classical Studies, and Jennifer K. Lynn, Senior Lecturer
Latin 3.04: Intermediate Latin
Patrick Glauthier, Assistant Professor, and Jennifer K. Lynn, Senior Lecturer
Latin 15: Literature of Rome
Simone Oppen, Visiting Lecturer, with guest speaker Lucia Carbone, Assistant Curator of Roman Coins, American Numismatic Society
Latin American/Caribbean Studies 52.01* (See Government 49.04)
Latino Studies 7.02: Latinxs in Media & Arts
Douglas J. Moody, Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
Middle Eastern Studies 19.05* (See Religion 28.04)
Music 3.02: American Music: Covers, Theft and Musical Borrowing
Richard Beaudoin, Assistant Professor of Music
Native American Studies 11* (See Anthropology 11)
Native American Studies 13: Feast and Forest
Nicholas James Reo, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Native American Studies
Native American Studies 30.19: Indigistory
Gordon D. Henry, Visiting Faculty
Native American Studies 30.21: Native American Art and Material
Jami Powell, Associate Curator of Native American Art
Native American Studies 81.03, History 96.08: Pen and Ink Witchcraft
Colin Gordon Calloway, John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professorship
Philosophy 1.11: Art: True, Beautiful, Nasty
John Kulvicki, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy 23.01: Ethics and the Arts
Kenneth Walden, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Portuguese 1: Portuguese I
Mauricio S. Soares de Oliveria, Lecturer, and Carols Cortez Minchillo, Associate Professor of Portuguese
Portuguese 08: Brazilian Portraits
Carols Cortez Minchillo, Associate Professor of Portuguese
Psychological and Brain Sciences 7.03: Science and Pseudoscience
John F. Pfister, Senior Lecturer
Religion 19.29: Women and Religion in Japan
Emily B. Simpson, Lecturer
Religion 19.31, Asian Societies, Cultures, & Languages 61.06: Religions of Japan
Emily B. Simpson, Lecturer
Religion 26: Islam in America
Zahra Ayubi, Assistant Professor of Religion
Religion 28.04, Middle Eastern Studies 19.05, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 43.06: Gender in Islam
Zahra Ayubi, Assistant Professor of Religion
Religion 55: Ancient Egyptian Religion
Susan Ackerman, Preston H. Kelsey Professorship in Religion
Russian 7.06: Doing Things with Words
Ainsley E. Morse, Assistant Professor of Russian
Sociology 31: Youth & Society
Janice M. McCabe, Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology 58: Education & Inequality
Janice M. McCabe, Associate Professor of Sociology
Spanish 7.02: Mural Art in Mexico and the United States
Douglas J. Moody, Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literature
Spanish 80.19: Archives in Unequal World
Silvia Spitta, Robert E. Maxwell 1923 Professor of Arts and Sciences
Speech 26: How New Media Shapes Our Lives: Rhetoric, Theory, and Praxis
Svetlana Grushina, Senior Lecturer in Speech
Studio Art 15.01: Drawing I
Viktor L. Witkowski, Lecturer and Colleen M. Randall, Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 15.02: Drawing I
Lucy A. Mink Covello, Lecturer
Studio Art 15.03: Drawing I
Jack Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Studio Art
Studio Art 16: Sculpture I
Matt Siegle, Lecturer
Studio Art 17.08: Digital Drawing
Karol Kawiaka, Senior Lecturer in Studio Art
Studio Art 20: Drawing I
Colleen M. Randall, Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 21: Sculpture II
Matt Siegle, Lecturer
Studio Art 22: Figure Drawing
Gerald Auten, Senior Lecturer in Studio Art
Studio Art 25.01: Painting I
Esmé Thompson, Professor of Studio Art, and Enrico Riley, Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 27: Printmaking I—Etching
Sharon Lindenfeld, Lecturer
Studio Art 29: Photography I
Virginia Beahan, Senior Lecturer in Studio Art, and Christina Seely, Associate Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 30: Photography II
Christina Seely, Associate Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 31: Painting II
Jennifer Caine, Senior Lecturer of Studio Art; Tom Ferrara, Lecturer; and Colleen M. Randall, Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 65: Architecture I
Karol Kawiaka, Studio Lecturer in Studio Art
Studio Art 71: Drawing III
Colleen M. Randall, Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 72: Painting III
Tom Ferrara, Lecturer; Colleen M. Randall, Professor of Studio Art; and Jennifer Caine, Senior Lecturer of Studio Art
Studio Art 75: Photography III
Virginia Beahan, Senior Lecturer in Studio Art, and Christina Seely, Associate Professor of Studio Art
Studio Art 76: Senior Seminar I
Karolina Kawiaka, Senior Lecturer in Studio Art
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 10.01: Sex, Gender and Society
Susan C. Overton, Lecturer; Douglas J. Moody, Lecturer; Kristen O'Rourke, Senior Lecturer; Jennifer Brooke Sargent, Visiting Associate Professor of Writing; and Susan Brison, Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 31.01* (See Government 49.04)
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 43.06* (See Relgion 28.04)
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 48.09* (See English 62.03)
Writing Program 05: Food for Thought
Sarah B. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Writing
Writing Program 5.19: Authenticity: Self, Society, and Culture
Clara S. Lewis, Senior Lecturer with Research
Writing 5.21: The View from the Balcony
Prudence Merton, Lecturer
Writing 7.28: Team Communication & Identity
Svetlana Grushina, Senior Lecturer in Speech
LEFT Museum Collecting 101 students discuss Maïmouna Guerresi's "Aisha's Story 1" (2016), the photograph they eventually chose for acquisition, over Zoom.
Museum Collecting 101
Museum Collecting 101 ran during the spring term as planned; the staff simply transitioned to virtual sessions. Associate Curator of Global Contemporary Art Jessica Hong took the lead curatorially. She offered the students a selection of work from artists across the globe, from Hong Kong to São Paulo, and expanded the offerings beyond photography to time-based media, a first for the class. Ultimately, the twelve students chose to purchase the photograph Aisha's Story 1 by Maïmouna Guerresi. They were drawn by the strong formal qualities of the photograph and its relatable content—it is part of a series titled Aisha in Wonderland that plays on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland—as well as by the ways it would complement works already in the Hood Museum's collection. Museum Collecting remained extremely popular amid the pandemic; the class filled within a day and had a wait list. It also attracted students from all class years and from a wide range of majors, including government, music, engineering, classical archeology, computer science, and psychology.
ABOVE Undergraduate Advisors (UGA) visit the galleries and play a riddle hunt activity during one of their weekly meetings.
Co-curricular Engagement
Having the museum and galleries accessible during the 2019 summer and fall terms for the first time in three years allowed for the return of familiar programs, as well as the launch of new ones.
In the weeks leading up to orientation, the Hood Museum's campus engagement and academic programming staff worked with the Dartmouth Outdoor Club to create an art-based experience for students attending first-year trips. Fourteen trip leaders went through an hourlong training centered on the Orozco Murals, which allowed them to introduce over eighty first-year students to the murals during their stay at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.
During orientation, the museum presented at the Guarini School panel on student life, reaching over 250 incoming graduate students through a panel presentation and activity fair. For the first time, Dartmouth's annual Arts Marketplace event for incoming undergraduate students extended into the newly built Russo Atrium. Hundreds of first-year students attend the event every year.
Much of this year's co-curricular programming benefitted from relationships and partnerships generated by the Hood Museum campus engagement coordinator in the 2018-2019 academic year. The fact that the museum resumed its special exhibition schedule in winter 2020 meant multiple exhibition-specific programs were able to take place.
Partnerships with Dartmouth's six housing communities, as well as select Living Learning Communities (LLCs), were especially fruitful. North Park, South, and East Wheelock Houses co-sponsored a dinner with artists Will Wilson and Kali Spitzer during their residency for the winter exhibition CIPX Dartmouth. East Wheelock House organized a tour and brunch for their community members, as well as a private dinner with Dartmouth Studio Art Professor Colleen Randall, whose exhibition was on view in the winter and spring. School House hosted one of their weekly teas at the museum (complete with sushi and sketching activities), and School House Professor Craig Sutton hosted a dinner and discussion with Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer, co-curators of School Photos and Their Afterlives. Allen House came to the museum for a tour of contemporary Native American photography with DAMLI Curatorial Fellow Morgan Freeman. West House students going to Maine for an alternative spring break trip came to the museum for a preorientation session. We also partnered with West House to host an intramural game for all housing communities, using the Hood Museum's recently created Assyrian Relief Escape Room Challenge as the point of competition. Additionally, Entrepreneurship and Foley House Living Learning Communities came by for a tour of Reconstitution and the student-curated Space for Dialogue show Vision 2020: What Do You See?
For the second year in a row, the museum hosted a Winter Carnival Warm-Up event that brought 174 students, parents, and alumni in to see the new exhibitions. A successful addition to this year's event was a riddle hunt competition designed by Devon Mifflin '21, the Levinson Intern for Campus Engagement.
The Hood Museum also continued its partnerships with the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact's (DCSI) Alternative Spring Break program and its Foundations in Social Impact program. New or resumed collaboration took place with the Dartmouth Writers Workshop, Dartmouth Women in Business, Thriving@Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Yearbook (Aegis), and the Tucker Center's Alternative Spring Break program. A collaborative event with DCSI's DREAM youth mentoring program brought in 91 mentors (Dartmouth students) and mentees (local K–12 students).
With the transition to remote learning in the spring of 2020, campus engagement efforts moved online as well. The Recreate the #HoodMuseumFromHome campaign was shared through campus groups including School House, South House, Alumni Relations, the Graduate Student Council, and the Dartmouth Art Club. We partnered with the Collis Programming Board to host a museum-themed trivia night. The Student Wellness Center recorded a guided mindfulness session centered on a work by Colleen Randall, whose work was on view. We also partnered with the Office for Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL) to promote public art to students still on campus and to host a webinar titled "Exploring Queerness through Art" featuring queer artists of color in the collection. Hosted by Jessica Hong, associate curator of global contemporary art, the webinar took place in June to align with Pride.
Programs for Dartmouth Student Groups, Dartmouth Faculty and Staff, and Hood Museum Affiliates
2 July
Tour: Visit by the Davis Museum Interns and Staff
11 July
Customized Engagement: Pre-health Undergraduates Workshop
11 July
Customized Workshop: Tuck Executive Education Advanced Management Program
11 July
Tour: NEMA Young and Emerging Professionals
12 July
Hood After 5: Sophomore Summer
A program series by students, for students featuring a lively mix of art, food, and entertainment. Organized and hosted by the Museum Club.
13 July
Tour: Prospanica Program
15 July
Tour: Dartmouth Admissions
15 July
Tour: Dartmouth Bound
23 July
Tour: Dartmouth Admissions Staff
27 July
Tour: Sophomore Summer Family Weekend
27 July
Customized Engagement: Dartmouth Art Club's En Plein Air Outdoor Fundraiser
5 August
Tour: Junior Faculty Strategy Camp
8 August
Tour: Dartmouth Advancement
8 August
"Throwback Thursday" Student Event
A program for students featuring throwback music, food, and more.
14 August
Tour: Work Control
15 August
Customized Engagement: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies facilitated experience
15 August
Tour: Tuck Partners
22 August
Hood Study Hall
The museum atrium becomes a student study space during reading period.
22 August
Tour: Dartmouth Outing Club: Trip Leaders visit the Orozco Murals
29 August
Tour: Dartmouth Outing Club: First Year Trip—Group #1
30 August
Tour: Dartmouth Freshman Football Team
3 September
Tour: Dartmouth Outing Club: First Year Trip—Group #2
6 September
Customized Engagement: Kobal Prints Presentation—Faculty Session
6 September
Customized Engagement: Geisel School of Medicine Workshop
7 September
Customized Engagement: International Student Pre-orientation—Open House
12 September
Explore the Arts at Dartmouth
An annual orientation event that invites first-year students to learn about the arts on campus.
19 September
Tour: Class of 1971
19 September
Tour: Post-doc Appreciation Week
20 September
Tour: Volunteer Offer Experience (VOX)
25 September
Customized Engagement: Tuck Executive Education Global Leadership Program
25 September
Customized Engagement: Campus Collaborators Preview
A preview of the upcoming exhibition program for campus collaborators.
27 September
Tour: Dartmouth College Fund
4 October
Hood After 5: Art for Dartmouth
5 October
Tour: Tuck Reunion
5 October
Tour: Dartmouth Class of 1962
11 October
Tour: Class of 1957
11 October
Tour: Class of 1951
11 October
Tour: Class of 1971
12 October
Tour: Dartmouth Class of 1960
15 October
Customized Engagement: Native Student Fly-In Breakfast
15 October
Private Lecture: Steven Tseng presents Mongolian Gold Coins
17 October
Customized Engagement: First Year Student Enrichment Program
17 October
Tour: French Club
18 October
Art After Dark: Escape Room
A program for adults looking to learn about the works on view in fun and engaging ways while meeting new people. In our Escape Room, race against the clock as you solve riddles, discover clues, and learn about the Assyrian reliefs.
24 October
Customized Engagement: Native American Department Fashion and Art Showcase
26 October
Customized Engagement: Geisel School of Medicine: Training the Eye
31 October
Tour: Dartmouth Advancement
1 November
Customized Engagement: New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies
1 November
Tour: Humanities Living Learning Community
2 November
Tour: Prospective Tuck Students
14 November
Customized Engagement: Geisel School of Medicine ICU Physicology Elective with Professor Eugene Nattie
15 November
Customized Engagement: Vermont Law School
15 November
Tour: Gender Equity Program Floor and Muslim Student Association Program
15 November
Tour: Directing through Recreation, Education, Adventure, and Mentoring (DREAM) program
22 November
Tour: Tuck Diverse Entrepreneurs Group
25 November
Tour: Thayer Communications
5 December
Tour: Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies and Students
12 December
Customized Engagement: Escape Room with Dartmouth Office of Pluralism and Leadership
7 January
Customized Engagement: Student + Artist Lunch with artists Will Wilson, Kali Spitzer, and DeLanna Studi in Collaboration with the Hopkins Center for Performing Art
9 January
Customized Engagement: Escape Room Game with Young Professionals at Dartmouth (YPD)
11 January
Tour: East Wheelock House brunch and facilitated experience
18 January
Customized Engagement: Intramural Escape Room Game in Collaboration with Six Housing Communities
22 January
School House Tea
School House hosted one of their weekly teas at the museum, complete with sushi and sketching!
23 January
Customized Engagement: The Art of Words, a facilitated conversation in The Embodiment of Language, paired with a typesetting maker experience in the letterpress studio.
Kensington Cochran and Maeve McBride, the Conroy Interns
24 January
Tour: Allen House facilitated experience on Native American Photography
24 January
Tour: Dartmouth Writers Society: Writing Workshop
24 January
Conference Presentation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Arts and Humanities in Medicine Symposium: The current state of the arts and humanities in medicine research and programming
Vivian Ladd, Neely McNulty
29 January
Tour: Aegis, the Dartmouth Yearbook focusing on School Photos and Their Afterlives exhibition
31 January
Hood After 5
A program series by students, for students featuring a lively mix of art, food, and entertainment Organized and hosted by the Museum Club
6 February
Customized Engagement: Thriving @ Dartmouth Mindfulness Session
8 February
Winter Carnival Warm-Up
A program series that invites Dartmouth students, parents, and alumni to visit the museum during the annual Winter Carnival weekend
12 February
Bernstein Center for Object Study Tour: Lancet Commission on Arctic Health Conference
Natalie Stephenson, Dickey Center Arctic Program Coordinator
12 February
Customized Engagement: Tuck Global Insight Expeditions
12 February
Tour: Entrepreneurship and Foley House LLC
13 February
Customized Engagement: Geisel School of Medicine—Engaging the Senses
13 February
Tour: Undergraduate Advisors from The Hill
13 February
Maker Program: Love on Top of the Hop, in collaboration with Hopkins Center interns
Kensington Cochran and Maeve McBride, the Conroy Interns
14 February
Customized Engagement: Alternative Spring Break program
In collaboration with the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact and West House
17 February
School of Thought Dinner with Marianna Hirsch and Leo Spitzer, co-curators of the exhibition "School Photos and Their Afterlives"
In collaboration with School House
17 February
Tour: Experience Dartmouth (XPD) Lunch and Tour
20 February
Customized Engagement: Foundations in Social Impact
In collaboration with the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact
23 February
Customized Engagement: Alpha Kappa Alpha Brunch at the Museum
28 February
Customized Engagement: Pre-health Mentors
Dartmouth seniors and juniors who mentor first-year students interested in healthcare careers
28 February
East Wheelock Dinner with Colleen Randall
In collaboration with East Wheelock House
29 February
Customized Engagement: Presentation for Harvard Art Museums
3 March
Panel Discussion: The Economics of Art, with panelists Kathy Hart, Jessica Hong, and Elizabeth Kachovos
Kensington Cochran and Maeve McBride, the Conroy Interns
3 March
Customized Engagement: Tucker Center Alternative Spring Break program
In collaboration with the William Jewett Tucker Center
4 March
Tour: OSHER
14 May
Virtual Panel Discussion: Alumni in the Arts: From Dartmouth to the Art Museum
23 May
Virtual Workshop: Geisel School of Medicine—Training the Eye
29 May
Customized Engagement: Collis Programming Board QuaranTeam Trivia Night
4 June
Customized Engagement: Virtual End-of-Year Intern Celebration
20 June
Virtual Exhibition Discussion: Shifting the Lens and Form and Relation: Contemporary Native Ceramics
For this virtual exhibition discussion, Morgan E. Freeman, Native American art fellow, guided DGALA through exhibitions that were installed in the galleries prior to closing and that will be on view when the museum eventually reopens. She highlighted a number of works in the collection by queer Indigenous artists and described the museum's ongoing work with Dartmouth faculty and students and the surrounding Upper Valley community.
25 June
Virtual Gallery Talk: Exploring Multiplicities of Queerness through Art
In collaboration with the Office of Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL) and the LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Network
ABOVE Museum Club members at a weekly meeting conducted via Zoom during the spring 2020 term.
Museum Club
The Museum Club embarked on its second year starting in the fall of 2019. Twenty-five students from a range of majors and class years continued to meet weekly to learn about the Hood Museum, gain a better understanding of museum practice, and use their knowledge to launch new student engagement initiatives.
Students continued planning their once-a-term event series called Hood after 5 for the summer, fall, and winter terms. In addition to the usual food, music, and art making, students experimented with new art-focused activities such as a "Caption This Artwork" contest and student-led "Gallery Chats."
As part of their learning, students continued to meet with different Hood Museum staff members, as well as visiting artists, to learn about their work and practice.
In March, a small cohort of students involved with programs at the Harvard Art Museums visited the Hood Museum, and two Museum Club members presented on the Hood's student programs and engagement initiatives, allowing for cross-institutional learning and sharing.
With the transition to remote learning in the spring of 2020, Museum Club continued its weekly meetings via Zoom. The group also launched a new webinar series, called Alumni in the Arts, which was promoted through the Center for Professional Development at Dartmouth. The first webinar, titled "From Dartmouth to the Art Museum," featured Juliette Bianco '94, deputy director of the Hood Museum, and Megan Fontanella '04, curator of modern art and provenance at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Open to all, the event brought together more than forty people interested in museums and museum careers.
In all, there were twenty-five meetings of the Museum Club, eight of which were virtual, and three hosted events.
LEFT The 2019–20 interns: Turiya Adkins '20, Kensington Cochran '20, Maeve McBride '20, Sabena Allen '20, Grace Hanselman '20, Allison Carey '20, Kelly Scrima MALS '21, and Melissa Flamand '20. Not pictured: Hailee Brown '20 and Devon Mifflin '21.
ABOVE Devon Mifflin '21 gives her public gallery talk for "Vision 2020: What do you see?", her Space for Dialogue exhibition.
Intern Engagement
Our interns were busy this year researching, programming, and curating a variety of projects. We had thirteen interns who worked in curatorial, programming, campus engagement, and special projects roles. Despite the campus's closure, interns continued their work remotely through the spring of 2020.
Devon Mifflin '21 reflected,
"I think that I can speak for all of the interns when I express that it has been an enormous honor to work in the Hood during the first full year after its reopening. I admire the institution's ardent support of undergraduates and willingness to deeply involve their interns. I am grateful for the unmatched advocacy of the museum staff in each of our individual engagements with art, material culture, and the museum field. But, most of all, the opportunity to curate my own Space for Dialogue exhibition has been a highlight of my Dartmouth experience."
Turiya Adkins '20, Homma Family Intern, worked on collection research analyzing representation of artists in the contemporary collection, writing curatorial reports, and identifying missing information in the collection database. She also helped Jessica Hong on her exhibitions by researching artists and works included, and worked on planning logistics. Turiya's Space for Dialogue exhibition drew from her experience as an artist and is titled Process, Product, and Black Practice.
Sabena Allen '20 (Tlingit) continued her collections-based research on the Tlingit objects in the Hood Museum's collection. At the end of her time as a Mellon Special Projects Intern, she submitted a comprehensive 23-page report detailing her work, observations, and notes. This work will contribute to our future goal of uploading the NW Coast collections to the Reciprocal Research Network database.
Arviso Alvord '20 was a Mellon Special Projects Intern during the Winter and Spring terms and served as a co-curator for the exhibition Jaune Quick-to-See Smith | Trade Canoe: 40 Days and 40 Nights.
Hailee Brown '20 (Diné), Native American Art Intern funded by DAMLI, worked on completing various aspects of the exhibition Unbroken: Native American Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design, which she co-curated with Dillen Peace '19. Hailee was also instrumental in organizing the first Indigenous People's Month Fashion Show held in Russo Atrium in October of 2019.
Class of 1954 intern Allison Carey '20 assisted Jonathan Little Cohen Curator of American Art Barbara MacAdam by researching and cataloging a wide range of objects, as well as selecting and laying out a potential future collections-based exhibition. Along with a staff member and fellow intern, Allison also helped to organize and co-moderate a career panel made up of alumnae in the arts. The true centerpiece of her internship, however, was her thoughtful Space for Dialogueexhibition, When Art Intersects History, which focused on powerful works from the latter half of the twentieth century that continue to serve as documents of social history.
During their stint as programming interns, Maeve McBride '20 and Kensington Cochran '20, both Conroy Interns, supported Hood Museum educational programming and initiated four events of their own. In keeping with the goals of the internship, they produced a range of programs designed to offer different ways to engage with the collection. They ran a workshop in The Embodiment of Language that included small-group gallery conversation followed by a typesetting maker experience at the book arts studio. In collaboration with the Education Department, they planned a large social event on Valentine's Day, as part of our Art After Dark program series. The evening included maker activities in the atrium, poetry writing, gallery musical chairs, and other creative gallery games. In late winter, Maeve and Kensington planned a more complex program, The Economics of Art, in which they assembled a panel to look at economic factors that interact with museums. And finally, during the early weeks of COVID-19, they took on the ambitious and new challenge of planning a virtual program. In the webinar "Beyond the Walls: Art Outside the Museum," three panelists exchanged ideas about the role of public art and architecture on our daily lives. In particular, the last two programs required diplomacy, tactical planning, exceptional listening, and the ability to synthesize broad and expansive ideas. For their Space for Dialogue shows, Kensington curated The Soul Has Bandaged Moments, exploring art and trauma, and Maeve curated Images of Disability.
Melissa Flamand '20 (Chippewa/Cree), Native American Art Intern funded by DAMLI, worked as a co-curator for the upcoming Inuit Art | Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit exhibition. Melissa conducted research and created curatorial reports on incoming Native American acquisitions. She also supported the residency and exhibition CIPX Dartmouth: Kali Spitzer and Will Wilson as well as Form and Relation: Contemporary Native Ceramics.
ABOVE Grace Hanselman '20 studies photographs in Bernstein Study Storage.
Grace Hanselman '20, Mellon Special Projects Intern, developed a thoughtful Space for Dialogue exhibition that uses humor as a tool to engage the viewer with works of art. The Butt of the Joke: Humor and the Human Body includes painting, photography, prints, and a canoe paddle and invites the viewer to smile. As Grace writes, "There is a great deal of value in laughter, especially in times of difficulty." Grace also wrote curatorial reports on contemporary art as well as early twentieth-century colonialist photography from South Africa. She assisted with Museum Collecting 101 and helped with a teaching exhibition curated by Professor Colleen Randall that was unfortunately canceled due to the pandemic.
As the Levinson Intern for Campus Engagement, Devon Mifflin '21 spearheaded and supported several student engagement initiatives. A major initiative was supporting the Museum Club, a student organization that met every week and organized three Hood After 5 student parties, which brought together almost 300 students each time. She led and supported other events and programs such as Hood Study Hall, the Winter Carnival Warm Up, an intramural Escape Room Challenge, and a virtual Alumni in the Arts panel. Additionally, Devon designed various in-gallery and online resources and wrote for the Hood Museum's website. Her Space for Dialogue show, Vision 2020: What Do You See?, highlighted works that grapple with the impact of visual media and technology on body image in the twentieth and twenth-first centuries.
Sydney Nguyen '21 was a Mellon Special Projects Intern during the winter term and was instrumental in organizing and supporting CIPX Dartmouth: Kali Spitzer and Will Wilson. During Spitzer and Wilson's ten-day residency, Sydney played a key role in ensuring that participants completed their release forms and label copy, while also helping the artists with lighting and with scanning the finished images. In addition, Sydney conducted research and created curatorial reports for incoming acquisitions of Native American art.
Kelly Scrima MALS '21, Homma Family Intern, started the year penning labels for the photography exhibitions celebrating the various gifts of art from the Bernstein family and finished off by creating curatorial reports for most of the director's acquisitions.
Faven Woldetatyos '21, Class of 1954 Special Project Intern, worked with art history Professor Nick Camerlenghi on Augmented Dartmouth. The Augmented Dartmouth app provides additional information about works of art when a visitor holds a phone up to them. Faven researched works of art to create content for the app, focusing primarily on the Assyrian reliefs.
LEFT Artist Dell Hamilton performs "Blues/Blank/Black" in the galleries. Photography by Lars Blackmore.
Public Programs
The museum offered myriad public programs over the last year, building on the successes of the previous year. As we ventured into the new territory of virtual programming in the spring, the museum continued to provide regular opportunities engagement, from the familiar to the experimental.
Some of the major highlights from the year included the third and final symposium to mark both the celebration of Dartmouth's 250th anniversary and the first year of museum's reopening. The New Now: Art, Museums, and the Future, a two-day scholarly venture, featured panel discussions with Dartmouth alumni working in the museum field. The year also featured multiple performative programs by artists, such as a local movement ensemble responding to works as they moved throughout the galleries. The exhibition Reconstitution inspired powerful engagement with contemporary artists, including a performance by Nobukho Nquada, a program that explored the notion of home amid forced migrations around the world and the traumas that result from losing one's home and homeland. This was a collaborative effort cosponsored by the English Department and the Leslie Center for the Humanities as part of Dartmouth's South-South forum. In another program, Gina Adams invited the public to join her in a letter-cutting process to create fabric letters for her next treaty quilt. Adams also performed a reading in the galleries from her Treaty of the Chippewa 1867 Broken Treaty Quilt in front of her works in the exhibition. And finally, Dell Hamilton led an audience through the museum in her roving performance of Blues/Blank/Black, exploring trauma, perception, and spectatorship.
Hood Highlights tours and gallery talks continued throughout the year. One gallery talk in the exhibition The Embodiment of Language explored how Black artists consider specific relationships between language and Blackness in the context of US History. The popular Conversations and Connections series continued monthly, pairing Hood staff and outside contributors to talk about art from different perspectives. Topics included, among others, the role of art in healing and medicine, looking at a partnership between painting and poetry from a personal perspective, and how versatile and evolving photographic technology has transformed the ways we view the world.
In this year's lecture series, two artists presented their work: Dartmouth studio art professor Colleen Randall, who shared her thoughts on her abstract painting process, and Argentinian photographer and human rights activist Marcelo Brodsky, whose work was featured in the exhibition School Photos and Their Afterlives. The annual Dr. Allen W. Root Contemporary Art Lectureship featured University of Chicago scholar Darby English, who spoke about a chapter from his book To Describe a Life: Notes from the Intersection of Art and Race Terror.
Our interactive community program series continued throughout the year. These programs provide our publics, of all ages and stages, opportunities to come together and engage with exhibitions and staff in a range of ways. Some, like the Art After Dark series, emphasize socializing together through maker and gallery activities, while others, such as the expressive writing series, inspire deep engagement with works of art from a personal perspective. Family programs meet an ongoing need in the community for stimulating and creative experiences for younger learners. Storytime in the Galleries, an innovative gallery program for children ages 2–5 years, was so popular this year that we scheduled additional programs to meet demand. Maker experiences like Sip and Sketch remained popular, as did Mindfulness in the Museum, a collaboration with Dartmouth's Mindfulness Practice Group.
When the museum closed in March, staff successfully pivoted to virtual programming. From April through June, the museum offered seventeen virtual programs to the public. Some program series with a local community audience, like Storytime in the Galleries and Conversations and Connections, translated directly to a virtual format. Other programs, such as Alumni in the Arts: From Dartmouth to the Art Museum; Beyond the Walls: Art outside the Museum; and Impressionist Paintings Everyone Should Know allowed staff to collaborate with outside contributors to bring together alumni, local community, and students far afield for compelling conversations about a range of topics.
ABOVE Participants get creative in the galleries, working together to create installations at Adult Workshop: Mother of Pearl to Motherboards. Photo by Rob Strong.
Public, Campus, and Community Programs
July 10
Conversations and Connections: Making Art / Making History: The Studio and the Museum
John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director, and Enrico Riley, Professor of Studio Art, Dartmouth
This talk tracks the special relationship between art and exhibitions, and between artists and curators.
July 13
Hood Highlights Tour
Join John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director, and discover various works in the galleries.
July 13
Mindfulness in the Museum
Take a moment out your busy week to slow down and reflect upon works in galleries. Guided mindfulness will be led by a member of Dartmouth's Mindfulness Practice Group. No experience required. Walk-ins welcome.
July 25
Sip and Sketch
Flex your creative muscles and join us for this drop-in program to sketch works on view in the galleries. Cash bar and light fare in the atrium. Basic instruction and all materials provided. No experience or registration necessary.
August 1
Adult Workshop: Maker Night
Our first Maker Night at the Hood begins in the galleries with a brief exploration of artistic processes and materiality. We will then take our ideas and inspiration to the studio, where we will use a range of media to experiment and make. No artistic experience necessary. Free and open to all via registration.
August 3
Hood Highlights Tour
Join Jami Powell, Associate Curator of Native American Art, to discover various works in the collection.
August 7
Conversations and Connections: Globalization and Landscapes
Laura Ogden, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth, and Jessica Hong, Associate Curator of Global and Contemporary Art
In tandem with the exhibition New Landscapes: Contemporary Responses to Globalization, Ogden and Hong will discuss the physical, cultural, political, and philosophical implications of human-made effects on the environment
August 9
A Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk: "Creating Knowledge and Control"
Annabelle Bardenheier '19, Conroy Intern
Bardenheier will introduce the works in her exhibition, which explore how technological tools are used not only by the government but also by multinational corporations to exploit the potential of managed information systems and big data.
August 14
Opening for Artist Nobukho Nqaba
Home Lost, the First Annual Workshop of the South-South forum, presents an art opening for South African fine art photographer and performance artist Nobukho Nqaba at the Hood Museum of Art. The opening will feature a performance by Nqaba, in collaboration with fellow artist Shariffa Ali. Their performance piece will be followed by a reception in the Russo Atrium.
Cosponsored by English Department, Hood Museum of Art, and Leslie Center for the Humanities.
September 11
Hood Highlights Tour
Join Amelia Kahl, Associate Curator of Academic Programming, for a thematic tour in the galleries.
September 19
Adult Workshop: Mother-of-Pearl to Motherboards
Discover the dazzling range of media and techniques artists use to enhance the function, impact, or message of works of art. Following their example, participants will engage in a team challenge to build their own compelling constructions. No experience is required.
September 25
Conversations and Connections: "David Drake: Enslaved Potter and Poet"
Michael Chaney, Professor of English, Dartmouth; Barbara J. MacAdam, Jonathan Little Cohen Curator of American Art, Hood Museum of Art; and Jenny Swanson, Director, Ceramics Studio, Dartmouth
This conversation offers multiple perspectives on the Hood Museum's recently acquired early nineteenth-century jug by David Drake, or "Dave the Potter." Drake was notable not only for his skillfully produced vessels but also for his poetry, which he sometimes inscribed on his vessels, though literacy in enslaved populations was illegal at that time.
September 27
Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk: "The Politics of Pink"
Charlotte Grussing '19, Hood Museum of Art Intern
October 3
The Dr. Allen W. Root Contemporary Art Distinguished Lectureship
"The Total Functioning Mass of the Moment"
Darby English, Carl Darling Buck Professor, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, and Associate Faculty in Chicago's Department of Visual Arts and its Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
English's scholarship and publications explore the roles of art and artists in the process and experience of cultural change. English will talk about a chapter from his book To Describe a Life: Notes from the Intersection of Art and Race Terror. A reception will follow.
October 4
Mindfulness in the Museum
Reflect upon works in the galleries through guided mindfulness led by a member of Dartmouth's Mindfulness Practice Group. No experience required. Walk-ins welcome.
October 5
Special Experience: Responding through Movement
Ensemble Marie
How do we create dialogue with the art around us through the language of the body? Ensemble Marie will explore this question in a free public performance that moves through the galleries, directed by Marie Fourcaut. Q&A to follow.
October 12
Hood Highlights Tour
Discover various works in the galleries through this guided tour.
October 16
Conversations and Connections: Art for Dartmouth
John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director, and Katherine Hart, Senior Curator of Collections and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming
In celebration of the College's 250th anniversary, the Hood Museum of Art has sought to bolster its collection, broadening the narratives it is able to tell with its holdings. Learn about recent acquisitions and how we envision teaching with and learning from them.
October 18
Art After Dark: Escape Room
A program for adults looking to learn about the works on view in fun and engaging ways while meeting new people. In our Escape Room, race against the clock as you solve riddles, discover clues, and learn about the Assyrian reliefs. Sign up with a team or come alone. Space is limited!
October 19
Storytime in the Galleries: Indigenous Peoples' Day
Introduce your little ones to the museum with stories and playtime in the galleries.
This month, celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day. Families will look at art together and engage in hands-on activities inspired by Indigenous art. For children ages 2–5 and their adult companions.
October 19
Family Workshop: Indigenous Peoples' Day
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day at the Hood Museum of Art with this Family Workshop.
In a facilitated group experience, children and their adult companions will look at works by Indigenous artists. In the studio, families will engage in an art-making project inspired by what they saw in the galleries. For children ages 6–12 and their adult companions.
October 23
Hood Highlights Tour
Join Jami Powell, Associate Curator of Native American Art, for a thematic tour in the galleries.
October 25 and 26
Symposium: The New Now: Art, Museums, and the Future
In celebration of Dartmouth's 250th anniversary and the reopening of the Hood Museum of Art, the museum will showcase alumni who have gone on to careers in museums through panel sessions and a reception.
November 6
Conversations and Connections: Art and Healing
Joseph R. O'Donnell, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, and Vivian Ladd, Museum Education Consultant
November 9
Hood Highlights Tour
Discover various works in the galleries through this guided tour.
November 13
Hood Highlights Tour
Join Katherine Hart, Senior Curator of Collections and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming, for a thematic tour in the galleries.
November 14
Adult Workshop: Maker Night
This month's Maker Night begins in the galleries with a brief exploration of printmaking processes, followed by time in the studio to experiment with gel printing. No artistic experience necessary.
November 16
Storytime in the Galleries
Introduce your little ones to the museum with stories and playtime in the galleries.
Families will 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.
November 16
Family Workshop: Photography and Water
In this workshop, families will consider how contemporary artists experiment with water in their photography practice. For example, Kim Keever creates imagined landscapes using objects staged in 200-gallon water tanks. He releases colored pigments into the tank and then photographs what happens. In the studio, families will create their own photographs using a similar process. Families will need to bring a phone or camera for taking photos. For children ages 6–12 and their adult companions.
December 1
Film Screening Day with(out) Art
Visual AIDS will commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Day with(out) Art on December 1 with seven newly commissioned videos by Shanti Avirgan, Nguyen Tan Hoang, Carl George, Viva Ruiz, Iman Shervington, Jack Waters, and Derrick Woods-Morrow in collaboration with Patrick McCoy. These artists consider the continuing presence of HIV/AIDS today while revisiting resonant cultural histories of art and activism from the past three decades.
December 6
Special Event: Hanover's Celebrate the Season
Explore the galleries and join us in the Russo Atrium for a hands-on art project as part of the festivities throughout town organized by the Upper Valley Business Alliance.
December 18
A Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk: Black Bodies on the Cross
Victoria Craven '20, Hood Museum Intern
January 8
Conversations and Connections: Shifting the Lens: CIPX Dartmouth
Photographers Will Wilson and Kali Spitzer will discuss their work with tintype photography and the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX) project during their residency at the museum to photograph community members for the winter exhibition.
January 16
Winter Opening Reception
Celebrate the opening of our new exhibitions and object rotations throughout the galleries.
Learn about what's new on view, discover upcoming programs, and enjoy an evening out.
January 17
A Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk: Vision 2020
Devon Mifflin '21, Levinson Intern
January 22
Gallery Talk: The Embodiment of Language
Morgan E. Freeman, DAMLI Native American Art Fellow, and Thomas Price, Curatorial Assistant
To coincide with Dartmouth's annual MLK Celebration and the Hood Museum's accompanying exhibition, co-curators Freeman and Price will draw upon Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy as an orator to reflect on works by black artists who prioritize forms of literacy in their sense of visuality.
January 23
Adult Workshop: Histories and Identities
In this discussion-based workshop, participants will explore selected works of art that confront colonial histories, stereotypes, and racism.
January 25
Hood Highlights Tour
Discover various works in the galleries through these guided tours.
January 30
Artist Lecture
The Abstract Sublime: Vision and Process
Colleen Randall, Professor of Studio Art, Dartmouth
Randall will discuss her practice as an abstract painter whose work explores natural space and light in relation to human consciousness through the materiality of paint. Reception to follow.
February 2
Family Day: Strike a Pose!
Drop in to see our new lineup of exhibitions, featuring many different types of photographs and portraits. Create your own photo props and strike a pose in front of our magic mirror photo booth! You can also explore the museum on your own using family activity cards. For children ages 4 to 12 with their adult companions.
February 6
Lecture: Memory Works
Marcelo Brodsky, photographer and human rights activist
We remember who we are and were through our photographs. At a time when visual culture is transforming language to an unprecedented extent, Brodsky will argue for using images to narrate whatever story or experience we want to offer later generations.
February 12
Conversations and Connections: What Do School Photos Do?
Marianne Hirsch, William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and Professor in the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality; and Leo Spitzer, cultural and comparative historian and a writer working in the interdisciplinary field of memory studies and Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of History Emeritus, Dartmouth College
Hirsch and Spitzer will highlight the ideological and political work of school photos in times of political turmoil and transformation, including examples from US boarding schools for Native American children and from Jewish ghettos during the Holocaust. They will also discuss the afterlives of these vernacular images in the work of artists who have reframed them in their installations.
February 14
(Valentine's) Art After Dark
Looking for an alternative to roses and chocolates on Valentine's Day? Art After Dark is a program for adults who want to engage with art in unexpected ways while making new friends. Grab a friend, a date, or your partner for this special edition as we zoom in on poetry, play, and romance.
February 19
Exhibition Tour: Reconstitution
Join Jessica Hong, Associate Curator of Global Contemporary Art, for a tour of her exhibition Reconstitution. Institutional spaces have long privileged Euro-American narratives, which has had powerful, even dangerous consequences in our culture and society. Artists in Reconstitution foster the evolution of previously entrenched narratives as they remind us that we are all responsible agents in the complicated processes of writing current and future histories.
February 21
Open Letter-Cutting Session with artist Gina Adams
Artist Gina Adams will host a performative community art project in the museum's Russo Atrium. She invites attendees to cut letters from treaties to revisit the historically broken treaties between the US government and Native American communities, including the Treaty of Wyandot 1785, which she worked on as a Dartmouth artist-in-residence. The cut letters will be placed on the window of the museum's entrance so museum-goers see and read the text.
February 21
Live Art Performance: Broken Treaty Reading
Artist Gina Adams will perform a reading from the Treaty with the Chippewa 1867 Broken Treaty Quilt in front her of Ancestor Beadwork Prism works, on view in Reconstitution. There will be a brief Q&A with the artist at the end.
February 22
Hood Highlights Tour
Discover various works in the galleries through these guided tours.
February 27
Live Art Performance: "Blues\Blank\Black"
Artist Dell Marie Hamilton
This roving performance incorporates key components from the popular Toni Morrison novels The Bluest Eye andBeloved. Through gesture, color, repetition, and remix, it conflates fiction, folklore, live art, and persona to interrogate trauma, perception, and spectatorship. There will be a Q&A after the performance followed by an opportunity to talk with the artist at a reception co-sponsored by Dartmouth's South House. The performance is taking place in conjunction with the exhibition Reconstitution.
February 28
Mindfulness in the Museum
Take a few moments to slow down through guided mindfulness, led by Dartmouth's Mindfulness Practice Group in conjunction with works on view. No experience or registration required.
March 4
Conversations and Connections: Focus on Photography
Through the lens of photographic works on view in the galleries, curators will lead the audience in a conversation about issues of power, representation, empathy, and technology.
March 7
Storytime in the Galleries
What are art museums all about? Introduce your little ones to the museum with stories and playtime in the galleries and think about what type of art you would include in your own museum. For children ages 2–5 and their adult companions.
March 7
Family Workshop: Drip, Splatter, Spread
Experiment with paint in the studio and poetry in the galleries while looking at Colleen Randall's abstract paintings and learning about her process and inspiration. For children ages 6–12 and their adult companions.
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.
ABOVE A third grade class from Hanover Street School learns about Eric Van Hove's inspiration for V12 Laraki in their "Artist as Collaborator lesson." Photo by Brian Wagner.
School Programs
As anticipated, school tour figures were low in the fall, as the museum installations had remained largely unchanged since the reopening of the museum the previous January. The advent of special exhibitions in the winter reversed that trend. To take advantage of a lighter touring schedule in the fall, education staff deepened partnerships with schools through teacher workshops, curriculum development with local teachers, and the reintroduction of the Teacher Advisory Group. We held five teacher workshops, culminating in a three-part workshop series in January. Inspired by the winter exhibitions featuring works that confront colonial histories, stereotypes, and racism, the Education Department hosted a workshop facilitated by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Over 80 teachers, museum staff, and docents explored strategies for facilitating conversations and methods of teaching about implicit bias and other critical topics. Two follow-up workshops focused on the role art can play as a catalyst for critical conversations. This year, 19 teachers joined our Teacher Advisory Group, meeting twice to preview upcoming exhibitions and give critical feedback about proposed teaching strategies.
We 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 were scheduled for five museum and studio visits. Ten classes (grades 2–3) participated in the ArtStart program and were scheduled for four museum and studio visits. Images and ArtStart are the cornerstone for our school programming. These programs equip children to think critically about works of art across cultures and time, practice artistic expression in the studio, and develop and refine their own responses to visual art. When schools went online in March because of COVID-19, museum educators pivoted quickly to develop customized interactive zoom tours for students. Several schools took advantage of this opportunity.
Schools That Participated in the Hood Museum's Multiple-Visit Programs
Barnard Academy
Grantham Village School
Hanover Street School
Haverhill Cooperative Middle 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
Access Programs for the Elderly
This year, we expanded our programs for the elderly and those living with cognitive impairments. In partnership with Kendal's Whittier Unit and the DHMC Perspectives program, docents offered twice-monthly engaging and interactive gallery experiences for those living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, their families, and their care partners. When the museum closed in March, we continued weekly docent training with an eye to preparing docents to facilitate virtual Zoom tours for the elderly in a new tour series, titled The Armchair Series. Targeting the elderly cloistered in assisted living facilities, separated from families, these docent-facilitated experiences focused on using conversations about art (shared digitally) to re-engage these seniors with our collection, combat isolation, and build community. Between gallery and virtual programs, we offered 20 programs for the elderly and cognitively impaired.
Docent Trainings
From September through May, 13 volunteer docents participated in 26 weekly trainings.
Special School and Community Programs
3 July
Tour: The Epic of American Civilization
Self-guided, Capital Debate Club
7 August
Tour: Ichikawa High School facilitated experience
7 August
Customized Engagement: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park staff
12 August
Tour: Vermont Historical Society facilitated experience
29 August
Tour: Saint Gaudens National Historic Park facilitated experience
10 September
Customized Engagement: ArtStart and Images Teacher Orientation
17 September
Teacher Workshop: Innovation
21 September
Tour: New Hampshire Historical Society facilitated experience
12 November
Customized Engagement: Teacher Advisory Group session
3 December
Customized Engagement: Teacher Advisory Group session
16 January
Teacher Workshop: Facilitating Critical Questions: A Workshop of the Southern Poverty Law Center
23 January
Teacher Workshop: Facilitating Critical Conversations with Works of Art – Session #1
30 January
Teacher Workshop: Facilitating Critical Conversations with Works of Art – Session #2
13 February
Teacher Workshop: Kimball Union Academy facilitated experience
13 February
Customized Engagement: Kimball Union Academy Art Scholars Program facilitated experience
15–26 June
Conference Presentation: Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) Annual Conference
Demo and Presentation: Assyrian Relief Escape Room Challenge
Jamie Rosenfeld, Vivian Ladd, Isadora Italia
Independent External Campus Activities in Museum Spaces
Wednesday, July 31
Russo Atrium
Private reception
Conferences and Events
Tuesday, September 17
Russo Atrium
LEADS Leadership Breakfast
Wednesday, September 18
Gilman Auditorium
Private presentations
Alumni Council
Friday, September 20
Gilman Auditorium
VOX BACK TO CLASS Lecture
Friday, September 20
Russo Atrium
Private retirement celebration
Conferences and Events
Friday, September 27
Gilman Auditorium
Pre-show Discussion with Mashrou Leila
Hopkins Center
Friday, September 27
Russo Atrium
Private Reception and Tour
Global Health Fellows affiliated with the Global Health Initiative for International Understanding at the Dickey Center
Saturday, September 28
Galleries
Self-Guided Tours for Mini-Reunions
All Classes
Saturday, October 5
Russo Atrium
Private: Chosen Family Reception
OPAL
Friday, October 11
Galleries
Private Mini-Reunion Tour with John Stomberg
Class of 1957
Friday, October 11
Russo Atrium, Gilman Auditorium
Scholar Presentations
Alumni Relations
Friday, October 11
Russo Atrium, Gilman Auditorium
Navigating College Admissions
Admissions Office
Thursday, October 17
Gilman Auditorium
Film Screening and Visiting Artist Talk
Denise Iris: Supersymmetry
Studio Art Department
Friday, October 18
Gilman Auditorium
Private presentation
Alumni Council
Saturday, October 19
Russo Atrium
Private Pre-Show Talk
Pre-show talk for members in advance of Carla Bley concerts in Spaulding Auditorium
Hopkins Center
Friday, November 1
BCOS, Gilman Auditorium, Russo Atrium
Private Conference
New England Association of Asian Studies Conference
Friday, November 8
Russo Atrium
Private Event
Dartmouth Board of Trustees
Thursday, November 14
Russo Atrium
Private Reception
Guarini School Advisory Board
Tuesday, November 19
Russo Atrium
Performance
Final sonic arts concert for Music 25 class (open to the public)
Music Department
Thursday, November 21
Russo Atrium, Gilman Auditorium, Galleries\
Private Event
Reception, presentation, tour
Dartmouth Planning and Design
Tuesday, December 10
Russo Atrium
Private Staff Holiday Party
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
Reception, live jazz duo
Thursday, January 9
Gilman Auditorium
Lecture
Studio Art Department
Friday, January 10
Russo Atrium
Reception
Art History Department
Saturday, February 15
Russo Atrium
International Student Association Formal
International Student Association
Friday, February 21
Orozco Room
Family Giving Event
Advancement
Saturday, February 22
Russo Atrium
Family Fellows Dinner
Advancement
Thursday, February 27
Russo Atrium
Dell Hamilton Reception
South House
Friday, February 28
Gilman Auditorium
2020 Visibility Film Screening
OPAL
Thursday, March 5
Russo Atrium, Galleries
Reception and Private Tour
The New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts
ABOVE Campus Engagement Coordinator Isadora Italia, Museum Educator Jamie Rosenfeld, and Program and Events Coordinator Sharon Reed present at the 2019 NEMA fall conference.
Conference Attendance
In November 2019, Campus Engagement Coordinator Isadora Italia, Museum Educator Jamie Rosenfeld, and Programs and Events Coordinator Sharon Reed presented at the annual New England Museum Association (NEMA) conference in Burlington, Vermont. Their presentation was titled "(Re)opening Doors: How One Museum is Experimenting with Audience Engagement after a Major Expansion."
In June 2019, Campus Engagement Coordinator Isadora Italia, Museum Educator Jamie Rosenfeld, and Teaching Specialist Vivian Ladd presented at the annual Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) conference, which was conducted virtually as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Their presentation centered on the Assyrian Relief Escape Room Challenge, which they developed collaboratively to engage both campus and community audiences.
24 January
Conference Presentation
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Arts and Humanities in Medicine Symposium: The Current State of the Arts and Humanities in Medicine Research and Programming
Vivian Ladd, Neely McNulty