If you attended Emilio’s talk at the museum last week, you may recall that he indicated that the series on view at the Nerman Museum right now is very different from earlier bodies of work that he has made. Check out some images of his earlier series in these articles and interviews and learn more about his creative process and trajectory getting to Everything is Something:
moderneden.com interview with Emilio
artsy.net Interview with Emilio about earlier series of work
Thanks to docent-in-training Deepthi for sending along a link to curator Sharmila Wood and artist Katie West discussing the museum’s current exhibition Actions for the Earth:
Curator Sharmila Wood Interviews Artist Katie West The Artist’s Digest
There is also a video of Sharmila talking on the museum’s digital guide, scan the QR code here to access.
And if you would like to read all the labels for this exhibition, here is a PDF of those:
We are so excited about our upcoming exhibition, Actions for the Earth opening tonight, Aug 9th!
Installation image and program schedule (PDF)
This is the first in a series of posts about resources and references for this exhibition.
The artists Ackroyd and Harvey have a small photograph in the exhibition titled “Beuys’ Acorns, 2007”. Find out more about the artist Joseph Beuys and his project “7,000 Oaks – City Forestation Instead of City Administration” in this article:
Joseph Beuys: Healing a Wounded World – Artland Magazine
This quote is on the label for the work: “We must continue along the road of interrelating socioecologically all the forces present in our society until we perform an action which extends to the fields of culture, economy and democratic rights.” – Joseph Beuys
Additionally they have a link to the Culture Declares Emergency
movement (co-founded by Ackroyd and Harvey):
There are a lot of great resources from fellow arts institutions on developing and implementing inclusive tour practices. Here are just a few that have been recommended to us:
Katherine leading JCCC nursing student tour
We had a blast leading tours for JCCC Nursing students yesterday evening, continuing our tour programming specifically designed for healthcare professionals to help them hone their observational skill through looking at art.
We’ve hosted many Art Vision tours and programs over the years, if you haven’t had a chance to attend or lead a tour, here is some additional information you can check out:
Art Vision symposium guest speaker M. Jordan Love: watch video
University of South Florida, Contemporary Art Museum: watch video
Yale Center for British Art and dermatology: watch video
Artist Bridget Stewart: Observation Mindfulness PDF
Did you know that the popular series Art21 features numerous videos about artists in the Nerman Museum’s collection? There are videos about artists Louise Bourgeois, Nick Cave, Do Ho Suh, Keltie Ferris, Kerry James Marshall, Arlene Shechet and more.
Amy Sillman: To Abstract | Art21
New this week there is a video about Amy Sillman, an artist whose work, Elephant, is often feature on tours at the museum. Check it out!
It seems like only yesterday that the exhibition AnticKS & MOdels + My theater to your eyes: Kahlil Robert Irving opened at the museum, but somehow it has actually been four months and it is closing in just a few weeks. Make sure to come see the exhibition again before July 7!
A great review of the exhibition was published in KC Studio Magazine: A show of intellectual and creative force – KC STUDIO
And the word game we created to engage visitors with the exhibition has been a hit. Feedback from many groups has been overwhelmingly positive. One written note I received read, “the words you handed out really helped me in getting a new perspective and searching for deeper meaning in the artwork.”
We were lucky enough to have artist Preston Singletary visit the museum to speak at the Kansas Art Education Association conference in 2019 (and to perform with his band Khu.eex!) we were able to sit down with him and ask some questions specifically about the piece in our collection:
When Dyani White Hawk visited fall 2023 (just before she won the MacArther Genius grant!) we were able to sit down and chat about her work in the museum’s collection. A video of her speaking specifically about Untitled (All the Colors), and the transcript, are now available online:
Hallway installation 2024 May (PDF of Labels)
Just outside of the museum’s studio classroom and administrative offices there is an installation of works on paper and a small weaving from the museum’s permanent collection now on view! These works take the place of the Prairie Printmaker works that had been installed in that space since last fall. Stop by and take a look sometime soon, as these works will likely only be on view through summer, getting swapped out in early fall (TBD).
There is also a new work on view in the adult classroom space, a work on paper by Dylan Mortimer (this takes the place of the Emmi Whitehorse). If you missed it back in 2017, we have video of Dylan speaking at the Dazzling Decade exhibition opening (he speaks second, starting at about minute 23).
Fun fact: the hallway is one of the best places to install these smaller scale light-sensitive works in the museum because it has almost no natural light exposure. It is also an area that gets a lot of foot traffic.
