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    Moccasins made by a Jicarilla Apache artist, about 1900, Native-tanned hide, rawhide, glass beads, tin, ochre, thread.

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#RockYourMocs with the Hood Museum of Art's Collection

November 10, 2020

Over a century ago, the first American Indian Day was declared by the governor of New York. However, it was not until 1990 that the contributions of Indigenous people to the United States gained national recognition in the form of Native American Heritage Month. Thirty years later, there are 6.9 million Native Americans and Alaskan Natives living in the lands now called the United States, and millions more Indigenous peoples living throughout the Americas.

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    A tall bronze sculpture made up of 5 rectangular prisms which extend like arms and legs from a central "torso". Behind this sculpture is a brick wall made up of 5 arched bays containing rectangular panels in yellow, green, blue, red, and orange.

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Play: Escape to the Outdoors

October 21, 2020

The Hood Museum of Art recently launched Escape to the Outdoors, a fully digital escape room-style game featuring works of public art on Dartmouth's campus. Players will work through a series of challenges featuring puzzles, riddles, and hidden codes related to six outdoor sculptures. Along the way, players will learn about the extraordinary works of art that enliven Dartmouth's campus.  

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    Ursula von Rydingsvard, Wide Babelki Bowl, 2007, cedar. Gift of Margarit and Jens Jacobs; 2019.90. © Ursula von Rydingsvard. Photo by Patrick Dunfey.

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New Public Art Installation: Ursula von Rydingsvard's "Wide Babelki Bowl"

August 26, 2020

Ursula von Rydingsvard's (b. 1942, Deensen, Germany) renowned wooden sculptures are at once constructed and organic, monumental and humble, formal and expressive. Her personal history draws von Rydingsvard to modest materials in her artistic practice—her family's long lineage of farmers; her woodcutter father, who was subjected to forced labor under Nazi rule; her early years in postwar refugee camps throughout Germany.

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Watch: Guided Mindfulness Videos by the Student Wellness Center

August 10, 2020

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GUIDED MEDITATION ON VISUAL ART 

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, the Student Wellness Center recorded two guided mindfulness exercises of different lengths (5- and 10-minute) centered on a landscape painting by artist Rackstraw Downes. The title of the featured painting will be revealed at the end of the meditation.

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