Stories & News

On Tuesday, May 21, just two days after what would’ve been Malcolm X’s 94th birthday, the Hood Museum of Art hosted an event co-sponsored by the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and the Pi Theta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. that took students on an interactive tour of “The Temple Murals: The Life of Malcolm X” on the walls of Dartmouth’s Shabazz Center for Intellectual Inquiry.

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On May 27, 2019, PBS News Hour syndicated a segment, originally produced by their member station WGBH Boston, about the Hood Museum and its expansion. It first aired on WGBH's "Open Studio with Jared Bowen" on March 29, 2019. The piece features John R. Stomberg, the Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director of the Hood Museum of Art, and Deputy Director Juliette Bianco.

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BALANCE

John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director

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As the weather gets warmer, we are all starting to think about getting outside after a long winter, but I urge you to also continue to spend some time indoors looking at works of art and the ways in which artists capture and augment the natural world. As my Hood internship ends, I reflect on my time here on Dartmouth’s campus and what it means to go to school at the Big Green.

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On May 20-22, 2019, Dartmouth hosted Foodways in Indigenous Communities, a conference centered on Indigenous practices and knowledges as they have existed and continue to exist today. As part of the conference, the Hood Museum of Art provided attendees with a special viewing of objects from the collection that Indigenous peoples have used and continue to use to practice food sovereignty.

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This past winter, Dartmouth’s Sugarplum Dance Group made the Hood’s galleries and Russo Atrium a part of their creative work. During their annual photo shoot, the contemporary dancers drew inspiration from works of art and architectural features, striking elegant poses in our spaces. The Hood was thrilled to see its spaces activated with dance movements, only weeks after its reopening.

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I had the pleasure of presenting on an alumni panel at Gordon College's Museum Studies Symposium. The topic, "Museums and the Future," provided a fitting context in which to share how the Hood is strategically thinking about engaging with new audiences, both now and in the future. One of the Hood’s many approaches to this priority is through its transition from guard to guide, which resulted in the new Visitor Services Guide position.

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Each year, the Hood Museum of Art offers internships to Dartmouth students entering their senior year. In addition to working within administrative departments, most interns organize a unique Space for Dialogue installation. Working with Hood staff, interns determine a theme and identify objects, help design the installation, write labels and a brochure, and deliver a public gallery talk.

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During the winter 2019 term, the Hood Museum of Art’s brand-new Bernstein Center for Object Study (BCOS) welcomed over 1,000 students in 49 unique Dartmouth courses from 20 departments and programs. Composed of three new study galleries accessible from the Russo Atrium, BCOS creates unparalleled opportunities for curricular engagement and research within a museum setting and addresses increased curricular demand for direct experiences with original works of art.

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